Riddles in Sanskrit

तरुण्यालिङ्गितः कण्ठे नितम्बस्थलमाश्रितः।

गु रूणां सन्निधाने ऽपि कः कू जति मु हुर्मुहुः॥

“Who moans repeatedly, even with the elders around,

While riding on a girl who holds him by the neck?”

Ans: jala-kumbhaḥ “water-pot”

आपाण्डु पीनकठिनं वर्तुलं सुमनोहरम् ।

करै राकृष्यते ऽत्यन्तं किं वृ द्धैरपि सस्पृ हम् ॥

“What is that alluring object

— round, firm and white all over—
which even old men long to grasp?”

Ans: a snuffbox