P071

Question 1

AYODHYĀ KĀṆḌAM
04.52 Anuṣṭubh (Śloka)
याहि मा चिरम्

Answer 1

याहि मा चिरम् == ‘Do not delay!’ DO NOT COME/GO AFTER A LONG TIME

Question 2

AYODHYĀ KĀṆḌAM
04.56 Anuṣṭubh (Śloka)
सामन्त adj.

Answer 2

सामन्त m. HERE == -3 A feudatory or tributary prince;
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सामन्त adj. sāmanta सामन्त a. 1 Bordering, hounding, neighbouring. -2 Universal. -तः 1 A neighbour; राष्ट्रेषु रक्षाधिकृतान् सामन्तां- श्चैव चोदितान् Ms.9.272. -2 A neighbouring king. -3 A feudatory or tributary prince; सामन्तमौलिमणिरञ्जितपाद- पीठम् V.3.19; R.5.28;6.33. -4 A prince with a revenue of 3 lacs Karṣa; सामन्तः स नृपः प्रोक्तो यावल्लक्षत्रयावधि Śukra.1.83. -5 A leader, general. -तम् Neighbourhood. -Comp -चक्रम् a circle of neighbouring princes. -प्रत्ययः the evidence of near neighbours; सामन्तप्रत्ययो ज्ञेयः सीमासेतुविनिर्णयः Ms.8.262. -वासिन् a neighbour; ग्रामाः सामन्तवासिनः Ms.8.258.

Question 3

AYODHYĀ KĀṆḌAM
04.56 Anuṣṭubh (Śloka)
पालनार्थाय

Answer 3

पालनार्थाय == ‘for the purpose of RULING (over it)’
DAT. SG. MASC.
√पालय् CAN ALSO MEAN “RULE OVER” AND NOT JUST “PROTECT”

Question 4

AYODHYĀ KĀṆḌAM
04.53 Anuṣṭubh (Śloka)
सम् + आ + √धा == √समाधा P. A1. -dadhāti-, -dhatte-,

Answer 4

HERE == ‘to console’
सम् + आ + √धा == √समाधा P. A1. -dadhāti-, -dhatte-, to place or put or hold or fix together etc. ; to compose, set right, repair, put in order, arrange, redress, restore ; to put to, add, put on (especially fuel on the fire) ; to kindle, stir (fire) ; to place, set, lay, fix, direct, settle, adjust (with astram-,”to adjust an arrow”;with garbham-,”to impregnate”;with savituḥ-,”to lay in the sun”;with dṛṣṭim-, cittam-, cetas-, matim-, manas-,”to direct or fix the eyes or mind upon [ locative case ]”;with matim-,”to settle in one’s mind, resolve”,”make up one’s mind”[followed by iti-];with ātmānam-,or manas-,”to collect the thoughts or concentrate the mind in meditation etc.”;without an accusative - “to be absorbed in meditation or prayer”) etc. ; to impose upon (locative case) ; to entrust or commit to (locative case) ; to establish in (locative case) ; to effect, cause, produce ; (in the following meanings only A1.) to take to or upon one’s self. conceive (in the womb), put on (a garment or dress), assume (a shape), undergo (effort), show, exhibit, display etc. ; to devote one’s self entirely to, give one’s self up to (accusative) etc. (once in P.) ; to lay down as settled, settle, establish, prove, declare, ; to admit, grant