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sloka-5

 

yan gAdhEyah yOgee rAgee

vaitAnE soumye soukhyE asou

tham khyAtham Seetham spheetham

bheemAn Ama  aSreehAthA  thrAtham

 

 The sage Visvamithra, who desired the pleasure  of performing the yajna comfortably,  and afraid of the destructive elements, obtained  Rama who was calm, growing  with glory.

gAdhEyah means Visvamithra who was the son of Gadhi.He was a yogi, sage,who was desirous, rAgee, of the comfort. soumya and pleasure, soukhya of the performance of yajna., vitAna.That is why he was bheemAn, afraid of impediments that are inauspicious, and wanted to avoid them, aSreehAthA.aSree is the opposite of Sree and hAthA means one who avoids.

 

 Yan means obtained. He obtained Rama who is here denoted by khyAtha, of fame, spheetha, grown and Seetha, calm and cool and who was  thrAtha, protector (of the yajna) and Visvamithra obtained Ama, protection for his yajna.

 

sloka in reverse

 

tham thrAthA hA sreemAn Ama

abheetham spheetham bheetham khyAtham

soukhyE soumyE asou nEthA vai

geerAgee yaH yOdhE gAyan

 

Sage Narada,glorious with lustre, who was the leader among brahmins, who instilled  courage in the warriors and well versed in music, approached Krishna,who was cool,fearless, growing in fame for the welfare of the world, singing.

 

Narada was the thrAtha, protector of the courage of the warriors YOdha, by his  music. He was skilled in music,geerAgee and SreemAn, endowed with auspicious qualities and a leader,nEtha, among brahmins, soumyE.

 

He,asou, approached, Ama, Krishna, who was SeethaH, cool, also means dhayASeetham, drenched  with mercy and hence cool. Krishna was soukhyE spheethaH and khyAthaH. His fame, khyAthi grew,spheetham, on account of  the welfare Soukhyam of the world.

 

Narada came to Krishna singing,gAyan. The word hA  means 'alas,' and indicates the real purpose of the arrival of Narada which was to create disturbance in the household of Krishna, which is what the rest of the story is about.The syllable 'vai' at the end of the third line of the sloka serves as pAdhapoorana,filling up the gap in metre.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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