[INDOLOGY] From the Mahabharata

[Nityanand Misra]

I don't think it does. The desiderative (sannanta) is not the same as
intensive (yaṅanta). Is it possible you have the intensive in mind?

bubhukṣā = bhuj + san + a + ṭāp

san is by dhātoḥ karmaṇaḥ samānakartṛkādicchāyāṃ vā (A 3.1.7)

a is by a pratyayāt (A 3.3.102)

ṭāp is by ajādyataṣṭāp (A 4.1.4)

There is no sense of intense desire or craving in the suffix san as far as
I know (neither in a or ṭāp). In itself, the word bubhukṣā simply means a
desire to eat or hunger, both literally and in common usage as attested to
in the Amarakoṣa (aśanāyā bubhukṣā kṣut) and also in the Dhātupāṭha (kṣudh
bubhukṣāyām).

As far as the interpretation of bubhukṣā in the MBh verses is concerned,
the commentary by Nīlakaṇṭha may be referred to.
On Apr 25, 2016 1:36 PM, "Artur Karp" <karp at uw.edu.pl> wrote:

> Dear Cor-respondents,
>
> what worries me in these nice English and Hindi translations is that their
> authors kind of omit a delicate problem - presented by the use of  a *desiderative
> *formation from the verb bhuj - bubhukṣā. Turner's CDIAL 9286 gives:
> "desire to eat, hunger".
>
> Might it not be, that the use of the desiderative points us not to simple
> "hunger"? But, perhaps, to "[uncontrolled] craving for food"? To, even,
> "gluttony" - as the result of that uncontrolled craving?
>
> An idea of moderation there? Popularly: emotional eating vs. mindful
> eating.
>
> What I feel is present there is the warning against and the recommendation
> not to succumb to emotions/temptations generated by the idea of food.
>
>
> Best,
>
> Artur
>
>
>
> 2016-04-25 2:40 GMT+02:00 Nityanand Misra <nmisra at gmail.com>:
>
>> You may refer the Hindi translation by Gita Press too (see verses 88 to
>> 92).
>>
>> On 25 April 2016 at 06:04, Nityanand Misra <nmisra at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Kisari Mohan Ganguly has already taken pity on all of us. Copy-pasted
>>> from http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/m14/m14090.htm
>>>
>>> O thou of excellent vows, thou practisest penances with great devotion.
>>> Thy gifts have, therefore, gratified the deities highly, O best of
>>> regenerate ones.
>>>
>>> Since thou hast made this gift, in a season of great difficulty, with a
>>> pure heart, thou hast, by this act of thine, conquered Heaven.
>>>
>>> Hunger destroys one's wisdom and drives off one's righteous
>>> understanding. One whose intelligence is overwhelmed by hunger casts off
>>> all fortitude.
>>>
>>> He, therefore, that conquers hunger conquers Heaven without doubt. One's
>>> righteousness is never destroyed as long as one cherishes the inclination
>>> of making gifts.
>>>
>>>
>>> 2016-04-24 22:43 GMT+05:30 Artur Karp <karp at uw.edu.pl>:
>>>
>>>> 14.093.063a śraddhayā parayā yas tvaṃ tapaś carasi suvrata
>>>> 14.093.063c tasmād devās tavānena prītā dvijavarottama
>>>> 14.093.064a sarvasvam etad yasmāt te tyaktaṃ śuddhena cetasā
>>>> 14.093.064c kṛcchrakāle tataḥ svargo jito 'yaṃ tava karmaṇā
>>>> 14.093.065a kṣudhā nirṇudati prajñāṃ dharmyāṃ buddhiṃ vyapohati
>>>> 14.093.065c kṣudhāparigatajñāno dhṛtiṃ tyajati caiva ha
>>>> 14.093.066a bubhukṣāṃ jayate yas tu sa svargaṃ jayate dhruvam
>>>> 14.093.066c yadā dānarucir bhavati tadā dharmo na sīdati
>>>>
>>>> Could someone, please, please, give me precise translation of these
>>>> verses?
>>>>
>>>> I do not have my dictionary at hand, but need the quotation very
>>>> urgently. Could someone take pity on
>>>>
>>>> Artur Karp
>>>>
>>>> from far-away Poland?
>>>>
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>>
>>
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>>
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