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Saturday, September 07, 2024

musings 289



๐ˆ ๐š๐ฆ ๐š ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ฌ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐€๐๐ฏ๐š๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ฆ.. ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ž๐ฉ๐ก๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐›๐ซ๐š๐ก๐ฆ๐š ๐ฌ๐š๐ญ๐š๐ฒ๐š๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐šgan ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐ฒ๐š.. ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐จ๐ง ๐ฆ๐ž.
๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ž๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ๐ฆ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ง, ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ˆ ๐ ๐จ ๐š๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ..
๐˜๐š๐š๐ฏ๐š๐š๐ง ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ก๐š ๐ฎ๐๐š๐ฉ๐š๐š๐ง๐ž, ๐ฌ๐š๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ญ๐š๐‡ ๐ฌ๐š๐ซ๐š๐ฏ๐š๐ญ๐จ๐๐š๐ค๐ž ๐ญ๐š๐š๐ฏ๐š๐š๐ง ๐ฌ๐š๐ซ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ๐ก๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐ž๐๐ก๐ž๐ฌ๐ก๐ฎ ๐›๐ซ๐š๐ก๐ฆ๐ง๐š๐ง๐š๐ฌ๐ฒ๐š ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฃ๐š๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ก๐š๐‡... ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐ž ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ก ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐ž๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ ๐ž๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ฐ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐š ๐ซ๐จ๐š๐๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž ๐ฐ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐ž๐š๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ..
๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐š ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐ก๐š๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐ž๐๐š๐ฌ, ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ก๐ข๐ฆ ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐›๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ..
๐€๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐Š๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐ง๐š ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฌ๐ž ๐›๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐ฆ๐ž๐š๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ.
๐“๐ก๐ž ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ฌ๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ข๐ค๐š๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ฒ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐๐š๐›๐š๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐š ๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐๐š๐ซ๐š๐›๐ซ๐š๐ก๐ฆ๐š๐ฆ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐š ๐ฉ๐ก๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐œ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ก๐ข๐ฆ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‘๐š๐ฌ๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ž๐ฅ๐š.
๐“๐ก๐จ๐ง๐๐š๐ซ๐š๐๐ข๐ฉ๐จ๐๐ข ๐€๐ฅ๐ฐ๐š๐ซ ๐ฌ๐š๐ข๐ ..
"๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ง ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐š ๐›๐จ๐๐ฒ, ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐œ๐จ๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฌ, ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ž๐ฒ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐š๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฌ, ๐š๐œ๐ก๐ฎ๐ญ๐š, ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฅ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ซ๐๐ฌ, ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ง ๐‘๐š๐ง๐ ๐š๐ฆ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ˆ ๐š๐ฆ ๐๐ž๐ฏ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐ž๐ž๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐›๐ž๐š๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ž๐ฑ๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐ญ๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ.. ๐–๐ก๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ˆ ๐ ๐จ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‹๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐†๐จ๐ ๐ˆ๐ง๐๐ซ๐š ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ง ๐ข๐Ÿ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฆ๐ž, ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐ˆ ๐š๐ฆ ๐๐ซ๐ฎ๐ง๐ค ๐จ๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐›๐ž๐š๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ ๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐’๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ ๐š๐ฆ? ”
๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐š๐๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Š๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐ง๐š ๐ฆ๐š๐๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ. ๐“๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐š๐๐ฏ๐š๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ž๐š๐ซ.

musings 288



๐–๐ž ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ž๐ง
๐š๐ฌ ๐š ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ž,
๐š๐ฌ ๐š ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ž
๐จ๐ซ ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ง ๐š๐ฌ ๐š ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ
๐ก๐ข๐ ๐ก ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐›๐š๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ฒ, ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ž๐ง..
๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐ฐ๐ž ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ž ๐ข๐ญ ๐จ๐ซ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ..
๐ฐ๐ž ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐œ๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฆ๐š๐ข๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐Ÿ๐ž๐š๐ซ,
๐ฆ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐›๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ซ๐ฒ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ž๐ง...
๐จ๐ซ ๐ฐ๐ž ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ญ
๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐š๐œ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐š๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฒ ๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ž๐ง..
๐ˆ ๐๐จ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐œ๐š๐ง๐ฏ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ข๐๐ž๐š ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ค๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ž ๐๐จ๐จ๐ฆ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ง ๐›๐ž๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ข๐ซ ๐ž๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ๐จ๐ซ ๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐ฏ๐š๐ฅ..
๐–๐ž ๐ง๐ž๐ž๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฌ๐จ๐š๐ฉ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐›๐š๐ญ๐ก๐ฌ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐›๐ž๐œ๐š๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ž ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ข๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐›๐จ๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ๐จ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐๐š๐ฒ..
๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ž ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐š๐ฅ๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐›๐ž ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ,
๐›๐ž ๐ข๐ญ ๐ ๐จ๐จ๐ ๐จ๐ซ ๐›๐š๐, ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ž๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ข๐ซ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž.
.๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐ฐ๐ž ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž.
๐Ž๐Ÿ ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž, ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ง ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐š๐ง ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐›๐ซ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š
๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐š๐ฅ๐ค ๐š๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ญ
๐Ÿ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ฏ๐ž๐ง ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐จ ๐Ÿ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ง..
๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ž๐ง๐ฌ,
๐š๐ง๐ ๐ข๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ž๐ง๐ฌ,
๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐›๐ž ๐ง๐จ ๐ฉ๐ž๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ง ๐ฅ๐ž๐Ÿ๐ญ,
๐ง๐จ๐ซ ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐›๐ซ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š..

