A riddle in sanskrit
I am presenting my first attempt at creating a new Sanskrit shloka which presents a riddle.
गुरूणा कथितं, छात्र, श्लोकं लिख ममाज्ञया |
न तेन लिखितः श्लोकः, शिक्षकाज्ञा न लङ्घिता ||
Translation:
A teacher (Sage Veda Vyasa) asked his student (Shri Ganesha) to write a verse (for his epic Mahabharata) according to his directions. Neither he wrote the verse nor did he disobey the teacher.
How is this possible?
Try to solve this riddle.
Here is my attempt at modifying an original verse that was taught to us in Parichaya module to create a similar riddle but rooted in a mythological context while still keeping prosody (छन्दस्) in mind
Here is my attempt at modifying an original verse that was taught to us in Parichaya module to create a similar riddle but rooted in a mythological context while still keeping prosody (छन्दस्) in mind
Riddle:
गुरूणा कथितं, छात्र, श्लोकं लिख ममाज्ञया |
न तेन लिखितः श्लोकः, शिक्षकाज्ञा न लङ्घिता ||
Translation:
A teacher (Sage Veda Vyasa) asked his student (Shri Ganesha) to write a verse (for his epic Mahabharata) according to his directions. Neither he wrote the verse nor did he disobey the teacher.
How is this possible?
Solution to the riddle:
Answer can be obtained by rearranging the words in the verse. Read the words न तेन as one word नतेन means 'with humility' or 'with his head bowed down'. Since Ganesha wrote the verse obediently, Vyasa was not disobeyed by him.
Original shloka: as taught in Parichaya levlel by Samskrita Bharati which gives us the same riddle as a father-son exchange.
तातेन कथितं, पुत्र, लेखं लिख ममाज्ञया |
न तेन लिखितो लेखः, पितुराज्ञा न लोपिता ||
Translation: A father asked his son to write a letter according to his directions. Neither he wrote the letter nor did he disobey the father. How is this possible?
तातेन कथितं, पुत्र, लेखं लिख ममाज्ञया |
न तेन लिखितो लेखः, पितुराज्ञा न लोपिता ||
Translation: A father asked his son to write a letter according to his directions. Neither he wrote the letter nor did he disobey the father. How is this possible?
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