Cow and Chicken Cartoon Intro / Opening / Theme (1997)

The Cow, The Bull and Ghee!


सर्पिस्






Today's post is going to be very Malaysian because I would be quoting a Malay proverb but worry not!  everyone would still get their dose of Sanskrit.


I am a doctor  after all..I won't forget to prescribe your regular doses!


Ok..let's go:


"Lembu punya susu sapi dapat nama"


Actually it means that "another person gets credit for the work done"


Lembu means Cow in Malay


Susu means Milk (Ok..Indian citizens I know you guys are laughing because Susu has a different meaning in an Indian language)


Sapi means Bull in Malay


Nama means Name in Malay



In Malay, Ghee is called Minyak Sapi that translates as Bull's Oil.


So the proverb says that the milk is from the cow but the bull gets the name because ghee is called Bull's oil.


Now this is where I would go Sanskrit to explain  why Sapi which means Bull in Malay is used for the word Ghee.


Reason ?


Because the Malay word Sapi is derived from the Sanskrit word सर्पिस् (sarpis)which means Ghee.


The confusion came about in Malay because not many were aware of the actual origin of the word Sapi.


So technically Bull didn't get the name for the Ghee!

Guns N' Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine (Official Music Video)

  गोलिकास्त्राणि  च  जवापुष्पानि (golikAstrANi ca   javApuSpAni) Guns N' Roses!





Today we would learn some ballistics.



Gun : गोलिकास्त्रम् (golikAstram) literally means "a weapon that discharges bullets"

Rifle : भुशुण्डिका (bhushuNDika)



Machine Gun :यन्त्रशतघ्नी  (yantrashataghnI)



Gun powder : अग्नेयछूर्णम्(agneyaCUrNam)





Since we spoke about Guns today lets sign off with the word for  Roses in Sanskrit ..जवापुष्पानि (javApuSpAni)

UB40 - Fools Rush In

 मात्राछन्दस् (mAtrACandas)



Today we would talk about a type of मात्राछन्दस्  (mAtrACandas).



I am sure many of us would have heard the Bhajogovindam of Adi Shankara where the famous 1st stanza goes.



भज गोविन्दं भज गोविन्दं
गोविन्दं भज मूढमते ।
सम्प्राप्ते सन्निहिते काले
नहि नहि रक्षति डुकृङ्करणे ॥



bhaja govindaM bhaja govindaM

govindaM bhaja mUdhmate

samprApte sannihite kAle

nahi nahi rakSati dukRṅkarane



Worship Govinda, worship Govinda, 
Worship Govinda, oh fool!
At the time of your death,
Rules of grammar will not save you.







Bhajo Govindam comes under  मात्राछन्दस्  (mAtrACandas)..that too a subtype named पादाकुलकम्(pAdAkulakam) in which each verse has 4 lines with 16 matras each.


मात्राछन्दस्  (mAtrACandas) calculation rules:

1) One count for a short vowel and consonants with short vowels.

2) Two counts for long vowels,consonants with long vowels and conjunct consonants.

In Bhajo Govindam there is a peculiarity ..that is the first verse does not really entirely follow the मात्राछन्दस्  (mAtrACandas) rules.


Let me explain:

In the 1st verse of Bhajo Govindam.


bhaja govindaM bhaja govindaM

govindaM bhaja mUdhmate

samprApte sannihite kAle

nahi nahi rakSati dukRṅkarane

The 2nd line does NOT follow the 16 mAtrA rule...the 2nd line "govindaM bhaja mUdhmate"only has 14 mAtrA.


The 3rd and 4th line follow the 16 mAtrA rule.



But I dont know why only the line which say "mUdhmate"(Fool) has 14mAtrA..no one explains why?


Who knows may be since the composer was calling another a fool the composer decided to play the fool around too and not follow 16 mAtrA rule or may be he was hinting that "Only fools rush in!"

Tere Bina | Arijit Singh | Aakanksha Sharma | Lyrics

विना-योगे तृतिया प्रयोगाः vinA-yoge tRtiyA prayogAH

त्वया विना (tvayA vinA) Without you!


Today we would learn the usage of the word विना(vinA) which means Without.


The usage of the word विना(vinA) warrants for the object  concerned to be in         

तृतिया विभक्तिः(3rd case ending).



Let's take a few examples:


बालः दुग्धेन विना रोदिति | bAlaH dugdhena vinA roditi(the boy cries without milk)


वृद्धः दण्डेन विना न चलति | vRddhaH daNDena vinA na calati(the old man does not walk without the stick)




Now how we do impress a someone and say "Without you I can't live"?


त्वया विना न जीवामि | tvayA vinA na jIvAmi.


So use this pick up line!


