musings 254
The chemical reactions inside the biological mass that is called human body, must be making dissimilar response in varied situations like the reflex reactions of the individuals caused not only by its...
View Articleवेदाभ्यासात्तथा ज्ञानं शनैः पर्वतलङ्घनं
अटनेन महारण्ये सुपन्था जायते शनैः।वेदाभ्यासात्तथा ज्ञानं शनैः पर्वतलङ्घनं॥aṭanena mahāraṇye supanthā jāyate śanaiḥ|vedābhyāsāttathā jñānaṁ śanaiḥ parvatalaṅghanaṁ||mahasubhashitasamgraha 476When one...
View Articlecatholicity in Hinduism
I was trying to translate and present a famous Vedic Mantram.. where the importance of offerings to gods and the gods getting satisfied with such offerings and blessing the one who made offerings is...
View ArticleMay be I am being too partial and personally loyal to Sanskrit..
I find that views are expressed by many that Sanskrit was never a language used for day to day transactions in a worldly way at any point of time but is just an elegant language used for Vedas and...
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This is the essence of the teachings of the Blessed Lord Krishna.. We have to just remember..The great Lord did not advice anyone to be inactive or blind or indifferent to the natural duties as a human...
View ArticleA vedic prayer to Agni, the Fire
A vedic prayer to Agni, the Fireउद्दीप्यस्व जातवेदोऽपघ्नन्निऋतिम् मम।पशूग्ंश्च मह्यमावह जीवनम् च दिशो दिश॥२।२०मा नो हिग्ंसीज्जातवेदो गामश्वम् पुरुषम् जगत्।अबिभ्रदग्न आगहि श्रिया मा...
View Articleधूरसि धूर्व धूर्वन्तं धूर्व तं
धूरसि धूर्व धूर्वन्तं धूर्व तं योऽस्मान्धूर्वति तं धूर्व यं वयं धूर्वाम स्त्वम्। देवानामसि वह्नितमं सस्नितमं पप्रितमं जुष्टतमं देवहूतमम्।dhūrasi dhūrva dhūrvantaṁ dhūrva taṁ yo'smāndhūrvati taṁ dhūrva...
View Articlewe must take care to chew only what we can swallow
life seems to be very generous.. at least apparently..Life gives a lot of opportunities for action.. the action may be good or bad..But there are physical limitations..An individual can engage himself...
View ArticleEven though the horse is very old
Even though the horse is very old, and could not pull the cart, or do anything worthwhile there is no deficiency in his consumption of fodder..And there is no abatement in the show of self importance...
View Articleif one does not have Krishna, he should find Him, and possess Him
We can share happiness, fun, hopes, dreams, and all beautiful things with others,, perhaps even through Social media..But black gloom, frustration, anxiety and fear, anger, diffidence, sense of...
View Articlewe need not force change upon ourselves just for change's sake
Change happens.. that is the law of nature, law of God.. every being too changes.. no one is the same as what he or she was even a nano nano nano second ago..That said, I have to add that change will...
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There is a set of readers who, after reading my posts always give the rejoinder that many of the ideas and avices are not practical and are merely high sounding platitudes and sermons.My answer is...
View Articleकन्दर्पदर्पदलने विरलाः मनुष्याः
मत्तेभकुम्भदलने भुवि सन्ति शूराःकेचित्प्रचण्डमृगराजवधेऽपि दक्षाः।किम्तु ब्रवीमि बलिनां पुर्तः प्रसह्यकन्दर्पदर्पदलने विरलाः मनुष्याः॥४६६२mattebhakumbhadalane bhuvi santi...
View Articlerules of hospitality.. hindu Shastras
The order in which a householder should distribute food in his household is clearly stated by the ancient lawgivers..Apastambha says..अतिथीनेवाग्रे भोजयेत्। बालान् वृद्धान् रोगसम्बद्धान्...
View Articleकिं वा दुर्जनसङ्गतिर्नकुरुते लोकद्वयद्वंसिनी
पापं वर्धयते चिनोति कुमतिं कीर्त्यङ्गना नश्यतिधर्मं ध्वंसयते तनोति विपदं सम्पत्तिमुन्मर्दति।नीतिं हन्ति विनीतिमत्र कुरुते कोपं धुनीते शमं किंवा दुर्जनसङ्गतिर्नकुरुते लोकद्वयद्वंसिनी॥subhashita ratna...
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Sometimes blood is indeed thicker than anything else.. And the confidence that we gain in the presence of our own blood is beyond descriptionOne of my first cousins and myself had drifted apart so much...
View Articleमनसापि स्वजात्यानं योऽनिष्टानि प्रचित्तयेत्
मनसापि स्वजात्यानं योऽनिष्टानि प्रचित्तयेत्।भवन्ति तस्य तान्येव इह लोके परत्र च॥४६८९ panchatantremanasāpi svajātyānaṁ yo'niṣṭāni pracittayet|bhavanti tasya tānyeva iha loke paratra ca||4689If a person...
View Articlemusing 258
I am fairly sure about one thing..I started loving krishna and hence worshiping him after reading and feeling intensely about him on the basis of Dashamaskandham and Gita govindam, writings of...
View Articleपठ पुत्र किमालस्यमपठन्भारवाहकः
पठ पुत्र किमालस्यमपठन्भारवाहकः।पाठितः पूजितो राज्ञां पठ पुत्र दिने दिने॥वृद्धचाणक्यpaṭha putra kimālasyamapaṭhanbhāravāhakaḥ|pāṭhitaḥ pūjito rājñāṁ paṭha putra dine dine||vṛddhacāṇakyaSon, learn,...
View Articlea hunter, a rat, and Mahabali
During the night which happened to be Shivaratri too.. (and shivaratri occurs every month.. but this occurred on the Shivaratri of Kumbham.. ) a hunter who had wandered all around a forest and had...
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