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saMskRta hAsyaM: Sanskrit Humour
If you think that Hinduism and the Hindus of the olden days were very serious people and that their texts and
literature had no sense of humour, think again!
• Here is a subhAShita--wisdom words, that speaks about the samudra mathana--churning the ocean of milk, and
says humorously that ultimately it was the dress that made the difference for the gods ViShNu and Shiva!
कं वाससा इ य वचारणीयं
वासः धानं खलु यो यतायै ।
पीता बरं वी य ददौ वक यां
दग बरं वी य वषं समु ः ॥
kiM vAsasA ityatra vichAraNIyaM

vAsaH pradhAnaM khalu yogyatAyai |
pItAmbaraM vIkShya dadau svakanyAM
digambaraM vIkShya viShaM samudraH ||
"What's in one's dress"—-is a point for contemplation;

apparel is indeed important for appropriateness;
Looking at the one dressed in bright yellow clothes (MahAviShNu), the ocean gave him his daughter;
seeing the one dressed in nothing (Shiva) it gave him poison!
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• This subhAShita says that a doctor is like the brother of Yama, the Lord of Death!
vaidhyarAja namaH tubhyaM yamarAjasahodara |

yamaH tu harati prANAm vaidhyarAjaH dhanAni cha ||
वै यराज नमः तु यं यमराजसहोदर ।

यमः तु हरित ाणाम ् वै यराजः धनािन च ॥
O Doctor, I salute you! You are the brother of Yama Raja!
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While Yama only takes the life, the doctor takes the money too!
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• A doctor contemplates on a burning body in the pyre!
chitAM prajvalitAM dRuShTvA vaidyo vismayamAgataH |

nAhaM gataH na me bhrAtA kasyaidaM hastalAghavaM ||
िचतां विलतां वा वै ो व मयमागतः ।

नाहं गतः न मे ाता क यै दं ह तलाघवं ॥
Seeing a body burning on a pyre, a doctor remarks in surprise:

"He is gone not by me, or by my brother, then whose sleight of hand is this?"
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• Do our three gods of the Trinity have any fear? This subhAShita says indeed they have!
kamale brahmA shete haraH shete himAlaye |

kshIrabdhau cha hariH shete manye matkuNashankaya ||
कमले ा शेते हरः शे ते हमालये ।

शीर धौ च ह रः शे ते म ये म कुणश कय ॥
BrahmA sleeps on a lotus, Shiva sleeps in HimAlaya,

ViShNu sleeps in Ksheersaagar--it's all due to the fear of bugs in their bed!
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• This one is about the persistent itch of becoming famous in us.
ghaTaM bhindyAt paTaM ChindyAt kuryAt rAsabharohaNaM |

yena kena prakareNa prasiddhaH puruSho bhavet ||
घटं िभ ात ् पटं िछ ात ् कु यात ् रासभरोहणं ।

ये न केन करे ण िस ः पु षो भवेत ् ॥
Breaking a pot, tearing a cloth, or riding on a donkey--

doing something by hook or crook, (everyone) tries to be famous!
(Reminded of the Guinness Book of World Records?)
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• Blessed are the poor!
bho dAridryaM namastubhyaM siddho&haM tatprasAdAtaH |

pashyAmyahaM jagat sarvaM na mAM pashyati kashchana ||
भो दा र यं नम तु यं िस ोऽहं त सादातः ।
प या यहं जगत ् सव न मां प यित क न ॥
O poverty, homage to you; by your grace I have obtained magical powers:

I see the whole world, and nobody sees me!
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• This one is about the persistent itch of becoming famous in us.
ghaTaM bhindyAt paTaM ChindyAt kuryAt rAsabharohaNaM |

yena kena prakareNa prasiddhaH puruSho bhavet ||
घटं िभ ात ् पटं िछ ात ् कुयात ् रासभरोहणं ।

