every advantage in life is having a negative tag attached to it
भोगे रोग भयं कुले च्युति भयं, वित्ते नृपालाद् भयं।शास्त्रे वादि भयं, गुणे खल भयं, काये कृतान्ताद् भयम्॥माने दैन्य भयं, बले रिपु भयं, रूपे जराया भयं,सर्वे वस्तु भयान्वितं भुवि नृणां,...
View ArticleMay that supreme Lord Shankara bless me wit long life
यो ब्रह्मा ब्रह्मण उज्जहार प्राणैः शिरः कृत्तिवासाः पिनाकी ईशानो देवः स न आयुर दधातु तस्मै जुहोमि हविषा घृतेनയോ ബ്രഹ്മാ ബ്രഹ്മണ ഉജ്ജഹാര പ്രാണൈശ്ശിരഃ കൃത്തിവാസാഃ പിനാകീ ഈശാനോ ദേവഃ സ നഃ ആയുർദധാതു തസ്മൈ...
View ArticleRuffling the feathers..?
Ruffling the feathers..?It causes some inconvenience..Some jarring movements not exactly as comfortable as the normal activities..That is so when such disturbance in physical or intellectual.The...
View ArticleWe should always keep in mind the core utility and not the peripheral social...
Ttraditional practices would be more relevant if they are observed not only as a ritual..just like preventing some evil deity from entering and welcoming a favourable goddess..but keeping in mind the...
View Articlechasing unsure targets
यो ध्रुवाणि परित्यज्य अध्रुवाणि निषेवते।ध्रुवाणि तस्य नश्यन्ति अध्रुवाणि नष्टमेवहि॥चाणक्याद्yo dhruvāṇi parityajya adhruvāṇi niṣevate|dhruvāṇi tasya naśyanti adhruvāṇi naṣṭamevahi||cāṇakyādA fellow who...
View Articlethey just abandon the benefactors and share their wealth and happiness with...
क्षीणे श्रयति शशी रविमृद्धो वर्धयति पाथसां नाथम्।अन्ये विपदि सहाया धनिनां श्रियमनुभवन्त्यन्ये॥॥विष्णुशर्मणः पञ्चतन्त्रे॥क्षीणे सति when weak शशी the moon रविं sun श्रयति depend on ऋद्धः when strong...
View ArticleIs it the same Krishna ?
The strategist and political leader who planned the war and the scholar, seer and the lifestyle adviser who motivated Arjuna and shook him out of inaction and depression to a valiant warrior....
View ArticleA great martyrdom indeed
Reminds one of the tenali rama story.The wise jester knew that his son was absolutely useless and rude.He wanted to give that offspring of his a befitting legacy.So when Rama was about to leave for the...
View Articletraining the mind to behave itself is good for all
Exposure to extreme provocative situations and managing to get out of such situations unscathed physically, mentally and morally, was a part of training and acclimatization to an ideal life in...
View ArticleAgni.. the Jathaveda
Agni.. the Jathavedaउद्दीप्यस्व जातवेदोऽपघ्नन्निऋतिम् मम।पशूग्ंश्च मह्यमावह जीवनम् च दिशो दिश॥२।२०मा नो हिग्ंसीज्जातवेदो गामश्वम् पुरुषम् जगत्।अबिभ्रदग्न आगहि श्रिया मा परिपातय॥२।२१महानरायणोपनिषद्...
View Articlethis is just the first step in a long jouney into the world of muses
To manage to give out a sentence in prose or in verse without grammatical inconsistencies appears to be quite a difficult assignment for most of us..But this is just the first step in a long jouney...
View ArticleThe eight benefits of this life
देवपूजा दया दानं तीर्थयात्रा जपततपः।श्रुतं परोपकारित्वं नरजन्मफलाष्टकम्॥इन्दिस्चे स्प्रुचे २९४४The eight benefits and positive features of our having attained this life as human beings are1. Worship of...
View Articlehow to say "No"
मौनं कालविलंबश्च प्रयाणं भूमिदर्शनं।भ्रुकुट्यन्यमुखी वार्ता नकारः षट्विधः स्मृतः॥maunaṁ kālavilaṁbaśca prayāṇaṁ bhūmidarśanaṁ|bhrukuṭyanyamukhī vārtā nakāraḥ ṣaṭvidhaḥ smṛtaḥ||A great quote found in...
View ArticleIf one does not fall in love with India and her beauty and elegance then his...
A friend asked me how I am choosing some portions from Indian lore ..and writing about them.I really do not know how.But I can confess as to why I am doing it.The difficulty will be in choosing from a...
View ArticleMost of us Indians including the so called educated ones too are ignorant of...
It is like the musk deer's behaviour.The fragrant musk or kastoori is within its body itself .. But without knowing that when the fragrance reaches their nostrils they run helter skelter in search of...
View Articlein social media, one goes overboard forgets all norms and give expression to...
There are thoughts which ought to have been killed even before they are bornthere are thoughts which are born in the heart and they should have been killed there itself.there are thoughts which reach...
View ArticleBlues do occur in life however spiritual or good one is
I have personally gone through extreme depression, and even suicidal tendencies. No scientific self-talk or medication really helped. But Krishna ultimately intervened.. It is my first-hand...
View Articlejust avoids a trivial opponent out of dignity
असमेन समानत्वं भविता कलहे मम। इति मत्वा ध्रुवं मानी मृगात्सिंहः पलायते॥ इन्दिश्चे स्प्रुचे ७६१ ३६४६ शार्ङ्गधरपद्धतिःasamena samānatvaṁ bhavitā kalahe mama| iti matvā dhruvaṁ mānī mṛgātsiṁhaḥ palāyate||...
View ArticleDharma is supreme ..
Dharma is supreme ..-------------------------------वेदोऽखिलो धर्ममूलं स्मृतिशीले च तद्विदाम्।आचारश्चैव साधूनां आत्मनस्तुष्टिरेव च॥मनुस्मृत्याम् २-६vedo'khilo dharmamūlaṁ smṛtiśīle ca...
View Articleit was his own power that sustained him
घटो जन्मस्थानं मृगपरिजनो भूर्जवसनं,वने वासः कन्दैरशनमपि दुःस्थं वपुरिदम्।अगस्त्यः पयोधिं यदकृत कराम्भोजकुहरेक्रियासिद्धिः सत्त्वे भवति महतां नोपकरणे ghaṭo janmasthānaṃ mṛgaparijano bhūrjavasanaṃ,vane...
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