tendency to help comes spontaneously..
कस्यादेशाद् क्षपयति तमः सप्तसप्तिः प्रजानांछायाहेतोः पथि विटपिनामञ्जलिः केन बद्धः।अभ्यर्थ्यन्ते जललवमुचः केन व वृष्टिहेतोःजात्यैवेते परहितविधौ साधवो बद्धकक्ष्याः॥वल्लभदेवस्य सुभाषितवल्याम्...
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View ArticleReply to a query about chanting of certain stotras and mantras
Reply to a query about chanting of certain stotras and mantras.. like Vishnusahasranamam etcRathaangapaanirakshobhyaH Sarvapraharaayuthah रथाङ्गापाणिरक्षोभ्यः सर्वप्रहरणायुधःis part of...
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श्री मार्गबन्धु स्तोत्रंśrī mārgabandhustotraṁफालावनम्रत् किरीटं फालनेत्रार्चिषादग्ध पञ्चेषुकीटम्शूलाहतारातिकूटं शुद्धमर्धेन्दुचूढं भजे मार्गबन्धुम्॥अङ्गेविराजत् भुजङ्गं...
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अरिं मित्रमुदासीनं मध्यस्थं स्थविरं गुरुम्।यो न बुद्ध्यति मन्दात्मा स च सर्वत्र नश्यति॥ariṁ mitramudāsīnaṁ madhyasthaṁ sthaviraṁ gurum|yo na buddhyati mandātmā sa ca sarvatra naśyati ||A message found...
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यथा ह्यनास्वादयितुं न शक्यं जिह्वातलस्थं मधु वा विषं वा।अर्थस्तथा ह्यर्थचरेण राज्ञः स्वल्पोऽप्यनास्वादयितुं न शक्यः॥अर्थाशास्त्रे २-१०-३६yathā hyanāsvādayituṁ na śakyaṁ jihvātalasthaṁ madhu vā viṣaṁ...
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उक्त्वानृतं भवेद्यत्र प्राणिनाम् प्राणरक्षणम्।अनृतम् तत्र सत्यं स्यात्सत्यमप्यनृतं भवेत्॥पद्मपुराणे सृष्टि खण्डे १८-३९२uktvānṛtaṁ bhavedyatra prāṇinām prāṇarakṣaṇam|anṛtam tatra satyaṁ...
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We seem to attain greater maturitywhen we grow from from attaining a state of mind of not reading, writing and noticing things that do not concern us to a stage where we can succeed in denying...
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View Articlethe offspring need not be good just because of parentage
न व्याप्तिरेषा गुणिनो गुणवाञ्जायते ध्रुवम्।चन्दनोऽनलसंदग्धो न भस्म सुरभिः क्वचित्॥कुसुमदेवकृतम् दृष्टान्तकलिकाशतके ॥४१॥na vyāptireṣā guṇino guṇavāñjāyate dhruvam|candano'nalasaṁdagdho na bhasma...
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गुणिनि गुणज्ञो रमते नागुणशीलस्य गुणिनि परितोषः।अलिरेति वनात्कमलं न दुर्दुरस्तन्निवासोऽपि॥सुभाषित शतके २-४९ हितोपदेशे २००guṇini guṇajño ramate nāguṇaśīlasya guṇini paritoṣaḥ|alireti vanātkamalaṁ na...
View ArticleTime cooks everything..
कालः पचति भूतानि कालः संहरते तथा ।कालः सुप्तेषु जागर्ति कालो हि दुरतिक्रमः ॥kaalaH pachati bhootaani kaalaH samharate tathaakaalaH supteshu jaagarti kaalo hi duratikramaH..it is from Chanakyaneetithe...
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View Articlewe cannot satisfy a blockhead...
अज्ञः सुखमाराध्यः सुखतरमाराध्यते विशेषज्ञःज्ञानलवदुर्विदग्दम् ब्रह्मापि नरं न रञ्जयति॥भर्त्रुहरेः नीतिशतके श्लोकः ३ajñaḥ sukhamārādhyaḥ sukhataramārādhyate viśeṣajñaḥjñānalavadurvidagdam brahmāpi naraṁ...
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पातकानि कुतस्तेषां येषां गृहमलङ्कृतम्।सत.तं बालवत्साभिः गौभिः श्रीरिव स्वयम्॥बृहत्पराशरस्मृत्याम्pātakāni kutasteṣāṁ yeṣāṁ gṛhamalaṅkṛtam|satataṁ bālvatsābhiḥ gaubhiḥ śrīriva...
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Positivity.. the Gayatri way..In fact there are some very strong minds which refuse to think positively..That can result in great damage to many..There is a popular theory that the thoughts, be it...
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