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1. rAghava yAdavIyam (J. K. Mohana Rao)
2. The verse from Kalidasa in YV - ??? (jiva das)
3. Re: sanskrit Digest, Vol 54, Issue 3 umasutam - Clarification
. reg (hn bhat)
4. Re: sanskrit Digest, Vol 54, Issue 3 (hn bhat)
5. Re: Advantages of learning Sanskrit (Shobha Saraiya)
6. Re: sanskrit Digest, Vol 54, Issue 3 umasutam - Clarification
. reg (Vimala Sarma)
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Date: Sat, 3 Oct 2009 13:26:50 -0700 (PDT)
From: "J. K. Mohana Rao" <jkm...@yahoo.com>
Subject: [Sanskrit] rAghava yAdavIyam
To: sanskrit@cs.utah.edu
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The verses and their padacChEdams for shrI rAghava yAdavIyam (both for anulOma
and vilOma) and their English translations are available in a small book
published by the Little Flower Company, Chennai 600 017. I have this book
published in 1967.? It must not cost very much.? Hope readers benefit from this
information.
?
Regards!? -? mOhana
?
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Date: Sat, 3 Oct 2009 18:28:47 -0400
From: jiva das <das.j...@gmail.com>
Subject: [Sanskrit] The verse from Kalidasa in YV - ???
To: yvd...@googlegroups.com, yoga vasishtha
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*There is a stanza in yoga-vAsiShtha which Dasgupta takes to be copied from
Kalid?sa (see the quotation below). Can anyone identify it, and perhaps
send me a copy of the quote? Or perhaps you have some thoughts about this
matter of dating? Here is the YV version: *
*y3016.050*
*?? ?????????????????? *
* ??????????? ???????? *
*????? ??????????????? *
* ?????? ?????????????????????? *
atha tAmatimAtravihvalAM
sakRRipAkAshabhavA sarasvatI* | *
shapharIM hradashoShavihvalAM
prathamA vRRiShTirivAnvakampata*||50|| *
atha tAm atimAtra-vihvalAM
sa-kRpA^AkAza-abhavA sarasvatI* | *
zapharIM hrada-zoSa-vihvalAM
prathamA vRSTir iva ^anvakampata*||50|| *
*? *
atha tAm atimAtra-vihvalAM ?
*so she was exceedingly distressed ? *
sa-kRpA-AkAza-bhavA ?
*feeling the Space of Pity ? *
sarasvatI ?
*the River Goddess ? *
zapharIM ?
*a carp ? *
hrada-zoSa-vihvalAM ?
*afflicted in a dry pond ? ** *
prathamA vRSTir iva ?
*as the first rain ? *
anvakampata ?
*was compassionate ? *
< sa-kRpA
prAg-bahu-janma-svAr?dhitatAttattva-jJana-dAna-paryavasita-kRpAvatI |
AkAza-bhavA 'zarIriN?ti yAvat | anvakampata ^ity anukampAphalam AzvasanaM
lakSyate ||> Comm
* *
*Then, seeing her distress, Sarasvat?, *
* the River Goddess, overcome with pity, *
*as for a carp stranded in a dry pond, *
* let loose a rain of compassion upon her. **-50-*
"There is at least one point which may be considered as a very clear
indication of later date, much later than would be implied by the claim that
the work was written by the author of the *rAmAyaNa*. It contains a
*zloka*which may be noted as almost identical with a verse of
Kalid?sa's
*kumAra-saMbhava*." [He footnotes the above verse, but does not give any
verse number.] "It may, in my opinion, be almost unhesitatingly assumed that
the author borrowed it from Kalid?sa, and it is true, as is generally
supposed, that Kalid?sa lived in the fifth century A.D. The author of the *
yoga-vAsiShtha*, whoever he mat have been, flourished at least some time
after Kalid?sa. It may also be assumed that the interval between Kalid?sa's
time and that of the author of the *yoga-vAsiShtha* had been long enough to
establish Kalid?sa's reputation as a poet. ." ? Dasgupta, *Hist.** **Ind.**Phil
*., vol. ??? Chap. XIII, *Phil. of the YV.*
--
santoSaH paramo lAbhaH satsaGgaH paramA gatiH |
vicAraH paramaM jJAnaM zamo hi paramaM sukham ||
??????? ???? ???? ???????? ???? ?????
