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Most of my decisions are not taken with absolute precision.. many such decisions can harm myself, and others too,, and such decisions, if causing minor inconveniences, though having jarring notes, are...
View Articlethe idea of God
God.. the idea of God was the subject of numerous conflicts and controversies.. Some say there is a God, some say there is no God. Some say we should have a God.. Some say it is superstition to have...
View Articleif the earth eats up all the vegetables growing on it....
सस्यानि स्वयमत्ति चेन्वसुमती माता सुतं हन्ति चे-द्वेलामम्बुनिधिर्विलङ्खयति चेद्भूमिं दहेत्पावकः।आकाशं जनमस्तके पतति चेदन्नं विषं चेद्भवेदन्यायं कुरुते क्षितिपतिः कस्तं निरोद्धुं क्षमः॥७२sasyāni...
View ArticleThere is no right post and wrong post.
There is no right post and wrong post.There is nothing that is entirely good or bad. Every conversation just becomes relevant according to its purposefulness and the message it carries.If the message...
View Articleavoid toxic fellows, even if they are close to you
सौहृदेन परित्यक्तं निःस्नेहं खलवत्त्यजेत्।सोदरं भ्रातरमपि किमुतान्यं पृथग्जनम्॥सुभाषितरत्नभाण्डागारेsauhṛdena parityaktaṁ niḥsnehaṁ khalavattyajet|sodaraṁ bhrātaramapi kimutānyaṁ...
View Articleस्पृहणीया कस्य न ते सुमतेः सरलाशया महात्मानः
स्पृहणीया कस्य न ते सुमतेः सरलाशया महात्मानः।त्रयमपि येषां सदृशं हृदयं वचनं तदाचारः॥वल्लभदेवspṛhaṇīyā kasya na te sumateḥ saralāśayā mahātmānaḥ|trayamapi yeṣāṁ sadṛśaṁ hṛdayaṁ vacanaṁ tadācāraḥ||Which...
View ArticleEconomics and Sociology of marriage, especially Iyer marriage
Thousands of words have been spent on the social and other issues which mar or block he chances of boys faring well in the marriage market.. A lot has been said about horoscopes. . I don't know to what...
View Articleलक्ष्मीर्यस्य गृहे स एव भजति प्रायो जगत्पूज्यताम्
तिर्यक्तां भजतु प्रतारयतु वा धर्मक्रियाकोविदंहन्तु स्वां जननीं पिबत्वपि सुरांशुद्धां वधूमुज्झतु।वेदान् निन्दतु वा हिनस्तु जनतां किम् वाऽनया चिन्तयालक्ष्मीर्यस्य गृहे स एव भजति प्रायो...
View Articlemusings 241
Caezer was the title for the emperors of Rome..Even Kaiser of Germany appears to be a variant of that title..Many ceasers marked their place in history and literature..Shakespeare Immortalized a couple...
View Articlewhy is it that Govinda does not keep company with such a devotee for ever ?
Devotees after a lot of penance and sadhana gets the glimpse of Krishna the God for a little while.Then He leaves gifting to the devotee that sweet memory for everBut even if the same penance is...
View Articleप्रतिपर्वरसावहम्
भारतम् चेक्षुदण्डं च कलानाथं च वर्णय।कालिदासकविर् ब्रूते प्रतिपर्वरसावहम्॥bhāratam cekṣudaṇḍaṁ ca kalānāthaṁ ca varṇaya|kālidāsakavir brūte pratiparvarasāvaham||Kalidasa was asked to describe the...
View Articleविमलमपि कथितमर्थं मूर्खा मोहादपहसन्ति
मूर्खेषु कुशलमानिषु विजानताप्यकुशलेन भवितव्यम्।विमलमपि कथितमर्थं मूर्खा मोहादपहसन्ति॥ १८ ॥neeti dvishastikaa of sundarapandyamūrkheṣu kuśalamāniṣu vijānatāpyakuśalena bhavitavyam।vimalamapi...
View Articlemusings 242
People are prouddignifiedand they would prefer to have a secret niche where they storewhat they don't sharewhat they can't shareandwhat they won't share.There are things that people won't share even...
View Articleकरिष्ये वचनं तव
We have just to remember that our body-mind stay in this world is to burn out our karma.We are born perhaps to suffer and thus get purified.If we try to escape from pain by invoking God's mercy we are...
View Articlemusings 243
We provoke people, we hurt them and then they sustain wounds and scars in the body and mind.. and cruelty arises..But I have a feeling that basically every human being is inherently kind, and generous...
View ArticleLaw, Language and Lexicon
Law, Language and Lexicon.... These are the creations of society, a group of persons.. When and individual tries to deviate from law, invariably he is punished.. When a group which is large enough(can...
View Articleनमन्ति फलिनो वृक्षाः नमन्ति गुणिनो जनाः
नमन्ति फलिनो वृक्षाः नमन्ति गुणिनो जनाः।शुष्ककाष्ठाश्च मूर्खाश्च न नमन्ति कदाचन॥namanti phalino vṛkṣāḥ namanti guṇino janāḥ|śuṣkakāṣṭhāśca mūrkhāśca na namanti kadācana||chanakya The above subhashitam...
View Articleन स सखा यो न ददाति सख्ये
न स सखा यो न ददाति सख्ये सचावुभे सचमानाय पित्वः॥ ऋग्वेदेna sa sakhā yo na dadāti sakhye sacāvubhe sacamānāya pitvaḥ|| ṛgvedeIf a person claims that he is a friend but if he is not prepared to render...
View Articleजानामि भो नाग तव प्रभावं कण्ठे स्थितो गर्जति शङ्करस्य
स्थानं प्रधानं न बलं प्रधानं स्थाने स्थितो कापुरुषोऽपि सिंहः।जानामि भो नाग तव प्रभावं कण्ठे स्थितो गर्जति शङ्करस्य॥शुक्रनीतिsthānaṁ pradhānaṁ na balaṁ pradhānaṁ sthāne sthito kāpuruṣo'pi siṁhaḥ|jānāmi...
View Articlemusings 244
The best way to cure oneself of jealousy and skepticism seems to be just to read and study impartially the viewpoints and writings of the persons of whom we are jealous or whose views we do not really...
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