Sanskrit Digest Tuesday, March 12 2002 Volume 01 : Number 253
71 [Phillip Ernest <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>]
amarushatakam 70 [[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
subhAShitam [gItA] ["SHESHADRI,RAGHURAM (HP-India,unix2)" <raghuram_shesh]
subhAShitaM [gItA] ["SHESHADRI,RAGHURAM (HP-India,unix2)" <raghuram_shesh]
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Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2002 20:16:34 -0500 (EST)
From: Phillip Ernest <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: 71
kva prasthitaa 'si karabhoru ghane nishiithe
praaNaadhiko vasati yatra janaH priyo me
ekaakinii bata kathaM na bibheSi baale
nanv asti puMkhitasharo madanaH sahaayaH
'Where are you off to in the thick [darkness of] midnight, lady with things like
the trunks of elephants?'
'To where my beloved, dearer to me than life, dwells.'
'Good heavens, how is it that you are not afraid to go alone, child?'
'I guess the god of love, armed with feathered shafts, is my companion.'
Phillip Ernest
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Toronto, Ont. m5t 1z4
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voicemail: 416-760-6086 [with Sanskrit greeting]
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Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2002 20:19:52 -0500 (EST)
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: amarushatakam 70
mugdhe mugdhatayai 'va netum akhilaH kaalaH kim aarabhyate
maanaM dhatsva dhRtiM badhaana RjutaaM duure kuru preyasi
sakhyai 'vaM pratibodhitaa prativacas taam aaha bhiitaananaa
niicaiH shaMsa hRdi sthito hi nanu me praaNeshvaraH shroSyati
'How inexperienced you are! Why have you undertaken to conduct the whole
business so artlessly?
Be remote/jealous! Be adamant! Cease to be direct with your lover!'
Thus admonished by her friend, she answered her with a face full of fear:
'praise [him] in vile [words; i.e., praise him even while you censure me]:
for shall the lord of my life not hear, abiding in my heart as he is?'
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Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2002 19:44:41 -0800
From: "SHESHADRI,RAGHURAM (HP-India,unix2)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: subhAShitam [gItA]
namaste,
shlokaM:
hato vA prApyasi swargaM jitwA vA bhokshyase mahIM |
tathApi twaM mahAbaho naiva shochitumarhasi ||
anvayaH tathA padavicChedaH:
hataH vA swargaM prApyasi jitwA vA mahIm bhokshyase |
mahAbaho na api eva tathA shochitum arhasi ||
pratipadArthaH:
hataH = dead
vA = also, or (here, it means if)
swargaM = heaven
prApyasi = will get
jitwA = won
mahIM = the earth
bhokshyase = will relish (will utilize)
mahabAho = oh! the man with powerful arms
na = no, not
api = also
eva = again
tathA = like this, thus
shochitum = to lament
arhasi = is eligible
tAtparyaH:
If you are dead, you attain a place in heaven(swarga), if you have own you
relish the earth (by ruling)
Oh! the man with powerful arms (Arjuna), thus you are not eligile to lament
eitherways.
Raghu adds:
Though, the above verse is was uttered by Lord Krishna in the battlefiled
of Kurukshetra, when Arjuna,
overwhelmed with emotions decided not to fight, this can be alluded to
practical ways of life.
In the game of life, many a time one has to take chances and take calls as
well.
If the choice is correct, once reaps the fruit of efforts. If wrong, the
person learns from mistakes.
Thus, every decisioncan be a learning process and one should not hesitate
or give up..
Very practical, right??
Grammar:
prApyasi = lat lakAre madhyama purushe ekavachanaH
tathA + api = savarNa dIrgha sandhiH
na + eva = vR^iddhi sandhiH
In sanskrit, 10 tenses are defined. They are called 'lakArA's.
There is a verse, which beautifully puts these lakArAs and when they are
used. The verse goes as below
verse:
lat vartamAne leT vede bhUte lu~N la~N liTastathA |
vidyAshishostu li~N loTau lR^i~N lR^uTaU lR^it bhavishyati ||
the 10 tenses are
lat - present tense
leT - used mostly in 'vedA's
lu~N, la~N, liT - past tense
li~N, loT - while teaching, blessings and bestowals
lR^i~N, lR^uT, lR^iT - in future tense.
(I may be wrong in some of the spellings; but, the verse seems to be OK)
shubhaM bhavatu
- -Raghu
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Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2002 18:47:04 -0800
From: "SHESHADRI,RAGHURAM (HP-India,unix2)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: subhAShitaM [gItA]
namaste,
shlokaM:
yadyadAcharati shreShThastattadevetaro janAH |
sa yat pramANaM kurute lokastadanuvartate ||
anvayaH tathA padavicChedaM:
shreShThaH yat yat Acharati itaro janAH tat tat eva (Achara.Nti)|
sa yat praMANam kurute lokaH tat anuvartate ||
pratipadArthaH :
shreShThaH - a noble man. a paragon of virtue
yat - which
Acharati - performs, does
itaro - other
janAH - people
tat - that
eva - only
sa - he
pramANam - vouches for, stands by
kurute - does
lokaH - world
anuvartate - will follow
tAtparyaH:
Whatever a paragon of virtues performs/acts/does, other people do the same.
Whatever he vouches for, the world will follow suit.
grammar:
yat + yat + Acharati (jashtwa sandhiH + jashtwa sandhiH)
shreShThaH + tat (sutWa sandhiH)
tat + eva + itaro (jashtwa sandhiH + guNa sandhiH)
lokaH + tat + anuvartate (sutwA sandhiH + jashtwa sandhiH)
tAvat shubhamastu
- -Raghu
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