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\engtitle{.. Praise of Sanskrit Language ..}##
\itxtitle{.. sa.nskR^itaashhTakam.h ..}##\endtitles ##
agrataH sa.nskR^itaM me.astu pR^ishhThato me.astu sa.nskR^itam.h |
sa.nskR^itaM hR^idaye me.astu vishvamadhye.astu sa.nskR^itam.h || 1||
sa.nskR^itaM devabhaashhaa.asti vedabhaashhaa.asti sa.nskR^itam.h |
praachiina\-j~naana\-bhaashhaa cha sa.nskR^itaM bhadramaNDanam.h || 2||
vedaantaanaaM puraaNaanaaM shaastraaNaaM cha tathaiva cha |
ma.ntraaNaaM ta.ntrasuutraaNaam.h aadyabhaashhaa.asti sa.nskR^itam.h || 3||
raamaayaNaM mahaakaavyaM mahaabhaaratameva cha |
ubhe cha vishvavikhyaate sa.nskR^itasya mahaanidhii || 4||
bhaasasya kaalidaasasya bhavabhuuteshcha vishrutaa |
baaNa\-shuudraka\-harshhaaNaam.h kaavyabhaashhaa.asti sa.nskR^itam.h || 5||
praaNabhuutaM cha yattattvaM saarabhuutaM tathaiva cha |
sa.nskR^itau bhaaratasyaa.asya tanme yachchhatu sa.nskR^itam.h || 6||
yatra raamakathaagaanam.h tatraa.aste hanumaan.h yathaa |
sa.nskR^itaadhyayanaM yatra tatra sa.nskR^itidarshanam.h || 7||
shR^iNumaH sa.nskR^itaM nityaM vadaamaH sa.nskR^itaM tathaa |
smaraamaH sa.nskR^itaM nityaM paThaamaH sa.nskR^itaM tathaa || 8||
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rachanaakaaraH vasantaH sha.nkarasutaH naanivaDekaraH |##
{\Large Composed by Mr. Vasant Shankar Nanivadekar
Mr. V. S. Nanivadekar
1/18 Goregaonkar Chawl,
Near Central Cinema,
Girgaon, Mumbai 400004 India}
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