P152

Question 1

ĀRAṆYA KĀṆḌAM
07.45 Anuṣṭubh (Śloka)
पौलस्त्य m.

Answer 1

पौलस्त्य m. paulastyaḥ पौलस्त्यः 1 An epithet of Rāvaṇa; पौलस्त्यः कथमन्य- दारहरणे दोषं न विज्ञातवान् Pt.2.4; R.4.8;1.5;12.72. -2 Of Kubera. -3 Of Bibhīṣaṇa. -4 The moon.
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पौलस्त्यतनय m. == ‘a son of the family of the Paulastyas, descendents of Pulasti’
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FROM
pulastiḥ पुलस्तिः स्त्यः N. of a sage, one of the mind-born sons of Brahmā; Ms.1.35.

Question 2

ĀRAṆYA KĀṆḌAM
07.48 Anuṣṭubh (Śloka)
हरि m.

Answer 2

हरि m. HERE == lion
SO, WITH A WEAK PUN, SITA TELLS RAVANA
मां को धर्षयितुं शक्तो हरेर्भार्यां शशो यथा
== Who is able to kidnap/rape me, like a rabbit (is able to kidnap/rape) the wife of a lion (OR ME, THE WIFE OF HARI THE GOD)?