lesson 17 guhā

Cave,

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Traveller: Pathikaḥ: etat sthānam kevalam parvatāḥ.

This place is all mountains.

Mountain man: na hi. Bahavaḥ parvatāḥ atra santi,

No. Many mountains are here,

kintu parvataḥ adridroṇīm vinā asambhāvyam bhavati,

but the mountain is not possible without the valley,

athavā kṣetrāṇi vinā.

or the plains.

T: dhūmam paśyāmi tasmin girau!

i see some smoke on that mountain.

MM: saḥ laghuḥ dhūmaḥ pacanāgniḥ vartate.

That little smoke is a cooking fire.

T: kaścana vasati tatra?

Someone lives there ?

MM: bahvyaḥ guhāḥ eṣu giriṣu.

Many caves are in these mountains.

ām, ekaḥ vṛddhaḥ tatra vasati.

Yes, an old man lives there.

T: tasyām guhāyām abhavaḥ pūrvam?

You have been to that cave ?

MM: ām, saḥ bahūni varṣāṇi tasmin stāne uvāsa.

Yes, he has lived many years in that place.

T: kim karoti saḥ tatra?

What does he do there ?

MM: saḥ dhyānam karoti, cintayati, adhyeti, adhyāpayati.

He meditates, he thinks, he studies, he teaches .

bhavān tena melitum śaknoti.

You could visit him.

T: saḥ dhīraḥ puruṣaḥ vā?

Is he wise ?

MM: ām, saḥ dhīraḥ.

Yes, he is a wise man.

T: tena meliṣyāmi.

i will visit him.

MM: tadvṛkṣasamīpam dvimārgam āgamiṣyāmaḥ.

Near those trees we will come to a divide in the road.

bhavān dakṣiṇena mārgena upari girīṇām gacchatu.

You go to the right, up the mountain trail.

naṣṭaḥ na bhavati.

You will not become lost.

T: dhanyavādaḥ mayā saha saṃgamanārtham.

Thank you for travelling with me.

shubham astu bhavate kuṭumbāya ca iti prārthaye.

i wish good fortune to you and your family.

MM: shubham astu yātrāyām te.

Good luck on your journey of adventure.

T: namaste.

WM ‘maunam’ iti likhitam cihnam darśayan.

pointing to sign: “ silence”

T: anucite kāle āgatavān vā?

i have come at a bad time.

WM bhūmim diśati.

points to ground:

T. aśvam baddhvā bhūmyām upaviśati.

ties horse and sits down

WM netre nimiṣati.

closes eyes

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