?????? ???? ?????? ??? ?? ???? ??????
Contentment is the highest gain, Good Company the highest course,
Enquiry the highest wisdom, and Peace the highest enjoyment.
-- Yoga Vasishtha
Selections from an ongoing translation can be had at:
http://groups.google.com/group/yoga-vasishtha
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Date: Sun, 4 Oct 2009 10:54:52 +0530
From: hn bhat <hnbha...@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Sanskrit] sanskrit Digest, Vol 54, Issue 3 umasutam -
Clarification . reg
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There are different legends accounting to different Purana-s and all do not
agree each other. But they agree in that Ganesha was the son of Parvati. One
of such story I find to support the adjective "paada-pa~NkajaM" directly
relating to Ganesha also is possible:
> According the very well known Shiva-Pur?na version, the Shiva's wife,
>> P?rvat? the Mountaineer, was disturbed once by her husband who entered the
>> house, even though she was taking her bath.
>
>
>> The goddess felt annoyed, because she didn't have any personal servant to
>> guard her door. So, she rub her body skin and, with the perfumed unguents
>> obtained, she molded the shape of a young boy, as glorious as daylight.
>> Then, she granted him life and named him Ganesh, ordering that he should be
>> on guard in front of her house.
>
>
>> When the child intended to impede the great god to enter the house, Shiva
>> enraged, transformed himself in his Rudra form and requested the to attack
>> Ganesh. In the battle, Ganesh got his head cut off.
>
>
>> Ascertaining the incommensurable disaster striking her son, P?rvat? was
>> inconsolable. Unable to find the child head, Shiva grafted a elephant head
>> on the dead body and gave him life again. Trying to repair his big mistake,
>> he recognized Ganesh as his son and empowered him on all his servants; so he
>> became "Ganapati".
>
>
This is the version of Shiva Purana of the creation of Ganesha and how he
became Gajanana. Now, coming to the point in question, Ganesha himself is
????? in its etymological sense, born out of dirt. We don't know from which
part of the body Parvati got the dirt to mold the body of Ganesha, but if we
assume it was from her feet, then the compound ???????? would mean born out
of dirt from the feet, which qualify qualitatively the compound ???????? as
the main object object of the predication ?????? which I hope would solve
the question in a way. Only the word ?????????? has to be related to it as
an adjective or making karmadharaya compound or ???????????. The other
solution suggested by Ayurveda Narayanan also sounds well as adjective
taking this compound as directly qualifying Gajanana. It can hold good in my
interpretation also, to take ?????????? in the vocative. The rest being
equal. Though I had heard this story in my childhood, I didn't know the
original source for this. On googling, I found this story credited to
Shivapurana. More stories could be found regarding the birth of Ganesha in
this page:
http://ganapati.perso.neuf.fr/anglais/amythes.html
Now coming to the other solution, repeating the verb namaami, would yield to
two parts which makes something uneasy. First bowing directly ?????, the
second part again repeating the same as bowing at ????????, of ?????????? or
as an independent expression addressing ??????????, I bow at your feet. Even
though it is unsaid, bowing is done at the feet of the God, and the same is
repeated again explicitly retaking the same verb. Isn't it redundant? In a
devotee's view, it may not be redundant, as many as times, a devotee can
prostrate before his deity. And this super solution washes all the
criticisms raised in the verse.
As student of language, only one has to hesitate and think over the
feasibility of the interpretations in the verse.
And, as for the other reading ??????-???????-????-?????? I think I need not
comment anything than that it is a grammatically correct form. Might have
been replaced by anyone for the other reading, which seemingly convey,
Ganesha himself devoured by the essence of fruits Kapittha and Jambuu, which
again interpreted Ganesha is devoured by the desire for the fruits ... ...
.the meaning "desire" for "saara" I could not find in Monier Williams, even
though it offers a case of homonym.
