महत्तमः अपमानः (Greatest Insult)
अद्य आवयोः कन्या स्वगृहकार्यं करोति स्म। मया पृष्टा किं करोति इति। अपि मम सहाय्यं इच्छसि इति अहम् अकथयम्। सा उत्तरम् अददात् – आङ्ग्लभाषायाः गृहकार्यं करोमि यदि सहाय्यम् इच्छामि तर्हि शुचितां प्रक्ष्यामि। भारतीयदेशीयेभ्यः अस्मात् महत्तरः अपमानः कः भविष्यति। सर्वेषु प्रकारेषु अपमानेषु भवान् आङ्ग्लभाषां सम्यग् न जानाति इति अपमानः बृहत्तमः अस्ति। मम कन्या मम महत्तमः अपमानम् अकरोत्।
२०११-०३-२३ बुधवासरः (2011-03-23 Wednesday)
Vyloppully are discussing. 
Anil Kumar 11:05 pm on March 31, 2011 Permalink |
An attempt at English translation:
अद्य आवयोः कन्या स्वगृहकार्यं करोति स्म।
Today our daughter was doing house chores.
मया पृष्टा किं करोति इति।
I asked her what she was doing.
अपि मम सहाय्यं इच्छसि इति अहम् अकथयम्।
I asked her if she needed my help.
सा उत्तरम् अददात् – आङ्ग्लभाषायाः गृहकार्यं करोमि यदि सहाय्यम् इच्छामि तर्हि शुचितां प्रक्ष्यामि।
She gave me the answer – in English, I do house chores, if I need help then I’ll ask Shuchita (name?) (this sentence confused me a little bit)
भारतीयदेशीयेभ्यः अस्मात् महत्तरः अपमानः कः भविष्यति।
Who insulted me the greatest, in India?
सर्वेषु प्रकारेषु अपमानेषु भवान् आङ्ग्लभाषां सम्यग् न जानाति इति अपमानः बृहत्तमः अस्ति।
Many kinds of insults are there, but not knowing English completely is the greatest insult.
मम कन्या मम महत्तमः अपमानम् अकरोत्।
My daughter had insulted me to the greatest (extent).
Vyloppully 1:26 am on April 3, 2011 Permalink |
ayam asti me prayatnaH… aham api kanishTaH chaatraH asmi…
Today our daughter was doing her homework. I inquired what she was doing and asked if she needed help. She replied that she was doing her English homework and if she needed help will ask Suchita. For an Indian what can be more insulting than this. Of all the forms of insults “Your English is not good enough” is huge. I was terribly insulted by my daughter.
Anil Kumar 6:49 am on April 3, 2011 Permalink
Gosh, I was quite way off. I think your translation is correct, now I can see it in retrospect. Thanks.
S. L. Abhyankar 3:40 pm on April 4, 2011 Permalink |
Dear Mr. Anil Kumar,
I guess by आङ्ग्लभाषायाः गृहकार्यं करोमि Mr. HImanshu Pota meant that his daughter said to him “I am doing homework related to the studies of English language.”
Your translation “..in English, I do house chores,” seems to be way out of the mark. One cannot be doing house-chores in English, right ?
Also, in the last line महत्तमः अपमानम् should be read as महत्तमम् अपमानम्