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advaitin, Rajagopalan Somayaji <ssrvj>

wrote:

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> Namaste Sri Subbuji,

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> The teacher who taught me was a great Vedic/Sanskrit scholar_Sri

Ramanatha Ganapaaty and he taught me not with the help of Tamil?

sanskritbooks but by the process called "Adyayanam" (I hope you

undrstand)I did "Adhyayanam"for about 3years--It in the convention

of "Sruthi" -using "Annavaaha/Praanavaha Srothas and "Srothram"-I

had to "by-heart" daily and recite next day. 

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>   you have also written that:- "Also, 'bhaargave' does not mean

> anything." 

>   Is ther not a word "Bhargava"--Is there not aword "Bhargavi"--is

there not a word "Bharga(Bhargo Devasya Dheemahi-in Gayatri)---

Bhaargava-Bhaargavi-Bharga- can you please tell me from which

Sanskrit root(Dhatup)these three words are derived- From the same

root the word Bhaargave is also derived-it is Comound word-initially

you have to seperate them into their element roots and then combine

them to get the full meaning.

 

Response:

 

Namaste Somayaji,

 

I apologise for the remark. When i said 'Bhaargave' does not mean

anything, i meant it in the context of our sloka.

 

Bhaargava is the name of Parashurama, son of sage Jamadagni, also

called BhRigu. In my understanding,the locative case, saptamI

vibhakti, of Bhaargava is Bhaargave.  But this has no relevance to

the sloka we have on hand.

BhaargavI is a name of Lakshmi.  Bhaargave does not fit in with

BhaargavI in any manner. Again, 'BhaargavI' could mean 'that which

is connected with Bhrugu' as is found in the Bhruguvalli of the

Taittiriya Upanishad: 'saishaa bhaargavI vaaruNI vidyaa', the

wisdom  learned by Bhrugu and taught by Varuna.  This also has no

connection with Bhaargave.   BhargaH means this:

 

The word bhargaH means brilliant, full of life and energy. It

signifies the independent, self-effulgent source. Thus bhargaH means

self-illuminated light that is always fully pure, beyond the

material world, and eternally conscious. BhargaH also refers to

Brahma who is beyond material contamination, full of all power and

knowledge. BhargaH means divine essence. It represents the supreme

light, the essence of Para Brahman.

 

Bhaargave does not fit in with BhargaH either.  I am not aware of

the root.  Bhaargave is not a compound word; as noted earlier it is

the saptamI vibhakti of Bhaargava. But 'DuHkha-bhaak' is a compound

word; meaning 'one who experiences misery' 'Duhkham bhajate iti

duHkha-bhaak'.  As it is placed just before 'bhavet' in the verse,

the k  of bhaak becomes g as per rules of sandhi. 

 

Pl. note that i am not well-versed in Sanskrit.  If there are errors

in the above, knowledgible members will surely correct them.

 

Respectful Regards,

subbu

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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