We lack grace and politeness in our transactions..
We lack grace and politeness in our transactions..I am finding that more and more in soocial media and elsewhere too.The participants usually pretend to have more than life images of themselves...
View ArticleThings often assume new levels of perception when we see them through windows.
Things often assume new levels of perception when we see them through windows.Sure, the beauty is there in huge quantity even without the windows.. but we may not perceive it with so much of acuity...
View Articlewhen numerous individuals gather and fight, they would become strong enough...
बहूनां चैव सत्त्वानां समवायो रिपुञ्जयः। वर्षधाराधरो मेघस्तृणैरपि निवार्यते॥ इन्दिश्चे स्प्रुचे ४४२४ ४६२३ वृद्धचाणक्यbahūnāṁ caiva sattvānāṁ samavāyo ripuñjayaḥ| varṣadhārādharo meghastṛṇairapi...
View ArticleA king or the state should never ignore or treat negligently even a boy.
बालोऽपि नावमन्तव्यो मनुष्य इति भूमिपः।महती देवता ह्येषा नररूपेण तिष्ठति॥इन्दिश्चे स्प्रुचे ४४४६ १९६७ हितोपदेशेbālo'pi nāvamantavyo manuṣya iti bhūmipaḥ|mahatī devatā hyeṣā nararūpeṇa tiṣṭhati||indiśce...
View Articleif you are inclined to get cheated, there will be no dearth for cheats and...
बहुबुद्धिसमुपेताः सुविज्ञाताः बलोत्कटान्।शक्या वञ्चयितुं धूर्ता ब्राह्मणं छागलादिव॥इन्दिश्चे स्प्रुचे ४४२२ ४६२२ पञ्चतन्त्रेbahubuddhisamupetāḥ suvijñātāḥ balotkaṭān|śakyā vañcayituṁ dhurtā brāhmaṇaṁ...
View ArticleKnowledge should not be shared with persons who are not receptive
धर्माथौ यत्र न स्यातां शुश्रूषावाऽपि तद्विधा । तत्र विद्या न वक्तव्या शुभं बीजमिवोषरे ॥- मनुस्मृति dharmāthau yatra na syātāṃ śuśrūṣāvā'pi tadvidhā । tatra vidyā na vaktavyā śubhaṃ bījamivoṣare ॥-...
View ArticleCastor shrub being worshipped as if it is a holy and respectable tree,
अल्पज्ञः पूज्यते ग्रामे विशेषज्ञविवर्जिते।देशे वृक्षविनाभुतेऽप्येरण्डो हि वनस्पतिः॥सुभाषितम्alpajñaḥ pūjyate grāme viśeṣajñavivarjite|deśe vṛkṣavinābhute'pyeraṇḍo hi vanaspatiḥ||subhāṣitamA person with...
View Articlewe become what we seek and get associated with
बुद्धिश्च ह्रीयते पुंसां नीचैः सह समागमात्।मध्यमैर्मध्यतां याति श्रेष्ठतां याति चोत्तमैः॥इन्धिश्चे स्प्रुचे ४४७३ १९७९ महाभारतेbuddhiśca hrīyate puṁsāṁ nīcaiḥ saha smāgamāt|madhyamairmadhyatāṁ yāti...
View Articleit is the compassion of the Guru that alone can make the truth reveal itself
बुद्धेरगोचरतया न गिरां प्रचारो दूरेगुरुप्रथितवस्तुकथावतारः।तत्त्वं क्रमेण करुणादिगुणावदाते श्रद्धावतां हृदि पदं स्वयमादधाति॥इन्दिश्चे स्प्रुचे ४४७५ १९५० महाभारतेbuddheragocaratayā na girāṁ pracāro...
View Articlewhat susutains me is...
I do not believe it is the gravity and my excessive body weight and the two doddery legs that keep me on this earth.Really what binds me to this terra firmaisthe bonding with my family and my...
View Articledoes Gayatri refer to Saraswathi?
Doubt: does Gayatri refer to Saraswathi?AnswerGayatri is a Devi and a Vedic metre or Chandas too with three paadams of eight letters apiece.She as goddess is having three forms Gayatree Savitree and...
View ArticleWhy should bluff and lies encouraged or tolerated in silence.?
Why should bluff and lies encouraged or tolerated in silence.?If it is ones wife that is bluffing of course there is no choice but to endure.We can even defend the bluff of a friend to a certain...
View ArticleI remember I tasted non-veg once in my life when I was a boy of 6years
I remember I tasted non-veg once in my life when I was a boy of 6years, studying in the 2nd class at Parappanangadi.. BEMLP school. that is, almost six decades ago..Gazing at the sky with open mouth...
View ArticleThere was a period when narrating stories from Puranas and Itihasas was a...
There was a period when narrating stories from Puranas and Itihasas was a great art and service to god too.( Now too there are Swamijis and Yajna Acharyas but I find more pomp and show than content in...
View ArticleListening to Katha Kalakshepam and Harikatha is just the KG stage..
But we should never forget certain facts of life.. For a student in the Kindergarten, some picture book and a soft talk from a teacher are all that is needed to prod him to study at his level..But even...
View ArticleWhy flowers meant for reproduction are used for Pooja?
query Why flowers meant for reproduction are used for Pooja? (archana and mala and decorating the temple or wearing in hair as a mala)? Is it correct? What is the pramanam for this? My ResponseThe...
View Articleyou would become such beggars if you refuse to share and help others
बोधयति न याचन्ते भिक्षाहारा गृहे गृहे। याचकस्य प्रदातव्यम् अदत्तफलमीदृशम्॥ इन्दिश्चे स्प्रुचे ४४८९ १९८९ शार्ङ्गधर पद्धतिbodhayati na yācante bhikṣāhārā gṛhe gṛhe| yācakasya...
View Articlenever repose his faith completely in texts and theories
बृहस्पतेरपि प्राज्ञो न विश्वासं व्रजेन्नरः।य इच्छेदात्मनो वृद्धिमायुष्यं च सुखानि च॥इन्दिश्चे स्प्रुचे ४४८६ १९८६ पञ्चतन्त्रेbṛhaspaterapi prājño na viśvāsaṁ vrajennaraḥ|ya icchedātmano vṛddhimāyuṣyaṁ...
View Articlepanchamahapatakams
ब्रह्महा च सुरापश्च स्तेयी च गुरुतल्पगः।एते सर्वे पृथग्ज्ञेयाः महापातकिनो जनाः॥इन्दिस्चे स्प्रुचे ४४९३ मनुस्मृत्याम्brahmahā ca surāpaśca steyī ca gurutalpagaḥ|ete sarve pṛthagjñeyāḥ mahāpātakino...
View Articlehow can I just stand before you in utter silence or like a mute person.
बुद्ध्वा तु युज्यते तूष्णीं स्थातुं देव वदाम्यतः।अनियुक्तोऽपि च ब्रूयाद्यदीच्छेत्स्वामिनो हितम्॥इन्दिश्चे स्प्रुचे ४४८० कथासरित्सागरेbuddhvā tu yujyate tūṣṇīṁ sthātuṁ deva vadāmyataḥ|aniyukto'pi ca...
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