to that Anjaneya, the Hanuman, May all of us pay respects
यत्र यत्र रघुनाथकीर्तनम् तत्र तत्र कृतमस्तकाञ्जलिम्।बाष्पवारिपरिपूर्णलोचनम् मारुतिं नमत राक्षसान्तकम् ।।yatra yatra raghunāthakīർttanaṃtatra tatra kṛta mastakāñjaliṃbāṣpavāri paripūrṇalocanaṃmārutiṃ...
View ArticleWe cannot make rules for ourselves..
while on pithru karyams, an interesting episode described in Harivamshamahaapuranam comes to mind..Bheshama Pitamaha was conducting the Sradham of his father Shantanu.. The pindam or the or the morsel...
View Articlewe cannot drink to our hearts content because we have no hearts while we drink
If one is tempted to drink but is afraid of the presence of God in him then I can give a free adviceRemember the old panchatantra story of the monkey and crocodile?The crocodile wants to have the heart...
View Articleit is always better to read the original texts from possibly the most...
After a lot of reading, experimentation and trial and error,I realized that it is always better to read the original texts from possibly the most authentic sourcesand then interpret, translate and...
View Articlethe God searches, and even steals or robs all that and gives happiness in return
it is actually the Marjara Nyayam.. veiled in a funny story.. The supreme lord, is eager to give emancipation and welfare to the dependent souls.. and even when the individual just conceals or keeps...
View ArticleTHE BLIND VULTURE
THE BLIND VULTUREThere is the story of a blind vulture Jardgaba in HitopadeshamA vulture who had become old and blind and was struggling for food, landed up in a tree where many birds were living..The...
View ArticleI for one, write for my heart's satisfaction and as a tribute to the mother...
I for one, write for my heart's satisfaction and as a tribute to the mother of muses Saraswathi.More than the language , the content is important for me.And I am not an extrovert interested in drawing...
View ArticleBhakthi has no element of bargain.
We can request, we can beg from God.God will give.But we cannot barter and bargain with God. We should never think that just because we break a coconut or we offer some fruits or eatables pullayar...
View ArticleVilvamangala or leelashuka
Vilvamangala or leelashuka was a great lover of Krishna a great poet..A sannyasi a swami. Guruvayurappan stories are filled with the names of vilvamangalam and kurooramma. The description of this poet...
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श्री मार्गबन्धुस्तोत्रंफालावनम्रत् किरीटं फालनेत्रार्चिषादग्ध पञ्चेषुकीटम्शूलाहतारातिकूटं शुद्धमर्धेन्दुचूढं भजे मार्गबन्धुम्||अङ्गेविराजत् भुजङ्गं अभ्रगङ्गातरङ्गाभिरामोत्तमाङ्गम्ॐकारवाटीकुरङ्गं...
View Articlethe worth of what you say
I am not talking about what you can convey to your audience..First, you have to measure what you have saved, earned, or gained by way of capital in the shape of knowledge and information that you can...
View ArticleIn Kerala there are many Kavus.. or semi jungle abodes for the Divine mothers...
In Kerala there are many Kavus.. or semi jungle abodes for the Divine mothers and demi gods.. and deities like Ayyappan, and the snake..nagadevata.. In Tamilnadu, and even in our place Palakkad where a...
View ArticleTeaching can be most effective if the simple methodology of panchatantam are...
Teaching can be most effective if the simple methodology of panchatantam are adopted.The crux of the matter is to come down to the level of the student or perhaps even one step lower and carry the...
View ArticleHe alone attains eternal name and fame as a scholar of repute
श्रुतं प्रज्ञानुगं यस्य प्रज्ञा श्रुतानुगा।असंभिन्नार्यमर्यादः पण्डिताख्यां लभेत सः॥क्षेमेन्द्रविरचिते नीतिकल्पतरौ।śrutaṁ prajñānugaṁ yasya prajñā śrutānugā|asaṁbhinnāryamaryādaḥ paṇḍitākhyāṁ labheta...
View Articlepeople who always engage in cruelty, will not stay in good status
न चिरं पापकर्माणः क्रूराः लोकजुगुप्सिताः।ऐश्वर्यं प्राप्य तिष्टन्ति शीर्ण्णमूलाः इव द्रुमाः॥श्रीमद्वाल्मीकिरामायणे आरन्यकाण्डे २९-७na ciraṁ pāpakarmāṇaḥ krūrāḥ lokajugupsitāḥ |aiśvaryaṁ prāpya tiṣṭanti...
View ArticleYou feed your wife, children, father and give treats to your friends, and so...
Someone asks in response to my post that approach to God should not be on a quid pro quo basis.Isn't neivedhyam and other offerings akin to barter system.My answer.. I may be wrong in your perception.....
View Articlenothing is going to happen if an individual is angry or even leaves.
I would suggest that one should know and evaluate what he thinks and writes about.More than getting piqued about someone criticizing about what one does he should ponder on the reason for such...
View ArticleA friend indeed
A friend indeedI cannot forget what happened those days..It was March 1977..I had passed out from Victoria College Palakkad in 1976 and there was no job for almost one year..The resources at home where...
View Articlewe should respond with nice and encouraging words and action.
If something worth even a little praise is seen or heard, we should respond with nice and encouraging words and action..We need not even set limits..We need not feel that the praise should be limited...
View Articledifference in the quality of thoughts indulged into by humans and non humans..
Of course there is a difference in the quality of thoughts indulged into by humans and non humans..I am not saying humans have more exalted quality.Similarly the orientation and basic preferences in...
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