ये न केन करे ण िस ः पु षो भवेत ् ॥
Breaking a pot, tearing a cloth, or riding on a donkey--

doing something by hook or crook, (everyone) tries to be famous!
(Reminded of the Guinness Book of World Records?)
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• Blessed are the poor!
bho dAridryaM namastubhyaM siddho&haM tatprasAdAtaH |

pashyAmyahaM jagat sarvaM na mAM pashyati kashchana ||
भो दा र यं नम तु यं िस ोऽहं त सादातः ।
प या यहं जगत ् सव न मां प यित क न ॥
O poverty, homage to you; by your grace I have obtained magical powers:

I see the whole world, and nobody sees me!
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र ाकरधौतपदां हमालय कर टनीम ् ।
राज षरर ा यां व दे भारतमातरम ् ॥
ratnAkaradhautapadAM himAlayakirITinIm |
brahmarAjarShiraratnADhyAM vande bhAratamAtaram ||
To her whose feet are washed by the ocean, who wears the Himalayas as her crown, and is adorned
with the gems of rishis and kings, to Mother India, do I bow down in respect.
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Namaste Saideo G,
I do accept that humour was in hinduism, but those sanskrit texts must have their serious meanings
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saMskRta prahelikAH: Sanskrit Riddles

http://www.speaksanskrit.org/
01. The women and the tiger
ekona viMShatistrInAm snAnArthaM sarayuM gata |

viMShati punarAyata, eko vyAghreNa bhakShita ||
एकोन वंषित ीनाम ् नानाथ सरयुं गत ।

वंषित पुन रायत, एको या े ण भ त॥
Nineteen women left for taking bath in the Sarayu river;

one was eaten by a tiger, still twenty returned!
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02. What a Pandit knows well
kRuShNamukhI na mArjArI dvijihvA na cha sarpiNi |

panchabhartrI na pAnchAlI yo jAnAti sa paNDitaH ||
कृ णमु खी न माजार ज ानचसपण।

प चभ न पा चाली यो जानाित स प डतः ॥
Black-faced but not a cat; split-tongued but not a serpent;

five 'husbands' but no PAnchAlI; the Pandits themselves know it well.
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Solving the Riddles
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01. The women and the tiger
ekona viMShatistrInAm snAnArthaM sarayuM gata |

viMShati punarAyata, eko vyAghreNa bhakShita ||
The mistake is in the transliteration: It is not 'ekona'--'one less than' but 'ekaH + na'--'one man and', so 'ekona
viMShatistrInAm' means 'ekaH na viMShati strInAm'--'one man and twenty women'. The man was eaten by the tiger.
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• The dvijihvA--split-tongued is the nib of the pen that writes, and the nib is black-faced because of the ink it dips into.
• panchabhartrI--five 'husbands' or masters refer to the five fingers used to hold the pen. They live together like the
five husbands of PAnchAlI (panchApi angulayaH tayA saha vartante), but here no PAnchAlI is in sight.
This the paNDita--scholars, themselves know very well.
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• The dvijihvA--split-tongued is the nib of the pen that writes, and the nib is black-faced because of
the ink it dips into.
• panchabhartrI--five 'husbands' or masters refer to the five fingers used to hold the pen. They live
together like the five husbands of PAnchAlI (panchApi angulayaH tayA saha vartante), but here no
PAnchAlI is in sight.
This the paNDita--scholars, themselves know very well.
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Sanskrit is Amazing!
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anuloma and pratiloma: regular and reverse orders
shrI VenkatAdvari kavi, a follower of shrI vedAnta deshika, composed a poetic work in 30 shlokas--verses, titled
rAghava yAdavIyam, that tells the story of shrI RAma and shrI KRShNa together. Using a poetic style called
anuloma and pratiloma, he tells the story of RAma in the natural order of reading, and that of KRShNa in the
reverse order.
Here is the first verse of the composition:
vande ahaM devaM taM shrItaM rantAraM kAlaM bhAsA ya:|

rAma: rAmAdhI: ApyAga:leelAm Ara Ayodhye vAse||
व दे अहं देवं तं ीतं र तारं कालं भासा य:।

