आत्मानं मानुषं मन्ये रामं दशरथात्मजम्
Maybe, Even the Divine soul when it enters human body, gets prejudiced through the filters created by the mundane body made of mud and earth..Perhaps this may explain the situations where we see Rama,...
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ജീവിതചക്രവിധായക നായക സര്വ്വചരാചര ദേവ നമസ്തെ ഹൃദയേ വിരിയും പൂജാകുസുമം താവകപാദേ ചൊരിയാം ദിനവും താരക സൂന വിമോഹനഹാരം സൂരജചന്ദ്രവിചേഷ്ടിത കേശം കുടികൊള്ളൂ നിന് പുഞ്ചിരിയെന്നുംThis is a prayer we sang...
View Articleश्रीनाथेति जनार्दनेति जगतां नाथेति
श्रीनाथेति जनार्दनेति जगतां नाथेति नारायणे-त्यानदेति दयाधरेति कमलाकान्तेति कृष्णेति च।श्रीमन्नाममहामृताब्दिलहरी कल्लोलमग्नं मुहुर्-मुह्यन्तं गलदश्रुधारमवशं मां नाथ नित्यं कुरु॥लक्ष्मीधरśrīnātheti...
View ArticleMarriage of Sita with Rama part I from Chapter 73 of Balakandam of...
Marriage of Sita with Ramapart Ifrom Chapter 73 of Balakandam of Valmikiramayanam.------------------------------------------------------------Sri Rama had lifted the bow of Shiva at Mithila and broken...
View ArticleMarriage of Sita with Rama part II from Chapter 73 of Balakandam of...
Marriage of Sita with Ramapart IIfrom Chapter 73 of Balakandam of Valmikiramayanam....continued from the earlier post ...Bhagavan Vasishata agreed heartily to the request of Janaka to prepare the holy...
View Articleअष्टौ भुजाङ्गीम् महिषस्य मर्द्दिनीम्
अष्टौ भुजाङ्गीम् महिषस्य मर्द्दिनीम्सशङ्खचक्राम् शरशूल धारिणीम्॥ताम् दिव्य योगीम् सहजातवेदसीम्दुर्गाम् सदा शरणमहम् प्रपद्ये॥श्री महादेव्यै नमःश्री राजराजेश्वर्यै नमःaṣṭau bhujāṅgīm mahiṣasya...
View Article𝓡𝓮𝓵𝓲𝓰𝓲𝓸𝓷 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓕𝓪𝓲𝓽𝓱 𝓲𝓷 𝓖𝓸𝓭 𝓪𝓻𝓮 𝓿𝓮𝓻𝔂 𝓹𝓮𝓻𝓼𝓸𝓷𝓪𝓵 𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓰𝓼..
𝓡𝓮𝓵𝓲𝓰𝓲𝓸𝓷 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓕𝓪𝓲𝓽𝓱 𝓲𝓷 𝓖𝓸𝓭 𝓪𝓻𝓮 𝓿𝓮𝓻𝔂 𝓹𝓮𝓻𝓼𝓸𝓷𝓪𝓵 𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓰𝓼..I might have developed my relationship with my maker, through my upbringing, through my education, through my reading, and most significantly through...
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𝓑𝓗𝓐𝓖𝓐𝓥𝓐𝓓 𝓢𝓔𝓥𝓐𝓘- 𝓝𝓐𝓜𝓐𝓢𝓚𝓐𝓡𝓐 𝓢𝓛𝓞𝓚𝓐𝓜𝓢 𝓟𝓞𝓢𝓣𝓔𝓓 𝓑𝓨 𝓐𝓝𝓐𝓝𝓣𝓗𝓐𝓝𝓐𝓡𝓐𝓨𝓐𝓝𝓐𝓝 𝓥𝓐𝓘𝓓𝓨𝓐𝓝𝓐𝓣𝓗𝓐𝓝Bhagavathi Seva Namaskara Manthrams भगवती सेवा समये नमस्कामन्त्राः·1. ॐ गणानाम् त्वा गणपतिग् म् हवामहे कविं कवीनाम्...
