vasudaiva kutumbakam
अयं निजः परो वेति गणना लघुचेतसां।उदारचरितानां तु वसुधैव कुटुंबकं॥हितोपदेशे ayam nijaH paro veti gananaa laghuchetasaam udaaracharitaanam tu vasudahiva kutumbakam.hitopadesham The mean mind alone...
View Articleman is a bundle of good and bad
Man is a bundle of good and bad. Even the greatest heroes had their weak spots. Even in history or in religious lore we do not see persons free of all foibles. Even Lord Krishna or the Mahatma Gandhi...
View Articlesteadily, but slowly...
क्षणशः कणशश्चैव विद्यां अर्थं च साधयेत् ।क्षणे नष्टे कुतो विद्या कणे नष्टे कुतो धनम् ॥ हितोपदेशेkṣaṇaśaḥ kaṇaśaścaiva vidyāṃ arthaṃ ca sādhayet ।kṣaṇe naṣṭe kuto vidyā kaṇe naṣṭe kuto dhanaṃ ॥...
View Articlethe five taxmen...
अतिथिर्बालकश्चैव स्त्रीजनो नृपतिस्तथा।एते वित्तं न जानन्ति जामाता चैव पञ्चमः॥महासुभाषितसङ्ग्रहे॥atithirbālakaścaiva strījano nṛpatistathā|ete vittaṁ na jānanti jāmātā caiva...
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View Articlemusings 113
I happened to see a very anxious query as to why human beings as a class are so intolerant, jealous etc..My thoughts on itThe answer to the query "why" is as plain as daylight..We are just made as raw...
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विद्या विनय संपन्नं वीतरागं विवेकिनंवन्दे वेदान्त तत्वज्ञं विधुशेखर भारतीम् ..vidyaa vinaya sampannam veetaraagam vivekinamvande vedaanta tattvajnam vidhushekhara bhaarathim..Sree Gurubhyo NamaH Sree...
View ArticleOn three Saints who graced the earth at the same time
On three Saints who graced the earth at the same timeSaints Seshadri Swamigal and Ramana were special ,, still not exactly in the traditional mode.. and the most revered Sage of Kanchi was special and...
View ArticleSumangalya Prarthana
Sumangalya PrarthanaThe spirit behind this prayer to Sumangalis or performance of Sumangalya Prarthana should be understood properly..In fact, the honour of Sumangalis is done to respect the memory of...
View Articledo good happily and heartily..
दानं प्रियवाक्सहितं ज्ञानमगर्वं क्षमान्वितं शौर्यम्।वित्तं त्यागनियुक्तं दुर्लभं एतत् चतुष्टयं लोके॥ हितोपदेशे dānaṁ priyavāksahitaṁ jñānamagarvaṁ kṣamānvitaṁ śauryam|vittaṁ tyāganiyuktaṁ durlabhaṁ...
View Articlenot merely by chanting names...
शास्त्राण्यधीत्यापि भवन्ति मूर्खाः यस्तु क्रियावान् पुरुषः स विद्वान्।सुचिन्तितं चौषधमातुराणां न नाममात्रेण करोत्यरोगम्॥ हितोपदेशे मित्रलाभे १६८śāstrāṇyadhītyāpi bhavanti mūrkhāḥ yastu kriyāvān puruṣaḥ...
View Articleshodashopachara pooja
What is shodashopachara pooja... asked someone.. Sixteen honours or ceremonial offerings to the Deity.?Each item has detailed procedures and mantrams..I would give a list of about 23 actions during a...
View ArticlePanchopachara pooja
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View Articlethe worthy man...
क्षिप्रं विजानाति चिरं शृणोति विज्ञाय चार्थं भजते न कामात्। नासंपृष्टो व्यपयुङ्क्ते परार्थे तत् प्रज्ञानं प्रथमं पण्डितस्य॥ महाभारते उद्योगपर्वणि विदुरनीत्याम्॥ kṣipraṁ vijānāti ciraṁ śṛṇoti vijñāya...
View Articlewidow remarriage is not prohibited by Smritis at all
widow remarriage is not prohibited by Smritis at all..A woman who is married and has become bereft of marriage status through desertion, widowhood etc.. can be taken back to the parental gothram or any...
View Articlesoft as flower, hard as diamond...
वज्रादपि कठोराणि मृदूनि कुसुमादपि । लोकोत्तराणां चेतांसि को हि विज्ञातुमर्हति ॥ उत्तररामचरितम् अङ्ग २ श्लोक ७ vajrādapi kaṭhorāṇi mṛdūni kusumādapi । lokottarāṇāṃ cetāṃsi ko hi vijñātumarhati...
View Articleit is all in the mind...
मनसैव कृतं पापं न शरीरकृतं कृतम्।येनैवालिङ्गिता कान्ता तेनैवालिङ्गिता सुता॥समयोचितपद्यमालिकायाम्।manasaiva kṛtaṁ pāpaṁ na śarīrakṛtaṁ kṛtaṁ|yenaivāliṅgitā kāntā tenaivāliṅgitā...
View Articleten, hundred and thousand...
There is a convention in Indian thought especially in Sanskrit that when a large number of things are being reported , and especially when that is not easily countable then that count is denoted by a...
View Articlekanyaa, kanyakaa
When I tried to go after the etymology for the word Kanya in many dictionaries and treatise like Vacaspateeyaam, Shabdhakalpadruma etc, it was found that the word indicates a girl just above ten...
View ArticleA prayer to Lord Ganesha...
A prayer to Lord Ganesha...-----------------------------------नितान्तकान्त दन्तकान्तिं अन्तकान्तकात्मजंअचिन्त्यरूपं अन्तहीनंअन्तराय कृन्तनम्हृदन्तरे निरन्तरं वसन्तं एव योगिनाम्तम् एकदन्तं एकं एव...
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