Question:
Exposition:
Meaning:
It has no legs but travels far, knows script but is not a scholar, has no mouth but speaks clearly.
Answer:
It is a Bahirlāpikā (बहिर्लापिका) riddle, in which the answer lies outside the verse and must be guessed from the clues provided.
अपदो दूरगामी च साक्षरो न च पण्डितः ।
अमुखः स्फुटवक्ता च यो जानाति स पण्डितः ॥
apado dūragāmī ca sākṣaro na ca paṇḍitaḥ ।
amukhaḥ sphuṭavaktā ca yo jānāti sa paṇḍitaḥ ॥
Solve this प्रहेलिका (prahelikā - riddle).
After splitting the composite words (sandhis), it could be read as -
अपदः दूर-गामी च साक्षरः न च पण्डितः ।
अमुखः स्फुट-वक्ता च यः जानाति सः पण्डितः ॥
apadaḥ dūra-gāmī ca sākṣaraḥ na ca paṇḍitaḥ ।
amukhaḥ sphuṭa-vaktā ca yaḥ jānāti saḥ paṇḍitaḥ ॥
Meaning:
It has no legs but travels far, knows script but is not a scholar, has no mouth but speaks clearly.
He who knows (the answer) is a scholar!
Answer:
It is a Bahirlāpikā (बहिर्लापिका) riddle, in which the answer lies outside the verse and must be guessed from the clues provided.
पत्रम्
patram
A written letter
It fits all these descriptions: it is carried to far-off places without walking itself, it contains script (akSharas) but has no brain, and it "speaks" its message to the reader despite having no mouth.
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