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1. Re: Sanskrit Quiz # 13 (Sai)
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Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2004 10:56:49 -0600
From: Sai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [Sanskrit] Sanskrit Quiz # 13
To: Vis Tekumalla <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Vis Tekumalla uvaacha:
> Please send me your responses by April 25. I will post the consolidated answers on
> the 26th.
>
> Translate 1-2 into Sanskrit:
>
> 1. What time is it my dearest, you seem exhausted?
kaH samayaH priyatame, SrAntA dR^iSyate?
>
> 2. Well! Maadhava, are you in love with Maalati?
he mAdhava, mAlatI-rataH kim?
> 3. Make up a third line for the following verse:
>
> kokilAnA.m svaro rUpa.m
> strINA.m rUpa.m pativratA.m.
ChhAtrANAM vinayo rUpa.m
> xamA rUpa.m tapasvinA.m..
>
> Meanings for 4-10:
>
> 4. yadiha tadanyatra yannehAsti na tat kvAchit.
yat iha tat anyatra = what is here is elsewhere,
yat na iha asti na tat kvachit = what is not here is nowhere else.
(about Mahabharata)
>
> 5. putrIti jAtA mahatIha chi.ntA
> kasmai pradeyeti mahAn vitarkaH.
> dattvA sukha.m prApsyati vA na veti
> kanyApitR^itva.m khalu nAma kaShTam..
Having a girl child is cause for a lot of worry. who should she be
given (in marriage) to is the first debate. Once she's married, the next
worry is whether or not she will be happy there. Being the father of a
bride is very difficult indeed.
> 6. pinAkaphaNibAlendubhasmamandAkinIyutA.
> pavaragarachitA mUrtiH apavarga pradAstu me..
May the image/idol (of Siva) endowed with articles named from the 'pa' varga
grant me emancipation (from bodily existence).
pinAka = trident, phaNi = serpent, bAlendu = tender moon, bhasma = ash,
mandAkinI = gangA
apavarga = emancipation (from bodily existence).
> 7. Arambha gurvI xayiNI krameNa
> laghvI purA vR^iddhimatI cha pashchAt.
> dinasya pUrvArdha parArdha bhinnA
> ChAyeva maitrI khala sajjanAnAm..
A good person's friendship starts small but grows like the shadow in the
afternoon. A bad person's friendship starts long, but shrinks like the
shadow in the forenoon.
>
> 8. yasmAch cha yena cha yadA cha yathA cha yach cha
> yAvach cha yatra cha shubhAshubhamAtmakarma.
> tasmAch cha tena cha tadA cha tathA cha tat cha
> tAvach cha tatra cha kR^itantavashAdupaiti..
kR^itAnta = the inevitable result of past action,
Lord Yama, or
destiny
yasmAt subha-ashubhaM Atma karma (prAptavyam) tasmAt kR^itAnta vashAt upaiti.
yena .. .. Atma karma (prAptavyam) tena .. ..
.. .. .. .. .. ..
Meaning 1:
As much good/bad result of one's own action has to be obtained, one
obtains that much, as ordained by Lord Yama/destiny/end-result of past
action.
Meaning 2:
the good/bad result of one's own action is obtained based on
from whom, by whom, when, how, what, as much, and where the result has to be
obtained, as ordained by Lord Yama, by one's own destiny, or as the
inevitable result of one's own action.
>
> 9. subhAShitena gItena yuvatInA.m cha lIlayA .
> mano na bhidyate yasya sa vaimukto.athavA pashuH..
One whose mind is not led astray by the play of good words, songs and women,
is indeed liberated. Otherwise he is bound.
>
> 10. yadi vA yAti govindaH mathurAtaH punaH sakhi.
> rAdhAyAH nayana dvandve rAdhA nAma viparyayaH..
If at all govinda comes again from mathura, O friend,
in the eyes of rAdhA will be a reverse of rAdha (dhArA),
i.e., stream of tears.
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