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1. Re: knotty shlokas (Divya Jhingran)
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Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 14:20:12 -0400
From: Divya Jhingran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [Sanskrit] knotty shlokas
To: Sai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "P.K.Ramakrishnan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
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Hi Sai,
The Kesari Ganguly translation of this verse is as follows:
These (arrows) are not Sikhandin's--these that cut me to the quick like the
cold of winter cutting cows to the quick.
On 9/12/05, Sai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > arjunasya ime baaNaaH neme baaNaah shikhandinaH /
> > Cchindanti mama gaatraaNi maaghamaase gavaamiva //
>
> The granthi (knot) is obviously the upamAnam (simili) used.
> Let me try....
>
> Bhishma is saying...
> ime bANAH = These arrows
> arjunasya, na shikhaNDinaH = are Arjuna's, not SikhanDi's.
> cchindanti mama gaatraaNi = they are tearing by limbs
> maaghamaase gavaam iva = like the sun's rays in the month of February
> when heat starts rising, but is not much.
> doesn't make much sense because arjuna's arrows are supposed to
> be much more painful.
> Another meaning (my imagination running really wild now :-)
> magha = gift, present
> gavaam iva = cows
> maaghamaase = in the gift-giving season
> Does it mean that cows that got gifted recently will be very violent
> because they are not used to their new master?
> - Sai.
>
> P.K.Ramakrishnan uvaacha:
> > 1.
> > barhi barhiNvaajaanaaM barhiNaaM barhiNaamiva /
> > patataam patataam ghoshaH patataam patataamiva //
> >
> > 2.
> > arjunasya ime baaNaaH neme baaNaah shikhandinaH /
> > Cchindanti mama gaatraaNi maaghamaase gavaamiva //
> >
> > Request members to give the meaning of the above.
> >
> > Sorry I have not put this in Sanskrit.
> >
> > Regards.
> >
> > PKRamakrishnan
> >
> >
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