P221

Question 1

KIṢKINDHĀ KĀṆḌAM
08.46 Anuṣṭubh (Śloka)
प्रारब्धसङ्क्षय m.

Answer 1

प्रारब्धसङ्क्षय m. ‘the dissolution of the prarabdha karma from previous births’

Question 2

KIṢKINDHĀ KĀṆḌAM
08.47 Anuṣṭubh (Śloka)
धृतकञ्चुकसर्पवत् ind.

Answer 2

धृतकञ्चुकसर्पवत् ind. ‘like a snake that has not shed his skin (yet)’, LIT. ‘LIKE A SNAKE WHOSE SKIN IS FIRMLY SET’

Question 3

KIṢKINDHĀ KĀṆḌAM
08.50 Anuṣṭubh (Śloka)
निर्देश m.

Answer 3

निर्देश m. nirdeśaḥ निर्देशः 1 Pointing out, showing, indicating. -2 Order, command, direction; तमशक्यमपाक्रष्टुं निर्देशात् स्वर्गिणः पितुः R.12.17 (v. l. निदेशात्). -3 Advice, instruction. -4 Telling, saying, declaring. -5 Specifying, particularization, specification, specific mention; अयुक्तो$यं निर्देशः Mbh.; ऊँ तत्सदिति निर्देशो ब्रह्मणस्त्रिविधः स्मृतः Bg.17.23. -6 Ascertainment. -7 Vicinity, proximity. -8 Description, designation. -9 Agreement, promise; कृताशं कृत- निर्देशं कृतभक्तं कृतश्रमम् । भेदैर्ये व्यपकर्षन्ति ते वै निरयगामिनः ॥ Mb.13.23.7.

Question 4

KIṢKINDHĀ KĀṆḌAM
08.45 Anuṣṭubh (Śloka)
देहः पततु प्रारब्धकर्मवेगेन तिष्ठतु ॥ ४५॥

Answer 4

देहः पततु प्रारब्धकर्मवेगेन तिष्ठतु ॥ ४५॥
== ‘The body, let it fall, let it stand by virtue of the movement of the soul’s own accumulated karma from previous incarnations’
THIS IS THAT USE OF THE IMPERATIVE MOOD AS A VIRTUAL OPTATIVE - SEE MACDONNELL SG #215.c, p. 207., SO ==>
== ‘No matter whether the body falls OR stands by virtue of…’
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NOTE: THE SANSKRIT DOCS ONLINE VERSON HAS
देहः पततु वाऽरब्धकर्मवेगेन तिष्ठतु ॥ ४५॥
= BECAUSE THEY WANTED THE “OR” EXPRESSED. BUT IT IS MORE VIVID WITHOUT IT - AND THE MEANING OF प्रारब्ध (karma from previous lifetimes) IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY.
आरब्ध JUST MEANS ‘beginning’, ‘undertaking’, WHICH IS WRONG HERE