In another group, I suggested the following solution to this riddle. I don't know if this is the intended meaning.

- मेरा गुजारा दो बार उदक पीकर होता है [उ-द्वय], भोजन के लिये मै भक्त/चावल दो बार खाता हूँ [भ-द्वय]। मेरे दाँतों को दधि और दूध [द-द्वय] का स्पर्श नहीं होता है। और मेरे घर में तक्र और तृप्ति [त-द्वय] नहीं हैं।

Madhav M. Deshpande

Professor Emeritus, Sanskrit and Linguistics

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

Senior Fellow, Oxford Center for Hindu Studies

Adjunct Professor, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore, India

[Residence: Campbell, California, USA]

On Fri, Jan 9, 2026 at 6:36 AM Madhav Deshpande <mmdesh@umich.edu> wrote:

Someone sent this riddle verse to me, but I cannot figure out the solution. Let me know if any one of you can figure out the solution to this riddle: उद्वया मम वृत्ति:च, भद्वयं मम भोजने । दद्वयं न अस्पृशद् दन्तान्, तद्वयं नास्ति मे गृहे ।।

Madhav M. Deshpande
Professor Emeritus, Sanskrit and Linguistics
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Senior Fellow, Oxford Center for Hindu Studies
Adjunct Professor, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore, India

[Residence: Campbell, California, USA]