empty but ornamental and flowery
I find that using high sounding but empty words and phrases, be it in any language, that attracts lots and lots of likes.. especially from people who are neither ignorant nor as learned as they think...
View ArticleThe story of Shivas Bow..
The story of Shivas Bow..--------------------------In chapter 66 of Balakandam of Valmiki Ramayanam, we find Sage Vishvamitra accompanied by the princes Rama and Lakshmana is reaching the yajna ground,...
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मृदो परिभवो नित्यं वैरं तीक्ष्णस्य नित्यशः।उत्सृज तद् द्वयं तस्मान्मध्यां वृत्तिं समाश्रयेत्॥सुभाषितशतके ३-३०mṛdo paribhavo nityaṁ vairaṁ tīkṣṇasya nityaśaḥ|utsṛja tad dvayaṁ tasmānmadhyāṁ vṛttiṁ...
View ArticleThe indomitable spirit of Bhageeratha…
The indomitable spirit of Bhageeratha…---------------------------------------------------------------------In the Balakandam of Valmikiramayanam, we find that Sage Visvamitra takes Rama and Laksmana to...
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Tagore for one has waxed eloquent about Urmila.. that silent and self effacing girl.. the wife of LakshmanShatrughna gets a lot of coverage in Uttarakandam of Valmiki Ramayanam ..especially in episodes...
View Articlecrime and punishment
There are basic issues.. First, the punishment, according to the basic structure of an enlightened judicial system is meant to deter people from committing crime because such crimes will result in...
View Articleन गायत्र्याः परो मन्त्रः न मातुर्दैवतं परम्।
Gayatri Japam.. न गायत्र्याः परो मन्त्रः न मातुर्दैवतं परम्।na gāyatryāḥ paro mantraḥ na māturdaivataṁ param| There no other chant superior to gayatri, just as there is no god superior to one's own...
View Articleसाधोः प्रकोपितस्यापि मनो नायाति विक्रियाम्।
साधोः प्रकोपितस्यापि मनो नायाति विक्रियाम्।न हि तापयितुं शक्यं सागराम्भस्तृणोल्कया॥सुभाषितशतके ३-४२sādhoḥ prakopitasyāpi mano nāyāti vikriyām|na hi tāpayituṁ śakyaṁ...
View ArticleThe descent of Ganga...
The descent of Ganga...------------------------------------continued from the post on the saga of toil of Bhagiratha..How Ganga came to earth is described below in Valmikis words themselves..as the...
View Articlekaveri naramada
A friend asked whether importance given to south Indian river kaveri or western Narmada was as pronounced as the reverence given to River Ganga.I would love to share my ideas on it..We cannot decide...
View Articleto sleep or not to sleep?
हयानामिव जात्यानाम् अर्धरात्रार्धशायिनाम्।न हि विद्यार्थिनां निन्द्रा चिरं नेत्रेषु तिष्ठति ॥सुभाषितशतके --२-४hayānāmiva jātyānām ardharātrārdhaśāyinām|na hi vidyārthināṁ nindrā ciraṁ netreṣu...
View ArticleHow a law is born...
How a law is born...I do not agree with the view that our forefathers,who enunciated the laws and rules or the people of the agewhen such rules came into forcewere unaware of the objectivesand purpose...
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Friend..पापान्निवारयति योजयते हितायगुह्यं निगूहति गुणान् प्रकटिकरोति।आपद्गतं च न जहाति ददाति कालेसन्मित्रलक्षाणमिदं प्रवदन्ति सन्तः॥भर्तृहरेः नीतिशतके॥६९pāpānnivārayati yojayate hitāyaguhyaṁ nigūhati...
View Articleeternally dissatsified and inadequate
ईर्ष्यी घृणी त्वसन्तुष्टः क्रोधनो नित्यशङ्कितः।परभाग्योपजीवी च षडेते दुःखभागिनः॥सुभाषितशतके १-९०īrṣyī ghṛṇī tvasantuṣṭaḥ krodhano nityaśaṅkitaḥ|parabhāgyopajīvī ca ṣaḍete...
View ArticleLore of Rings
An elaborate discussion on rings is in progress among the veterans ..All I could think up of rings was thatJust two instances of the importance of Ring as a connectives in matrimony struck my...
View ArticleHow marriages were arranged in those days.. a study from Valmiki
How marriages were arranged in those days.. a study from Valmiki------------------------------------------------------------------We know Rama and Laksmana visited the capital of Videha.. Mithila where...
View Articlecomfort after hard toil
यदेवोपनतं दुःखात् सुखं तद्रसवत्तरम्।निर्वाणाय तरुच्छाया तप्तस्य हि विशेषतः॥सुभाषितशतके--२--७yadevopanataṁ duḥkhāt sukhaṁ tadrasavattaram|nirvāṇāya tarucchāyā taptasya hi...
View ArticleDhyanam of Mahesha.. NamaH Sivaya
बिभ्रद्दोर्भिकुठारं मृगमभयवरौ सुप्रसन्नो महेशःसर्वालङ्कारदीप्तः सरसिजनिलयो व्याघ्रचर्मात्तवासाः।ध्येयोमुक्तापरागामृतरसकलिताद्रिप्रभा पञ्चवक्त्रत्र्यक्षकोटीरकोटीघटिततुहिन रोचिष्कला...
View Articleपुस्तकं वनिता वित्तं परहस्तगतं गतम्
पुस्तकं वनिता वित्तं परहस्तगतं गतम् ।यदि चेत्पुनरायाति नष्टं भ्रष्टं च खण्डितम् ॥pustakaṃ vanitā vittaṃ parahastagataṃ gatam ।yadi cetpunarāyāti naṣṭaṃ bhraṣṭaṃ ca khaṇḍitam ॥പുസ്തകം വനിതാ വിത്തം...
View ArticleSeemanthonnayanam and Pugumsavanam.. Samskaras
Seemanthonnayanam and Pugumsavanam.. Samskaras------------------------------------------------------------------Someone remarked that Seemantham, a ceremony on the expectant mother, is celebrated to...
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