Info on a verse

[Jaldhar H. Vyas]

On Mon, 1 Dec 1997, Chandran, Nanda (NBC) wrote:

> I was taught this Sanskrit verse as a child, as a prayer to Lord Shiva.
> Recently, while watching the movie on Sankaracharya by BV Iyer, to my
> pleasant surprise, this verse was recited in the movie and it was
> mentioned that it was from one of the Vedas. Can somebody identify this
> verse and tell me to which Veda it belongs to and it's meaning,
> significance etc :
>
> Vaa karthaa iva samprakthav vaa kartha pradhibhagthayae
> jagadhaga pitharav vandhae paarvathi parameshvarav
>
> (Hope I got it right!)
>

It's actually the first shloka of the Raghuvamsha of Kalidasa.

The Kavi is praying to Shiva Bhagawan and Parvati Mata the parents of the
world who are inseperable as a word and its meaning (Which according to
the commentator Mallinath is a doctrine of the Mimamsakas)  that he will
not make any mistakes in words or meanings in his poem.

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Jaldhar H. Vyas <jaldhar at braincells.com>