{"id":37278,"date":"2017-02-16T19:52:23","date_gmt":"2017-02-16T14:22:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/globalpress.hinduismnow.org\/?p=37278"},"modified":"2017-02-16T19:52:23","modified_gmt":"2017-02-16T14:22:23","slug":"mahi-tala-sparsana-matra-bhinnam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/?p=37278","title":{"rendered":"mah\u012b-tala-spar\u015bana-m\u0101tra-bhinnam"},"content":{"rendered":"

mah\u012b-tala-spar\u015bana-m\u0101tra-bhinnam<\/p>\n

Meaning:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Literally, “earth-surface-touching-only-different”, meaning “Different only in that it is
\ntouching the Earth”.<\/p>\n

Context:<\/strong><\/p>\n

This phrase is from K\u0101lid\u0101sa’s Raghuva\u1e43\u015ba (Chapter 2, verse 50). In this acclaimed masterpiece deriving from the R\u0101m\u0101ya\u1e47a epic stream, K\u0101lid\u0101sa constructs stories for several of R\u0101ma’s ancestors and descendants; the greatest testimony to his genius is the fact that his stories are so well-known and so deeply entwined in Indian culture that most people are not even aware of their origin!<\/p>\n

In the first story, King Dil\u012bpa is childless, and goes to the sage Vasi\u1e63\u1e6dha for help. The sage asks him to care for Nandin\u012b, the holy wish-granting cow of his ashram. One day, when Dil\u012bpa is tending to Nandin\u012b in the nearby foothills, a lion appears out of nowhere and attacks her. Dil\u012bpa tries to fight, but finds himself paralyzed. The lion smiles, and tells him that he is a servant of \u015aiva; that Dil\u012bpa is paralyzed because of his magic powers; that Nandin\u012b violated a sacred sanctuary, and that she shall be killed.<\/p>\n

The helpless Dil\u012bpa, with utmost selflessness, begs the lion to let go of Nandin\u012b and to kill him instead; he cannot bear to let his protectee come to harm. The lion laughs, and tells him that he is being foolish in wanting to give himself up for the sake of a mere animal \u2014 if he lives, he can save a hundred thousand cows! He concludes a strongly convincing argument, saying:<\/p>\n

\n
\u0924\u0926\u094d-\u0930\u0915\u094d\u0937 \u0915\u0932\u094d\u092f\u093e\u0923-\u092a\u0930\u092e\u094d\u092a\u0930\u093e\u0923\u093e\u092e\u094d<\/div>\n
\u092d\u094b\u0915\u094d\u0924\u093e\u0930\u092e\u094d \u090a\u0930\u094d\u091c\u0938\u094d\u0935\u0932\u092e\u094d \u0906\u0924\u094d\u092e-\u0926\u0947\u0939\u092e\u094d \u0964<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
\u092e\u0939\u0940-\u0924\u0932-\u0938\u094d\u092a\u0930\u094d\u0936\u0928-\u092e\u093e\u0924\u094d\u0930-\u092d\u093f\u0928\u094d\u0928\u092e\u094d\u00a0<\/b><\/div>\n
\u090b\u0926\u094d\u0927\u0902 \u0939\u093f \u0930\u093e\u091c\u094d\u092f\u0902 \u092a\u0926\u092e\u094d \u0910\u0928\u094d\u0926\u094d\u0930\u092e\u094d \u0906\u0939\u0941\u0903 \u0965<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

tad rak\u1e63a kaly\u0101\u1e47a-parampar\u0101\u1e47\u0101\u1e43
\nbhokt\u0101ram \u016brjasvalam \u0101tma-deham |
\nmah\u012btalaspar\u015banam\u0101trabhinnam
\n\u1e5bddha\u1e43 hi r\u0101jya\u1e43 padam aindram \u0101hu\u1e25 || (upaj\u0101ti metre)<\/p>\n

\n“Therefore, save yourself. You have much to enjoy. Your wealthy kingdom is different from Indra’s heaven only in that it is touching the Earth!”<\/p>\n

The superior Dil\u012bpa humbly refuses, and again offers himself to be killed. The lion agrees, frees Nandin\u012b, and pounces on him. But suddenly, … read the Raghuvam\u015ba to find out!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

mah\u012b-tala-spar\u015bana-m\u0101tra-bhinnam Meaning: Literally, “earth-surface-touching-only-different”, meaning “Different only in that it is touching the Earth”. Context: This phrase is from K\u0101lid\u0101sa’s Raghuva\u1e43\u015ba (Chapter 2, verse 50). In this acclaimed masterpiece deriving from the R\u0101m\u0101ya\u1e47a epic stream, K\u0101lid\u0101sa constructs stories for several of R\u0101ma’s ancestors and descendants; the greatest testimony to his genius is the fact that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[1977],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37278"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=37278"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37278\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=37278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=37278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=37278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}