पिता रत्नाकरो यस्य लक्ष्मीर्यस्य सहोदरी .
शंखो रोदति भिक्षार्थी नादत्तमुपतिष्ठति .
Pita Ratnaakaro yasya Lakshmeeryasya sahodari.
Shamkho rodati bhikshaarthi naadattamupatishth.
i.e. A conch shell, whose father is the Ocean and Lakshmi (the Goddess of wealth ) is its sister, has still to live as a begger by weeping and howling ( for the purpose of begging).
Pita = father. Ratnakaro = Ocean. Yasya = whose. Lakshmi = Goddes of wealth and riches.
Sahodari = a sister ,born of the same womb. Shankh = conch shell. This is used in religious rites by blowing, which produces loud houling sound. Rodati = weeps.(here the reference to the howling sound produced by blowing the conch shell.). Bhikshaarthi = a beggar.
Bhikshaarthi = bhikshaa + arthi. Bhikshaa = begging. Arthi = desirous of.
Naadattamupatishthati = Naadatti +uptishthati. Naadatti = makes a howling sound.
Upatishthati = attends to , goes to.
(The idea behind this Subhashit ,written in a lighter vein, is that even if two persons are born of the same mother, their destinies are different. While one of them may lead a luxurious life the other one may be very poor and may even become a beggar. Here the author refers to the epic of 'Samudra Manthan" of Hindu mythology, according to which Gods and Demons (Devas and Danaavas) joined together to churn the Ocean and used Sumeru Mountain as a churning tool and Vaasuki Naag (a serpant) as a rope attached to the churn. During the process of the churning many products were brought out of the ocean including Lakshmi, whom Lord Vishnu took as his consort, Halahal Visha (most powerful poison), which Lord Shiva drank to protect .Gods and Demons, and Amrita, the necter which makes its drinker immortal , to grab which Gods and Demons fought with each other. Conch shell is also a product of the Ocean.and used in religious rites and at times beggars and mendicants also use it while begging. So the author has termed it as co-born of Lakshmi (sahodari).
शंखो रोदति भिक्षार्थी नादत्तमुपतिष्ठति .
Pita Ratnaakaro yasya Lakshmeeryasya sahodari.
Shamkho rodati bhikshaarthi naadattamupatishth.
i.e. A conch shell, whose father is the Ocean and Lakshmi (the Goddess of wealth ) is its sister, has still to live as a begger by weeping and howling ( for the purpose of begging).
Pita = father. Ratnakaro = Ocean. Yasya = whose. Lakshmi = Goddes of wealth and riches.
Sahodari = a sister ,born of the same womb. Shankh = conch shell. This is used in religious rites by blowing, which produces loud houling sound. Rodati = weeps.(here the reference to the howling sound produced by blowing the conch shell.). Bhikshaarthi = a beggar.
Bhikshaarthi = bhikshaa + arthi. Bhikshaa = begging. Arthi = desirous of.
Naadattamupatishthati = Naadatti +uptishthati. Naadatti = makes a howling sound.
Upatishthati = attends to , goes to.
(The idea behind this Subhashit ,written in a lighter vein, is that even if two persons are born of the same mother, their destinies are different. While one of them may lead a luxurious life the other one may be very poor and may even become a beggar. Here the author refers to the epic of 'Samudra Manthan" of Hindu mythology, according to which Gods and Demons (Devas and Danaavas) joined together to churn the Ocean and used Sumeru Mountain as a churning tool and Vaasuki Naag (a serpant) as a rope attached to the churn. During the process of the churning many products were brought out of the ocean including Lakshmi, whom Lord Vishnu took as his consort, Halahal Visha (most powerful poison), which Lord Shiva drank to protect .Gods and Demons, and Amrita, the necter which makes its drinker immortal , to grab which Gods and Demons fought with each other. Conch shell is also a product of the Ocean.and used in religious rites and at times beggars and mendicants also use it while begging. So the author has termed it as co-born of Lakshmi (sahodari).
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