The other solution to the existing reading, itself without distorting the
meaning of "saara" has been already offered by some member which was already
proposed by me. By the inclusion of this compound among the exceptional
group "?????????" it can evade the function of the rule governing the ??????
in the Bahuvrihi compound. The group of gana is flexible one according to
the Ganapatha also. So there is no issue with the grammatical
incompatibility in this reading also.
Anyhow thanks Mr. Hera, for providing a sweet voiced rendering with a
different reading in the verse. For meaning, it will be a "beautiful food"
made of Kapittha and Jamboo fruit, for eating may not be beautiful by itself
or it has to be taken in literary meaning sweet or attractive to mind.
Thanks once again to all scholars who contributed their opinions in this
regard.
With regards
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> Dear Sanskrit-loving global family,
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymF9myktxXo&hl=de
>
> In this cheerful rendering, we hear chAru-bhakShaNam instead of
> sAra-BhakShitam.
>
> With this shift from eaten to eating (sAra may remain from a grammatical
> point of view, I think), I personally see no grammatical incoherence.
>
> The syntactical structure seems to be a simple (S)-V-O structure (namAmi +
> 6 direct objects describing Lord Ganesha). Please correct me if I am wrong.
>
> By the way, its metre is vamshasthavilam, a 12-syllabled jagati with
> ja-ta-ja-ra pattern.
>
> Thank you for this sweet stuti. I have joyfully added it to my repertoire.
>
> Hera
>
> -------------------------------------
>
--
Hari Narayana Bhat B.R.
EFEO,
PONDICHERRY
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Date: Sun, 4 Oct 2009 11:39:36 +0530
From: hn bhat <hnbha...@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Sanskrit] sanskrit Digest, Vol 54, Issue 3
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>
> 5. Advantages of learning Sanskrit (Anand)
6. Re: Advantages of learning Sanskrit (Shobha Saraiya)
> 7. Re: Advantages of learning Sanskrit (prasanna)
> 8. Re: Advantages of learning Sanskrit (Vimala Sarma)
> 10. Re: Advantages of learning Sanskrit (Su S.)
>
> Shobha- Ji
All that is necessary is to say that Sa?skrit is the source of all
Indo-European roots and has a rich culture and long history, great
literature, and can be traced back to the vedic tradition. It is not
necessary to over-embellish.
Its grammar has some irregularities, it is not the source of all languages
in the world and it is moot point on whether it originated in India or in a
region in north west which subsequently spread to Iran and India. Even
though it is concise, the religious literature can be repetitious and
sometimes prone to over-exaggeration. We Indians like to think about the
language as part of the religion, but this aspect may not be of interest to
others. I am not sure about improvement in mathematical skills, logic, etc
but I am willing to be persuaded. Any kind of memorization helps keep the
mind in good order.
Vimala
I am certainly in agreement with the opinion of Mm. Vimala.
1.*Memory improvement - remembering large numbers through katyapayadi*
2. I*mprovement in mathematical skills*
It is a technical tool to manage a coded writing useful in astrology and
astronomy used in Sanskrit writing.
It is not necessary to learn Sanskrit language, to memorize large numbers as
there are wonderful personages who can calculate any number of
multiplications within seconds are known even without the knowledge of
Sanskrit. It depends upon the faculty of IQ one is endowed with and the
training to the mind one gives. I remember, one lady Shakuntala was popular
for calculating multiplication, division and any mathematical calculation
remembering any large number within seconds she hears the problem. She had
been interviewed by TVs and news reporters also, if my memory is correct But
I have not heard that she endowed the faculty due to learning katapayadi
system of Sanskrit. In our days there is another wonderful person also is
reported who takes any scientific theories as football and Dr. Kalam was
also amazed at her memory power who introduced her to Nasa Center in
America. She had even attempted to emend many Scientific theories prevalent
today by her amazing speed of understanding them and their shortcoming. It
is not reported having any relation to Sanskrit learning;
2. *Improvement in pronunciation*
> Improvement in logical reasoning
>
Understanding the hidden meanings of day to day words and thus learning our
> mother tongue better
>
All the above do not have any direct relation or need not be a direct result
of Sanskrit learning. But they are only intentional objectives desired by
any person aspiring after pure pronunciation in any language. It is not
specific for Sanskrit language. Learning Sanskrit language itself doesn't
form any warranty of correct pronunciation unless the learner willfully
correct his pronunciation according to the phonetical rules for articulation
in the language whether it is Sanskrit or any other language. Hidden
meanings are hidden only because one hasn't tried to understand them with
the available tools and learning Sanskrit doesn't in any way help him unless
he himself wants to dig up the meanings hidden to him. Only he has not
bothered about the day-to-day words even though he used it. That is the only
reason why they are hidden and not the absence of learning Sanskrit.
