Dr.Raghavan's reference to Patanjali

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G S S Murthy

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Mar 30, 2020, 1:08:57 AM3/30/20
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Dr. Raghavan in one of his essays on Ramayana refers to "Patanjali’s

citation of two Anustubh verses making a humorous reference

to a solitary monkey in the monkey army standing up and

worshipping the Sun."
I request help in knowing these 2 anushtup verses in Sanskrit.
Thanks and regards

K S Kannan

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Mar 30, 2020, 1:10:25 AM3/30/20
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context of upatiShThate - if I remember aright (?)

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shankara

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Mar 30, 2020, 1:33:20 AM3/30/20
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Murthyji,

The verse mentioned by Raghavan are given below.

बहूनामप्यचित्तानामेको भवति चित्तवान्।
पश्य वानरसैन्येऽस्मिन्यदर्कमुपतिष्ठते।।  
मैवं मंस्थाः सचित्तोऽयमेषोऽपि हि यथा वयम्।
एतदप्यस्य कापेयं यदर्कमुपतिष्ठति।।



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regards
shankara


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G S S Murthy

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Mar 30, 2020, 5:40:49 AM3/30/20
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Thank you Prof.Kannan and Sri. Shankara ji.
I downloaded Text only version of Dr.Raghavan's tome as PDF download was very slow. May be I lost the Devanagari text for that reason.
How does one thank a person like Shankaraji who is willing to help all the time and everyone with his wizardry? I can only say, "May God bless you".
Thanks and Regards,
Murthy

G S S Murthy

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Mar 30, 2020, 6:44:12 AM3/30/20
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Does the original source of these two verses remain unidentified? As far as I know, they are not in the present day Ramayana.
Thanks and regards,
Murthy

K S Kannan

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Mar 30, 2020, 6:55:16 AM3/30/20
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Who is not obliged to Shankaraji? :
bhuvam gatam vAtha divam gatam vA
nAsya gRdhra-dRShTiM parihartum pArayejjAtucit pustakaM kincit!

Nagaraj Paturi

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Mar 30, 2020, 7:11:37 AM3/30/20
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Sri G S S Murthy-ji,

Prof. Raghavan is not at all saying that the story is in Ramayana. 

He is saying that the story is a story involves Ramayana motifs (the expression वानरसैन्येस्मिन् is cliching) so has influence of Ramayana on it. Patanjali quoting such a story shows that Ramayana was already so popular and influential by Patanjali's time itself. 

The story itself is a proverbial story used as a proverb to talk about the behaviour of a person which turns out to be right /good / appropriate accidentally /coincidentally without being intended by that person to be so. 

एतदप्यस्य कापेयं यदर्कमुपतिष्ठति 

is the point. 



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Nagaraj Paturi
 
Hyderabad, Telangana, INDIA.


Director,  Inter-Gurukula-University Centre , Indic Academy
BoS, MIT School of Vedic Sciences, Pune, Maharashtra
BoS, Chinmaya Vishwavidyapeeth, Veliyanad, Kerala
BoS Veda Vijnana Gurukula, Bengaluru.
Member, Advisory Council, Veda Vijnana Shodha Samsthanam, Bengaluru
Former Senior Professor of Cultural Studies, 
FLAME School of Communication and FLAME School of  Liberal Education, 
Hyderabad, Telangana, INDIA.
 
 
 

K S Kannan

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Mar 30, 2020, 7:18:52 AM3/30/20
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The story even of Krishna (and his uncle) was well known
- as in his example of
kaMsaM ghAtayati.

G S S Murthy

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Mar 30, 2020, 7:35:08 AM3/30/20
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Thanks Prof.Paturiji,
It was not my intention to convey that Prof.Raghavan attributed the verses to Valmiki. I just mentioned that it is not there in Valmiki, although it could fit in well in Ramayana story. Patanjali must have quoted it from some source, I felt. The fact that Prof.Raghavan does not say anything about the source made me feel that the source was unidentified when he wrote the essay.
Regarding Shankaraji's support to BVP would this convey reasonably well, which is based on Prof.Kannan's expression?

भुवं गतं वाथ दिवं गतं वा

मुद्रापितं वा डिजिटीकृतं वा ।

न पुस्तकं शोधकलेखनं वा

भवेन्न यत् शङ्करदृष्टिगोचरम् ॥ 
Thanks and regards,
Murthy



Bijoy Misra

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Mar 30, 2020, 8:09:50 AM3/30/20
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I saw Ramayana stories carved in Rani Gumpha caves here in Bhubaneswar.
The date estimated is 200BC.

K S Kannan

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Mar 30, 2020, 8:11:28 AM3/30/20
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तार्तीयीकं लोचनं शङ्करस्य
कं न ग्रन्थं गोचरीकर्त्तुमीष्टे ? ।


K S Kannan

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Mar 30, 2020, 8:15:48 AM3/30/20
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ज्ञास्यत्यद्धा प्रातिभं चक्षुरस्य
पुस्तं लेखं गां गतं द्यां गतम् वा ॥

shankara

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Mar 30, 2020, 9:12:24 AM3/30/20
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Namaste,

मेरूकुर्वन्ति ये नित्यं परेषां गुणसर्षपान्।
परमोदारचित्तेभ्यः तेभ्यो नित्यं नतोऽस्म्यहम्॥

regards
shankara


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