Lesson 47

Beginning Prayers:

• शुक्लाम्बरधरं विष्णुम् - shuklaambaradharaM viShNum
• सरस्वति नमस्तुभ्यम् - saraswati namastubhyam 
• गुरुर्ब्रह्मा गुरुर्विष्णुः - gururbrahmaa gururviShNuH 

Topic Summary:

• Cases usage with a shloka example

Home Work:

• Find a shloka and decipher its meaning

Topic Details:

Review of cases using a verse -

करारविन्देन पदारविन्दम्
मुखारविन्दे विनिवेशयन्तम् ।
वटस्य पत्रस्य पुटे शयानम्
बालं मुकुन्दं मनसा स्मरामि ॥

karaaravindena padaaravindam
mukhaaravinde viniveshayantam |
vaTasya patrasya puTe shayaanam
baalaM mukundaM manasaa smaraami ||

Upon splitting the words, we get -

कर-अरविन्देन पद-अरविन्दम्
मुख-अरविन्दे विनिवेशयन्तम् ।
वटस्य पत्रस्य पुटे शयानम्
बालं मुकुन्दं मनसा स्मरामि ॥

kara-aravindena pada-aravindam
mukha-aravinde viniveshayantam |
vaTasya patrasya puTe shayaanam
baalaM mukundaM manasaa smaraami ||

Word meaning, as per context -
aravinda - lotus
kara - hand
pada - foot
mukha - mouth
viniveshaya - put
vaTa - banyan
patra - leaf
puTa - fold
shayana - sleep
baala - young
mukunda - kRuShNa (muktiM dadaati, iti mukunda - one who give mokSha)
manas - mind
smara - remember

On applying the cases we have already learnt, the meaning of the verse comes to -

He who, with his lotus like hand, puts his lotus like foot, into his lotus like mouth, sleeping on the fold of a banyan leaf, I heartily remember that young kRuShNa.

The oral test went well!  Keep adding new words to your vocabulary treasure!

Ending prayer:

•  ॐ पूर्णमदः पूर्णमिदम् - aum pUrNamadaH pUrNamidam

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