From: danjmi
Message: 64856
Date: 2009-08-20
--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "frabrig" <frabrig@...> wrote:
From Ganguli's translation of the Mbh:
http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/m02/m02014.htm
"He also that beareth on his head that gem which is known as the most wonderful
on earth, that king of the Yavanas, who hath chastised Muru and Naraka, whose
power is unlimited, and who ruleth the west like another Varuna, who is called
Bhagadatta, and who is the old friend of thy father..."
From Buitenen's translation of the Mbh:
http://tinyurl.com/mr67en
"The king who wears on his head the divine stone that is known as the amulet of
creation, who punished the two Greek kings Mura and Naraka and rules in the West
like Varuna with limitless power -- he, Bhagadatta, old friend of your father's,
great king Bharata..."
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Does "Yavana" refer to Bhagadatta (or his subjects) as per Ganguli, or to Mura and Naraka as per Buitenen?
I'm not a Sanskrit reader, but I'm surprised if the grammar allows the ambiguity. Or were the translators working from variant texts?
Dan