Tuesday, October 5, 2010

uTo, pArth....!

One of the wake up calls that can be heard at home is Rise and Shine! Another is uTo, pArth, gAndIva sambhAlo! (or Utho Parth, Gandiv sambhalo! if you want it the not-properly-transliterated way)

Rise and Shine, apparently has its origins in the Bible. An equivalent call is, obviously, Arise, Awake! Stop not.......

One day it was the turn for using Sri Krishna's call to Arjuna - uTo, pArth, gAndIva sambhAlo! (Arise, Arjuna, String your bow)
I called out to our son, expectantly waiting for a sleepy answer.

Moments later, a different but equally lethargic voice answered - "Sambhaalke rakhaa hogaa..."

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

...Ha...Ha... I can't stop laughing!!!

I should visit your blog more often - you have a way with words.