[Advaita-l] The hymn on Ganesha by Adi Shankara

[Sarma KV]

Yes. The interpretation has to be done as follows:

tam = Him
Ekadantam = the one with single "tooth/tusk"
bhaktaanaam anEkadam = that bestows countless (boons) to devotees
upaasmahE = (I am) propitiating/propitiate.

dantam = tooth/tusk.
tunDam = trunk.
(vakra = curved.)

-Sarma

On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 11:26 AM, Bhaskar YR <bhaskar.yr at in.abb.com> wrote:

> vakratunda implies curved trunk not tooth.
>
> praNAms
> Hare Krishna
>
> And aneka daMtaM is not exactly bhakta-s with somany teeth, it has to be
> interpreted as aneka = many, dam= bestower, tam= him or something like
> this is it not??  Or I dont know Sanskrit scholars & vyAkaraNa pundits may
> have something else to say on this shloka.
>
> Hari Hari Hari Bol!!!
> bhaskar
>
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