राम: रामाधी: आ याग:लीलाम ् आर आयो ये वासे॥
By anuloma or primary order, the shloka describes RAma.
I pay obeisance to Sri Rama, who traveled to the mountains of Malaya and Sahya, with his mind occupied with the
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thought of Sita and returned to Ayodhya and was sporting with Sita for a long time.
Let us remember that in Sanskrit, the unit of writing is the akShara--syllable. An akShara can be a single vowel or
consonant (or consonant cluster) followed by a vowel. The vowel in either case may be anusvAra--nasalized or
visarga--aspirated.
Now by prathiloma or reversion, the same shloka describes KRShNa. Reading backwards from the last, it is as
follows:
sevAdhyeyo rAmAlAlee gopyArAdhI mArAmorA:|

yassAbhAla~gkAraM tAraM taM shrItaM vande ahaM devam||
सेवा ये यो रामालाली गो याराधी मारामोरा:।

य साभाल कारं तारं तं ीतं व दे अहं दे वम ् ॥
I bow to lord Krishna, who is contemplated by penance and sacrifice, who plays
with Rukmini and other consorts, who is worshipped by the gopis, whose chest
is the sporting field of Lakshmi and who is adorned with radiant ornaments.
(This book can be downloaded at:

http://www.ahobilavalli.org/raghavayadaveeyam.pdf)
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shivA-viShNu abhedaH: Shiva-ViShNu identity
An amazing feat of this shloka is that it is about Shiva when read as such. When the first syllable of each word is
removed, it adores ViShNu!
I have attempted the overall and phrasal meanings related to Shiva and ViShNu, enhancing on what I found here
(http://sa.wiktionary.org/wiki/). Any corrections and suggestions for those phrases I can't make out, are
welcome.--sd
gavIshapatro nagajArtihArI kumAratAtaH shashikhaNDamauliH |

la~gkeshasampUjitapAdapadmaH pAyAdanAdiH parameshvaro naH ||
गवीशप ो नगजाितहार कुमारतातः शिशख डमौिलः ।

ल केशस पू जतपादप ः पायादना दः परमे रो नः ॥
Adoring Shiva:
May he protect us whose vehicle is the bull, who is the remover of the sorrow of Goddess PArvatI, who is the father
of Skanda, who wears a moon on the head, whose lotus feet RAvaNa, the Lord of Lanka worshipped, who is
beginningless and he who is the Supreme Lord.
padArtha--phrasal meanings:
gavIshapatro: patra--vehicle, gavIsha--of the cow kine
nagajArtihArI: nagaja--mountain-born, so PArvati; arti--pain; harI--remover
kumAratAtaH: tAtaH--father, of kumAra--Skanda
shashikhanDamauliH: shashi-khaNa--piece of moon, so crescent moon; mauli--head
la~gkeshasampUjitapAdapadmaH: la~gkesha--Lord of Lanka, so RAvaNa; sampUjita--greately honoured;
pAdapadmaH--lotus feet
pAyAdanAdiH: can't get the meaning, any help is welcome.
parameshvara: Supreme Lord.
Adoring ViShNu:
May he protect us whose bed is the poisonous snake, who is the remover of the sorrow of Goddess LakShmI,
mAratAtaH (meaning?), who wears a peacock feather on the head, who is the ViShNu, greatly honoured, with lotus
feet, yAdanAdiH--of the lineage of the YAdavas, and who is the Lord of RamA--LakShmI.
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vIshapatro: visha--poison, so the Snake; patra--sheet, bed
gajArtihArI: Goddess LakShmI is surrounded by elephants; does this phrase refer to her?
mAratAtaH: can't make out, any help is welcome.
shikhaNDamauliH: shikhaNDa--crest or plume as of the peacock's tail, lock of hair; mauli--head
keshasampUjitapAdapadmaH: kesha--ViShNu; sampUjita--greately honoured; pAdapadmaH--lotus feet
yAdanAdiH: of the YAdava clan, lineage?

