Poem Sanskritization
Hacking Sanskrit with LLMs for Fun and Profit
ChatGPT, can you help me translate my short poem into Sanskrit?█
is that a bird or a leaf?
my curiosity is beyond belief
there it goes
पक्षिः वा पत्रं वा किं
क्षणम् आलोकितं मया
अतर्क्यं कौतूहलं मे
तत् चलित्वा नावर्तत।
pakṣiḥ vā patraṁ vā kiṁ
kṣaṇam ālokitaṁ mayā
atarkyaṁ kautūhalam me
tat calitvā nāvartata.
पक्षिः (pakṣiḥ) – bird
वा (vā) – or
पत्रं (patraṁ) – leaf
किं (kiṁ) – what?
क्षणम् (kṣaṇam) – a moment
आलोकितं (ālokitaṁ) – seen, glimpsed
मया (mayā) – by me
अतर्क्यं (atarkyaṁ) – beyond reasoning, incalculable
कौतूहलम् (kautūhalam) – curiosity, wonder
मे (me) – of me, mine
तत् (tat) – that
चलित्वा (calitvā) – having moved on
नावर्तत (nāvartata) – did not return