Saturday, April 27, 2024

เค—ाเคฏเคจ्เคคि เคฆेเคตाः เค•िเคฒ เค—ीเคคिเค•ाเคจि เคงเคจ्เคฏाเคธ्เคคु เคคे เคญाเคฐเคคเคญूเคฎिเคญाเค—े



เค—ाเคฏเคจ्เคคि เคฆेเคตाः เค•िเคฒ เค—ीเคคिเค•ाเคจि เคงเคจ्เคฏाเคธ्เคคु เคคे เคญाเคฐเคคเคญूเคฎिเคญाเค—े।
เคธ्เคตเคฐ्เค—ाเคชเคตเคฐ्เค—ाเคธ्เคชเคฆ เคฎाเคฐ्เค—เคญूเคคे เคญเคตเคจ्เคคि เคญूเคฏः เคชुเคฐुเคทाः เคธुเคฐเคค्เคตाเคค्॥
เคตिเคท्เคฃुเคชुเคฐाเคฃे เฅจ-เฅฉ-เฅจเฅช
gฤyanti devฤแธฅ kila gฤซtikฤni dhanyฤstu te bhฤratabhลซmibhฤge|
svargฤpavargฤspada mฤrgabhลซte bhavanti bhลซyaแธฅ puruแนฃฤแธฅ suratvฤt||
viแนฃแน‡upurฤแน‡e 2-3-24
A quote from Vishnupuranam.. one of the major puranas..
Meaning
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The divine beings in the heaven are singing..
"Those who are living in that part of earth which is called Bharata are really lucky and endowed with merits beyond imagination..
It is the only land from where the occupants can work and gain either the comforts of heaven or alternately they can work for emancipation from the cycle of births and deaths.
Even Gods, when they have to take birth on the face of earth for various reasons would choose only Bharata as the place where they would be born and would live and thrive..
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Our Bharatham is sweet, and great.. A man of Bharath would always would live here in this Bharath alone, and if he were to be born again, he would choose again to be a Bharathiya..
And when we read that sentiment recorded in an ancient and revered text, that would only reinforce our love and commitment for this land of ours.. although no such reinforcement is really needed..
I love my Bharath..my mother India
เด—ാเดฏเดจ്เดคി เดฆേเดตാഃ เด•ിเดฒ เด—ീเดคിเด•ാเดจി เดงเดจ്เดฏാเดธ്เดคു เดคേ เดญാเดฐเดคเดญൂเดฎിเดญാเด—േ|
เดธ്เดตเดฐ്‍เด—ാ เดชเดต เดฐ്‍เด—ാเดธ്เดชเดฆ เดฎാเดฐ്‍เด—เดญൂเดคേ เดญเดตเดจ്เดคി เดญൂเดฏഃ เดชുเดฐുเดทാഃ เดธുเดฐเดค്เดตാเดค്||
เดตിเดท്เดฃുเดชുเดฐാเดฃേ เตจ-เตฉ-เตจเตช
เดฎเดนാเดชുเดฐാเดฃเด™്เด™เดณിเดฒ്‍ เด’เดจ്เดจാเดฏ เดตിเดท്เดฃുเดชുเดฐാเดฃเดค്เดคിเดฒ്‍ เดจിเดจ്เดจ്
เด…เดฐ്‍เดฅം
เดธ്เดตเดฐ്‍เด—്เด—เดตാเดธിเด•เดณാเดฏ เดฆേเดตเดจ്เดฎാเดฐ്‍ เด‡เด™്เด™เดจെ
เดชാเดŸുเดจ്เดจു
