a perspective on Study of Sanskrit
I posted my views on Sanskrit and Indian ethos in a closed group, but I feel the issue deserved wider exposure. So I re post it here.The person who found that Sanskrit could be used as a language for...
View Articlerenunciation is not escapism..
My reaction to the query of a young friend that he desires to give up and withdraw to a sort of sannyas or renunciation because he is finding the life situations so frustrating and difficult to...
View Articlewhere there no love, there is no way
त्यजेद्धर्मम् दयाहीनम् विद्याहीनम् गुरुम् त्यजेत्।त्यजेत् क्रोधमुखीम् भार्याम् निःस्नेहान्बान्धवान्स्त्यजेत्॥चाणक्यनीतिtyajeddharmam dayāhīnam vidyāhīnam gurum tyajet |tyajet krodhamukhīm bhāryām...
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संसारातप दग्धानां त्रयो विश्रान्तिहेतवः।अपत्यं च कलत्रं च सतां सङ्गतिरेव च॥चाणक्यनीतिःsaṁsārātapa dagdhānāṁ trayo viśrāntihetavaḥ |apatyaṁ ca kalatraṁ ca satāṁ saṅgatireva ca||cāṇakyanītiḥanother gem...
View Articleoffering naivedyam
When we serve food or offer naivedyam to God there should be silence. Even the parishechana mantras and the six ahutis should be done in a silent or sibilant tone and especially the names of the...
View ArticleOnly through meditation and chanting
जप्येनैव तु संसिध्येद्ब्राह्मणो नात्र संशयः।कुर्यादन्यन्न वा कुर्यान्मैत्रो ब्राह्मण उच्यते॥मनुस्मृत्याम् २-८७japyenaiva tu saṁsidhyedbrāhmaṇo nātra saṁśayaḥ|kuryādanyanna vā kuryānmaitro brahmaṇa...
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मूर्खानाम् पण्डिताः द्वेष्या अधनानां महाधनाः।वराङ्गना कुलस्त्रीणां सुलभानां च दुर्लभाः॥चाणक्यनीतिmūrkhānām paṇḍitāḥ dveṣyā adhanānām mahādhanāḥ|varāṅganā kulastrīṇām sulabhānām ca...
View Articlefrog in the well
Remember the story of a frog.. which was exchanging ideas with another colleague... One frog lived in a well for ever, and the second one had gone around a lot.The frog who is the hero of this story...
View Articleat least permit people to suffer on their own
A hungry man was on a visit to a place where it was announced that free food would be supplied..He waited outside for long..No food was forthcoming..Evening came..Night came tooBurning with hunger, and...
View Articleunfair means..
अनिष्टाद् इष्टलाभोऽपि न गतिर्जायते शुभा।यत्रास्ते विषसंसर्गोऽमृतं तदपि मृत्यवे॥हितोपदेशे॥aniṣṭād iṣṭalābho'pi na gatirjāyate śubhā|yatrāste viṣasaṁsargo'mṛtaṁ tadapi mṛtyave||hitopadeśe||A warning from...
View Articleslow, sure and steady...
शनैरर्थः शनैः पन्था शनैः पर्वतमारुहेत्।शनैर्विद्या च धर्मश्च व्यायामश्च शनैः शनैः॥चाणक्यराजनीत्याम् २ ४९śanairarthaḥ śanaiḥ panthā śanaiḥ parvatamāruhet|śanairvidyā ca dharmaśca vyāyāmaśca śanaiḥ...
View ArticleThe same Krishna Viewed in different ways. by different persons
The same Krishna Viewed in different ways. by different persons--------------------------------मल्लानां अशनिः नृणां नरवरः स्त्रीणां स्मरो मूर्तिमान्।गोपानां स्वजनोऽसतां क्षितिभुजां शास्ता स्वपित्रो...
View ArticleMay the goddess of speech protect us..
May the goddess of speech protect us..-----------------------------------------------------A prayer from Rigvedam..देवीं वाचमजनयन्त देवास्तां विश्वरूपाः पशवो वदन्ति।सा नो मन्द्रेषमूर्जं दुहाना...
View Articlevery productive qualities
शास्त्रेषु निष्ठा सहजश्च बोधःप्रागल्भ्यमभ्यस्तगुणा च वाणी॥कालानुरोधः प्रतिभानवत्व-मेते गुणाः कामदुघाः क्रियासु॥मालतीमाधवे॥३-११śāstreṣu niṣṭhā sahajaśca bodhaḥprāgalbhyamabhyastaguṇā ca...
View Articlehow vishnu became a dwarf
तृष्णे देवि नमस्तुभ्यं कृतकृत्यासि साम्प्रतम्।अनतनाम यद्रूपम् तत्त्वया वामनीकृतम्॥विद्यापतिप्रणीते पुरुषपरीक्षायाम्॥tṛṣṇe devi namastubhyaṁ kṛtakṛtyāsi sāmpratam|anatanāma yadrūpam tattvayā...
View Articlepowerless rage
स्वस्योन्नतेषु जनितं हृदि कोपवेगंनिघ्ने प्रदर्शयति भृत्यजने मनुष्यः।श्वश्रूगतं हृदयवर्धितमात्मकोपंभाण्डे प्रदर्शयति हस्तगते वधूटी॥सूक्तिमुक्तावल्याम्॥svasyonnateṣu janitaṁ hṛdi kopavegaṁnighne...
View Articlebad tendencies to be given up
आलस्यं त्यक्तव्यं त्यक्तव्यं लौल्यं लोभः परापवादश्च।अस्थानेषु कोपस्तथाऽतिमनश्च पुरुषेण॥सुभाषितसाहस्र्याम्॥॥ālasyaṁ tyaktavyaṁ tyaktavyaṁ laulyaṁ lobhaḥ parāpavādaśca|asthāneṣu kopastathā'timanaśca...
View Articlenever go slow on personal exertion..
न दैवं अपि सञ्चिन्त्य त्यजेत् उद्योगमात्मनः।अनुद्योगेन तैलानि तिलेभ्यो नाप्तुमर्हति॥हितोपदेशे॥na daivaṁ api sañcintya tyajet udyogamātmanaḥ|anudyogena tailāni tilebhyo nāptumarhati||hitopadeśe||A...
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On Lord KrishnaYou Thief! You were born in a Jail where your parents were bound with very heavy chains, but you stole out of there and cuddled innocently beside a sleeping herds-womanand your equally...
View ArticleToday religion in any form is big business..
Today religion in any form is big business..And every day new rituals, new gurus, new methods are appearing..This happens in Hinduism especially in the worship of Ayyappa or Shasta and later...
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