Fwd: subhAShitaM - bhArata prashaMsA

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>subhAShitaM - bhArata prashaMsA

>18 May 00 08:48:58 IST

>

>namaste,

>

>shlokaM:

>ratnAkarA dhautapadAM himAlaya kirITinIM |

>brahma rAjarShi ratnADhyAM va.Nde bhAratamAtaraM ||

>

>prose:

> ratna + AkarA (sa. dI. sandhiH) dhautapadAM hima + Alaya (sa. dI.

>san.)kirITinIM brahma rAja + RiShi (guNa sandhiH) ratna + ADhyAM (sa. dI.

>san.)

>bhAratamAtaraM (ahaM) va.Nde

>

>pratipadArthaH:

>ratna = gem; AkarA = source; dhauta = being washed; padAM = feet; hima =

>snow;

>Alaya = house; kirITinIM = one who has as crown;

>brahma(rShi) = of brahmarShis; rAjarShi = of rajarshis (There are different

>levels of penance and depending upon the levels reached by the individual,

>the

>sage will be classified as rAjarShi, devarShi or brahmarshi. each level of

>Rishis have to adhere to certain principles and a mode of lifestyle. E.g.,

>Janaka, father of sItA was a rAjarShi. vasiSTha, guru od lord rAma was a

>brahmarshi and nArada, the devine musician is a devarShi); ratna = gem;

>ADhyAM

>= one who is affluent with; (tam) = that; bhAratamAtaraM = mother India;

>(ahaM) = I; va.Nde = salute;

>

>tAtparyaH:

>one who gets washed by the ocean that is the source of gems (the act of

>washing feet is considered to be very sacred. Persons of great stature or

>sages or divine people will be offered this kind of pAda pUja.), the great

>himalayan mountains as crown and one who is rich with the gems of rAjarshis

>and brahmarShis, I salute that mother India

>

>

>Raghu adds:

> The author of the vesre can be considered as a patriot of superior

>quality.

>He is overwhelmed by the cultural richness of India and gives highest

>honour

>to the nation. Here, the nation is personified as a mother who begets,

>nurtures and protects her children. This mother is revered to a great

>extent

>and she has the disctinction of being offered pAda pUja by none other than

>the

>great Indian ocean which is a source of precious gems and she wears the

>crown

>of himalayan mountains, the house of tallest mountain summits in the world.

>She has given birth and affluent with great people. The author is ecstatic

>about his motherland, India

>

>tAvat shubhamastu

> Raghu

>

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