राकाचन्द्रसमानकान्तिवदना नाकाधिराजस्तुता
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View ArticleRam.. Rama the quintessance of all that is great
Rama.. Rama the quintessance of all that is great..--------------------------------------------------Thus starts Valmikiramayanam..In the beginning of Ramayana the aadhikaavya, the storyline is...
View Articleशब्दशास्त्रं अनधीत्य यः पुमान्
This is perhaps what great teachers inform the prospective students of Sanskrit even when they meet for the first timeशब्दशास्त्रं अनधीत्य यः पुमान् वक्तुमिच्छति सभान्तरे।रोद्धुमिछति वने मदोत्कटं...
View Articleपत्रं पुष्पं फलं तोयं यो मे भक्त्या प्रयच्छति
Offer a leaf, a flower, offer a little water or offer a fruit or offer anything to Krishna.. and just offer our love too with all these... And there He will be standing before us, like a child, eager...
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Our Heavenly Father as also our parents and gurus and many friends have already placed us under debt by providing us with a lot of blessed things, and even if we are trying to give back something, it...
View Articleगुणा गुणज्ञेषु गुणा भवन्ति
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View ArticleShree Margabandhu Stotram.. of the great Appayya Deekshita
Shree Margabandhu Stotram.. of the great Appayya DeekshitaIt is believed that those who are undertaking very long and risky travels and voyages would be under the complete protection of Lord Shankara...
View Articleश्री धर्मशास्तृपञ्चरत्नं Shree Dharmashaastru Pancharatnam.
श्री धर्मशास्तृपञ्चरत्नं Shree Dharmashaastru Pancharatnam.लोकवीरं महापूज्यं सर्वरक्षाकरं विभुम्।पार्वती हृदयानन्दं शास्तारं प्रणमम्यहम् ॥१॥ ॥स्वामिये शरणं अय्यप्प॥lokavīraṃ mahāpūjyaṃ sarvarakṣākaraṃ...
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कः पुष्पजातिं सुरभिं विधत्तेकश्चन्दनं वै शिशिरीकरोति।कः प्रार्थयेत् भानुमिह प्रकाशेसाधुस्तथा स्वेन परोपकारी॥ महासुभाषितसङ्ग्रहे ८२९६kaḥ puṣpajātiṁ surabhiṁ vidhattekaścandanaṁ vai śiśirīkaroti|kaḥ...
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We cannot go around and offer our respects to one and allbut sure,we can avoid insulting others either directly or indirectly..Respect comes as an act of commission,but insult can come by way of...
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if anyone is to perform his avowed duties adequately, it is necessary that reasonable expertise should be acquired..And Income tax concerns itself more about Income.. Income is one of the core...
View ArticleA silent revolution indeed . A revolution in silence
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View Articleपिपीलिकार्जितं धान्यं मक्षिका सञ्चितं मधु
पिपीलिकार्जितं धान्यं मक्षिका सञ्चितं मधु।लुब्धेन सञ्चितं द्रव्यं समूलं हि विनश्यति॥सुभाषिते॥।pipīlikārjitaṁ dhānyaṁ makṣikā sañcitaṁ madhu|lubdhena sañcitaṁ dravyaṁ samūlaṁ hi...
View Articledissent with purohita is nothing new
Of course dissent with purohita is nothing new.There is a Vedic story where Indra quarrelled with his purohita Brihaspati and dismissed him and appointed Visvarupa the son of Twashtaa as the...
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I think old persons should realize that nature makes them gradually short of sight and hearing as age advances because as and when people get old, the next generation takes over and the best safety...
View ArticleBhakthi and the conduct of the Bhaktha
Bhakthi and the conduct of the BhakthaThere were very cruel persons who exhibited immense bhakthiRavana is an example.Bhakthi can be just demand too. Many do penance and many make offerings to the...
View Articlewhy Krishna forgot Radha once he left for Mathura and Dwaraka ?
For a query or statement..." l am yet to find an answer as to why, Krishna has totally forgotten, his onetime pal ,girl friend raadha, once he migrated to...
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There is a sure interface between the external world and our inner world and the gate, with smart or intelligent filter is our own mind.. The smart filter, at first is completely blank ( perhaps at...
View ArticleEven very small gestures can measure us..
Even very small gestures can measure us..I am sharing an experience, a nagging painful obsessive uneasiness I face in daily life , in a general way..Usually I do not use social media for good mornings...
View ArticleThe anatomy of corruption
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