only the following seven factors need be considered for marriage
कुलं च शीलं च सनाथता च विद्या च वित्तं च वपुर्वयश्च।एतान् गुणान् सप्त विचिन्त्य देया कन्या बुधैः शेषमचिन्तनीयम्॥इन्दिश्चे स्प्रुचे ७०३ पञ्चतन्त्रेkulaṁ ca śīlaṁ ca sanāthatā ca vidyā ca vittaṁ ca...
View Articlea flower can grow from another flower..
कुसुमे कुसुमोत्पत्तिः श्रूयते न च दृश्यते।बाले तव मुखाम्भोजे कथमिन्दीवरद्वयम्॥ इन्दिश्चे स्प्रूचे ७०९ शृङ्गारतिलकेkusume kusumotpattiḥ śrūyate na ca dṛśyate| bāle tava mukhāmbhoje...
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कृपणोऽप्यकुलीनोऽपि सज्जनैर्वजितः सदा।सेव्यते स नरैर्लोकैर् यस्यास्ति धनसञ्चयः॥इन्दिश्चे स्प्रूचे ७२७ पञ्चतन्त्रेEven if a man is a miser who would never condescend to give anything in charity,Even if...
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when we progress in brahmasutra bhashyam, the reasoning goes even beyond the praamaanyam of Vedas..You can see a point in the thoughts of Shankara where he is absolutely faithful to Vedas..but when his...
View ArticleWhat else is there to save us other than those feet
अमरीकबरीभार भ्रमरीमुखरीकृतंदूरीकरोतु दुरितं गौरीचरणपङ्कजं।amarīkabarībhāra bhramarīmukharīkṛtaṁdūrīkarotu duritaṁ gaurīcaraṇapaṅkajaṁ|May the lotus feet of that white lady (Gauri) which is visited by...
View ArticleThe doctor and the patient and all others too should always remember this..
व्याधेस्तत्वपरिज्ञानं वेदनायाश्च निग्रहः।एतद्वैद्यस्य वैद्यत्वं न वैद्यः प्रभुरायुषः॥समयोचितपद्यमालिका॥vyādhestatvaparijñānaṁ vedanāyāśca nigrahaḥ|etadvaidyasya vaidyatvaṁ na vaidhyaḥ...
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अहमेव गुरुः सुदारुणानामिति हालाहल मा स्म तात दृप्यः।ननु सन्ति भावादृशानि भूयो भुवनेऽस्मिन्वचनानि दुर्जनानाम्॥इन्दिश्चे स्प्रूचे ३६६५ कुवलयानन्दahameva guruḥ sudāruṇānāmiti hālāhala mā sma tāta...
View Articleall these advantages would then mean nothing to them or anyone.
अहमिह कृतविद्यो वेदिता सत्कलानां धनपतिरहमेको रूपलावण्ययुक्तः।इति कृतगुणगर्वः खिद्यते किं जनोऽयं कतिपयदिनमध्ये सर्वमेतन्न किञ्चित्॥इन्दिश्चे स्प्रूचे ३६६५ दामोदरद्र्वahamiha kṛtavidyo veditā satkalānāṁ...
View ArticleOne must do or at least try to concentrate on doing what he is good at..
One must do or at least try to concentrate on doing what he is good at..I feel I am not good at making friends..But I am better, if not best, in reading and understanding things in three or four...
View ArticleOne can never answer fully what is the significance of chanting divine names..
We chant the divine name and make nyasa before starting a japa or prayoga.. There is a great and elaborate procedure before performing SriRudra japam.. or abhishekam.. here we praise the deity and...
View Articlethat life span should be praised by one an all for the knowledge and valour...
यज्जीव्यते क्षणमपि प्रथितं मनुष्यैर्विज्ञानविक्रमयशोभिरभग्नमानम्।तन्नाम जीवितमिह प्रवदन्ति तत्ज्ञाः काकोऽपि जीवति चिरं बलिं च भुङ्क्ते॥इन्दिश्चे स्प्रूचे ५०२३ २२७३ विक्रमाङ्कदेवचरितेyajjīvyate...
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यः कश्चिदसंबद्धो मित्रभावेन वर्तते।स एव बन्धुस्तन्मित्रं सा गतिः तत्परायणम्॥इन्दिस्चे स्प्रुचे ५०००४७५४ महाभारतेyaḥ kaścidasaṁbaddho mitrabhāvena vartate|sa eva bandhustanmitraṁ sā gatiḥ...
View ArticleThe whole thing is just the gift of god..free gift for everyone.
The only one who created, creates and would create anything is is Krishna the God (substitute any name of the supreme being here)..Literary creation is just arranging of words, with or without phonetic...
View ArticleEducation and skill would help a person as an eternal protective shield...
अन्नदानं परं दानं विद्यादानमतः परम्।अन्नेन क्षणीका तृप्तिर्यावज्जीवं च विद्यया॥annadānaṁ paraṁ dānaṁ vidyādānamataḥ param|annena kṣaṇīkā tṛptiryāvajjīvaṁ ca vidyayā||Providing food to the hungry is of...
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Read about small boys of the village going around the agraharam on Avaniavittam day asking for small coins and komanam.. the piece of white used to be tied to the loins.I too was such an urchin decades...
View ArticleAnd when Dharma rules, there can be only Victory
यतः सत्यं ततो लक्ष्मीर्यतो लक्ष्मीस्ततो हरिः। यतो हरिस्ततो धर्मो यतो धर्मस्ततो जयः॥इन्दिश्चे स्प्रूचे ५०३० ४७६१ प्रसङ्गाभरणेyataḥ satyaṁ tato lakṣmīryato lakṣmīstato hariḥ| yato haristato dharmo yato...
View Articlethe real poison is the wealth of public enterprises like temples and such...
न विषं विषमित्याहु ब्रह्मस्वं विषमुच्यते।विषमेकाकिनं हन्ति ब्रह्मस्वं सकलं कुलम्॥सुभाषितरत्नसमुच्चये॥na viṣaṁ viṣamityāhu brahmasvaṁ viṣamucyate|viṣamekākinaṁ hanti brahmasvaṁ sakalaṁ...
View Articlenever hesitate to exhibit proper respect and adequate considerations for...
अस्तब्धः पूजयेन्मान्यान्गुरून्सेवेदमाययाऽर्चेद्देवानदम्भेन श्रियमिच्चेदकुत्सिताम्॥ इन्दिश्चे स्प्रूचे ३६५६ महाभारतेastabdhaḥ pūjayenmānyān gurūnsevedamāyayā'rceddevānadambhena śriyamiccedakutsitām||...
View Articleone cannot impress people of class through mere verbal skills or ornamental...
It should be remembered that one cannot impress people of class through mere verbal skills or ornamental presentations, or through show off. Of course no one can ever impress a person who is either...
View ArticleAnd the mother.. She is just the human manifestation of the earth
आचार्यो ब्रह्मणो मूर्तिः पिता मूर्तिः प्रजापते।भ्राता मरुत्पतेर्मूर्तिः माता साक्षात् क्षितेस्तनुः॥इन्दिस्चे स्प्रुचे ३६८५ भागवत पुराणेācāryo brahmaṇo mūrtiḥ pitā mūrtiḥ prajāpate|bhrātā...
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