Grimnismal in Sanskrit
Grimnismal This is the Grimnismal, a text from the Poetic Edda. Here Odinn on a bet with his wife goes to test his foster son king Geyrodr on whether he is of good charecter. He comes in disguise as Grimnir and is immediately bound by the king between 2 fires as torture. Geyrodr's son Agnarr, named after his father's brother, takes pity on the man and offers him some ale to drink. Odinn is pleased and then reveals to him divine knowledge as well as many of his epithets while declaring that he shall become king. Thanks to Konrad O. L. Rosenberg for providing the English for this translation. His translation is very comprehensive and faithful to the Old Norse. I know a smattering of Old Norse grammar, so I could follow along. I did make sure to check the dictionary to fine tune my Sanskrit translation. This translation is in prose, though I tried to alliterate here ad there for fun. I tried to keep faithful to the syntax and case endings of the original Old Norse thoug...