One more...
Once bhoja was resting under a tree as he saw a poor and elderly brahmin passing by.
bhoja: kuta Agamyate vipra? (Where from, O brAhmaNa?)
brAhmaNa: kailAshAdAgato smyahaM (Returning from a pilgrimage to kailAsha)
bhoja: shivasya charaNo svasti? (Hope shiva's feet are alright)
brAhmaNa: kiM pR^ichcHasi shivoMR^itaM (What you ask! shiva has died!!)
When an intrigued bhoja insisted that the brAhmaNa explained to him what he meant, the latter recited:
ardhaM dAnavavairiNA girijayApyardhaM harasyAhR^itaM
devetthaM bhuvanatraye smaraharAbhAve samunmIlati
ga~NgA sAgaramambaraM shashikalA sheShashcha pR^ithvItalaM
sarva~jnatvamadhIshvaratvamagamattvAM mAM cha bhikShATanaM
His one half is seized by the enemy of the dAnava-s, and the other half is taken by the daughter of the hills (i.e. viShNu had used half of shiva in the image of hari-hara, and pArvatI the other half in that of ardha-nArIshvara) - thereby devoiding the three worlds of its master. (And now that he is no more here is how his property is distributed
his ga~NgA has gone to the seas, moon to the space, and snake to pAtAla. Remained his Omniscience and aishwarya, which you have taken, and his begging bowl, that has come to my fate.
A way of hinting for some donations...
Once bhoja was resting under a tree as he saw a poor and elderly brahmin passing by.
bhoja: kuta Agamyate vipra? (Where from, O brAhmaNa?)
brAhmaNa: kailAshAdAgato smyahaM (Returning from a pilgrimage to kailAsha)
bhoja: shivasya charaNo svasti? (Hope shiva's feet are alright)
brAhmaNa: kiM pR^ichcHasi shivoMR^itaM (What you ask! shiva has died!!)
When an intrigued bhoja insisted that the brAhmaNa explained to him what he meant, the latter recited:
ardhaM dAnavavairiNA girijayApyardhaM harasyAhR^itaM
devetthaM bhuvanatraye smaraharAbhAve samunmIlati
ga~NgA sAgaramambaraM shashikalA sheShashcha pR^ithvItalaM
sarva~jnatvamadhIshvaratvamagamattvAM mAM cha bhikShATanaM
His one half is seized by the enemy of the dAnava-s, and the other half is taken by the daughter of the hills (i.e. viShNu had used half of shiva in the image of hari-hara, and pArvatI the other half in that of ardha-nArIshvara) - thereby devoiding the three worlds of its master. (And now that he is no more here is how his property is distributed
his ga~NgA has gone to the seas, moon to the space, and snake to pAtAla. Remained his Omniscience and aishwarya, which you have taken, and his begging bowl, that has come to my fate.A way of hinting for some donations...