musings 46
The narrations of episodes in Puranas are like offering a small pieces of peppermint to a child who is persuaded to drink some bitter medicine... while the medicine is gulped in with the help of the...
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A young friend, a taxation professional was asking about the general modalities to be followed while replying to notices issued by authorities..Some points stuck me.. as a result of about forty years...
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A woman tolerates the torture by her husband for the sake of the children. The children are too small to defend their mom. The children grow up.and grow wings for themselves. They just fly away.leaving...
View Articledo not laugh do not cry..
विपत्तौ किं विषादेन संपत्तौ हर्षणेन किम्।भवितव्यं भवत्येव कर्मणामीदृशी गतिः॥सुभाषितरत्नाकरे॥vipattau kiṁ viṣādena saṁpattau harṣaṇena kim|bhavitavyaṁ bhavatyeva karmaṇāmīdṛśī...
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प्रदोषे दीपकः चन्द्रः प्रभाते दीपको रविः।त्रैलोक्ये दीपको धर्मः सुपुत्रः कुलदीपकः॥pradoṣe dīpakaḥ candraḥ prabhāte dīpako raviḥ|trailokye dīpako dharmaḥ suputraḥ kuladīpakaḥ||When the evening arrives...
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Some thoughts on the death rites performed in the Hindu Vedic way..The cremation is expected to be performed within one or two hours of death, if death occurs during daytime.. But the cremation is...
View Articlelearn and smile.. learn to smile too
हसता लभ्यते नारी रुदता लभ्यते धनम्।पठता लभ्यते विद्या त्यजता लभ्यते यशः॥समयोचितपद्यमालिका॥hasatā labhyate nārī rudatā labhyate dhanam|paṭhatā labhyate vidyā tyajatā labhyate...
View Articlediscover greatness everywhere..
नाक्षरं मन्त्ररहितं न मूलमनौषधम्।अयोग्यपूरुषं नास्ति योजकः तत्र दुर्लभः॥सुभाषितसङ्ग्रहे॥nākṣaraṁ mantrarahitaṁ na mūlamanauṣadham|ayogyapūruṣaṁ nāsti yojakaḥ tatra durlabhaḥ||subhāṣitasaṅgrahe||There...
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यथा हि मलिनैः वस्त्रैः यत्रकुत्रोपविश्यते।व्रततः चलितोप्येवं शेषं व्रतं न रक्षति॥सुभाषितसङ्ग्रहे॥yathā hi malinaiḥ vastraiḥ yatrakutropaviśyate|vratataḥ calitopyevaṁ śeṣaṁ vrataṁ na...
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ये च मूढतमाः लोके ये च बुद्धे परं गताः।ते एव सुखं एधन्ते मध्यमः क्लिश्यते जनः॥ महाभारते १२-२५-२८ye ca mūḍhatamāḥ loke ye ca buddhe paraṁ gatāḥ|te eva sukhaṁ edhante madhyamaḥ kliśyate janaḥ||...
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लब्दविद्यो गुरुं द्वेष्टि लब्धभार्यस्तु मातरम्।लब्दपुत्रा पतिं नारी लब्दारोग्यश्चिकित्सकम्॥७७नीतिसारे॥।labdavidyo guruṁ dveṣṭi labdhabhāryastu mātaram|labdaputrā patiṁ nārī...
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पुष्पेषु जाती पुरुषेषु विष्णुर्नारीषु रंभा नगरीषु काञ्ची।नदीषु गङ्गा नरपेषु रामःकाव्येषु माघः कवि काळिदासः॥२१नीतिसारेpuṣpeṣu jātī puruṣeṣu viṣṇurnārīṣu raṁbhā nagarīṣu kāñcī|nadīṣu gaṅgā narapeṣu...
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धैर्यं धुनोति विधुनोति मतिं क्षणेनरोगं करोति शिथिलीकुरुते शरीरम्।धर्मं हिनस्ति वचनं विदधात्यवाच्यम्कोपो ग्रहो रतिपतिर्मदिरामदश्च॥सुभाषितरत्नसन्दोहे॥dhairyaṁ dhunoti vidhunoti matiṁ kṣaṇenarogaṁ karoti...
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सत्यपि च सुकृतकर्मणि दुर्नीतिश्चेत् श्रियं हरत्येव।तैलैः सदोपयुक्तां दीपशिखां विदलयति हि वातालिः॥भोजप्रबन्धे॥satyapi ca sukṛtakarmaṇi durnītiścet śriyaṁ haratyeva|tailaiḥ sadopayuktāṁ dīpaśikhāṁ...
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आयुः कर्म च वित्तं च विद्या निधनमेव च।पञ्चैते ननु कल्प्यन्ते गर्भगत्वेन देहिनाम्॥२७नीतिसारे---āyuḥ karma ca vittaṁ ca vidyā nidhanameva ca|pañcaite nanu kalpyante garbhagatvena...
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Rama had many roles to play.. He was a husband and He was a king too.. In the prevailing social environs, situation has landed up Sita in a position where the public opinion about the requisite...
View Articlerain in the ocean
अप्रगल्भस्य या विद्या कृपणस्य च यद्धनं।यच्च बाहुबलं भीरोः व्यर्थमेतत् त्रयं भुवि॥भोजप्रबन्धम् बल्लालदेवस्यapragalbhasya yā vidhyā kṛpaṇasya ca yaddhanaṁ|yacca bāuhubalaṁ bhīroḥ vyarthametat trayṁ...
View ArticleJust for His Majesty..
Just for His Majesty..Often I have wondered whether one can contemplate on and be in utter love with God.. forgetting himself.. without any demands or desires..just for the love of that Divine being.....
View Articlewhen Shiva and Narayana attended Sradham for ayyaval..
An episode from the life of Ayyaval.. a doyen of Bhajana Sampradaya..He was a devout bhakta..of both Shiva and Vishnu .. He is also from Tiruvarur it would appear.. He was not a conformist.. he had a...
View ArticleHis sweet name.. and nothing else..
हरेर् नामैव नामैव नामैव मम जीवनम्।कलौ नास्त्यैव नास्त्यैव नास्त्यैव गतिरन्यथा॥ कालक्षेपो न कर्त्तव्यः क्षीणमायुः क्षणे क्षणे।यमस्य करुणा नास्ति कर्त्तव्यम् हरिकीर्त्तनम्।विसृज्य लज्जाम् योऽधीते...
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