the investment in faith he made just sustains us.
What I really did not realize all these years.. all these six decades and more.. makes a lot of meaning to me now..My father was a simple person.. He was a staunch believer in God, and he was a...
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अद्यैव कुरु यच्छ्रेयो वृद्धः सन् किं करिष्यसि।स्वगात्राण्यपि भाराय भवन्ति हि विपर्यये॥योगवासिष्ठेadyaiva kuru yacchreyo vṛddhaḥ san kiṁ kariṣyasi|svagātrāṇyapi bhārāya bhavanti hi...
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यद्यपि भ्रातरः क्रुद्धाः भार्या वा कारणान्तरे।स्वभावतः ते प्रीयन्ते नेतरः प्रीयते जनः॥महाभारते शान्तिपर्वेyadyapi bhrātaraḥ kruddhāḥ bhāryā vā kāraṇāntare|svabhāvataḥ te prīyante netaraḥ prīyate...
View Articlethe most powerful people when they are forced to reside in someone else’s house
अयममृतनिधानं नायकोऽप्योषधीनां अमृतमयशरीरः कान्तियुक्तोऽपि चन्द्रः । भवति विगतरश्मिर्मण्डलं प्राप्य भानोः परसदननिविष्टः को लघुत्वं न याति ॥१४॥ महासुभाषित संग्रहं २६९० चाणक्य राज नीतिayamamṛtanidhānaṃ...
View ArticleYes, the old Kandappan is always Kandappan
I have often laughed at myself in derision finding myself posting many silly things in Social Media just minutes after making pious declarations to the effect that I would never participate in...
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the books are there always,,the mind is there alwaysthe eyes are there alwaysthe eagerness is there alwaysthe guru is perhaps waiting ever to bless and give knowledgebut we...
View ArticleMaybe it is an obsession.. Anyway that is all my life is
I had occasion to see some minor error in usage somewhere.. I could have simply kept quiet.. But then the odd fellow inside me prompted me to criticise.. I did not mean to hurt the one who committed...
View Articlethe use of water is in drinking it
मा कुरु गुरुतागर्वं लघुरन्यो नास्ति सागर त्वत्तः।जलसङ्ग्रहमन्यस्मात्त्वयि सति कुर्वन्ति पोतस्थाः॥सुभषितरत्नाकरmā kuru gurutāgarvaṁ laghuranyo nāsti sāgara tvattaḥ|jalasaṅgrahamanyasmāttvayi sati...
View ArticleEven ordinary dumb persons like me can write something on their own, at least...
Some people have some strange notion that only whatever is quoted in some text or by some published work is worth reading.Today I circulated an article written by me a few years ago, on Indian Foods...
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अल्पश्रुतलव एव प्रायः प्रकटयति वाग्विभवमुच्चैः।सर्वत्र कुनटः एव हि नाटकमधिकं विडंबयति॥रविगुप्तस्य वल्लभदेवसुभाषिते॥ Mahasubhashita Samgraha 3195alpaśrutalava eva prāyaḥ prakaṭayati...
View Articlewater meant for sugarcane nourishes the grass underneath too
यथेक्षुहेतोरिह सेचितं पयः तृणानि वल्लीमपि सम्प्रसिञ्चति ।तथा नरो धर्मपथेन सञ्चरन् वाचांसि कामानि वसूनि चाश्नुते ॥२०॥सारसमुच्चयेyathekṣuhetoriha secitaṃ payaḥ tṛṇāni vallīmapi samprasiñcati ।tathā naro...
View ArticleThen alone we would touch the "pass" grade.. say thirty five to forty percent.
Life is a funny mix. Administration is even more complicated. In every establishment, whether run by the State or by private stakeholders there would be a core of most efficient operatives and there...
View ArticleWe humans often try to tumble the applecart
It is true that since we are human beings, very selfish by nature, we can see the whole universe as a place created for our own comfort and enjoyment.But we have to admit that it is the same God, if...
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गुणदोषयोर् अकस्मात् पतति यथाभ्यासं एव लोकोऽयम्।निपतन्ति गृद्ध्रहंसाः श्मशान सरसोः प्रकृत्येव॥guṇadoṣayor akasmāt patati yathābhyāsaṁ eva loko'yam|nipatanti gṛddhrahaṁsāḥ śmaśāna sarasoḥ...
View Articlenever utter words or make speeches which are scandalous in open asseblies
परपरिवादः परिषदि कथंचन पण्डितेन न कर्तव्यः।सत्यमपि तन्न वाच्यं यदुक्तमसुखावहं भवति॥नीतिद्विषष्ठिकाparaparivādaḥ pariṣadi kathaṃcana paṇḍitena na kartavyaḥ।satyamapi tanna vācyaṃ yaduktamasukhāvahaṃ...
View ArticleI have talked too much, have written more that what is necessary for me.
When looking back I am rather relieved to realize that I have not done many things which later stare at me and make me ashamed and guilty.But the better sense in me tells me I could have avoided giving...
View ArticleAre there any such binding rules for such a person?
शब्दातीतं त्रिगुणरहितं प्राप्य तत्त्वावबोधंनिस्त्रैगुण्ये पथि विचरतां को विधिः को निषेधः॥सुभाषितरत्नमाला ५ शुकाष्टकम्bhedābhedau sapadi galitau puṇyapāpe viśīrṇemāyāmohau kṣayamupagatau...
View Articlekeep away and would abandon the connection with
वैद्यं पानरतं नटं कुपठितं मूर्खं परिव्राजकंयोधं कापुरुषं विटं विवयसं स्वाध्यायहीनं द्विजम्।राज्यं बालनरेन्द्रमन्त्रिरहितं मित्रं च्छलान्वेषि चभार्यां यौवनगर्वितां पररतां मुञ्चन्ति ये...
View ArticleMrutyormaa Amrutham Gamaya
The Maha mrutyunjaya manthra presumes Mruthtyu as a natural process.. like cucumber escaping or just falling off from its creeper when it has reached its full growth, the body of any living being has...
View Articleleft handed compliments
My thoughts on the remark of a nice friend to the effect that apparently genial persons are often enemies and they revel in paying left handed compliments.I am inclined to approach the issue like...
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