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Game 4

Question:
वृक्षस्याग्रे फलं दृष्टं फलाग्रे वृक्ष एव च ।
अकारादि सकारान्तं यो जानाति स पण्डितः ॥

vṛkṣasyāgre phalaṃ dṛṣṭaṃ phalāgre vṛkṣa eva ca ।
akārādi sakārāntaṃ yo jānāti sa paṇḍitaḥ ॥

Exposition:
Solve this प्रहेलिका (prahelikā - riddle).

After splitting the composite words (sandhis), it could be read as -

वृक्षस्य अग्रे फलं दृष्टं फल-अग्रे वृक्ष एव च ।
अकार अदि सकार अन्तं यः जानाति सः पण्डितः ॥

vṛkṣasya agre phalaṃ dṛṣṭaṃ phala-agre vṛkṣa eva ca ।
akāra adi sakāra antaṃ yaḥ jānāti saḥ paṇḍitaḥ ॥

Meaning:
At the tip of the tree is the fruit, at the tip of the fruit is the tree; starts with 'a' and ends with 'sa'; he who knows is a wise person.

This is an Antarlāpikā (अन्तर्लापिका) riddle. The answer is hidden inside the verse itself, within the description.

Answer:
अनानस  
anānasa
Pineapple

Now, the picture and the meaning make the answer self-explanatory!


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Game 1

Question:
वृक्षाग्रवासी न च पक्षिराजः
त्रिनेत्रधारी न च शूलपाणिः ।
त्वग्वस्त्रधारी न च सिद्धयोगी
जलञ्च बिभ्रन्न घटो न मेघः ॥


vṛkṣāgravāsī na ca pakṣirājaḥ
trinetradhārī na ca śūlapāṇiḥ ।
tvagvastradhārī na ca siddhayogī
jala~nca bibhranna ghaṭo na meghaḥ ॥

Exposition:
This verse is a प्रहेलिका(prahelikaa), a riddle.  The challenge is to solve it!

वृक्ष अग्र वासी न च पक्षि-राजः
त्रि-नेत्र-धारी न च शूल-पाणिः ।
त्वक् वस्त्र-धारी न च सिद्ध-योगी
जलं च बिभ्रत् न घटः न मेघः ॥

vṛkṣa agra vāsī na ca pakṣi-rājaḥ
tri-netra-dhārī na ca śūla-pāṇiḥ ।
tvak vastra-dhārī na ca siddha-yogī
jalaṃ ca bibhrat na ghaṭaḥ na meghaḥ ॥

Meaning:
Lives in treetops, but not the king of birds
Has three eyes, but isn't Lord Shiva (one who holds the trident) 
Robed in clothes of bark, but isn't an ascetic
Bearing water, but neither a pot nor a cloud!

Answer:
This is a Bahirlāpikā (बहिर्लापिका) riddle, as the answer lies outside the verse and must be guessed based on the clues provided.

नारिकेल
nārikela
A coconut!

Now, that's self-explanatory!

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