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sloka-16

 

sah aram Arath anajnAnah vederAkantakumbhajam

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 Krishna.

 

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 Krishna has come.

 

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 Krishna and feared that he has come to fight. Indra is characterised by a constant fear that someone will usurp his place

 

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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