a mind to give and help ...
किं दातुरखिलैः दोषैः किं लुब्धस्याखिलैः गुणैः।न लोभादधिको दोषः न दानादधिको गुणः॥सभारञ्जनशतके॥kiṃ dāturakhilaiḥ doṣaiḥ kiṃ lubdhasyākhilaiḥ guṇaiḥ।na lobhādadhiko doṣaḥ na dānādadhiko...
View ArticleA rare anti tobacco campaign in Sanskrit..
दरिद्रोपि नरो नूनं तमाखुं नैव मुञ्चति।निवारितोपि मार्जारस्तमाखुं नैव मुञ्चति॥सुभाषितरत्नसमुच्चये॥daridropi naro nūnaṁ tamākhuṁ naiva muñcati|nivāritopi mārjārastamākhuṁ naiva...
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Why do we often lose momentum and struggle and gasp ?It is because of our limited capacity to perceive things while what is sprawling around us is a huge and perplexing collage..We cannot count a few...
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Wealth as a physical entity may be almost a reality but the title to it or ownership is rather a very unsure conceptAnd such possession of a valid title can become a nullity at any time.Many carnages...
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To live for one's principles or live one's principle is just like selecting a very difficult path for journey when one is aware of easier and more comfortable routes..Such difficult journey should be...
View Articlethey should be inborn.. not cultivated...
दातृत्वं प्रियवक्तृत्वं धीरत्वमुचितज्ञता।अभ्यासेन न लभ्यन्ते चत्वारः सहजा गुणाः॥चाणक्यनीतिदर्पणे ११-१dātṛtvaṁ priyavaktṛtvaṁ dhīratvamucitajñatā|abhyāsena na labhyante catvāraḥ sahajā...
View Articlenot much of difference between the dead and the destitute..
धनमार्जय काकुत्स्थ धनमूलमिदं जगत् ।अन्तरं नैव जानामि निर्धनस्य मृतस्य च ।।dhanamaarjaya kaakuthstha dhanamoolamidam jagatantharam naiva pashyaami nirdhanasya mrithasya cha..ധനമാര്ജ്ജയ കാകുത്സ്ത ധനമൂലം...
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Pranams to AnjaneyaswamyHe is the Supreme embodiment of power.. Humble obeisance to His commitment for His Lord and Master Ramachandra, His humility,His razor-sharp intellect,His dazzling speed and...
View Articlenice things turn poisonous
निर्धनस्य विषं भोगो निस्सत्वस्य विषं रणम्।अनभ्यासे विषं शास्त्रं अजीर्णे भोजनं विषम्॥हितोपदेशे॥nirdhanasya viṣaṁ bhogo nissatvasya viṣaṁ raṇam|anabhyāse viṣaṁ śāstraṁ ajīrṇe bhojanaṁ...
View Articlemusings 91
That is one distinctive feature of Indian thought.. be it Gita, Upanishads or Puranas, Itihasas.. or even of Budhisam and Jainism..Joy is conceived as something more that just a physical or peripheral...
View Articleclimbing a ladder..
climbing a ladder..we can place our feet on the higher rungs onlyif we remove the feet from the lower ones. and move the feet up. othewise we will be stuck at the bottom..Of course, we may land up in a...
View Articleproximity to the powers that may be...
गन्तव्यं राजकुलं द्रष्टव्याः तत्र नृपतिनिकटपुरुषाः।यद्यपि न भवन्त्यर्थाः भवन्त्यनर्थप्रतीकाराः॥नीति द्विषष्टिकाgantavyaṁ rājakulaṁ draṣṭavyāḥ tatra nṛpatinikaṭapuruṣāḥ|yadyapi na bhavantyarthāḥ...
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पीत्वा कर्दमपानीयं भेको रटरटायते। पक्वं चूतरसं पीत्वा गर्वं नायाति कोकिलः॥ नित्यनीति २८ pītvā kardamapānīyaṁ bheko raṭaraṭāyate| pakvaṁ cūtarasaṁ pītvā garvaṁ nāyāti kokilaḥ|| nityanīti 28 The...
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नाप्राप्यमभिवाञ्छन्ति नष्टं नेछन्ति शोचितुम्। आपत्सु च न मुह्यन्ति नराः पण्डितबुद्धयः॥ महाभारते विदुरनीत्याम् nāprāpyamabhivāñchanti naṣṭaṁ nechanti śocitum| āpatsu ca na muhyanti narāḥ...
View Articlemusings 92
there are basic issues..Interaction and conversation with people around can be effectiveifand only ifthose around share interests, ideas or even idiocies..I am very odd.. I hardly find any audience...
View Articlejust tell Krishna "I love You and I accept Your will."..
just tell Krishna "I love You and I accept Your will."..and we can beg Him,या त्वरा द्रौपदीत्राणे या त्वरा गजमोक्षणे |मय्यार्ते करुणामूर्ते सा त्वरा क्व गता हरे.yaa twaraa draupadee thraane yaa twaraa...
View ArticleA deserving tribute to the trees.
धत्ते भरं कुसुमपत्रफलावलीनां घर्मव्यथां वहति शीतभवां रुजं च। यो देहमर्पयति चान्यसुखस्य हेतोः तस्मै वदान्यगुरवे तरवे नमस्ते॥ भामिनीविलासे १-९४/89 dhatte bharaṁ kusumapatraphalāvalīnāṁ gharmavyathāṁ...
View Articlenever destroy the root...
पुष्पं पुष्पं विचिन्वीत मूलच्छेदं न कारयेत्। मालाकर इवारामे न यथाङ्गरकारकः॥ विदुरनीत्यां महाभारते ५-३४-१८ puṣpaṁ puṣpaṁ vicinvīta mūlacchedaṁ na kārayet| mālākara ivārāme na yathāṅgarakārakaḥ||...
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विदुषां वदनाद् वाचः सहसा यान्ति नो बहिः। याताश्चेन्न पराञ्चन्ति द्विरदानां रदा इव॥ भामिनीविलासे viduṣāṁ vadanād vācaḥ sahasā yānti no bahiḥ| yātāścenna parāñcanti dviradānāṁ radā iva|| bhāminīvilāse...
View Articlebe kind, give everyone a chance...
स्खलितः स्खलितो वध्य इति चेन्निश्चयो भवेत्।द्वित्रा एवाशिष्येरन् बहुदोषा हि मानवाः॥skhalitaḥ skhalito vadhya iti cenniścayo bhavet|dvitrā evāśiṣyeran bahudoṣā hi mānavāḥ||A quote from the epic...
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