raghavayadhaveeyam

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sloka-5

 

yan gAdhEyah yOgee rAgee

vaitAnE soumye soukhyE asou

tham khyAtham Seetham spheetham

bheemAn Ama aSreehAthA thrAtham

 

The sage Visvamithra, who desired the pleasure of performing the yajna

comfortably, and afraid of the destructive elements, obtained Rama who was

calm, growing with glory.

 

gAdhEyah means Visvamithra who was the son of Gadhi.He was a yogi, sage,who was

desirous, rAgee, of the comfort. soumya and pleasure, soukhya of the performance

of yajna., vitAna.That is why he was bheemAn, afraid of impediments that are

inauspicious, and wanted to avoid them, aSreehAthA.aSree is the opposite of Sree

and hAthA means one who avoids.

 

Yan means obtained. He obtained Rama who is here denoted by khyAtha, of fame,

spheetha, grown and Seetha, calm and cool and who was thrAtha, protector (of

the yajna) and Visvamithra obtained Ama, protection for his yajna.

 

 

Sloka in reverse

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tham thrAthA hA sreemAn Ama

abheetham spheetham bheetham khyAtham

soukhyE soumyE asou nEthA vai

geerAgee yaH yOdhE gAyan

 

 

Sage Narada,glorious with lustre, who was the leader among brahmins, who

instilled courage in the warriors and well versed in music, approached

Krishna,who was cool,fearless, growing in fame for the welfare of the world,

singing.

 

Narada was the thrAtha, protector of the courage of the warriors YOdha, by his

music. He was skilled in music,geerAgee and SreemAn, endowed with auspicious

qualities and a leader,nEtha, among brahmins, soumyE.

 

He,asou, approached, Ama, Krishna, who was SeethaH, cool, also means

dhayASeetham, drenched with mercy and hence cool. Krishna was soukhyE

spheethaH and khyAthaH. His fame, khyAthi grew,spheetham, on account of the

welfare Soukhyam of the world.

 

 

 

Narada came to Krishna singing,gAyan. The word hA means 'alas,' and

indicates the real purpose of the arrival of Narada which was to create

disturbance in the household of Krishna, which is what the rest of the story is

about.The syllable 'vai' at the end of the third line of the sloka serves as

pAdhapoorana,filling up the gap in metre.