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Today's Topics:
1. Two questions (Jay Naik)
2. kALidAsa daSaSlokI stuti - Sloka 2 - quiz - answer (Sai)
3. sanskrit alphabet (jayme famuliner)
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Message: 1
Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 14:46:43 -0700 (PDT)
From: Jay Naik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Sanskrit] Two questions
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Hi All,
I have two questions. Anyone in the know, please reply.
Thanks,
1. The following verse has been attributed to Kalidasa by some western
writers. Would anyone know the Sanskrit original and the source? if so, please
send them my way.
Look to this day,
for in it lies all the verities of life....
For yesterday is but a dream
And tomorrow is only a vision,
But Today well lived
makes every yesterday
a dream of happiness and every tomorrow
a vision of hope..
2. Where does the famous subhashita - sahasaa vidadheeta na kriyaam,
avivekah paramaapadaam padam... appear? Vararuchi's work? Which?
And what was the context? I have heard it appears in a story of ten
princes and this is the advice given them by their master??? Thanks.
Jay Naik
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Message: 2
Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 16:08:26 -0600
From: Sai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Sanskrit] kALidAsa daSaSlokI stuti - Sloka 2 - quiz - answer
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I didn't have the leisure to do it. I am including Raman's answer below.
From: "Ambujam Raman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Sai" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [Sanskrit] kALidAsa daSaSlokI stuti - Sloka 2 - quiz
Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2005 15:36:27 -0400
I assume we are doing half a couplet at a time!
dvaipaayana prabhR^iti shaapa ayudha tridiva sopaana dhuuli caraNaa
paapa apaha svam anujaapa anuliina jana taapa apanoda nipuNaa |
dvaipaayana = dviipaH ayane janmabhUmiH yasya sa dvaipaayana i.e the
island-born, signifying Veda Vyasa
prabhR^iti = commencing or starting with
shaapaayudha = shaapaH aayudhaM yasya i.e., one who has curse as a weapon
tridiva = t^RitIya dyauH lokah iti i.e., heaven
sopaana = stairs
dhuuli = dust
caraNaa = (on whose) feet
Hence this quarter means:
One, the dust from whose feet are the stairs to heaven for sages beginning
with Veda Vyasa who have curse as their weapon.
The usage of the term 'shaapaayudha' shows the signature of KaaLidaasa who
designates Rishis as 'shaapaastra' (raghuvamsa 15.3). He implies that the
sages use curse only as a last resort since it exhausts their penance energy
(taapasa shakti).
On the other hand the claim that the gateway to heaven are through the dust
of Devi's feet are reminiscent of the second shloka of Soundaryalahari of
Acaarya.
( There is a reference in Devi bhaagavataM of veda vyasa (since he is the
author) praying to Devi for salvation. Others may provide explicit puranic
reference if they can)
paapa = paati raxati asmaat aatmaanaM, paa apaadaane pa i.e that which
takes away salvation from one i.e., sins
apaha = destroying
svam anujaapa = praying on own initiative
anuliina jana = people who are intimately united
taapa = torment or affliction
apanoda = removal
nipuNaa = one who is an expert.
One who destroys the causes that hinder salvation, and one who removes the
torment of those people who unite themselves in prayer of their own accord.
The term jaapa is derived from the root jap meaning muttered prayer or
spell. sva relates to the inner soul and hence there is an allusion to the
atma-initiated- prayer into which one blends suggestive of Tantric approach.
rAmaH
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Message: 3
Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2005 07:06:43 -0700 (PDT)
From: jayme famuliner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Sanskrit] sanskrit alphabet
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i need help learning the sanskrit alphabet.can anyone help me? im
desparatecontact me personally.thank you
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