musings 178
When we read a subhashitam or a great quote, we tend to agree with the contents heartily or at least pretend to do so and mark approvals in glowing terms..But it will be good for all to remeber that...
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Rama's minister Jabaali advised him that Rama should earn a lot of money because finances were the basis of existence of the whole world.. and he said that there was hardly any difference between a...
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God's schemes are on an eternal canvas, and we are created or sent to this earth for fleetingly tiny slots of time.Judging by the bafflingly huge canvas, does it really matter whether we have an...
View Articlea pig is a pig and an elephant is an elephant.
सूते सूकरगृहीणी कति कति पोतान्नु दुर्भगान्झडिति।करिणी चिरेण सूते नरपतिकरलालितं कलभम्॥sūte sūkaragṛhīṇī kati kati potānnu durbhagānjhaḍiti|kariṇī cireṇa sūte narapatikaralālitaṁ kalbham||A female pig...
View Articleतथाऽपि ललिता वाणी सदा मोदाय योज्यताम्
यदि तात धनं नास्ति पूर्वदुष्कृतकर्मणा।तथाऽपि ललिता वाणी सदा मोदाय योज्यताम्॥सुभाषितसुधारत्नभाण्डागरेyadi tāta dhanaṁ nāsti pūrvaduṣkṛtakarmaṇā| tathā'pi lalitā vāṇī sadā modāya yojyatām||...
View Articleif one slides down in character, he is lost for ever
वृत्तं यत्नेन संरक्षेत् वित्तमायाति याति च।अक्षीणो वित्ततः क्षीणो वृत्ततस्तु हतो हतः॥ मनुस्मृतिvṛttaṁ yatnena saṁrakṣet vittamāyāti yāti ca|akṣīṇo vittataḥ kṣīṇo vṛttatastu hato hataḥ|| manusmṛtiA...
View Articleकलौ विश्वेश्वरो देवः कलौ वाराणसी पुरी।
कलौ विश्वेश्वरो देवः कलौ वाराणसी पुरी।कलौ भागीरथी गङ्गा दानं कलियुगे महत्॥सत्यज्ञानानन्द तीर्थः काशीस्तोत्रे॥kalau viśveśvaro devaḥ kalau varāṇasī purī|kalau bhāgīrathī gaṅgā dānaṁ kaliyuge...
View Articleसुब्रह्मण्य पंच रत्न स्तोत्रम्
Kumara Shasthti..The day when Lord Subrahmania who had assumed the form of a Serpant as a matter of penance, re manifested as a youthful attractive Lad and blessed the whole universeThe legend of his...
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What is present around or even inside us need not be entirely to our liking.. God has not created any particular being to live all by/on his own and according to his own wishes entirely.The world is...
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Most of the relationships in life are not based on love and/ or having little love..A couple may be devoted to each other in excessive yearnig in the earlier periods of courtship and marital bliss .....
View Articleअत्यन्त कोपः कटुका च वाणी
अत्यन्त कोपः कटुका च वाणीदरिद्रता च स्वजनेषु वैरम्।नीचप्रसङ्गः कुलहीनसेवाचिह्नानि देहे नरकस्थितानाम्।।चाणक्य नीतिAtyanta kopah katukaa cha vaaneeDaridrataa cha svajaneshu vairahNeechaprasangah...
View Articlethe dog is increasing its barking thinking that the lion is afraid of it.
करिकुम्भविदारणक्षमं किमयोग्ये नखमर्पयाम्यहम्।इति मौनमुपैति केसरी सरमासूनुरतिप्रगल्भते॥karikumbhavidāraṇakṣamaṁ kimayogye nakhamarpayāmyaham|iti maunamupaiti kesarī saramāsūnuratipragalbhate||A lion is...
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sir , there is a lot of difference between knowing something genuinely and just trying to impress others that I know something.Basically I discuss only things which I have fairly understood.And on such...
View Articleക്രോധമല്ലോ യമനായതു നിർണ്ണയം
In the celebrated Adhyaatma Ramayanam Kilippattu by the father of Malayalam Language,, Thunjathu Ramanujan Ezhuthassan, there is an incident where Lakshmana the younger brother of Rama is overboard...
View ArticleDecisions taken under the influence of anger can result only in self destruction
Decisions taken under the influence of anger can result only in self destructionशिवमौपायिकम् गरीयसीं फलनिष्पत्तिमदूषितायतीं।विगणय्य नयन्ति पौरुषम् विजितक्रोधरया जिगीषवः॥भारवेः किरातार्जुनीयात्...
View Articleएकादशस्थे गोविन्दे मुकुन्दे श्रीनिकेतने
एकादशस्थे गोविन्दे मुकुन्दे श्रीनिकेतने।किं कुर्वन्ति ग्रहाः सर्वे शन्यर्काङ्गारकादयः॥ekādaśasthe govinde mukunde śrīniketane|kiṁ kurvanti grahāḥ sarve śanyarkāṅgārakādayaḥ||(“मुकुम् भक्तिरसप्रेमवचनं...
View Articleकिं जिह्वया हरिगुणालपनालसाया
किं जिह्वया हरिगुणालपनालसायाकिं करेण हरिकार्यपराङ्ग्मुखेन।नेत्रेण किं हरिविलोचनवञ्चितेनश्रोत्रेण किं हरिकथाश्रवणालसेन॥kiṁ jihvayā hariguṇālapanālasāyākiṁ kareṇa harikāryaparāṅgmukhena|netreṇa kiṁ...
View Articleस्वमस्तकसमारूढं मृत्युं पश्येज्जनो यदि
स्वमस्तकसमारूढं मृत्युं पश्येज्जनो यदि।आहारोऽपि न रोचेत किमुतान्या विभूतयः॥svamastakasamārūḍhaṁ mṛtyuṁ paśyejjano yadi|āhāro'pi na roceta kimutānyā vibhūtayaḥ||If a person has some good sense to see...
View ArticleYavanashva and Mandatha
Have you heard the story of Mandatha the king of the solar dynasty?His parents were childless for long.The father Yavanashva had requested his guru to some austerities for begetting.the heir to the...
View ArticleTo start a day nicely..
To start a day nicely..रोचनं चन्दनं हेमं मृदङ्गं दर्पणं मणिं।गुरुमग्निं रविं पश्येत् नमस्येत् प्रातरेव हिधर्मशास्त्रRochanam chandanam hemam mrudanangam darpanam manimGurum agnim ravim pashyetNamasyet...
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