Dr Takao and meaning of vedic phrases

Meeting with Dr. Takao san has been illuminating experience every time. when i was in Kitakyushu, he used to pick me up near my home and then we used to go to the Sai center together in his car. after the meeting was over he used to bring me back. in car we always talked some spiritual topic. he showed his interest in understanding Veda mantra and he used to analyze every word. it was supplemented by his knowledge which he had gathered while going through various Bharateeya philosophical texts. later he even bought a Sanskrit dictionary to aid him in his thoughts.

i happened to meet him last Sunday. i was in Kitakyushu for the 19th anniversary of the Sai center. Again i was picked up by him from Orio station. and soon after exchanging pleasantries we got into our usual talk, while he maneuvered his car through lane and bye lanes which were so familiar to me. i felt nostalgic those moments.
bu i started this blog not to give detail of my feeling. the main purpose was to tell about two of the sample of thinking of Takao san.
i remember i was teaching Sri Suktam to them in Kitakyushu. there comes a line
Kardamena Praa bhoota mayi sambhava kardama
i saw in Veda Pushpanali book that it means Laksmi was daughter of Kardama rishi. and she has a son named chiklita.
i did not know anything about kardama nad chikleeta. so i went searched. i could find very minimum information from the web. it said that when Laksmi was born from Ocean she was adopted by Sage kardama and later was given to Vishnu in marriage. but there was no mention of Chikleeta. so left it there.
but Dr Takao went through adifferent way. he found that Kardama also means mud. and chikleeta means pollen. so laksmi which is born from the mud must be daughter of mud and the pollen which are born from the flower must be son of the flower. it sounded very logical.
last Sunday he told that vasarpati means the one who bestows the blessing at the appropriate time. this com a new meaning to me. i i remember he had told that pramrishaya means the one who is very patient. that showed that he is not only memorizing veda but also trying to understand the meaning of the words.
last Sunday he also told that there is meaning to the bow of Shiva.
bow is one but it has two end. the two end signifies the duality. the string is the Maya which hold duality together and the arrow is the desire which is shot from it. with this arrow of desire shot from the string of maya and powered by ends of duality we get the pain.
i was awestruck with this explanation. amazing. indeed amazing.