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Friday, April 06, 2007

Poetry Quiz

So you thought you remember a lot of stutis or stotras (panegyrics or eulogies)? Try our mock quiz. Tell us (by email) where do these lines appear:

1) को वा ज्ञातुं त्वां मतिमानं गतमानं
मायासक्तो माधव शक्तो मुनिमान्यम्|

2) मुनि साप जो दीन्हा अति भल कीन्हा परम अनुग्रह मैं माना |
देखउँ भरि लोचन हरि भवमोचन इहइ लाभ सङ्कर जाना ||

3) भक्तिप्रियाय भवरोगभयापहाय
उग्राय दुर्गभवसागरतारणाय |

4) गुरुस्त्वं शिवस्त्वं च शक्तिस्त्वमेव
त्वमेवासि माता पितासि त्वमेव |

5) यतो जायते पाल्यते येन विश्वं
तमीशं भजे लीयते यत्र विश्वम् |

Winners will be announced here after 3 weeks. Entries can be sent by April 20, 2007. There are no prizes. Please do not post the answers here.

Hint: All the poems are there at Stutimandal

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Blogger Stutimaṇḍala said...

Answers:

1) Brahmadevak.rtaraamastuti: begins with vande deva.m vi.s.numa"se.sasthitihetu.m

2) Ahilya K.rta Rama Stuti in Ramacaritamanasa: begins with parasata pada paavana

3) Daridrya Dahana Stotra attributed to Vyasa: begins with
vi"sve"svaraaya narakaar.navataara.naaya

4) Bhavani Bhujangam by Adi Sankara: begins with .Sa.daadhaarapa"nkeruhaantarviraajat

5) Veda Sara Siva Stuti attributed to Adi Sankara: begins with pa"suunaa.m pati.m paapanaa"sa.m pare"sa.m

Ask for hints in the future.

6/20/2007 03:17:00 PM  

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