musings 55
God as Swayambhu ( self born.. self willed) is present everywhere,and through rituals, and through faith and vedic and tantric chants we try to concentrate the presence of God in some particular area.....
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Fathers day thoughts make me too nostalgic and emotional..I have a father whose whole world and dreams revolved around me.. the son right from the day I was born.. I could realize that much later.. He...
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वत्सान् मुञ्चन् क्वचिदसमये क्रोशसञ्जातहासः स्तेयं स्वाद्वत्त्यथ दधि पयः कल्पितैः स्तेययोगैः।मर्कान् भोक्ष्यन् विभजति स चेन्नात्ति भाण्डं भिन्नत्ति द्रव्यालाभे स गृहकुपितो यात्युपक्रोश्य तोकान्॥ २९॥...
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अत्यन्तबालं अतसीकुसुमप्रकाशं दिग्वाससं कनकभूषण भुषिताङ्गम्।विस्रस्तकेशं अरुणाधरं आयताक्षं कृष्णं नमामि मनसा वसुदेवसूनुम्॥श्रीकृष्णकर्णामृते॥atyantabālaṁ atasīkusumaprakāśaṁ digvāsasaṁ kanakabhūṣaṇa...
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चित्ते भ्रान्तिर्जायते मद्यपानात् भ्रान्ते चित्ते पापचर्यामुपैति। पापं कृत्वा दुर्गतिं यान्ति मूढाः तस्मात् मद्यं नैव पेयं न पेयं॥ ॥सुभाषितम्॥ citte bhrāntirjāyate madyapānāt bhrānte citte...
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अविस्मृतोपकारः स्यान्न कुर्वीत कृतघ्नताम्।हत्वोपकारिणं विप्रो नाडीजङ्घमधश्च्युतः॥ २४क्षेमेन्द्रकविप्रणीते चारुचर्यायाम्॥avismṛtopakāraḥ syānna kurvīta kṛtaghnatām|hatvopakāriṇaṁ vipro...
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गते हि दुर्दशां लोके क्षुद्रोप्यहितमाचरेत्।पङ्के निमग्ने करिणि भेको भवति मूर्द्धगः॥कवितामृतकूपgate hi durdaśāṁ loke kṣudropyahitamācaret|paṅke nimagne kariṇi bheko bhavati mūrddhagaḥ||kavitāmṛtakūpa...
View ArticlePranams to the Seven Mothers.. Saptamatrukas.
In Devimahatmyam of Markandeya Puranam ,Brahmanda Puranam, and elsewhere too we can see the Fight of Divine mother Mahatripurasundari .. Lalithaambika with the Fierce Demons Shumbha and Nishumbha..The...
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वृश्चिकस्य विषं पुच्छे मक्षिकायाः विषं शिरःतक्षकस्य विषं दन्तं सर्वाङ्गं दुर्जनस्य च॥नीतिसारे॥समयोचित पद्यमालिकायां च vṛścikasya viṣam pucche makṣikāyāḥ viṣam śiraḥtakṣakasya viṣam dantam sarvāṅgam...
View Articlesubstance alone matters
गुणेषु क्रियतां यत्नः किं आटोपैः प्रयोजनम्।विक्रियन्ते न घण्टाभिर्गावः क्षीरविवर्जिताः॥guṇeṣu kriyatāṁ yatnaḥ kiṁ āṭopaiḥ prayojanam|vikriyante na ghaṇṭābhirgāvaḥ kṣīravivarjitāḥ||Let us strive and...
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विशाखान्तं गता मेघाः प्रसवान्तं हि यौवनम्।प्रणामान्तं सतां कोपो याचनान्तं हि गौरवम्॥सुभाषितम्॥viśākhāntaṁ gatā meghāḥ prasavāntaṁ hi yauvanam|praṇāmāntaṁ satāṁ kopo yācanāntaṁ hi...
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एक एव पदार्थस्तु त्रिधा भवति वीक्षितः।कुणपः कामिनी मांसं योगिभिः कामिभिः श्वभिः॥eka eva padārthastu tridhā bhavati vīkṣitaḥ|kuṇapaḥ kāminī māṁsaṁ yogibhiḥ kāmibhiḥ śvabhiḥ||A quote from Chanakya...
View ArticleAnkuraarpanam
Ankuraarpanam or Paalika thalikkal in Tamil. is a prelude to almost any shubhakaryam or auspicious function.The tribute is to all the devatas including the digdevatas.Seeds of all major dhanyams...
View Articlethe heart is never big
the heart is never big feeling jealous and even depressed when seeing better and better people and performances.. does not stop there.. trying to spot little errors and failures in them and to magnify,...
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कन्दुको भित्तिनिक्षिप्त इव प्रतिफलन्मुहुः।आपतत्यात्मनि प्रायो दोषोऽन्यस्य चिकीर्षितः॥सोमदेवकृते कथासरित्सागरे॥kanduko bhittinikṣipta iva pratiphalanmuhuḥ |āpatatyātmani prāyo doṣo'nyasya...
View ArticleMusings 55
I feel that lack of corruption on the part of the Individual is rather a personal choice, and the society at large really does not expect it from civil servants or for that matter almost anyone...Even...
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Often we try to show off our individual attributes and achievements too. It is not wrong to have a feeling of contentment or satisfaction over a task performed well. That seems to be a natural.and...
View Articleinvocation to Swayamvara Parvathi
the three invocatory slokas ..slokas recited at the start of the chanting session of SvayamavarparvathimantramSomeone asked me to translate the Svayamvaraparvathi mantram itself,.. But that is not...
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Every moment,every situation ..will pass. Agreed.But that does not mean the moment is not there. This moment is always there.And its effects too are real at such momentsWhen this moment is giving...
View Articleno separation when hearts are close
गिरौ कलापी गगने पयोदः लक्षान्तरेर्कश्च जलेषु पद्मम्।इन्दुर्द्विलक्षे कुमुदस्य बन्धुर्यो यस्य हृद्यो न हि तस्य दूरः॥girau kalāpī gagane payodaḥ lakṣāntarerkaśca jaleṣu padmam|indurdvilakṣe kumudasya...
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