Pashupatyastakam..पशुपत्यष्टकं
पशुपत्यष्टकं----------------ध्यानम्------------ध्यायेन्नित्यं महेशं रजतगिरिनिभं चारुचन्द्रावतंसंरत्नाकल्पोज्ज्वलाङ्गं परशुमृगवराभितिहस्तं प्रसन्नम्।पद्मासीनं समन्तात्स्तुतममरगणैर्व्याघ्रकृत्तिं...
View ArticleGarbarakshinistotram
Garbarakshinistotram(This is the famous Garbarakshinistotram.. It is believed that chanting of this would provide protection to a pregnant woman and the child growing inside herI found that this...
View Articlenothing is really difficult...
शरीरनिरपेक्षस्य दक्षस्य व्यवसास्यिनः बुद्धिप्रारब्दकार्यस्य नास्तिम्किञ्चन दुष्करम्॥भोजप्रबन्धे॥śarīranirapekṣasya dakṣasya vyavasāsyinaḥ buddhiprārabdakāryasya nāstimkiñcana...
View Articleleave alone the trivialities...
There is a very interesting episode in the Sundarakandam of Valmiki Ramayanam..Anjaneyaswamy picks up a quarrel with the demons in Lanka, and wreaks havoc, killing many leading commanders including...
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आयुर्न्नश्यति पश्यतां प्रतिदिनं याति क्षयम् यौवनंप्रत्यायाति गताः पुनर्न्नदिवसाः कालो जगत् भक्षकः।लक्ष्मीस्तोयतरङ्गभङ्गचपला विद्युच्चलम् जेवितंतस्मान्मां शरणागतं करुणया त्वं रक्ष रक्षाधुना॥āyurnnaśyati...
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It is really a very sad fact that some of the most erudite scholars and masters in Sanskrit language often fail to receive their rightful place in the pantheon of the most shining stars just because...
View Articletongue or venom?
निर्माय खलजिह्वाग्रं सर्वप्राणहरं नृणाम्।चकार हि वृथा शस्त्रविषवह्नीन् पितामहः॥ चाटुश्लोकम्॥nirmāya khalajihvāgraṁ sarvaprāṇaharaṁ nṛṇām|cakāra hi vṛthā śastraviṣavahnīn pitāmahaḥ|| cāṭuślokam||Brahma...
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गुणेष्वनादरो भ्रात पूर्णश्रीरपि मा कृथाः।सम्पूर्णोऽपि घटः कूपे गुणच्छेदात् पतत्यधः।।Guneshvanaadaro bhraata poornashreerapi maa kruthaahSampoornopi ghatah koope gunacchedaat patatyadhahAnother great...
View ArticleMusic touches the heart.. grammar the intellect.
Music touches the heart.. grammar the intellect.शिशुर्वेत्ति पशुर्वेत्ति वेत्ति गानरसं फणी।साहित्यरसमाधुर्यं शङ्करो वेत्ति वा न वा॥śiśurvetti paśurvetti vetti gānarasaṁ phaṇī|sāhityarasamādhuryaṁ...
View Articlecome dawn come dusk
दिनयामिन्यौ सायं प्रातः, शिशिरवसन्तौ पुनरायातः।कालः क्रीडति गच्छत्यायु-स्तदपि न मुञ्चत्याशावायुः॥१२॥ Dinayaaminyau saayan praatahsisiravasanthau punaraayataH kaalaH kreedathi gachchatyaayuH tadapi na...
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सन्निकर्षो हि मर्त्यानामनादरणकारणम्।गाङ्गं हित्वा यथान्याम्भस्तत्रत्यो याति शुद्दये॥श्रीमद्भागवते १०-८४-३१sannikarṣo hi martyānāmanādaraṇakāraṇam|gāṅgaṁ hitvā yathānyāmbhastatratyo yāti...
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पिनाक फणि बालेन्दु भस्म मन्दाकिनी युतः।पवर्गं रचिता मूर्तिः अपवर्गं प्रदातु नः॥॥ शिवस्तोत्रं॥pināka phaṇi bālendu bhasma mandākinī yutaḥ|pavargaṁ racitā mūrtiḥ apavargaṁ pradātu naḥ||||...
View ArticleOn Gita Govindarm...
On Gita Govindarm...It is the monumental creation of Poet Jayadeva..The ultimate in lyrical poetry in Sanskrit..The compilation has two parts.. one the Ashtapadis or verses in eight padas with...
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I really do not know whether begging with God is the ideal attitude ..But Krishna said in Gita.. Man Manaa bhava mad bhaktho mad yaachee maam namaskuru maam eva eshyati satyam te pratijaane priyosi...
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श्रियः प्रदुग्धे विपदो रुणद्धि यशांसि सूते मलिनं प्रमार्ष्टि।सम्स्कारशौचेन परम् पुनीते शुद्धा हि बुद्धिः किल कामधेनुः॥सुभाषितरत्नभण्डागारे॥śriyaḥ pradugdhe vipado ruṇaddhi yaśāṁsi sūte malinaṁ...
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गुळपर्वत मध्यस्थं निंबबीजं प्रतिष्टितम्।पयोवर्षसहस्रेण निंबः किं मधुरायते॥नीतिसारेguḻaparvata madhyasthaṁ niṁbabījaṁ pratiṣṭitam|payovarṣasahasreṇa niṁbaḥ kiṁ madhurāyate||nītisāreMeaning-----------A...
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Some people talk of ostensibly simple lifestyle especially when it involves expenditure to the public treasury.I remember of one Sastrigal (brahmin priest) whom we used to refer to as chukkuvellam...
View ArticleWhy and when did Rama embrace Anjaneyaswamy?
Why and when did Rama embrace Anjaneyaswamy?A friend raised this query.I replied with reference to ValmikiramayanamI am sharing my own reply to the query "Embracing is a physical contact.Hanuman has...
View Articlethe prowess of Anjaneya.. the Hanuman..
the prowess of Anjaneya.. the Hanuman..--------------------------------------------पर्वतारोहणं चापि सागरस्य च लङ्खनम्।समुद्रवचनाच्चैव मैनाकस्य च दर्शनम्॥ २८parvatārohaṇaṁ cāpi sāgarasya ca...
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शीलं शौर्यं अनालस्यं पाण्डित्यं मित्रसङ्ग्रहःअचोरहरणीयानि पञ्चैतानि अक्षयो निधिः॥śīlam śauryam anālasyam pāṇḍityam mitrasaṅgrahaḥacoraharaṇīyāni pañcaitāni akṣayo nidhiḥ||शीलम् ones character शौर्यम्...
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