write any five jokes/riddles in sanskrit with translation in english.
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1)हते हनुमता रामः सीता हर्षमुपागता |
रुदन्ति राक्षसाः सर्वे हा हा रामो हतो हतः ||
When Rāma was killed by Hanumān,
Sītā was overcome with joy.
And the demons wailed
“Alas! Rama is dead, he’s dead!”
So many incongruencies in one verse! All of them are banished when we see that rāma is actually ārāma (garden), since a savarṇadīrgha compound is possible.
When the garden was destroyed by Hanuman
Sītā was overcome with joy.
And the demons wailed
“Alas! The garden’s ruined, it’s ruined!”
What an ingenious trick! The same family has another interesting riddle where the Pandavas give away their wealth to Duryodhana. The calamity is averted by cleaving Duryodhana as aduḥ (gave) yo (who) adhana (penniless), thereby making them help a needy man instead. In yet another riddle, Pandavas exult seeing the fallen Keshava, while the Kauravas weep. By splitting keshavaḥ as ke shavaḥ (corpse in water), the verse is recast as a tale about crows and fish. As would be obvious by now, solving these riddles needs consummate skill with grammar.