“मा भैष्ट विद्वन्” in Vivekacūḍāmaṇi

[Nityanand Misra]

Dear list

Has anybody explained the unusual usage मा भैष्ट विद्वन् in the Vivekacūḍāmaṇi (verse 43 or 45, depending on the edition)?

The expected form is मा भैषीः विद्वन् (singular) or मा भैष्ट विद्वांसः (plural). मा भैष्ट is मध्यम पुरुष बहुवचन while विद्वन् is एकवचन. But मा भैषीः विद्वन् or मा भैष्ट विद्वांसः would violate the metre.

The commentary by Swami Chandrashekhara Bharati (attached, thanks to V Subrahmanian for the link again) does not say anything on the unusual usage. In fact the commentary says भवान् मा भैष्ट [??]. Appears to be a typographic or editorial error as it should be be भवान् मा भैषीत् (भवान् takes the प्रथमपुरुष एकवचन form).

Thanks, Nityananda

 

[Nagaraj Paturi]

Is it honorific plural? 

I think there are some usages where bhavaan goes with second person plural, plural being used as honorific form. 

There is an old thread on bhavaan:

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/bvparishat/iEIe0Y7bweU/UGeq2JRB1YoJ;context-place=forum/bvparishat

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[Ramesh Kn]

Namaste Shri. Nityanand Mahoday,

>>मा भैषीः विद्वन्

 विद्वन् - Sir are you treating it as सं . प्र ?

If it is  प्रथमा then it should be विद्वान् . 

Am I right sir?

Similar case is here:

कृतान्तस्य दूतेषु चण्डेषु कोपाद्

दहश्चिन्दि भिन्तीति मां तर्जयत्सु

मयूरं समारुह्य मा भैरिति त्वं

पुरश्शक्तिपाणिर्ममायाहि शीघ्रम्।। ।(सुब्रह्मण्य भुजङ्गे)

https://groups.google.com/d/msg/samskrita/1W09_9BuICM/HBGf7lWWAAAJ

मा भैष्टेत्यभयारावौ शालहस्तौ तरस्विनौ । आसेदतुस्तं तरसा त्वरितं गुह्यकाधमम् ।। १०-३४-२८ ।।
स वीक्ष्य तावनुप्राप्तौ कालमृत्यू इवोद्विजन् । विसृज्य स्त्रीजनं मूढः प्राद्रवज्जीवितेच्छया ।। १०-३४-२९ ।।  श्रीमद्भागवतम् 10.34.28.

https://avg-sanskrit.org/2012/04/19/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE-%E0%A4%AD%E0%A5%88%E0%A4%B7%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F-2ap-%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%81%E0%A4%99%E0%A5%8D/

namaskarams

[Rishi Goswami]

प्रणमामि महोदय।

After a lot of search, I came up with another example which may relate to this.

https://sanskritdocuments.org/doc_giitaa/agastyagItA.html?lang=sa
What is your view about the 18th shloka where Maya is addressing Pashupal King, as "Ma Bhaishta"?

Another example is from the Bhagwat Puran where Krishna is addressing an ambassador as "Mai Bhaishta".
The shlok is as follows:
राजदूतमुवाचेदं भगवान् प्रीणयन् गिरा ।
मा भैष्ट दूत भद्रं वो घातयिष्यामि मागधम् ॥ १९ ॥ (SB 10.71)
In the Hindi translation, the Ma Bhaisht is actually referred to the Kings the ambassador has to give a message. "दूत! तुम राजाओं से जाकर कह देना 'डरो मत'।"

The other example is from Skand Puran, Vaishnav Khand, Vaishakh Mahatmya. But it has a path-bheda.
दृष्ट्वाऽद्भुतं शाल्मली वृक्षमूले त्रुट्वा त्रुट्वा भक्षयन्तं स्वमांसम् ।।
क्रोशन्तं तं बहुधा शोचमानं क्षुधातृषाव्याधितं कर्मभिः स्वैः ।। 2.7.7.३० ।।
स मां हन्तुं प्राद्रवत्पापकर्मा मत्तेजसा निहतो दुद्रुवे च ।।
तं चाऽब्रुवं कृपया क्लिन्नचित्तो मा भैष्ट त्वं ह्यभयं मे हि दत्तम् ।। ३१ ।। (मा भैषीरिति श्लक्ष्णया मे गिरा च ।)

These are the two places I could find "Ma Bhaisht" as examples with singular. Maybe this maybe of some help to you.

Regards.
Rishi.

[Rishi Goswami]

Special thanks to Shankaraji for helping me out finding translation links of Varah Puran.