KUMBABHISHEKAM AND OTHER SACRED RITUALS
KUMBHABHISHEKAM AND OTHER SACRED RITUALSॐ चरणं पवित्रं विततं पुराणं येन पूतस्तरति दुष्कृतानि तेन पवित्रेण शुद्धेन पूताः अतिपाप्मानं अरातिं तरेम॥तद्विष्णोः परमं पदं सदा पश्यन्ति सूरयःदिवीव चक्षुराततं...
View Articlenever be able to foresee the consequence of his own rage flaring within himsel
न तथासिस्तथा तीक्ष्ण सर्पो वा दुरधिष्ठितः ।यथा क्रोधो हि जन्तूनां शरीरस्थो विनाशकः ॥- आपस्तंबस्मृतिna tathāsistathā tīkṣṇa sarpo vā duradhiṣṭhitaḥ ।yathā krodho hi jantūnāṃ śarīrastho vināśakaḥ ॥-...
View ArticleThe Dhyaanaslokam for Hemambika or Emooramman of Sekharipuram
The Dhyaanaslokam for Hemambika or Emooramman of Sekharipuramशङ्खं चक्रमसिं च चर्मसशरम् चापं गदा शूलकम्बिभ्राणां वरदाभयामृतघटान् रत्नौघपात्रं तथा।भूषापिर्मकुटादिभिः त्रिनयनां अम्बां परां...
View ArticleAGAMAS
AGAMASAgamas are essentially treatises that prescribe and describe in detail too, the worship of the DivinitY in many specific and definable forms. The Agamas concerning Shiva come under the category...
View Articlethe rituals can be postponed minimally in life threatening situation
A query was made as to whether we could have some relaxations in pitru karyams consequent to the impact of Kovid 19.Yes, the rituals can be postponed minimally because it is a life threatening...
View Articlenever entertain a mindset which tends to see defects and flaws in things around
न चात्रातीव कर्तव्यं दोषदृष्टिपरं मनः ।दोषो ह्यविद्यमानोऽपि तच्चित्तानां प्रकाशते ॥- श्लोकवार्तिकnacātrātīva kartavyaṃ doṣadṛṣṭiparaṃ manaḥ ।doṣo hyavidyamāno'pi taccittānāṃ prakāśate ॥-...
View Articleobeisance to all irrespective of age and status..
नमो महद्भ्यो नमो अर्भकेभ्यो नमो युवभ्यो नम आशिनेभ्यः।यजाम देवान्यदि शक्नवाम मा ज्यायसः शंसमा वृक्षिदेवाः॥ऋग्वेद १-२७-३१२namo mahadbhyo namo arbhakebhyo namo yuvabhyo nama āśinebhyaḥ|yajāma devānyadi...
View ArticleThe ten Upanishads, mentioned by Shankara the Bhashyakara
ईशः केन कठ प्रश्न मुण्ड माण्डूक्य तित्तिरिः।ऐतेरेयं च छन्दोग्यं बृहदारण्यकं दश॥īśaḥ kena kaṭha praśna muṇḍa māṇḍūkya tittiriḥ|aitereyaṁ ca chandogyaṁ bṛhadāraṇyakaṁ daśa||ഈശഃ കേന കഠ പ്രശ്ന മുണ്ഡ...
View ArticleWe have to filter through tonnes of ore to gain few grams of gold
When someone reads a nugget of wisdom from Sanskrit he waxes eloquent about the richness of our culture.But there is some heavy but hidden digging involvedThere is never shortage in stored wisdom. The...
View Article𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗵𝗮𝗹𝘆𝗮 𝗲𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗱𝗲.. 𝗮𝘀 𝘄𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝗺𝗶𝗸𝗶𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗮𝘆𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗺..
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗵𝗮𝗹𝘆𝗮 𝗲𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗱𝗲.. 𝗮𝘀 𝘄𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝗺𝗶𝗸𝗶𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗮𝘆𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗺..-----------------------------𝗠𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗥𝗮𝗺𝗮𝘆𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗺, 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗯𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗵𝗮𝗹𝘆𝗮.. 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗦𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗚𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗮𝗺𝗮.. 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝘄𝗮𝘀...
View Articlefirst we should have some control over ourselves
आत्मा यस्य वशे नास्ति कुतस्तस्य परे जनाः।आत्मानं वशमानीय त्रैलोक्यं वर्तते वशे॥महासुभाषितसङ्ग्रहे ४६५७ātmā yasya vaśe nāsti kutastasya pare janāḥ|ātmānaṁ vaśamānīya trailokyaṁ vartate...
View ArticleTime knows that he, the time, alone will be the final victor..
भेको धावति तं च धावति फणी सर्पं शिखी धावतिव्याघ्रो धावति केकिनं विधिवशात् व्याधोऽपि तं धावति।स्वस्याहारविहारसाधनविधौ सर्वे जनाः व्याकुलाःकालस्तिष्ठति पृष्टतः कचधरः केनाऽपि नो दृश्यते॥वैराग्यशतकम्...
View ArticleRamayanam without any special qualification it is the one created by Sage...
Ramayanam (the story of Rama ) has been put into words by many.. but when we talk of Ramayanam without any special qualification it is the one created by Sage Valmiki that we refer to ..( Even the...
View ArticleI really do not know how to pray
I really do not know how to pray..Of course I worship God in the way I know, or have learned by reading and observation..But somehow I never could bring myself to request the Supreme one to grant me...
View Articlewhen I listened to a nice but simple speech..
My spontaneous reaction when I listened to a nice but simple speech..it is a beautiful speech..we were not conscious of the language, ideas or content or the art of presentation of the idea,but what...
View ArticleBeauty is in the eye of the beholder
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder..There were two men..They were looking at the roof of a house and the rising morning sun behind it in the backdrop of the horizon..One looked at the roof and...
View ArticleMudita.. affected, or symapthetic happiness
my take on Mudita.. affected, or symapthetic happinesswhen a cricketer scored a century and got a man of the match award.. I am not benefited in any way.. but I am supremely happy about it..If the...
View Articleit is an enforced Shanti in which we have landed
writtennduringnnthe time of kovid We as Individuals, and as a society are faced with a critical situation.We can afford to introspect.. although there is no guarantee that such introspection would help...
View ArticleCan we afford to disappoint our own Maker?
खादते मोदते नित्यं शुनकः शूकरः खरः।तेषामेषां को विशेषो वृत्तिर्येषां च तादृशी॥khādate modate nityaṁ śunakaḥ śūkaraḥ kharaḥ|teṣāmeṣāṁ ko viśeṣo vṛttiryeṣāṁ ca tādṛśī||To claim that we are human beings...
View Articleinherent greatness of noble person
प्रियप्राया वृत्तिर्विनयमधुरो वाचि नियमः प्रकृत्या कल्याणीमतिरनवगीतः परिचयः |पुरो वा पश्चाद्वा तदिदमविपर्यासितरसं रहस्यं साधूनामनुपधि विशुद्धं विजयते ||priyaprāyā vṛttirvinayamadhuro vāci niyamaḥ...
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