P109

Question 1

AYODHYĀ KĀṆḌAM
09.24 Anuṣṭubh (Śloka)
तन्तवे

Answer 1

तन्तवे tantave for increasing offspring SB 9.6.2 ; ‘to continue your line’ (transl.)
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DAT SG
तन्तु m. tantuḥ तन्तुः [तन्-तुन्] 1 A thread, cord, wire, string, line; चिन्तासंततितन्तु Māl.5.1; Me.7. -2 A cob-web R.16.2. -3 filament; विसतन्तुगुणस्य कारितम् Ku.4. 29. -4 An offspring, issue, race; स्वमायया$वृणोद्गर्भं वैराट्याः कुरुतन्तवे Bhāg.1.8.14; Mb.6.43.98. -5 A shark. -6 The Supreme Being; Bhāg.8.16.31. -7 A snare, fetter (पाश); ते तानावारयिष्यन्ति ऐणेयानिव तन्तुना Mb.5. 57.41. -Comp. -करणम् spinning. -कार्यम् a web. -काष्ठम् a piece of wood or brush used by weavers for cleaning threads. -कीटः a silk-worm. -कृन्तनम् cutting off the propagation of a family; तन्तुकृन्तन यन्नस्त्वमभद्रमचरः पुनः Bhāg.6.5.43. -नागः a (large) shark. -निर्यासः the palmyra tree. -नाभः a spider. -पर्वन् n. the anniversary of the day of full-moon in the month of Srāvaṇa when Krisna was invested with the sacred thread. -भः 1 the mustard seed. -2 a calf. -वर्धनः ‘increasing the race’, N. of Viṣṇu, also of Śiva. -वाद्यम् any stringed musical instrument. -वानम् weaving. -वापः 1 a weaver. -2 a loom. -3 weaving. -वायः 1 a spider. -2 a weaver; तन्तुवायो दशपलं दद्यादेकपलाधिकम् Ms.8.397; तन्तुवायास्तुन्नवायाः … Śiva. B.31.19. -3 weaving. ˚दण्डः a loom. -विग्रहा a plantain. -शाला a weaver’s workshop. -संतत a. woven, sewn. (तम्) woven cloth. -संततिः f., -संतानः weaving. -सारः the betel-nut tree.

Question 2

AYODHYĀ KĀṆḌAM
09.25 Anuṣṭubh (Śloka)
प्रसीद मे

Answer 2

प्रसीद मे (PARENTHETICAL): ‘Be gracious to me!’

Question 3

AYODHYĀ KĀṆḌAM
09.32 Anuṣṭubh (Śloka)
निरय m.

Answer 3

निरय m. nirayaḥ निरयः 1 Hell; निरयनगरद्वारमुद्घाटयन्ती Bh.1.63; Ms. 6.61. -2 Sorrow, unhappiness; सततं निरयं प्राप्तः परपिण्डोप- जीविनः Mb.1.141.37. -3 Sin; दुर्लभो ह्यस्य निरयः शशाङ्- कस्येव कल्मषम् Rām.2.36.27. -Comp. -वर्त्मन् n. active worldly life (प्रवृत्तिमार्ग); येषां गृहे निरयवर्त्मनि वर्ततां वः स्वर्गापवर्गविरमः स्वयमास विष्णुः Bhāg.1.82.31. निरवहानि niravahāni (लि li) का kā निरवहानि (लि) का A fence, an outer wall.

Question 4

AYODHYĀ KĀṆḌAM
09.32 Anuṣṭubh (Śloka)
प्रशाधि VERB FORM

Answer 4

प्रशाधि 2ND SG PRES ACT IMV FROM
√प्रशास् = प्र + √शास् / शिष् II प्रशास्ति HERE == ‘to rule (a kingdom)’
P. -śāsti-, (Epic also A1.), to teach, instruct, direct ; to give instructions to, order, command (accusative) ; to chastise, punish ; to govern, rule, reign (also with rājyam-), be lord of (accusative with or without adhi-) etc. ; to decide upon (locative case)

Question 5

AYODHYĀ KĀṆḌAM
09.33 Anuṣṭubh (Śloka)
यथा सुधीः

Answer 5

यथा सुधीः (ELLIPTICAL) ‘As (IT WOULD BE IF IT WERE) a wise or clearheaded man (WHO HAD SAID IT)’

Question 6

AYODHYĀ KĀṆḌAM
09.34 Anuṣṭubh (Śloka)
√प्रतिश्रु == प्रति + √श्रू V प्रतिशृणोति

Answer 6

√प्रतिश्रु == प्रति + √श्रू V प्रतिशृणोति == TO PROMISE
P. -śṛṇoti-, to hear, listen (A1.3. sg. śṛṇve-,”to be heard”or”audible” ) ; to listen, give ear to (genitive case) ; to assure, agree, promise anything (accusative) to any one (genitive case or dative case) etc. etc.: Desiderative -śuśrūṣati-, to wish to promise