ttl: ahi ripu pati kaantaa
cat: riddle
eng: mythology, wife, husband, Ganga, relation
skt: kuTashlokaH, itihaasa, kaantaa, pati, jaahnavii, sambandhaaH
bsub:
	ahi ripu pati kaantaa taat saMbaddha kaantaa |
	hara tanaya nihantR^i praaNadaatR^i dhvajasya |
	sakhi suta suta kaantaa taat saMpuujya kaantaa |
	pitR^i shirasi patanti jaahnavii naH punaatu ||
esub:
bjsub:
 
	Aeh erp:Ø p:et: kant:a t:at:Î s:öb:¹ kant:a .

	hr t:n:y: en:hnt:à )aN:dat:à Dv:j:sy: .

	s:eK: s:Øt: s:Øt: kant:a t:at:Î s:öp:Üjy: kant:a .

	ep:t:à eS:res: p:t:¡nt: j:aÈv:i n:H p:Øn:at:Ø /



 1ejsub:
bvig:
	ahi ripu pati kaantaa taat saMbaddha kaantaa |
	hara tanaya nihantR^i praaNadaatR^i dhvajasya |
	sakhi suta suta kaantaa taat saMpuujya kaantaa |
	pitR^i shirasi patanti jaahnavii naH punaatu ||
evig:
btvig:
	AuC oCiE iAdC OBhdB dBd tAMkAfgA OBhdB |
	uAoA dAhAnA hCuAhdG ioBcAfBdG gqAVAtnA |
	tAPC tEdA tEdA OBhdB dBd tAMiFVnA OBhdB |
	iCdG rCoAtC iAdAhdC VBuhAqD hAN iEhBdE ||
etvig:
bjvig:
 
	Aeh erp:Ø p:et: kant:a t:at:Î s:öb:¹ kant:a .

	hr t:n:y: en:hnt:à )aN:dat:à Dv:j:sy: .

	s:eK: s:Øt: s:Øt: kant:a t:at:Î s:öp:Üjy: kant:a .

	ep:t:à eS:res: p:t:¡nt: j:aÈv:i n:H p:Øn:at:Ø /



 ejvig:
bmean:

##
	yadaa vyaasaH gaNapatinaa mahaabhaarataM lekhayan.h aasit.h,
tadaa gaNapateH sa~NketaH aasit.h yat.h nivedanasamaye kadaa.api
khaNDaH na bhavet.h iti| vyaasaH tam.h sa~Nketam.h a~NgikR^itavaan.h,
api cha gaNapatiM uktavaan.h, "ahaM yad.h vadaami, tasyaa arthaH
dnyaatvaa eva bhavataa lekhaniyaaM" iti| ataH yadaa chintanaaya
adhikaH avakaashaH aavashyakaH aasit.h, tadaa saH gaNapatiM
kuTa-shlokaM uktvaa samayaH praapnoti sma| teshhu shlokeshhu ekaH atra
varNitaH asti ...
##

	The shloka basically consists of long-winded relations to
arrive at a meaningful interpretation. Since there are so many
possiblities for each succesive association, Ganapati had to spend
his time trying all possible combinations to get to the answer..

 ahi = snake
 ahi-ripuu = eagle, garuDaH
 garuDa-pati = Master of garuDaH = vishhNu
 vishhNu-kaantaa = wife of Vishnu = lakshhmii
 lakshhmii-taat = Father of Lakshmi = Ocean (saagarH)
 saagara-saMbaddhaH = one who blocked/tied down the ocean = raamaH
 raama-kaantaa = Ramas wife = siitaa
 siitaa-har = one who abducted siitaa = raavaNaH
 raavaNa-tanaya = Ravanas son = Indrajit
 indrajit-nihantR^i = one who killed Indrajit = lakshmaNaH
 lakshmaNa-praaNadaatR^i = one who gave life to Lakshman = hanumaanaH
 hanumaana-dvaja = One whose flag has Hanuman on it = Arjun
 arjuna-sakhi = Arjun's friend = Krishna
 kR^ishhNa-suta = Krishna's son = madana
 madana-suta = Madan's son = aniruddha
 aniruddha-kaanta = Aniruddha's wife = ushhaa
 ushhaa-taata = Usha's father = baaNaasura
 baaNaasura-saMpuujya = one who is worshipped by Banasur = shivaH
 shivaH-kaantaa = Shiva's wife = Parvati
 paarvati-pitaa = Parvati's father = Himalaya

	May jahnavi (the river Ganga), falling from the Himalayas,
purify us..
	
emean:
bword:
	kaantaa = (f) wife
	ahi = snake
	dhvajaH = (m) flag
	nihantR^i = killer, assassin
	praaNadaatR^i = giver of life, saviour
eword:
bjword:
 


  
	kant:a 

  =  (f) wife

 
	Aeh 

  =  snake

 
	Dv:j:H 

  =  (m) flag

 
	en:hnt:à 

  =  killer, assassin

 
	)aN:dat:à 

  =  giver of life, saviour

ejword:
bcmt:
ecmt:
src: abhinava subhaashhite
con: atul