rameshvara: ramA--LakShmI; Ishvara--Lord; so Lord of Goddess LakShmI
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yA Right!
Would you believe that the following amazing piece of poetry that looks gibberish is actually an adoration of ViShNu?
yAyAyAyAyAyAyAyAyAyAyAyAyAyAyAyA |
yAyAyAyAyAyAyAyAyAyAyAyAyAyAyAyA ||
To understand the meaning, we need to do some anvaya--break up and associate the syllables in the verse.
yAyAyA, Ay, yAyAyA, Ay, AyAy,ayAya, ayAy, ayAy,ayAy, ayAy, |

ayAy, ayAyA, yAyAy, AyAyA, AyAy, yA, yA , yA, yA, yA, yA, yA, yA ||
--vedAnta deshika (1269 - 1370), 'PAdukAsahasram', shloka 936
यायाया, आय ,् यायाया, आय ्, आयाय ्,अयाय, अयाय ्, अयाय ,् अयाय ्, अयाय ्, ।

अयाय ्, अयाया, यायाय ्, आयाया, आयाय ्, या, या , या, या, या, या, या, या ॥
Now the verse reveals the meaning:
The sandals that adorn the Lord, which help in the attainment of all that is good, which gives knowledge, which
causes the desire to attain the Lord, which removes all that is hostile, which attain the lord and are used to travel
aound by which all the places can be reached--these sandals are for Lord Vishnu.
(Ref: http://www.sharansharma.com/2006/08/ya-right.html)
******************** rAghava yAdavIyam, that tells the story of shrI RAma and shrI KRShNa together.
Using a poetic style called anuloma and pratiloma, he tells the story of RAma in the natural order of
reading, and that of KRShNa in the reverse order.
Here is the first verse of the composition:
vande ahaM devaM taM shrItaM rantAraM kAlaM bhAsA ya:|

rAma: rAmAdhI: ApyAga:leelAm Ara Ayodhye vAse||
व दे अहं दे वं तं ीतं र तारं कालं भासा य:।

राम: रामाधी: आ याग:लीलाम ् आर आयो ये वासे ॥
By anuloma or primary order, the shloka describes RAma.
I pay obeisance to Sri Rama, who traveled to the mountains of Malaya and Sahya, with his mind
occupied with the thought of Sita and returned to Ayodhya and was sporting with Sita for a long
time.
Let us remember that in Sanskrit, the unit of writing is the akShara--syllable. An akShara can be a
single vowel or consonant (or consonant cluster) followed by a vowel. The vowel in either case may
be anusvAra--nasalized or visarga--aspirated.
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Now by prathiloma or reversion, the same shloka describes KRShNa. Reading backwards from the
last, it is as follows:
sevAdhyeyo rAmAlAlee gopyArAdhI mArAmorA:|

yassAbhAla~gkAraM tAraM taM shrItaM vande ahaM devam||
सेवा ये यो रामालाली गो याराधी मारामोरा:।

य साभाल कारं तारं तं ीतं व दे अहं दे वम ् ॥
I bow to lord Krishna, who is contemplated by penance and sacrifice, who plays
with Rukmini and other consorts, who is worshipped by the gopis, whose chest
is the sporting field of Lakshmi and who is adorned with radiant ornaments.
(This book can be downloaded at:

http://www.ahobilavalli.org/raghavayadaveeyam.pdf)
********************
shivA-viShNu abhedaH: Shiva-ViShNu identity
An amazing feat of this shloka is that it is about Shiva when read as such. When the first syllable of
each word is removed, it adores ViShNu!
I have attempted the overall and phrasal meanings related to Shiva and ViShNu, enhancing on what
I found here (http://sa.wiktionary.org/wiki/). Any corrections and suggestions for those phrases I
can't make out, are welcome.--sd
gavIshapatro nagajArtihArI kumAratAtaH shashikhaNDamauliH |

la~gkeshasampUjitapAdapadmaH pAyAdanAdiH parameshvaro naH ||
गवीशप ो नगजाितहार कुमारतातः शिशख डमौिलः ।

