ॐ चरणं पवित्रं विततं पुराणं येन पूतस्तरति दुष्कृतानि
ॐ चरणं पवित्रं विततं पुराणं येन पूतस्तरति दुष्कृतानितेन पवित्रेण शुद्धेन पूताः अतिपाप्मानं अरातिं तरेम॥तद्विष्णोः परमं पदं सदा पश्यन्ति सूरयःदिवीव चक्षुराततं तद्विप्रासो विपन्न्यवो...
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shirt and hat are only shirt and hat..for normal ones they are not the person himself..But then, normal ones are a dwindling minority..I remember my father narrating a story about a friend of his, one...
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There was a statement by a friend that the vedic hymns and invoking certain hymns indicate that such hymns are addressed to the "Superconscious"The idea is nice.. But to assert that such understanding...
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Narayana, Narayana, NarayanaYes, the one word which I would have tried too many times to force in the thoughts maximum number of timesPerhpas the one word that ultimately surfaces in the mind when the...
View Articleइतो मृत्युरितो व्याधिरितो विपदितो जरा।
इतो मृत्युरितो व्याधिरितो विपदितो जरा।चतुरङ्ग तुल्यबला हन्ति लोकमनित्यता॥महाभारते शान्तिपर्वे २०५-४ito mṛtyurito vyādhirito vipadito jarā|caturaṅga tulyabalā hanti lokamanityatā||mahābhārate śāntiparve...
View Articleप्रेक्षणीयः प्रयत्नेन स्वभावो नेतरे गुणाः
प्रेक्षणीयः प्रयत्नेन स्वभावो नेतरे गुणाः।अतीत्य हि गुणान् सर्वान् स्वभावो मूर्ध्नि तिष्टति॥vallabhadeva subhashitamprekṣaṇīyaḥ prayatnena svabhāvo netare guṇāḥ|atītya hi guṇān sarvān svabhāvo mūrdhni...
View ArticleWhy are specific days prescribed for condolence ?
There was a query..Why are specific days prescribed for condolence ?My understanding of the matter is thatIs there any such prescription in Shrutis or smrithis.. not exactly.. ?Of course condolence...
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I am never content with what I am..I want to earn more.I do not mean the physical possessions which add to the creature comforts.I want to earn more knowledge and experience..I want to earn more...
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An advocate, if he gives an opinion on an issue unless he is consulted and is retained would be called an idiot and a thengamoodi vakeel..If a Vadhyar offers service without dakshina it would look...
View Articleश्रीगणेशपञ्चरत्नस्तोत्रं
श्रीगणेशाय नमः ॥श्रीगणेशपञ्चरत्नस्तोत्रंमुदाकरात्तमोदकं सदाविमुक्तिसाधकंकलाधरावतंसकं विलासिलोकरञ्जकम् ।अनायकैकनायकं विनाशितेभदैत्यकंनताशुभाशुनाशकं नमामि तं विनायकम् ॥ १॥नतेतरातिभीकरं...
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I have always belived that if I read thousand pages, hundred good thoughts and two hundred bad thoughts will arise,,Even out of hundred thoughts, only one or two can be shared..I mean good thougts..and...
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Life is not happening according to any action plan chalked out by the person who is going through it..It all depends on the situations.Offence might be the best defecnce in some cases.. especially when...
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I was conscientious( I do not know what that word would mean exactly) central government official of the old school.. When I was working in Pollachi as Income Tax Officer, I was commuting 60 kms either...
View Articleबलाद्धि विवृणोत्येव भावमन्तर्गतं नृणाम्
आकारच्छाद्यमानोऽपि न शक्यो परिगूहितुम्।बलाद्धि विवृणोत्येव भावमन्तर्गतं नृणाम्॥महासुभाषितसङ्ग्रहे ४२६४ वाल्मीकिरामायणे युद्धकाण्डेākāracchādyamāno'pi na śakyo parigūhitum|balāddhi vivṛṇotyeva...
View Articleक्षणं चित्तं क्षणं वित्तं क्षणं जीवति मानवः
क्षणं चित्तं क्षणं वित्तं क्षणं जीवति मानवः।यमस्य करुणा नास्ति धर्मस्य त्वरिता गतिः॥kṣaṇaṁ cittaṁ kṣaṇaṁ vittaṁ kṣaṇaṁ jīvati mānavaḥ|yamasya karuṇā nāsti dharmasya tvaritā gatiḥ||The mind jumps from...
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It is nice, always to think of Brahmam, Jeevatma, Paramatma, Brahma jijnaasaa, Dharma jijnaasaa and so on..We can identify ourselves with Parabrahmam too..But we really do not know whether Brahmam gets...
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In the Sundarakandam of Srimad Valmikiramayanam, there is a funny description of the monkeys under the leadership of Hanuman and Angad, destroying the garden Madhuvana,, the private drinking spot of...
View ArticleThe logic of life and karma
The logic of life and karma --It can never be defined.. For each it may be something separate... The serpent or cross is just creation of humans in an attempt to identify with something which is...
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I am almost obsessed with doing things in a very methodical manner..I do visit again and read my posts even if they are not read by anyone else,, I ensure that bad grammar and bad spellings are...
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The purpose of discussion is just to highlight the quirky nature of mind inherent in all of us..Ego and vanity, and even magnanimity and affection, are all present in all human beings.The emotions...
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