दानान्न दुष्करं तात पृथिव्यां अस्ति किञ्चन
दानान्न दुष्करं तात पृथिव्यां अस्ति किञ्चन। अर्थे च महती तृष्णा स च दुःखेन लभ्यते॥ ब्रह्मधर्मdānānna duṣkaraṁ tāta pṛthivyāṁ asti kiñcana| arthe ca mahatī tṛṣṇā sa ca duḥkhena labhyate||...
View ArticleFinish off the enemy with surgical precision.
न तत्तरेद्यस्य पारमुत्तरेन्न्नतद्धरेद्यत्पुनराहरेत्परः। नतद्खनेद्यस्य न मूलमुद्धरेन्न तं हन्न्याद्यस्य शिरो न पातयेत्॥महाभारते इन्दिश्चे स्प्र्रुचे ३२५२ २३७२na tattaredyasya...
View ArticleNature-read God- loves symmetry..
Nature-read God- loves symmetry..He could have easily managed with repeated prototypes at random.But He loves symmetry in any dimension. And a little asymmetry added..gives the stereo effect...The...
View Articleमन्त्रिभिर्धार्यते राज्यं सुस्तम्भैरिव मन्दिरम्
अन्तः सारैरकुटिलैर्निश्च्छिद्रै सुपरीक्षितैः।मन्त्रिभिर्धार्यते राज्यं सुस्तम्भैरिव मन्दिरम्॥पञ्चतन्त्रे इन्दिश्चे स्प्रूचे १२२antaḥ sārairakuṭilairniścchidrai suparīkṣitaiḥ|mantribhirdhāryate rājyaṁ...
View Articlecovid and penance
Every great or divine personage in the Hindu pantheon attained its exalted stage through penance and solitary life and severe austerity marked the peak of this penance. It was even recorded that...
View Articleसर्वबाधाप्रशमनं त्रैलोक्यस्याखिलेश्वरि
रोगानशेषानपहंसि तुष्टा रुष्टा तु कामान् सकलानभीष्टान्।त्वामाश्रितानां न विपन्नराणां त्वामाश्रिताह्यश्रयतां प्रयान्ति॥रक्षांसि यत्रोग्रविषाश्च नागाः यत्रारयो दस्युबलानि यत्र।दावानलो यत्र तथाऽब्दिमध्ये...
View Articlea message, a reminder four years ago...when Kovid peaked
Come whatever may we have to liveWe have to live with lovewith care and concern for all.No time for petty bickeringsThe worth of our lives is inhow we livehow we love,how we take care of one anotherUps...
View Articleअप्रधानः प्रधानः स्यात्सेवते यदि पार्थिवम्
अप्रधानः प्रधानः स्यात्सेवते यदि पार्थिवम्।प्रधानोऽप्यप्राधानः स्याद्यदि सेवाविवर्जितः॥१७२ इन्द् स्प्रुचे पञ्चतन्त्रेapradhānaḥ pradhānaḥ syātsevate yadi pārthivam|pradhāno'pyaprādhānaḥ syādyadi...
View Articletwo situations in Mahabharatham.
I am reminded of two situations in Mahabharatham.The people of Gandhara wanted to wreak vengeance on the Kurus beacuse their princess Gandhaari was forcibly married to the blind Dhritarashtra of Kuru...
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Faith can strenghthen the mind, and the stronger the mind, the stronger the immunity of the body to counter external assaults from anything including germs and viruses..That way prayer can play a very...
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The one and only way to prove our love to our parents is to remain for ever such a loving parent to our children..Parenting is a one way traffic.The parents can shape us but we can do virtually nothing...
View Articleमनस्येकं वचस्येकं कर्मण्येकं महात्मनाम्
It is very easy to speak on something, and write about it. All one needs is a keyboard, a glib tongue, and some literary skill..But to practice what one things, at least to a little extent is almost an...
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There is a view that one who is stressed can find relief by letting out the accumulated emotions through talk or some other apparently soothing means.Once in a while that can work..But definitely there...
View Articleयौवनं धनसंपत्तिः प्रभुत्वं अविवेकिता
यौवनं धनसंपत्तिः प्रभुत्वं अविवेकिता।एकैकमप्यनर्थाय किमु यत्र चतुष्टयम्॥हितोपदेशे॥yauvanaṁ dhanasaṁpattiḥ prabhutvaṁ avivekitā|ekaikamapyanarthāya kimu yatra catuṣṭayam||hitopadeśe||---------------A...
View Articlemusings 273
Someone was making a very vocal comment that some religious places relatable to faiths other than Hinduism supply free food and materials to the devotees whereas some Hindu temples charge fees from the...
View Articleഉറങ്ങുന്നവനെ ഉണര്ത്തി അത്താഴം ഇല്ലെന്നു പറയുന്നത് പോലെ. Listen to me, There...
A hungry man was on a visit to a place where it was announced that free food would be supplied..He waited outside for long..No food was forthcoming..Evening came..Night came tooBurning with hunger, and...
View Articleपरोपकारिणः सेव्याः निर्धना अपि ते जनाः
सर्वसहा ये ऋजवः प्रतिज्ञानार्थपालकाः।परोपकारिणः सेव्याः निर्धना अपि ते जनाः॥सुभाषितरत्नभाण्डागारे ॥sarvasahā ye ṛjavaḥ pratijñānārthapālakāḥ|paropakāriṇaḥ sevyāḥ nirdhanā api te...
View Articleयदि नात्मनि पुत्रेषु न चेत्पुत्रेषु नप्तृषु
यदि नात्मनि पुत्रेषु न चेत्पुत्रेषु नप्तृषु।न हि पापं कृतं कर्म सद्यः फलति गौरिव॥इन्दिश्चे स्प्रूचे 5219 महाभारतेyadi nātmani putreṣu na cetputreṣu naptṛṣu| na hi pāpaṁ kṛtaṁ karma sadyaḥ phalati...
View Articleविनाशनम् श्रियः
असत्यता निष्ठुरताकृतज्ञता भयं प्रमादोऽलसता विषादिता।वृथाभिमानो ह्यतिदीर्घसूत्रिता तथाङ्गनाक्षादि विनाशनम् श्रियः॥इन्द् स्प्रुचे७५० २७५ कामान्धकीय नीतिसारasatyatā niṣṭhuratākṛtajñatā bhayaṁ...
View ArticleDurga Parameshvari Stotram, Sringeri Achaarya Sri Sri Sri Mahasannidhaanam
This was posted during Kovid.. Corona.. But the mercy of the Mother is to be sought all the timeश्री सद्गुरु चरणारविन्दाभ्यां नमःअधुना सर्वत्र जगति प्रसरतः जनानां प्राणापायकरस्य कोरोणा नामकस्य...
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