work hard and with humility..
यथा खनन् खनित्रेण नरो वार्यधिगच्छति।तथा गुरुगतां विद्यां शुश्रूषुरधिगच्छति॥yathā khanan khanitreṇa naro vāryadhigacchati|tathā gurugatāṁ vidyāṁ śuśrūṣuradhigacchati||യഥാ ഖനന് ഖനിത്രേണ നാരോ...
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श्री गणपति षोडशनामस्तोत्रम्सुमुखश्चैकदन्तश्च कपिलो गजकर्ण्णकः।लम्बोदरस्च विकटो विघ्नराजो विनायकः॥धूमकेतुर्ग्गणाध्यक्षो फालचन्द्रो गजाननः।वक्रतुण्डः शूर्प्पकर्णो हेरम्बः स्कन्दपूर्वजः॥षोडशैतानि नामानि...
View Articledignity while serving others...
अवज्ञया न दातव्यो कस्यचिल्लीलयापि वा।अवज्ञया कृतम् हन्न्याद्दातारम् नात्र सम्शयः॥१३-३३ श्रीमद् वाल्मीकि रामायणे बालकाण्डेavajñayā na dātavyo kasyacillīlayāpi vā|avajñayā kṛtam hannyāddātāram nātra...
View ArticleDuty first.....
नृशंसमनृशंसम् वा प्रजारक्षणकारणात्।पातकम् वा सदोषम् वा कर्तव्यम् रक्षताम् सदा॥राज्यभारनियुक्तानामेष धर्मः सनातनः। २५--१८श्रीमद्वाल्मीकिरामायणे बालकाण्डेnṛśaṁsamanṛśaṁsam vā prajārakṣaṇakāraṇāt|pātakam...
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Be the master of yourself first....भूयो विनयमास्थाय भव नित्यम् जितेन्द्रियः।कामक्रोधसमुत्थानि त्यजेथा व्यसनानि च॥ ३-४२श्रीमद्वाल्मीकीये रामायणे अयोध्याकाण्डेbhūyo vinayamāsthāya bhava nityam...
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॥श्रीरामचन्द्राष्टकम्॥सुग्रीवमित्रम् परमम् पवित्रम् सीताकळत्रम् नवमेघगात्रम्।कारुण्यपात्रम् शतपत्रनेत्रम् श्रीरामचन्द्रम् सततम् नमामि॥१संसारसारम् निगमप्रचारम् धर्म्मावतारम्...
View ArticleWhy is Sundarakandam so important?
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CELEBRATIONSTHE MONKEY STYLEWe join together very often in parties celebrating whatever happy things that has happened in the life of someone among us..Usually we throw to wind all inhibitions and...
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View ArticleThe birth of Kusha and Lava
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The significance of sipping holy water and touching limbs during achamanam..त्रिः प्राश्नीयादपो यत्तु प्रीतास्तेनास्य देवताः।ब्रह्मा विष्णुश्च रुद्रश्च भवन्तीत्यनुशुश्रुम॥गङ्गा च यमुना चैव प्रीयेते...
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The birth of SkandaThe birth of Skanda or Murugan or Subrahmanian is described briefly in just a chapter in Ramayanam.. as r ecounted by Vishvamitra to Rama in BalakandamBut the episode finds detailed...
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Man and his monkey..A man and his monkey were walking along a village road, the man carrying a stick in addition.. The man saw a round discarded can lying waste at the centre of the road..He just...
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that Grand Beautiful Lady,--------------------------------Mother Lalitha Mahatripurasundari is praised with many qualities in LalithasahasranamamThe best epithets appear to be reserved to the...
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why Krishna cursed Asvatthaama.......
why Krishna cursed Asvatthaama.......Even the Merciful Lord Krishna was angry beyond limits when Ashvathama sent the Apandava Astram on the Foetus growing inside the womb of Uttara, the widow of...
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സ്മരണോപഹാരം "ഓം ഗണാനാം ത്വാ ഗണപതിം ഹവാമഹെ കവിം കവീനാം ഉപശ്രവസ്തമംജ്യേഷ്ടരാജം ബ്രാഹ്മണാം ബ്രാഹ്മണസ്പദആന: ശ്രുണ്വന്നൂതിഭി: സീദ സാദനം ".ന ജായതേ മൃയതെ വാ കദാചിത്നായം ഭൂത്വാ ഭവിതാ വാപി ഭുയഃ...
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