Logical reasoning is obviously a faculty of mind and depends on the training
one receives. For this one has to learn Logics and related subjects.
Sanskrit has a vast literature and made substantial contribution to logics
is a different thing. They are not easily accessible to a student of
Sanskrit literature, but needs special training in the system.
>
> 2. Understanding the beauty underlying the religious poems and their
> coorelation to learning e. g. Ramo Rajamani sada vijayate ..........
> connected to Vibhaktis
> Raising the just pride in our heritage
> Ease of realising philological and philosophical thoughts
>
> All three are related with one's feeling and pride towards one's own
language and literature one adores. If one is religious, he would go after
devotional literature, whether it is in Sanskrit or in any language he
knows. Sanskrit has a vast and rich devotional poems is another thing. The
choice of language is left to the religious person and doesn't warrant the
necessity to learn Sanskrit language. If he wants to know the meaning, he
can know with any translation also of the devotional poems in Sanskrit.
> Quality of Conciseness
>
> This is purely psychological import. I could not understand this concept as
it is beyond the scope of a language and literature.
>
> Also I endorse the question as it is obvious from my comments on Anandji's
> listings. Again, with the second paragraph of Prasanna's witing, I have to
> mention that the wonderful marvelous person recently read of the news is a
> Muslim girl, which goes against all these reasons, who is introduced to Nasa
> by Dr. Abdul kalam and has contributed to many inventions in their projects.
> She is only 18 years of age as I remember as given in the news report.
>
The only reason I can propose that by learning Sanskrit Literature, one can
enjoy the richness of its vast and vivid diversified literature. Only one
should be willing and desirous of it. Otherwise, none of the reasons will
not attract his attention or lure him towards Sanskrit. We may take pride in
listing out the qualities of our language and nothing more than that could
be achieved. Pardon me if I am wrong. I keep the questions raised by
Prasanna, for easy reference.
>
> A true novice question - What does _katyapadi_ mean and how does it help
> in remembering large numbers? Are you talking about Samskritam helping out
> in developing large numbers' based skills here?
>
> One more reason for learning the language: simply marvelling at the
> thoughts which might have gone through Shri Panini's mind when he sat down
> to frame the rules. A slightly philosophical way of putting in the same -
> marvelling at the possible reach of the human intellect/ mind
>
> Is there any authoritarian biography of Shri Panini's available (other than
> the ones on the net)?
>
> Prasanna
>
>
Hari Narayana Bhat B.R.
EFEO,
PONDICHERRY
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Date: Sat, 3 Oct 2009 21:05:18 -0700 (PDT)
From: Shobha Saraiya <shobhy...@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [Sanskrit] Advantages of learning Sanskrit
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Namaste,
?
Vimala Ji,
?
I feel very humbled ?to be part of this group as my knowledge is very limited I
feel compare to all the mails that I see from you and other very learned people
in this group.
?
I thank you for your explanations. I still get very amazed and dumbstruck ?at
how they wrote all ?these rules with so much precision, how was their state of
mind? .... It is just wonderful. I wish I had chance to learn this as a child
when I was growing up in India.?
?
?
Bhavdayii
shobha
--- On at, 10/3/09, Vimala Sarma <vsa...@bigpond.com> wrote:
From: Vimala Sarma <vsa...@bigpond.com>
Subject: Re: [Sanskrit] Advantages of learning Sanskrit
To: "'Sanskrit Mailing List'" <sanskrit@cs.utah.edu>
Date: Saturday, October 3, 2009, 4:30 AM
Shobha- Ji
All that is necessary is to say that Sa?skrit is the source of all
Indo-European roots and has a rich culture and long history, great literature,
and can be traced back to the vedic tradition.? It is not necessary to
over-embellish.