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𝐀𝐍𝐉𝐀𝐍𝐄𝐘𝐀 𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐀𝐋𝐀 𝐒𝐋𝐎𝐊𝐀𝐒आञ्जनेय मङ्गलश्लोकाः वैशाखे मासि कृष्णायां दशम्यां मन्दवासरे । पूर्वाभाद्रप्रभूताय मङ्गलं श्रीहनूमते ॥ १॥ Praise and prayers for the Glory of Sri HanumanWho was born on the...
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𝐍𝐨 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐡𝐚𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐦 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐞𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬..वायुभूताः प्रपश्यन्ति श्राद्धं वै पितरो नृणाम्॥यावदस्तमयम्भानोः क्षुत्पिपासासमाकुलाः।ततश्चास्तङ्गते भानौ निराशाः...
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उपकारिणि वीतमत्सरे वा सदयत्वं यदि कोऽतिरेकः।अहिते सहसा पराद्धलब्दे सघृणं यस्य मनः सतां स धुर्यः॥अमृतवल्लभ वल्लभदेवसुभाषित २५६upakāriṇi vītamatsare vā sadayatvaṁ yati ko'tirekaḥ|ahite sahasā...
View Article𝙚𝙫𝙤𝙡𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙫𝙚𝙙𝙖𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙫𝙚𝙙𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙖𝙨.
evolution of vedas and vedangas.We have reason to believe that Vedas were in existence and were being chanted in some way or other,, even before the rules of Niruktham, Chandas Sheeksha, etc were...
View Articleequal in life
दम्पत्योः समता नास्ति यत्र यत्र हि मन्दिरे।अलक्ष्मीस्तत्र तत्रैवे विफलं जीवनं तयोः॥ब्रह्मवैवर्तपुराणे स्रीकृष्णजन्मखण्डे ६९-६४dampatyoḥ samatā nāsti yatra yatra hi mandire|alakṣmīstatra tatraive...
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𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗱𝗺𝗮𝗽 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗼𝗳 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗣𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗿𝘂𝘀We have to understand (I mean in our HIndu traditions) that when a person dies and his Sapindeekaranam is effected he attains a slot in the pitruloka as...
View Articlemusings 157
If a child asks why Ravana is a bad guy in spite of his being a staunch devotee of Shiva.. the answer is very complicated.. Children or people with not much of IQ will not understand that even if they...
View Article𝗟𝗮𝘃𝗮 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗞𝘂𝘀𝗵𝗮 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗥𝗮𝗺𝗮𝘆𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗺 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁..
Lava and Kusha sing Ramayanam to the sages in the forest..----------------------------------------------------Sage Valmiki trained the boys Lava and Kusha to sing the story of Ramayanam.The boys went...
View Article𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐳𝐞𝐫𝐨 𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐛𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐞 𝐯𝐨𝐢𝐝..
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐳𝐞𝐫𝐨 𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐛𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐞 𝐯𝐨𝐢𝐝.. 𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭.. 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐬.. 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐬 𝐰𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧And it is another quirk of...
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गौरवं प्राप्यते दानान्न तु वित्तस्य सञ्चयात्।स्थितिरुच्चैः पयोदानां पयोधीनमधआ स्थितिः॥सुभाषितशतके २-४४gauravaṁ prāpyate dānānna tu vittasya sañcayāt|sthitiruccaiḥ payodānāṁ payodhīnamadhaā...
View ArticleHanuman is the avatar of lord Shiva..
Someone raises the question as to whether there is any statement in Ramayanam that Hanuman is the avatar of lord Shiva..I can reply only like this.------------------------------------There are varying...
View Article𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓮𝓷𝓬𝓸𝓾𝓷𝓽𝓮𝓻 𝓫𝓮𝓽𝔀𝓮𝓮𝓷 𝓡𝓪𝓶𝓪, 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓼𝓸𝓷 𝓸𝓯 𝓓𝓪𝓼𝓪𝓻𝓽𝓪𝓽𝓱𝓪 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓡𝓪𝓶𝓪 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓑𝓱𝓪𝓻𝓰𝓪𝓿𝓪...
The encounter between Rama, the son of Dasartatha and Rama the Bhargava (Parashurama)---------------------------------------------------..The marriage of Sita with Rama, Urmila with Lakshmana, Mandavi...
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