In Bhoja Country
P.K.Ramakrishnan
Bhojaraja was a great patron of Sanskrit learning.
He used to honour them with fabulous presents.
A poet from a neighbouring country wanted to try his
luck. He sent a message to the king of his arrival
on a certain date.
Bhoja wanted to receive him with honour. He
arranged to recive him at the palace gate and
take him to the palace in a palanquin. He also
arranged that one of the palanquin bearers would
be Kalidasa incongnito. When the visiting poet was
being carried it was very cold. He asked the palnquin
bearer Kalidasa -
अपि शीतं बाधति?
The palanquin bearer replied.
न तथा बाधते शीतं
यथा बाधति बाधते /
Meaning that cold does not torment him as much as the
use of the word baadhati (instead of baadhate).
Baadh is atmanepadi. So baadhati is incorrect.
The visiting poet understood his mistake and thought that even
a palanquin bearer in Bhojas country was learned. How does
he expect to enter into a debate with the pundits of Bhoja's assembly.
He decided immediately to return to his country.
(Apte’s dictionary gives Kalidasa’s reply as –
na thathaa baadhathe skandham yathaa baadhati baadhate.
Here the meaning refers to the pain on the shoulder. There
is some grammatical problem in this version.)
P.K.Ramakrishnan
http://peekayar.blogspot.com
Sunder Hattangadi
Apte's Dictionary (Revised and Enlarged ed. 1957)gives the reply as:
bhUribhArabharAkrAnta skandha eSha nu bAdhati |
na tathA bAdhate skandho yathA bAdhati bAdhate ||
Subhashita, Me(ghadUta) 55, Ms(manusmriti) 9:226, 10:129;
Bk(Bhattikavya) 14:45
Regards,
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naresh keerthi
(Apte’s dictionary gives Kalidasa’s reply as –
na thathaa baadhathe skandham yathaa baadhati baadhate.
Here the meaning refers to the pain on the shoulder. There
is some grammatical problem in this version.)
Dear Sir,
There is nothing wrong with this version.
Regards,
Naresh
Arvind_Kolhatkar
अयमान्दोलिकाबन्धः स्कन्धे किं बाधते तव।
न तथाऽन्दोलिकाबन्धो यथा बाधति बाधते॥
Arvind Kolhatkar, Toronto, February 15,2011.
nagendra jha
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