?
Its grammar has some irregularities, it is not the source of all languages in
the world and it is moot point on whether it originated in India or in a region
in ?north west which subsequently spread to Iran and India.? Even though it is
?concise, the religious literature can be repetitious and sometimes prone to
?over-exaggeration.? We Indians like to think about the language as part of the
religion, but this aspect may not be of interest to others.? I am not sure
about improvement in mathematical skills, logic, etc but I am willing to be
persuaded.? Any kind of memorization helps keep the mind in good order.
?
Vimala
?
From: sanskrit-boun...@cs.utah.edu [mailto:sanskrit-boun...@cs.utah.edu] On
Behalf Of Shobha Saraiya
Sent: Saturday, 3 October 2009 1:53 AM
To: Sanskrit Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Sanskrit] Advantages of learning Sanskrit
?
Ananaji,
?
I tell my students the following why they should learn samskritam.
?
1] All the Languages have come from Samskritam.
2] All our scriptures(i.e slokas,geetam, kritis..etc)?are written in
Samskritam, so it is important to know the meaning when one is ?reciting or
chanting them.
?
3] When we listen the commentry translated from Samskritam to English or any
other langauge?the bhava or the original meaning gets lost.
?
4] Samskritam is the language of Gods and originated in India.
?
5] It is a very sweet and humble loving language.
?
7] The Grammer is so perfect...I am only a novice at learning Sanskrit and
everyday
??? I get amazed how perfect? it is mathematically. No wonder it is close to
computers.
?
6] And all the excellent reasonings ?below.?
?
_Shobha_.
--- On Fri, 10/2/09, Anand <synet...@mtnl.net.in> wrote:
From: Anand <synet...@mtnl.net.in>
Subject: [Sanskrit] Advantages of learning Sanskrit
To: sanskrit@cs.utah.edu
Date: Friday, October 2, 2009, 2:39 PM
Dear Friends ,
I am putting together a little presentation on the advantages of learning
Sanskrit in day to day life . Can you please help me by adding to the
advantages and sharing examples . I am giving some application / advantages
below .
Memory improvement - remembering large numbers through katyapayadi
Improvement in pronunciation
Improvement in mathematical skills
Improvement in logical reasoning
Understanding the hidden meanings of day to day words and thus learning our
mother tongue better
Understanding the beauty underlying the religious poems and their
coorelation to learning e. g. Ramo Rajamani sada vijayate ..........
connected to Vibhaktis
Raising the just pride in our heritage
Ease of realising philological and philosophical thoughts
Quality of Conciseness
Thanks in advance.
Regards ,
Anand
A. K. Ghurye
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From: "Vimala Sarma" <vsa...@bigpond.com>
Subject: Re: [Sanskrit] sanskrit Digest, Vol 54, Issue 3 umasutam -
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Maybe I have missed something in this discussion but isn?t p?dapankajam simply
accus, masc, sing, for foot-lotus ie a karmad?rya sam?sa, meaning lotus-feet,
or a lotus which is also a foot, and the object of the verb nam?mi ? ie I bow
to the lotus-feet....
Pankaja ? upapada sam?sa meaning born of the mud ? ie lotus
Is this too simplistic?
Vimala
From: sanskrit-boun...@cs.utah.edu [mailto:sanskrit-boun...@cs.utah.edu] On
Behalf Of hn bhat
Sent: Sunday, 4 October 2009 4:25 PM
To: sanskrit@cs.utah.edu
Subject: Re: [Sanskrit] sanskrit Digest, Vol 54, Issue 3 umasutam -
Clarification . reg
There are different legends accounting to different Purana-s and all do not
agree each other. But they agree in that Ganesha was the son of Parvati. One of
such story I find to support the adjective "paada-pa~NkajaM" directly relating
to Ganesha also is possible:
According the very well known Shiva-Pur?na version, the Shiva's wife, P?rvat?
the Mountaineer, was disturbed once by her husband who entered the house, even
though she was taking her bath.
