manobodhaH - 20

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atiiva shramo jaayate maatR^igarbhe

manastanna kaarya.n yato duHkhabhaak.h syaat.h |

shishuH pachyate jaaThare vahnikuNDe

tadaa.adhaHshiraashchordhvapaat.h chaatikhinnaH || 20||

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bahuu hiMpuTii ho{I}je maayapoTii.n .

nako re manaa yaatanaa techi moThii ..

nirodhe.n pache ko.nDile.n garbhavaasii.n .

adhomuukha re duHkha tyaa baaLakaasii .. 20..

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%meaning

##bahuu ## = much;

##hiMpuTii ## = sadness;

##ho{I}je ## = becomes;

##maayapoTii.n ## = in mother's womb.

##nako ## = have not;

##re ## = dear;

##manaa ## = mind;

##yaatanaa ## = suffering;

##techi ## = that itself;

##moThii ## = great.

##nirodhe.n ## = suffocate;

##pache ## = exists;

##ko.nDile.n ## = imprisoned;

##garbhavaasii.n ## = embryonic sac.

##adhomuukha ## = downward-facing;

##re ## = dear alas!;

##duHkha ## = grief;

##tyaa ## = that;

##baaLakaasii ## = to the child.

 

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The womb much sadness holds,

Oh, dear Mind! wish not for such pain;

Suffocating is the imprisonment in the womb;

Dear, alas! how sad that child with its face down! .. 20..

 

jaya jaya raghuviira samartha

 

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Original Marathi manaache shloka by Samarth Ramadas.

Translations by Sunder Hattangadi.

Sanskrit verse by raamadaasaanudaasa (anonymous).

ITRANS 5.1 scheme: http://www.alkhemy.com/sanskrit/itrans_short.txt

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