ल केशस पू जतपादप ः पायादना दः परमे रो नः ॥
Adoring Shiva:
May he protect us whose vehicle is the bull, who is the remover of the sorrow of Goddess PArvatI,
who is the father of Skanda, who wears a moon on the head, whose lotus feet RAvaNa, the Lord of
Lanka worshipped, who is beginningless and he who is the Supreme Lord.
gavIshapatro: patra--vehicle, gavIsha--of the cow kine
nagajArtihArI: nagaja--mountain-born, so PArvati; arti--pain; harI--remover
kumAratAtaH: tAtaH--father, of kumAra--Skanda
shashikhanDamauliH: shashi-khaNa--piece of moon, so crescent moon; mauli--head
la~gkeshasampUjitapAdapadmaH: la~gkesha--Lord of Lanka, so RAvaNa; sampUjita--greately
honoured; pAdapadmaH--lotus feet
pAyAdanAdiH: can't get the meaning, any help is welcome.
parameshvara: Supreme Lord.
Adoring ViShNu:
May he protect us whose bed is the poisonous snake, who is the remover of the sorrow of Goddess
LakShmI, mAratAtaH (meaning?), who wears a peacock feather on the head, who is the ViShNu,
greatly honoured, with lotus feet, yAdanAdiH--of the lineage of the YAdavas, and who is the Lord of
RamA--LakShmI.
vIshapatro: visha--poison, so the Snake; patra--sheet, bed
gajArtihArI: Goddess LakShmI is surrounded by elephants; does this phrase refer to her?
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mAratAtaH: can't make out, any help is welcome.
shikhaNDamauliH: shikhaNDa--crest or plume as of the peacock's tail, lock of hair; mauli--head
keshasampUjitapAdapadmaH: kesha--ViShNu; sampUjita--greately honoured; pAdapadmaH--lotus

feet
yAdanAdiH: of the YAdava clan, lineage?

rameshvara: ramA--LakShmI; Ishvara--Lord; so Lord of Goddess LakShmI
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yA Right!
Would you believe that the following amazing piece of poetry that looks gibberish is actually an
adoration of ViShNu?
yAyAyAyAyAyAyAyAyAyAyAyAyAyAyAyA |
yAyAyAyAyAyAyAyAyAyAyAyAyAyAyAyA ||
To understand the meaning, we need to do some anvaya--break up and associate the syllables in
the verse.
yAyAyA, Ay, yAyAyA, Ay, AyAy,ayAya, ayAy, ayAy,ayAy, ayAy, |

ayAy, ayAyA, yAyAy, AyAyA, AyAy, yA, yA , yA, yA, yA, yA, yA, yA ||
--vedAnta deshika (1269 - 1370), 'PAdukAsahasram', shloka 936
यायाया, आय ्, यायाया, आय ्, आयाय ्,अयाय, अयाय ्, अयाय ्,अयाय ्, अयाय ्, ।

अयाय ्, अयाया, यायाय ्, आयाया, आयाय ्, या, या , या, या, या, या, या, या ॥
Now the verse reveals the meaning:
The sandals that adorn the Lord, which help in the attainment of all that is good, which gives
knowledge, which causes the desire to attain the Lord, which removes all that is hostile, which
attain the lord and are used to travel aound by which all the places can be reached--these sandals
are for Lord Vishnu.
(Ref: http://www.sharansharma.com/2006/08/ya-right.html)
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Namaste Saidevo ji,
Very witty & humorous collection ! Thanks !
Regarding meaning of a few words, let me try. Mostly it is my guess ... if that helps ! The poets use many words
figuratively & sometimes even don't write the full word in the verse.
pAyAdanAdiH = pAyAt (from water ?) + anAdih (beginning less)

