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1. RE: Explanation of Q-4 by Mr. P.K. Ramakrishnan (Vikram Santurkar)
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Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2004 12:24:06 -0800
From: "Vikram Santurkar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RE: [Sanskrit] Explanation of Q-4 by Mr. P.K. Ramakrishnan
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Namaste Vis,
The "mArmikaH .... " expression is from "Bhaminivilasa" work by Jagannatha Pandit. He
was an exponent of Samskrita-rhetorics
during the mid-1700s.
dhanyavAdaH
Vikram
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Subject: [Sanskrit] Explanation of Q-4 by Mr. P.K. Ramakrishnan
Following is an explanation by Mr. P.K. Ramakrishnan of that lovely line in Q-4 in the
quiz. The guy who originally came up with that line must have been a "mArmikaH"
himself.
Quizz # 6 question 4.
4. mArmikaH ko mara.ndAnAma.ntareNa madhuvrata.m
After seeing the possible meanings given by members,
and going through the dictionary minutely, I venture
to give the word by word meaning and general meaning.
mArmikaH = who is familiar or aquainted with.
ko = kaH = who
mara.ndAnAm = of different honeys. (Maranda means
juice of flowers or honey and the honey produced
by each type of flower will taste differently).
See the plural employed here.
a.ntareNa = except or other than
madhuvrata.m = that lives only on honey i.e. the bee.
The practice of eating the same food is called vratam.
(e.g. khshiira-vrata means drinking only milk, or
neera-vrata drinking only water.)
Though the general meaning of this is bee, the use of
the word vrata indicates that because it lives only
on honey, it can differentiate the various types of
maranda produced from d ifferent flowers.)
Prose order -
madhuvrata.m a.ntareNa marandAnAm mArmikaH kaH?
And the meaning will be -
Who can distinguish the different types of honey
(produced from different flowers) other than the bee
who lives only on honey? (Meaning that only a bee can
find the difference)
First I thought that there may be some mistake
in quoting the sloka. Now I find that there is
no such mistake. It is one of finest I have learnt.
P.K.Ramakrishnan
...Vis Tekumalla
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