Sanskrit Transaltions of Foreign Literature

  Hárbarðsljóð This is the Hárbarðsljóð, a text from the Poetic Edda about Thor having a conversation with Harbarðr , who is supposed to ferry him across the sound.  Harbarðr refuses and a serie sof sarcastic exchanges occur between him and Thor. In the end, Thor is made tofind an alterative path.  Translation toro yayau prācyamārgād āgataś ca mīrasandhau. parasmin pakṣay āsīn nāvā tarakī. tora ājuhāva: tora uvāca : ko’sti sa yūnām yuvā yas tiṣṭhati iha jaladhisandhim tiraḥ  hārbarda uvāca : ko’sti vaiśyānām vaiśyo yaḥ prāhvayati ūrmim abhi.  tora uvāca : vahasva mām vāridhisandhim tiraḥ, tvām eva bhojayeyam udayay eva. pṛṣṭe mama kaṇḍolaḥ, na vāy āmir arham uttaram. abhuṇag aham, gṛhād agaccham iti purā  illiśachāgāmś ca tathā trpto’ham tasmāt/tataḥ  hārbarda uvāca : purvebhyaḥ karmabhyas tvam bhuktiṁ ślāghayasi. na vetsi yat puraḥ, duḥkhiṇyo gṛhajñāptayas tava? manye yat tava mātā (syāt) mṛtā tora uvāca : atha vakṣi yat pratyekasmai jñātum mahat...

  Reginsmal This is the Reginsmal, a text from the Poetic Edda about Reginn telling Sigurd, his foster son, about wealth, usurped from his father after his brother Fafnir killed him. Reginn was deprrived of from his share of the wealth by Fafnir, who is now gaurding the hoarde in the form a serpent. Here Reginn instructs and helps Sigurd to prepare for his battle against Fafnir (to be described in the subsequent Fafnismal). I have translated most of this with the aid of CHatGPT and wiktionary and online dictionaries for Old Norse, with the actual Sanskrit part being mhy own genius. However, at this time, I am also trying to learn Old Norse and the first intoductory paragraph was my own direct translation without any AI involved.     Text sigurdo hyaltrekasya sthalaṃ gatvā svasmai ghoṭakam ekam āvavāra, yo grāṇī ity āhutaḥ tadā. tato hyaltrekaṃ hraidmārasūnum āgato, regina āsīt. sa vai prati-narāt kauśalavattaro vāmanaś ca vṛddhau. asau viduḥ, krūro, bahvaindrajālaś c...