even the slightest deviation from the path of righteousness would throw him...
कर्मणो दूराद्गन्धो वाति यथासिधारां कर्तेऽवहितमवक्रामेयद्युवे युवे हवा विह्वयिष्यामि कर्तंपतिष्यामीत्येवममृतादात्मानंजुगुप्सेत् । 11mahanarayanaopanishat Taittireeya Aranyakam (Yajniki Upanishad)When a...
View Articlewe are all just searching for truth but we are yet to meet someone who has...
IMHO religion, deities and rituals just create the environment for faith of sorts to develop..It is just like a house where someone can live, and cannot be equated to the person who occupies or intends...
View ArticleUnited inseparably..
United inseparably..Even Uma and Shankara did solitary penance to wed each other.. that is.. even..the supreme powers Shiva and Shakthi could unite only through penance..and the integral part of...
View Articleश्रीरामचन्द्रः श्रितपारिजातः
श्रीरामचन्द्रः श्रितपारिजातःसमस्त कल्याण गुणाभिरामः।सीतामुखांभोरुह चञ्चरीकोनिरन्तरं मङ्गलमातनोतु॥śrīrāmacandraḥ śritapārijātaḥsamasta kalyāṇa guṇābhirāmaḥ|sītāmukhāṁbhoruha cañcarīkonirantaraṁ...
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The Vela, Pooram, Kummaatty etc are all harvest festivals ..Vela and Kummaatty are conducted on some fixed date or week day in a particular month, whereas pooram, of course is celebrated on the pooram...
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I have had occasion to study politics both at Indian system ..like that of Chanakya, Bheeshma, Yajnavalkya etc.. and the academic western political systems too..If we study the whole history of rise...
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वयं गीर्वाण्यां अतीव निपुणाः इति स्वयमेव निश्चित्य त्रुटितैः अबद्ध जटिलैः च वाक्यैः वार्तालापैः च भाषायाः अनुवाचकेषु अनिष्टं अरोचकत्वं दुःखं च जनयितुं उद्युक्ताः केचन पण्डितम्मन्याः अत्र दृश्यन्ते. I...
View Articlewe cannot by our effort ever change Karma.. But then Krishna said.. Aham...
we cannot by our effort ever change Karma..But then Krishna said..Aham twaa sarvapaapebhyoymokshayishyaami maa sucha....सर्वधर्मान् परित्यज्य मामेकं शरणम् व्रजअहम् त्वा सर्वपापेभ्यो मोक्षयिष्यामि मा...
View ArticleBut the eating definitely has a moral dimension too ....
But the eating definitely has a moral dimension too ....Most of the utsavams and Nama sankeertanam bashes (festivals and collective celebrations in hindu society )are planned in such a way that many...
View ArticleA marriage wish from Atharvavedam
A marriage wish from Atharvavedamइहेवामिन्द्र सं नुत चक्रवाकेव दम्पती। प्रजयर्नौ स्वस्तकौ विश्वमायुर्व्यश्नुताम्।It is a mantram kandam 14 ch 2 mantram 64 of Atharvana Veda,MeaningThe prayer is...
View Articleअसावादित्यो ब्रह्म। ब्रह्मैवाहमस्मि
Here's a small question to all of us:असावादित्यो ब्रह्म। ब्रह्मैवाहमस्मि।। ध्यानम्।।This we do at the end of Poorva Sandhya, before Deva Tarpanam to start the Uttara Sandhya.What are we doing and why?A...
View Articlethe rules about telling lies and utter lies..
the rules about telling lies and utter lies..and justification thereof are found even in Mahabharatam.. that is slightly earlier than the codified dharmashastras..A quote from Karnaparvam of...
View ArticleThe moon sends his cool soothing rays spreading it everywhere
निर्गुणेष्वपि सत्वेषु दयां कुर्वन्ति साधवः |न हि संहरते ज्योत्स्नां चन्द्रः खलनिकेतनात् ||(हितोपदेश)nirguṇeṣvapi satveṣu dayāṃ kurvanti sādhavaḥ |na hi saṃharate jyotsnāṃ candraḥ khalaniketanāt...
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I am of the view that in mature languages like Sanskrit and modern Malayalam and of course English etc.. there are very strict rules for word formation and etymological construction..And from...
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The ultimate realization for us should be the capacity to understand and accept our own limitations..to accept that with grace,and without cursing ourselves..and without cursing others if they happen...
View ArticleIf we are ignorant we can easily assert anything with hearsay information and...
there are hundreds of compilations on Dharmashastras by rishis,, and it is impossible to learn everything.. so the major smrithis were shortlisted to about twenty ..Even this was too huge material to...
View Articleअन्नं बहु कुर्वीत
अन्नं बहु कुर्वीत। तद्व्रतम्।पृथिवी वा अन्नम्।आकाशोऽन्नादः।पृथिव्यामाकाशः प्रतिष्ठितः।आकाशे पृथिवी प्रतिष्ठिता।तदेतदन्नमन्ने प्रतिष्ठितम्।स य एतदन्नमन्ने प्रतिष्ठितं वेद प्रतितिष्ठति।अन्नवानन्नादो...
View Articleआरोग्यं प्रददातु नो दिनकरः चन्द्रो यशो निर्मलम्
आरोग्यं प्रददातु नो दिनकरः चन्द्रो यशो निर्मलम्भूतिं भूमिसुतस्सुधांशुतनयः प्रज्ञां गुरुर्गौरवम्।काव्यः कोमलवाग्विलासमतुलं मन्दो मुदं सर्वदाराहुर्बाहुबलं विरोधिशमनं केतुः कुलस्योन्नतिम्॥ārogyaṁ...
View Articleसत्यमस्तेयमक्रोधः शौचं धीर्धृतिर्दमः
सत्यमस्तेयमक्रोधः शौचं धीर्धृतिर्दमः।संयतेन्द्रियता विद्या धर्मः सर्व उदाहृदः॥याज्नवल्क्य्स्मृति ३-४-६६satyamasteyamakrodhaḥ śaucaṁ dhīrdhṛtirdamaḥ|saṁyatendriyatā vidyā dharmaḥ sarva...
View ArticlePropitiate Gods? or God..?
Propitiate Gods? or God..?-------------------Propitiate meanswin or regain the favour of (a god, spirit, or person) by doing something that pleases them."the pagans thought it was important to...
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