P142

Question 1

ĀRAṆYA KĀṆḌAM
05.53 Anuṣṭubh (Śloka)|
मनः + √कृ VIII करोति

Answer 1

मनः + √कृ VIII करोति == ‘to make UP one’s mind (to do something)’
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यदि मनः कुर्यात् == ‘If he should make up his mind (to do it)…’

Question 2

ĀRAṆYA KĀṆḌAM
05.53 Anuṣṭubh (Śloka)|
निमिषर्धतः indc.

Answer 2

निमिषर्धतः indc. ‘in half a wink’, ‘in half a moment’

Question 3

ĀRAṆYA KĀṆḌAM
05.59 Upajāti
द्रुहिण m.

Answer 3

HERE == BRAHMĀ, THE CREATOR
द्रुहिण m. idem or ‘m. (either fr.1. druh-,or equals dru-ghaṇa-) Name of Brahmā- ‘ ; द्रुहिण m. Name of Śiva- or Viṣṇu- (wrong reading hina-). ; druhiṇa m. ep. of Brahma, Vishnu, Siva.