P121

Question 1

ĀRAṆYA KĀṆḌAM
02.01 Anuṣṭubh (Śloka)
स्वर्गत adj.

Answer 1

स्वर्गत adj. THIS IS NOT SYNCOPE FOR स्वर्गगत FROM स्वर्ग BUT RATHER स्वर् + गत WHERE…
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स्वर् ind. bright space or sky, heaven (as distinguished from div-,which is regarded as the vault above it;often”heaven”as a paradise and as the abode of the gods and the Blest, in also of the asura-s; svaḥ prayātaḥ-,”gone to heaven” id est”departed this life”) etc.

Question 2

ĀRAṆYA KĀṆḌAM
02.03 Anuṣṭubh (Śloka)
विष्टर m.

Answer 2

SEEMS ORIGINALLY TO HAVE MEANT ‘a pile of grass that is STREWN ABOUT as a seat’
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विष्टर m. viṣṭaraḥ विष्टरः 1 A seat (a stool, chair &c.); कुशपूतं प्रवयास्तु विष्टरम् (आददे) R.8.18; वृक्षशाखां स्वयं छित्वा विष्टराय ददौ मुदा A. Rām.4.1.32. -2 A layer, bed (as of Kuśa grass.). -3 A handful of Kuśa grass. -4 The seat. of the presiding priest (or Brahman) at a sacrifice. -5 A tree. -6 An ascetic seat made of 25 Kuśa grassshoots (‘पञ्चाशद्भिर्भवेद् ब्रह्मा तदर्धेन तु विष्टरः’); विष्टरासनयोग्यो हि कालो$यं मामुपस्थितः Rām.2.2.28. -Comp. -भाज् a. seated on or occupying a seat; तत्रेश्वरो विष्टरभाग् यथावत् Ku.7.72. -श्रवस् m. an epithet of Viṣṇu or Kṛiṣṇa; तं वदन्तमिति विष्टरश्रवाः श्रावयन्नथ समस्तभूभृतः Śi.14.12; Mb.14.14.2.

Question 3

ĀRAṆYA KĀṆḌAM
02.03 Anuṣṭubh (Śloka)
विष्टरेषूपवेशयत्

Answer 3

विष्टरेषूपवेशयत् == विष्टरेषु + उपवेशयत् == ‘he sat them down upon seats’
BUT IT’S ODD THAT उपवेशयत् -
3RD SG IMPF ACT INDIC OF THE CS X OF उप + √विश् ‘to sit down’
- HAS NO AUGMENT. I THINK IT SHOULD REALLY BE उपावेशयत् BUT THIS MAKES THE METER WORSE
MAYBE IT IS JUST A MISTAKE?

Question 4

ĀRAṆYA KĀṆḌAM
02.06 Anuṣṭubh (Śloka)
अप्रमेय adj. Upajāti

Answer 4

HERE USED MOST LIKELY TO DESCRIBE RAMA RATHER THAN THE FUNERAL PILE
अप्रमेय adj. aprameya अप्रमेय a. 1 Immeasurable, unbounded, boundless; ˚महिमा; येषां वेद इवाप्रमेयमहिमा धर्मे वसिष्ठो गुरुः Mv.4.3. -2 That which cannot be properly ascertained, understood &c.; inscrutable, unfathomable (of person or thing); अचिन्त्यस्याप्रमेयस्य कार्यतत्त्वार्थवित्प्रभुः Ms.1.3;12.94. -3 Not to be proved or demonstrated (as Brahman). -यम् Brahman. -Comp. -अनुभाव a. of unlimited might. -आत्मन् ‘of inscrutable spirit’ epithet of Śiva.

Question 5

ĀRAṆYA KĀṆḌAM
02.06 Upajāti
चिति f.

Answer 5

चिति f. == FUNERAL PILE
citiḥ चितिः f. [चि-आधारे क्तिन्] 1 Collecting, gathering. -2 A heap, multitude, quantity. -3 A layer, pile, stack; सभ्यावसथ्यं चितयो$सवो हि ते Bhāg.3.13.37. -4 A funeral pile. -5 An oblong with quadrangula rsides. -6 The understanding. -m. The thinking mind.

Question 6

ĀRAṆYA KĀṆḌAM
02.08 Upajāti
रघुनायक m.

Answer 6

रघुनायक m. == Rāma, LEADER OF RAGHUS
HERE IN ABL. COMPARISON WITH अन्यो
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nāyaka नायक a. [नी-ण्वुल्] Guiding, leading, conducting. -कः 1 A guide, leader, conductor. -2 A chief, master, head, lord. -3 A pre-eminent or principal person, distinguished personage; सैन्यनायकः &c. -4 A general, commander. -5 (In Rhet.) The hero of a poetic composition (a play or drama); (according to S. D. there are four main kinds of नायक:– धीरोदात्त, धीरोद्धत, धीरललित, and धीरप्रशान्त, q. v.; these are again subdivided, the total number of kinds being 48; see S. D.64-75. The Rasamañjarī mentions 3 classes पति, उपपति, and वैशिक; 95.11). -6 The central gem of a necklace; नायको नेतरि श्रेष्ठे हारमध्य- मणावपि’ इति विश्वः. -7 A paradigm or leading example; दशैते स्त्रीषु नायकाः. -8 An epithet of Śākyamuni. -Comp. -अधिपः a king, sovereign.

Question 7

ĀRAṆYA KĀṆḌAM
02.08 Upajāti
वा ind.

Answer 7

HERE IT DOESN’T SEEM TO MEAN ‘or’. THIS WORD CAN HAVE LOTS OF OTHER MEANINGS. HERE, THOUGH, IT SEEMS TO BE ==
वा ind. just, even, indeed, very (equals eva-,laying stress on the preceding word)
(IN OTHER WORDS, BASICALLY == वै)