The goddess felt annoyed, because she didn't have any personal servant to guard
her door. So, she rub her body skin and, with the perfumed unguents obtained,
she molded the shape of a young boy, as glorious as daylight. Then, she granted
him life and named him Ganesh, ordering that he should be on guard in front of
her house.
When the child intended to impede the great god to enter the house, Shiva
enraged, transformed himself in his Rudra form and requested the to attack
Ganesh. In the battle, Ganesh got his head cut off.
Ascertaining the incommensurable disaster striking her son, P?rvat? was
inconsolable. Unable to find the child head, Shiva grafted a elephant head on
the dead body and gave him life again. Trying to repair his big mistake, he
recognized Ganesh as his son and empowered him on all his servants; so he
became "Ganapati".
This is the version of Shiva Purana of the creation of Ganesha and how he
became Gajanana. Now, coming to the point in question, Ganesha himself is ?????
in its etymological sense, born out of dirt. We don't know from which part of
the body Parvati got the dirt to mold the body of Ganesha, but if we assume it
was from her feet, then the compound ???????? would mean born out of dirt from
the feet, which qualify qualitatively the compound ???????? as the main object
object of the predication ?????? which I hope would solve the question in a
way. Only the word ?????????? has to be related to it as an adjective or making
karmadharaya compound or ???????????. The other solution suggested by Ayurveda
Narayanan also sounds well as adjective taking this compound as directly
qualifying Gajanana. It can hold good in my interpretation also, to take
?????????? in the vocative. The rest being equal. Though I had heard this story
in my childhood, I didn't know the original source for this.
On googling, I found this story credited to Shivapurana. More stories could
be found regarding the birth of Ganesha in this page:
http://ganapati.perso.neuf.fr/anglais/amythes.html
Now coming to the other solution, repeating the verb namaami, would yield to
two parts which makes something uneasy. First bowing directly ?????, the second
part again repeating the same as bowing at ????????, of ?????????? or as an
independent expression addressing ??????????, I bow at your feet. Even though
it is unsaid, bowing is done at the feet of the God, and the same is repeated
again explicitly retaking the same verb. Isn't it redundant? In a devotee's
view, it may not be redundant, as many as times, a devotee can prostrate before
his deity. And this super solution washes all the criticisms raised in the
verse.
As student of language, only one has to hesitate and think over the feasibility
of the interpretations in the verse.
And, as for the other reading ??????-???????-????-?????? I think I need not
comment anything than that it is a grammatically correct form. Might have been
replaced by anyone for the other reading, which seemingly convey, Ganesha
himself devoured by the essence of fruits Kapittha and Jambuu, which again
interpreted Ganesha is devoured by the desire for the fruits ... ... .the
meaning "desire" for "saara" I could not find in Monier Williams, even though
it offers a case of homonym.
The other solution to the existing reading, itself without distorting the
meaning of "saara" has been already offered by some member which was already
proposed by me. By the inclusion of this compound among the exceptional group
"?????????" it can evade the function of the rule governing the ?????? in the
Bahuvrihi compound. The group of gana is flexible one according to the
Ganapatha also. So there is no issue with the grammatical incompatibility in
this reading also.
Anyhow thanks Mr. Hera, for providing a sweet voiced rendering with a different
reading in the verse. For meaning, it will be a "beautiful food" made of
Kapittha and Jamboo fruit, for eating may not be beautiful by itself or it has
to be taken in literary meaning sweet or attractive to mind.
Thanks once again to all scholars who contributed their opinions in this regard.
With regards
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Dear Sanskrit-loving global family,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymF9myktxXo
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymF9myktxXo&hl=de> &hl=de
In this cheerful rendering, we hear chAru-bhakShaNam instead of sAra-BhakShitam.
With this shift from eaten to eating (sAra may remain from a grammatical point
of view, I think), I personally see no grammatical incoherence.
The syntactical structure seems to be a simple (S)-V-O structure (namAmi + 6
direct objects describing Lord Ganesha). Please correct me if I am wrong.
By the way, its metre is vamshasthavilam, a 12-syllabled jagati with
ja-ta-ja-ra pattern.
Thank you for this sweet stuti. I have joyfully added it to my repertoire.
Hera
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Hari Narayana Bhat B.R.
EFEO,
PONDICHERRY
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