uefioi: (Puzzles, Riddles)

In Sanskrit a puzzle or a riddle is known as

yefcrH. A puzzle is
something
only gives that not
knowledge along with happiness but also sharpens
and devclops the intellect. Children can happily gain
knowledge and improve their language by asking riddles
to each other. Five simple riddles are presented in
this chapter. Read cach one carefully and find its
solution (answer).

Page 1] ( 8) 3a4 (Prose order): (H:) qATTATHT (ATT) 7

ufertT ( 34f4) I (H:) faA7TT ( 34fA) 7 7 JTTrfor: (afa) I (4:)
raR (3HfA) 1 fHGATit (37fta) 1 (4:) TAH faY ( afta),
:7 H:
(7fT) I (TA, 7: 7:?)
Word-meanings: qTUETET-q-377-aT one living at
the apex (tip or top) of a tree. ufaT: - king of birds. an
eagle. t7ATTone with three eyes. TTUTTUT: - one holding
the trident in the (hands) - Lord Shankara. qraAYT- one

wearing clothes of leather (skin). fHgaTT the enlightened

ascetic. T a - holder. possessor. TE: -a pot. H: - a cloud.
(aa7, : :?) -

(Say, who
he?) is
Translation : (He) lives at the tip of the trees; but is
not an eagle, the king
of birds. (He) has three eyes; but is
not the holder of the
trident, Lord Shankara. (He) wears a
skin as clothes but is not an
enlightened ascetic. (He) holds
water but is not a
pot or a cloud. (Say, who is he it) ?)
Answer : A coconut. A coconut
grows at the tip of
the palm trec; it has
three 'cyes' and a rough skin-like
covering with a shell. Il also holds water.|
( ) 31a (Prose order): HI TRITTY-I (3HTET, aentu)
eaats ( 4fA)I aqh HI d, TITHAI AT faTta I (Gd,
HI 1?)

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Word-meanings: T PAT- that woman. TrÁtuq

T-
created (born) from a man and woman. r f r f f a r - r t
ithout body. 3tt-without a mouth. yau
sound. TAHTNTas soon
a as she 1s
F-makes
born, at birth
fa7uf is destroyed. itself
Translation: That woman
created (born) from a
and wonman. but still is without a man
without a mouth she makes a
body. (In spite of being
sound and is
as soon as she is
born! (Say, who is destroyed
she ?)
Answer:A snap (of the
and the middle fingers): A thumb (male)
finger (female) create this sound. It
neither a
body nor a mouth and
has
is
as it is born.] destroyed as soon

(3) 37-a
(Prose order): (M) FUH (3,
7 (3AR) ( ) a f 1 ) 4I9
(3fa, f) HfüuiT 7 (31) 1 ( ) T4T
(3AT, f) TAT 7 (3f) I : TFfA
H: ufusa: (37T) I
Word-meanings::7UTHEt- black-faced. qTTf -

cat.
TgE-with two
tongues. FHTÜUiT female snake. TJYi with
-

five husbands. TATT

Draupadi. -

Translation:
She is black-faced, but is
not a cat and
has two tongues
but is not a female
snake. She has five
husbands but is not
a scholar.
Draupadi. One who knows (her) is
[Answer: Pen A fountain pen. The 'face'
-

of a pen
is black. The nib of a
pen is divided in two parts and
the five fingers holding the pen are its five
"husbands'.]
(&) 37a (Prose order) : 4: : A: (TA4) f9TeTHeit (37f);
ta: (7qf4) TEHTY5: (3M); 4:
TUPgfaHHG: 3f (31M), T
(H: 7:?)
Word-meanings: A: E: -without teeth. yrarerat -eater
of stones, crusher of
pebbles. Ata:- non-living (person).
EHT:- talkative (person), a chatterbox. TUrRRHH-with
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laces ike qualities, one with stlitching with thread. raGA

stranger's fect. Tta- walks.
Translation: The who is without teeth but still
one

eats stones: the one who has no life but ls a chatterbox:

the one who is tied with qualities (string- laces) and the
one who walks with another's feet (a stranger's feet).
(Who is he ?)
Answer: A shoe: A shoe doesnot have teeth but
even then it crushes stones/ pebbles. A shoe has no life
but even then it makes a lot of noise. It is stitched with
thread and walks with (due to) a human's foot.
( ) 3 a a(Prose order): 7KT Tq ? : TfUT4
T ? IR: T f Fatq? qFq, fFE:, TA|
Word-meanings :AT7-from where. T - i s born. is

produced. zattur FTH- to a herd of elephants. zf- kills.

destroys. AIaT: - a coward. T-during war. faq Fufa- What
do (they) do? What will (they) do ? Ta, fHE:, TATT4-from
a deer, a lion, runs.
Translation: From where is musk produced? Who
kills a herd of elephants ? What does a coward do during
war ? From a deer, a lion, runs.

Answer : Three questions have been asked in this

puzzle and their answers are glven one by one in the
fourth quarter (part) of this shloka. ( 1 ) Musk is created in
the navel of a deer. (2)A lion kills a herd of elephants
and (3)A coward runs away during battle. This is an

internal answer (3aNTaT,)' poem (couplet).}