ladies perhaps can carry an extra sharp hairpin too.. in case of emergency
What can we do about the aberrations and abuses we encounter in our lives and in social media.. ?There is hardly any way out..The simple or simplistic prescription appears to be that we should be sane...
View Articleright to education
I expressed a view that education should be given and knowledge should be imparted only to receptive and responsive candidates and that knowledge need to be shared where it is not asked for or is not...
View Articlepath to the abode of Vishnu..
यःकर्णाञ्जलिसंपुटैरहरहःसम्यक्पिबत्यादरा-द्वाल्मीकेर्वदनारविन्दगलितंरामायणाख्यं मधु।जन्मव्याधिजराविपत्तिमरणैरत्यन्त सोपद्रवंसंसारं स विहाय गच्छतिपुमान्विष्णोः पदं शाश्वतम्।।yah...
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"oh lady crow, of comely crow, show me your nest..is your cute little one snoozing there,?wont the sweet child be hungry and crying for food?"The boy asked t he mother crow.. "All the while he was...
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The source of knowledge is infinite and imperishable.But the receiver of knowledge tries to receive that with no effort at all or with as little effort as possible,and also tries to show off and...
View Articledo it right, do it in time..
यस्तु कालव्यतीतेषु मित्रकार्येषु युज्यते।स कृत्वा महतोऽप्यर्थान् न मित्रार्थेन युज्यते॥श्रीमद्वाल्मीकिरामायणे ४-२९-१४yastu kālavyatīteṣu mitrakāryeṣu yujyate|sa kṛtvā mahato'pyarthān na mitrārthena...
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There appear to be two extreme points to our thought process with innumerable temporary resting shelters in between in our journey from one point to the other..When we are born almost a nil data base...
View Articlequotes from sages on widow remarriage..
I would like to give certain quotes from some sages.. for your reading about widow marriage... पराशरः -- नष्टेमृतेप्रव्रजिते क्लीबे च पतिते पतौ पञ्चापत्सुचनारीणां पतिरन्यो विधीयते।अत्रिः-- नष्टे...
View ArticleA Vedic Beneditction to the beloved leader
A Vedic Beneditction to the beloved leaderपर्वत इव विचाचलिः। इन्द्र इवेह ध्रुवस्तिष्ठ। इह राष्ट्रमुधारयऽभितिष्ठ प्रतन्यतः। अधरे सन्तु शत्रवः। इन्द्र इव वृत्रहा तिष्ठतैत्तिरीय ब्राह्मणे २-४-२-१...
View Articledo not praise yourself
न स्तुयादात्मनाऽत्मानम् न परं परिवादयेत्।न सतोऽन्यगुणान् हिंस्यान्नासतः स्वस्य वर्णयेत्॥यशस्तिलक चम्पूna stuyādātmanā'tmānam na paraṁ parivādayet|na sato'nyaguṇān hiṁsyānnāsataḥ svasya...
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You alone are my motheryou alone are my fatheryou alone are my kinyou alone are my friendyou alone are my knowledgeyou alone are my wealthmy God you and you aloneare everything to meत्वमेव माता च पिता...
View ArticleThe foremost being created by Gods is Agni
The foremost human being created by Gods is AgniThere is a mention in Rigvedam that the male human being created on earth was Agni and the first female was vaak or word..and the human race which was...
View Articlemay the disputes subside...
ऐकमत्यंम् भवेदेषां ब्राह्मणानां पृथग्धियाम्।निर्वैरता च जायेत संवादाग्ने प्रसीद मे।aikamatyam bhavet eshaam braahmanaanaam prithak dhiyaam.nirvairataa ta jaayeta. Samvaadaagne praseeda ma..A Vedic...
View Articleanything may change, but Virtue should win
चला लक्ष्मीः चला प्राणाः चलं जीवित यौवनम्।चालाचले च संसारे धर्म एको हि निश्चलः॥चाणक्य नीतिcalā lakṣmīḥ calā prāṇāḥ calaṁ jīvita yauvanam|cālācale ca saṁsāre dharma eko hi niścalaḥ||cāṇakya nītiThe...
View Articleact diligently and with determination...
व्यसने वार्थकृच्छ्रे वा भये वा जीवितान्तरे।विमृशंश्च स्वया बुद्ध्या धृतिमान्नावसीदति॥श्रीमद्वाल्मीकि रामायणे-४.७.९पाठभेद:व्यसने वार्थकृच्छ्रे वा भये वा जीवितावधौ।विमृशंश्च स्वयं बुद्ध्या कृतान्तं...
View Articleinherent merit and qulaity
नाद्रव्ये निहिता काचित् क्रिया फलवती भवेत्।न व्यापारशतेनापि शुकवत् पाठ्यते बकः॥हितोपदेशे॥nādravye nihitā kācit kriyā phalavatī bhavet|na vyāpāraśatenāpi śukavat pāṭhyate bakaḥ||hitopadeśe||Another gem...
View ArticleA great tribute to water..
A great tribute to water..a landmark mantram used in the process of ceremonial purification of water.. Udaka Shanti.. The mantram comes partially from Yajurveda Samhita, Brahmanams and Rigvedam...
View ArticleLead us in the right path..Agni
Lead us in the right path..Agni-------------------------------------At the conclusion of oblations to the fire in the vedic way yajnas, homams etc, we pray to Agni requesting him to lead us in the path...
View Articlesigns of class
आचारः कुलमाख्याति देशमाख्याति भाषणम्।संभ्रमः स्नेहमाख्याति वपुराख्याति भोजनम्॥चाणक्यनीतिācāraḥ kulamākhyāti deśamākhyāti bhāṣaṇam|saṁbhramaḥ snehamākhyāti vapurākhyāti bhojanam||cāṇakyanītiChanakya...
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yes, If it is ordained by Fate.. or the holy rules of Karma that I should be kicked, I shall receive the kick..but the Divine being, who is ever merciful, although He cannot flout the rule of Karma,...
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