Very few people speak Sanskrit so a guy can easily impress a girl by speaking some pick up lines in Sanskrit because not many of us can sing like Arijit Singh singing "Tere Bina" (Without You)

Ricky Nelson - I Will Follow You (1963)

अनुष्टुप् छन्दः (anuSTup CandaH)



Let's cover some prosody today.

Prosody is the metrical arrangement of syllables in poetry...that is in Sanskrit you cant simply break out into poetry after getting high on marijuana or alcohol because you need to focus to get the meters right(but some do say Soma juice was intoxicating !)


There are two types of meters:


1)वर्नच्छन्दः(varnacCandaH)


2)मात्राच्छन्दः(mAtrAcCandaH)



Today we would talk about a very important and common meter called the अनुष्टुप् छन्दः (anuSTup CandaH)


The Ramayana and Mahabharata are composed in अनुष्टुप् छन्दः (anuSTup CandaH)

Let's do some calculation.


The order of this meter is 8+8+8+8 =32


It has 4 padas of 8 syllables each.

The 5th syllable of each pada is a laghu and the 6th is a guru.

The 7th syllable of the 2nd and 4th pada is laghu.

The the 7th syllable of the 1st and 3rd pada is guru.


This shloka explains the definition of the अनुष्टुप् छन्दः (anuSTup CandaH)


लक्षणः---
"श्लोके षष्ठं गुरु ज्ञेयं, सर्वत्र लघु पञ्चमम् ।
द्विचतुष्पादयोर्ह्रस्वं सप्तमं दीर्घमन्ययोः ।।"




अनुष्टुप् (anuSTup) is for following God and and its means Following.


So its very important that we do not alter any shloka just to fit in the names of anyone we adore and change the whole format of the meter.


It's totally HARAAM (impermissible)to do innovation to religious stanzas.



Hey but I got some information for everyone, though अनुष्टुप् छन्दः (anuSTup CandaH) is for following God but even the Kama Sutra is written in अनुष्टुप् छन्दः (anuSTup CandaH)..well I guess we have to keep following! 

Queen - I Want To Break Free (Official Video)

I want to break free! मोक्षः(mokSaH)





One of the most over used word in the world. मोक्षः(mokSaH).


मोक्षः(mokSaH) has multiple meanings but its mostly about getting detached from something or getting released or even a discharge from debt and liberation.


Mostly think the word मोक्षः(mokSaH) has a "holy" undertone but nope my dear..words are neutral. Only when we personalize it we start to feel its holy or unholy.


Let me give you an example:


What do we call a escape from a prison in Sanskrit?


कारागृहात् मोक्षम् (kArAgRhAt mokSam).


Well unless the prisoner escaped prison to run to a secluded spot to meditate and start an ashram, I do not think there in anything holy in the act.


Anyway today's lesson was just about मोक्षः(mokSaH)..it all depends what we are trying to break free from but Freddie Mercury surely described मोक्षः(mokSaH) well in his classic hit.

Ultraman Cosmos: Something You Can Do Lyrics

Ultraman Cosmos.





I don't know about other parts of the world but out here where I stay in Malaysia, Ultraman Cosmos is pretty popular among kids from time immemorial and still rules the hearts of everyone.





So let's take a lesson or two from Ultraman Cosmos.



Actually Ultraman Cosmos is like an Avatar that is whenever(यदा यदा  yadA yadA) there is decline

( ग्लानिः glAniH) in the well being in the world he then (तदा tadA) takes form(सम्भवति  sambhavati) to annihilate the evil doers (दुष्कृताम् duSkRtAm)



Ultraman Cosmos fights with and kills the monsters (रक्षस rakSasa)and reinstates the peace and harmony in the world(धर्मसंस्थापनम् dharmasaMsthApanam) from time to time(काले काले kAle kAle).



Ultraman is like a Yogi because he uses sunlight (सूर्यकान्ति sUryakAnti) as his energy source.



If you watch Ultraman wrestle the monsters..it might remind you of Khabib and Mc Gregor and just like Khabib gets his energy from adhering to دين( Deen/religion), Ultraman gets his energy from the sunlight which supplies him the energizing electrons called Prana.(प्राणः).



Ultraman has a sensor that gives him the signal that he is low on Prana.(प्राणः) and right away Ultraman flies towards the Sun to get his fix of Prana.(प्राणः).



So what does this all show us?



That if we get the right supply of Prana.(प्राणः) from sunlight (सूर्यकान्ति sUryakAnti)  we can annihilate every negativity in us and destroy all the inner demons(असूरःasUrah)  in us after all the actual meaning of असूरः(asUrah) is absence of light.



Jai Ho! Ultraman Cosmos!