vision or waking dream?
पुत्रोयशस्व्वर्थकरी च विद्या अरोगिता मित्रसमागमश्च।भार्या विनीता प्रियवादिनी च शोकस्य मूलोद्धरणानि पञ्च॥इन्दिस्चे स्प्रुचे १७८१ वेतालपञ्चविंशतिकाputroyaśasvvarthakarī ca vidyā arogitā...
View Articlebetter to remain in hell than to be in the company of evil people
वरं हि नरके वासो न तु दुश्चरिते गृहे।नरकात्क्षीयते पापं कुगृहात्परिवर्धते॥गरुडपुराणे १-१५०-३varaṁ hi narake vāso na tu duścarite gṛhe|narakātkṣīyate pāpaṁ kugṛhātparivardhate||garuḍapurāṇe 1-150-3A...
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परदारं परद्रव्यं परीवादं परस्य च।परिहासं गुरोः स्थाने चापल्यं च विवर्जयेत्॥इन्दिश्चे स्प्रुचे १६९८ चाणक्यparadāraṁ paradravyaṁ parīvādaṁ parasya ca|parihāsaṁ guroḥ sthāne cāpalyaṁ ca...
View ArticleLife... It is a strange enigma.
Life...It is a strange enigma.We have to live here till God's call comes.We have to just shelve the idea that we are living for someone else and all.That idea is very shallow.Very much of a...
View Articlewe can be very frank and forthcoming in our transactions, behaviour and...
I believe that we can be very frank and forthcoming in our transactions, behaviour and interactions.If one likes a person or his views he can be, or in my view, should be effusive in being grateful for...
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Being frank ,direct and outspoken was viewed as a mental disability and ponted out to me at times. I am not sure whethe this trait would assist in professional life. Conveying difficult matters in a...
View ArticleThere cannot be a maze like bondage
स्नेहेन कश्चिन्न समोऽस्ति पाशःस्रोतो न तृष्णासममस्ति हारि।रागाग्निना नास्ति समस्तथाग्निस्तच्चेत् त्रयं नास्ति सुखं न तेऽस्ति॥अश्वघोषस्य सौन्दरनन्देsnehena kaścinna samo'sti pāśaḥsroto na tṛṣṇāsamasti...
View Articleidiot would just throw away substantial possessions just fearing a little...
मूर्खः स्वल्पव्ययत्रासात्सर्वनाशं करोति हि।कः सुधी संत्यजेद्भाण्डं शुल्कस्यैवातिसाध्वसात्॥इन्दिस्चे २२२२ हितोपदेशेmūrkhaḥ svalpavyayatrāsātsarvanāśaṁ karoti hi|kaḥ sudhī saṁtyajedbhāṇḍaṁ...
View Articlepossessiveness and obsession found in some persons
I was reading about possessiveness and obsession found in some persons.. Over petty things.. Often theY entertain a feeling that their life would be incomplete or even ruined if they lose any part of...
View Articlea few words of praise can get a lot of benefits in return.
I posted my story essentially to drive home the point that a few words of praise can get a lot of benefits in return.. In fact, as a serious student of Sanskrit language and literature, just like most...
View ArticleBhoja and Kalidass
I posted an anecdote connecting Kalidasa and Bharthruhari here, and someone asked whether Bhoja was the person who was with Kalidasa..My answer.."the Bhoja Kalidas combine we see in Sanskrit literature...
View Articlewhy should we act stingy in giving good words?
a story.. maybe not authentic.. but which has done the rounds among the scholastic circle many times--. a story underlining the effectiveness of just giving out a few nice words..Kalidasa and...
View Articleno alliance or truce with him viable with enemy who doesnot know the limits
बलोत्कटेन दुष्टेन मर्यादारहितेन च।न सन्धिविग्रहो नैव विना यानं प्रशस्यते॥इन्दिश्चे स्प्रुचे ४४१३ ४६१९ पञ्चतन्त्रेbalotkaṭena duṣṭena maryādārahitena ca|na sandhivigraho naiva vinā yānaṁ...
View ArticleKanyakaa Dhaanam
Kanyakaa DhaanamWe do not gift away our daughters simply like that. No father or brother takes leave of or sends away his daughter or sister with happiness. The Pathos of the Fourth Act of Shakuntalam...
View ArticleCOLLECTION AND RECOERY OF TAX CALLS FOR A LOT OF EFFORTS
मुहुर्नियोगिनो बाध्या वसुधारा महीभुजाम्।सकृत्किं पीडितं स्नानवस्त्रं मुञ्चेद्द्रुतं पयः॥इन्दिश्चे स्प्रुचे २२२० हितोपदेशेThe constituents of the State who generate money and the officials who have the...
View Articlenaryana and maheshvara
परात्परतरं यान्ति नारायणपरायणाः।न ते तत्र गमिष्यन्ति ये द्विषन्ति महेश्वरम्।इन्दिस्चे स्प्रुचे ३९५१ ४५१२ शार्ङ्गधरपद्धतीparātparataraṁ yānti nārāyaṇaparāyaṇāḥ|na te tatra gamiṣyanti ye dviṣanti...
View ArticleGood things are rare too..
Good things are rare too..दृश्यन्ते भुवि भूरिनिंबतरवः कुत्रापि ते चन्दनाःपाषाणैः परिपूरिता वसुमती वज्रामणिर्दुर्लभः।श्रूयन्ते करटारवाश्च सततं चैत्रे कुहूकूजितंतन्मन्ये खलसङ्कुलं जगदिदं द्वित्राः क्षितौ...
View ArticleThe idea is just an echo of Gita.
I had posted a quote about life after death as found in Brihadaranyakopanishad.The subject is rather technical.I had posted that in a slightly complicated manner.In plain words the content is as...
View Articlekrishna would give Himself to His devotees
In fact it was just a tiny piece of leaf vegetable shaakaannam stuck to the vessel about to be cleaned that was grabbed and eaten by that affectionate brother Krishna. In bhaghvatam we find that madam...
View ArticleBooks and scripture can be rather burdens if they block simplicity
The lord in heaven who created everything would not see more ugliness in a weed.The perceptions of humans including the samiyars and saints are just the result of social conditioning.If a fellow is...
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