sloka-16
sah
tham dhrusArapatah anAghAh nAnAdhOshavirADHahA
Rama, faultless enemy of ignorance, clad in hermit's robes approached Agasthya, whose voice was resounding with veda , soon after killing Viradha ,abounding in wickedness.
sah - that Rama, Arath- approached, aram- soon, vedErAkantakumbhajam- the sage Agasthya, referred to as kumbhaja as he was born in a pot.His kanta, throat, meaning his voice, is full of veda ira, veda vak, meaning that whatever he utters is like veda.
Rama is qualified by the adjectives, anajnAnah, opposite of ajnana, ignorance, dhru sArapatah, wearing bark garment,( Dhru=tree, sAra=its bark and pata is cloth or garment), anAghAh,blemishless(agha is dhosha or pApa) and nAnAdhOsha virADHa ha, the killer of Viradha , who is the abode of nAnA dhOsha, various sins.
sloka in reverse
hA DHarAvishadhah nAnAgAnAtOparasAth dhrutham
jambhakunTakarAh dhEvEnah ajnAnadharam Ara sah
Indra,the lord of devas, the giver of rain to earth, the enjoyer of the music and other entertainment and the slayer of Jambasura,became deluded and afraid, hearing the arrival of
DHaravishadhah -giver of rain to earth, DharA means earth ,visha has the meaning of water also apart from poison., dha is the one who gives.
nAnAganAtoparasAth- nAnAgana means various kinds of music, sung by the gandhravas kinnaras etc.AtOpa is flamboyance.rasAth is split as rasa +ath. Rasa is the juice or essence and ath is one who eats it , meaning the enjoyer of the essence of music.
dhrutham means at once. That is Indra became afraid as soon as he heard that
JambhakunTakarAh the one who vanquished (kunTakara), Jambha.
dhEvEnah- ina means master, dhEvenah, the master of the devas, Indra.
sah - that Indra, Ara, got, ajnana, ignorance, here meaning its effect delusion, and dhara, fear.
Indra inspite of being glorious as indicated by the adjectives, was overcome with delusion as to the real identity of
ha means alas.
sloka 17
sAgamAkarapAthA hAkankEnaavanathah hi sah
na samAnardha mA arAmA lankArAjasvasA ratham
Rama the protector of the rshis well versed in vedas, was served by Jatayu and desired by Surpanakha, the sister of Ravana.
Agama is veda and sAgama means those with Agama, that is the sages. Akara is assembly. hence the word sAgamAkara denotes the assemly of sages and Rama is referred to as their protector, pAthA.
kanka means eagle, JatAyu , avanatha is bowing down, sah =he, Rama was avanatha bowed down by kanka the eagle, Jatayu.
arAmA -rAmA means beautiful woman, arAmA means the opposite, adjective to Surpanakha, the sister of the king of Lanka, lankArAjasvasA.
samAnardha- samyak Anardha, means implored. ratham -enjoyment (with Rama), that is, she desired Rama.
The two negative particles, na and mA denote positive sense.
sloka in reverse
tham rasAsu ajarAkAlam ma ArAmardhanam Asa na
sah hithahanavanAkEakam hAthA apArakam AgasA
Indra, being in svarga so long,though a friend to Krishna, grieved over Krishna's uprooting the parijatha tree, and not knowing that Krishna, though on earth, is free from death and old age, (being the Lord Himself) went to fight with him.
sah that Indra, Asa, went to tham Krishna, (intending to fight)who is, rasaAsu, though on earth,ajarAkAlam, free from jarA, old age and kAlam, meaning death,AramArdhanam, intent on uprooting the parijatha tree in the Nandanavana, hAthA , attained , apArakam, limitkess akam, sorrow anavanAke even while being in heaven and being hithah, wellwisher to krishna.
Here too the two negative particles make the meaning positive.
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