Pictorial sloka

आतिसुन्दरः चित्रश्लोकः

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अगस्त 14, 2007

Posted in Sanskrit at 1:28 पूर्वाह्न by koham

संस्कृतभाषा नाम कौतुकम् (The Wonder that is Sanskrit) इत्यस्मिन् पुस्तके मया दृष्टोऽयं श्लोकः ।

सा सेना गमनारम्भे रसेनासीदनारता ।
तारनादजना मत्तधीरनागमनामया ॥

अर्थः - " That army was very efficient and as it moved, the warrior heroes were very alert and performed their duties with great concentration. The soldiers in that army made a loud sound. The army was adorned with intoxicated and restive elephants. No one was there with any thought of pain. "

श्लोकेऽस्मिन् कः विशेषः ? चित्रं पश्यन्तु । श्लोके वर्णानां विन्यासः डमरिणं द्योतयति । रेखा ABC मध्ये यानि अक्षराणि सन्ति ते प्रथमपादं रचयन्ति । तथा GHIJ द्वितीयं पादम् । तृतीयं पादम् KLMN चतुर्थं पादम् DEF | अतिसुन्दरं किल ! अदृष्टपूर्वं मया ईदृशश्लोकाः । पुस्तके ईदृशकौतुकानि बहूनि सन्ति । एतानि संस्कृतभाषां पठितुं अध्येतुं च न प्रेरयति किम् ?

What is importance of this sloka? See the picture. The lines have been drawn in a pictorial way. The  alphabets inside the Lines ABC contribute the first quarter of the sloka. Similarly GHIJ gives the 2nd quarter. 3rd quarter by KLMN & 4th quarter by DEF.Isnt' it very beautiful?  fortunately I came across this. In books lot of these type of slokas exist. Then why ot make an attempt to learn Sanskrit straightaway.

knr

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