P033

Question 1

BĀLA KĀṆḌAM
06.16 Anuṣṭubh (Śloka)
अनुशुश्रुवे VERB FORM

Answer 1

अनुशुश्रुवे == ‘I have heard’ OR ‘he has heard’
3RD SG PERF MIDDLE INDIC
OR TAKE AS A TRUE PASSIVE ==
‘it is well known’ (transl.), ‘it has been heard’
√श्रु ‘to hear’ NOTE PERF ACT == शुश्राव
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THIS COMPOUND NEVERMEANS ‘to obey’. NEVER.

Question 2

BĀLA KĀṆḌAM
06.17 Anuṣṭubh (Śloka)
विधिदृष्ट mfn.

Answer 2

विधिदृष्ट mfn. prescribed by rule ; vidhidṛṣṭa pp. (seen in=) pre scribed by rule; -pûrvakam, -pûrvam, ad. according to rule, duly; -mantra-puras kritam, ad. in accordance with rule and to the accompaniment of spells; -yagña, m.sacrifice performed according to rule; -yoga, m. observance of a rule; dispensation of fate: ab. or -tas, according to the ruling of fate; -lopa, m. transgression of a commandment; -vat, ad. according to rule, duly; -vadhû, f. Brahman’s wife, Sarasvatî; -viparyaya, m. contrariety of fate, misfortune.

Question 3

BĀLA KĀṆḌAM
06.23 Anuṣṭubh (Śloka)
परिकर m.

Answer 3

बद्ध्वा परिकरं दृढम् == HAVING GIRDED UP HIS LOINCLOTH
परिकर m. parikaraḥ परिकरः LOINCLOTH
1 Retinue, train, attendants, followers. -2 A multitude, collection, crowd; संध्याकृष्टावशिष्टस्वकर- परिकरस्पृष्टहेमारपङ्क्तिः Ratn.3.5. -3 A beginning, commencement; गतानामारम्भः किसलयितलीलापरिकरः Bh.1.6. -4 A girth, waist-band, cloth worn round the loins; अहिपरिकरभाजः Śi.4.65; परिकरं बन्ध् or कृ ‘to gird up one’s loins, to make oneself ready, prepare oneself for any action’; बध्नन् सवेगं परिकरम् K.17; कृतपरिकरः कर्मसु जनः Śivamahimna 2; कृतपरिकरस्य भवादृशस्य त्रैलोक्यमपि न क्षमं परिपन्थीभवितुम् Ve.3; G. L.47; बद्धो मानपरिग्रहे परिकरः सिद्धिस्तु दैवे स्थिता Amaru.97; U.5.12. -5 A sofa. -6 (in Rhet.) N. of a figure of speech which consists in the use of significant epithets; विशेषणैर्यत् साकूतैरुक्तिः परिकरस्तु सः K. P.1; e. g. सुधांशुकलितोत्तंसस्तापं हरतु वः शिवः Chandr.5.59. -7 (In dramaturgy) Covet or indirect intimation of coming events in the plot or a drama, the germ or the बीज q. v; see S. D.34. -8 Judgment. -9 A helper, colleague, co-worker.

Question 4

BĀLA KĀṆḌAM
06.23 Anuṣṭubh (Śloka)
वामहस्त m.

Answer 4

वामहस्त m. HERE == ‘left hand’ AND *NOT THE DICTIONARY ENTRY वामहस्त m. the dewlap of a goat
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वाम mf(ā-)n. left, not right, being or situated on the left side etc. etc. (the quivering of the left eye or arm is supposed to be a good omen in women and of the left arm a bad omen in men)
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+ हस्त m. ‘hand’

Question 5

BĀLA KĀṆḌAM
06.23 Anuṣṭubh (Śloka)
वाम mf(ā-)n.

Answer 5

वाम mf(ā-)n. left, not right, being or situated on the left side etc. etc. (the quivering of the left eye or arm is supposed to be a good omen in women and of the left arm a bad omen in men)