yAdanAdih = YAdan (Yaadvas, just a guess) + Adih ( the first "among")
Gajaartihaari ==> I have slight doubt over meaning that you have used. This should mean Gaj (elephant) + aarti
(pain) + haari (remover) ====> who is the remover of pain of the elephant (refer the story of elephant & the
crocodile).
mAratAtah = mAra ( obstacles) + Taatah ( father or any respectable elder ... but might have been used poetically ...
a guess)
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namaste Devotee.
I think you've got it. Very nice, specially about the gajArtihArI. You have had a formal Sanskrit education or just
learning now like me? Since you've the interest, why don't you search out and add to this collection? I would love
Yajvan, Atanu and any other interested member to hop in and share their wisdom.
I have seen some more of such verses; I shall share them shortly.
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Namaste Saidevo ji,
I don't think I am as studious as you are !
Yes, Sanskrit was third language during my school days but as you know about the course of & attention to third
language, it was basic & it was long back. So. I do have "formal" education on Sanskrit but ... (a big BUT !) ...
I was forced to take interest in Sanskrit again when I wanted to understand Bhagwad Gita myself as according to
me, the translations available are tainted with translator's bias towards one or the other views.
The biggest problem is finding the true meaning of words ... as sometimes words used in the scriptures are no
longer used in modern Sanskrit.
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31 December 2009, 02:04 AM #1

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saMskRta hAsyaM: Sanskrit Humour

kiM vAsasA ityatra vichAraNIyaM

"What's in one's dress"—-is a point for contemplation;

vaidhyarAja namaH tubhyaM yamarAjasahodara |

वै यराज नमः तु यं यमराजसहोदर ।

O Doctor, I salute you! You are the brother of Yama Raja!

• A doctor contemplates on a burning body in the pyre!

chitAM prajvalitAM dRuShTvA vaidyo vismayamAgataH |

िचतां विलतां वा वै ो व मयमागतः ।

Seeing a body burning on a pyre, a doctor remarks in surprise:

kamale brahmA shete haraH shete himAlaye |

कमले ा शेते हरः शे ते हमालये ।

BrahmA sleeps on a lotus, Shiva sleeps in HimAlaya,

• This one is about the persistent itch of becoming famous in us.

ghaTaM bhindyAt paTaM ChindyAt kuryAt rAsabharohaNaM |

घटं िभ ात ् पटं िछ ात ् कु यात ् रासभरोहणं ।

Breaking a pot, tearing a cloth, or riding on a donkey--

(Reminded of the Guinness Book of World Records?)

• Blessed are the poor!

bho dAridryaM namastubhyaM siddho&haM tatprasAdAtaH |

O poverty, homage to you; by your grace I have obtained magical powers:

• This one is about the persistent itch of becoming famous in us.

ghaTaM bhindyAt paTaM ChindyAt kuryAt rAsabharohaNaM |

घटं िभ ात ् पटं िछ ात ् कुयात ् रासभरोहणं ।

Breaking a pot, tearing a cloth, or riding on a donkey--

(Reminded of the Guinness Book of World Records?)

• Blessed are the poor!

bho dAridryaM namastubhyaM siddho&haM tatprasAdAtaH |

O poverty, homage to you; by your grace I have obtained magical powers:

31 December 2009, 10:41 AM #2

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Re: saMskRta hAsyaM: Sanskrit Humour

01 January 2010, 09:56 AM #3

Join Date: August 2006

Re: saMskRta hAsyaM: Sanskrit Humour

saMskRta prahelikAH: Sanskrit Riddles

01. The women and the tiger

ekona viMShatistrInAm snAnArthaM sarayuM gata |

एकोन वंषित ीनाम ् नानाथ सरयुं गत ।

Nineteen women left for taking bath in the Sarayu river;

02. What a Pandit knows well

kRuShNamukhI na mArjArI dvijihvA na cha sarpiNi |

कृ णमु खी न माजार ज ानचसपण।

Black-faced but not a cat; split-tongued but not a serpent;

ekona viMShatistrInAm snAnArthaM sarayuM gata |

02. What a Pandit knows well

kRuShNamukhI na mArjArI dvijihvA na cha sarpiNi |

This the paNDita--scholars, themselves know very well.

02. What a Pandit knows well

kRuShNamukhI na mArjArI dvijihvA na cha sarpiNi |

This the paNDita--scholars, themselves know very well.

02 January 2010, 12:27 AM #4

Join Date: August 2006

Re: saMskRta hAsyaM: Sanskrit Humour

Here is the first verse of the composition:

vande ahaM devaM taM shrItaM rantAraM kAlaM bhAsA ya:|

व दे अहं देवं तं ीतं र तारं कालं भासा य:।