เดญൂเดฎിเดฏിเดฒ്‍ เดญാเดฐเดคം เดŽเดจ്เดจ เดช്เดฐเดฆേเดถเดค്เดคിเดฒ്‍ เดœീเดตിเด•്เด•ുเดจ്เดจ เดฎเดจുเดท്เดฏเดฐ്‍ เดญാเด—്เดฏเดตാเดจ്เดฎാเดฐാเดฃ് . เด†เดฐ്‍เด•്เด•ും เดšിเดจ്เดคിเด•്เด•ാเดจ്‍ เดชเดฑ്เดฑാเดค്เดค เดตിเดงം เด…เดค്เดฐเดฏเดงിเด•ം เดชുเดฃ്เดฏം เดšെเดฏ്เดคเดตเดฐ്‍ เด†เดฃ്.
เดŽเดจ്เดคെเดจ്เดจാเดฒ്‍ เด† เดญൂเดญാเด—เดค്เดคിเดฒ്‍ เดตเดธിเด•്เด•ുเดจ്เดจ เดœเดจเด™്เด™เดณ്‍เด•്เด•് เดฎാเดค്เดฐเดฎേ เดธ്เดตเดจ്เดคം เด†เดšാเดฐเด•്เดฐเดฎเด™്เด™เดณും เดจിเดท്เด เดฏും เด•ൊเดฃ്เดŸ് เดธ്เดตเดฐ്‍เด—്เด—เดค്เดคിเดฒെ เดธുเด–เด™്เด™เดณ്‍ เดจേเดŸുเดตാเดจോ เด…เดฒ്เดฒെเด™്เด•ിเดฒ്‍ เดธ്เดตเดจ്เดคം เดœ്เดžാเดจเดตും เดตൈเดฐാเด—്เดฏเดตും เด•ൈเดฎുเดคเดฒാเด•്เด•ി เดœเดจเดจเดฎเดฐเดฃเด™്เด™เดณിเดฒ്‍ เดจിเดจ്เดจ് เดจിเดฐเดจ്เดคเดฐเดฎാเดฏ เดฎോเด•്เดทം เดช്เดฐാเดชിเด•്เด•ുเดตാเดจോ เดฐเดฃ്เดŸും เดธാเดงിเด•്เด•ുเด•เดฏുเดณ്เดณൂ
เดฆേเดตเดจ്เดฎാเดฐ്‍ เดชോเดฒും เดเดคെเด™്เด•ിเดฒും เด•ാเดฐเดฃเดค്เดคിเดจ് เดญൂเดฎിเดฏിเดฒ്‍ เด…เดตเดคാเดฐം เดŽเดŸുเด•്เด•ുเดฎ്เดชോเดณ്‍ เดธ്เดตเดฏം เดœเดจിเด•്เด•ുเดตാเดจും, เดธเดจ്เดคോเดทเดค്เดคോเดŸെ เดœീเดตിเด•്เด•ുเดตാเดจും เดˆ เดญാเดฐเดคเดญൂเดฎിเดฏെ เดฎാเดค്เดฐเดฎാเดฃ് เดคിเดฐเดž്เดžെเดŸുเด•്เด•ുเดจ്เดจเดค്.
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เดจเดฎ്เดฎുเดŸെ เดญാเดฐเดคാംเดฌ เดงเดจ്เดฏเดฏാเดฃ്. เดฎാเดงുเดฐ്เดฏം เดจിเดฑเดž്เดžเดตเดณ്‍ เด†เดฃ്. เดญാเดฐเดคเดญൂเดฎിเดฏുเดŸെ เดฎเด•เดจ്‍ เด‡เดช്เดชോเดดും เด† เดจാเดŸ്เดŸിเดฒ്‍ เดฎാเดค്เดฐเดฎേ เดœീเดตിเด•്เด•ാเดจ്‍ เด†เด—്เดฐเดนിเด•്เด•ുเด•เดฏുเดณ്เดณൂ. เดจเดฎുเด•്เด•് เดตീเดฃ്เดŸും เดœเดจ്เดฎം เดฒเดญിเด•്เด•ുเด•เดฏാเดฃെเด™്เด•ിเดฒ്‍ เดตീเดฃ്เดŸും เดˆ เดญാเดฐเดคเดค്เดคിเดฒ്‍ เดคเดจ്เดจെ เดœเดจിเด•്เด•เดฃം . เดญാเดฐเดคീเดฏเดจാเดฏിเดค്เดคเดจ്เดจെ เดœเดจിเด•്เด•เดฃം
เด…เดคീเดต เดชുเดฃ്เดฏเด•เดฐเดตും เดฌเดนുเดฎാเดจ്เดฏเดตും เด†เดฏ เด’เดฐു เดชുเดฐാเดคเดจเด—്เดฐเดจ്เดฅเดค്เดคിเดฒ്‍ เดจിเดจ്เดจ് เด‡เดค് เดตാเดฏിเด•്เด•ുเดฎ്เดชോเดณ്‍ เดเดฑെ เด…เดญിเดฎാเดจം เดคോเดจ്เดจുเดจ്เดจു. เด’เดฐു เดชുเดธ്เดคเด•เดค്เดคിเดฒും เดŽเดดുเดคിเดฏിเดฒ്เดฒെเด™്เด•ിเดฒും เดจเดฎുเด•്เด•് เดจเดฎ്เดฎുเดŸെ เดญാเดฐเดคเดฎാเดฃ്‌ เดœീเดตเดจേเด•്เด•ാเดณ്‍ เดตเดฒുเดค്. เดชเด•്เดทെ เด† เดตിเด•ാเดฐം เด‡เด™്เด™เดจെ เดช്เดฐเดคിเดซเดฒിเดš്เดšുเด•ാเดฃുเดฎ്เดชോเดณ്‍ เด’เดฐുเดชാเดŸു เดธเดจ്เดคോเดทം เดคോเดจ്เดจുเดจ്เดจു.
เดญാเดฐเดคാംเดฌേ เด…เดตിเดŸുเดค്เดคെ เดžാเดจ്‍ เดธ്เดจേเดนിเด•്เด•ുเดจ്เดจു.. เดœീเดตเดจുเดคുเดฒ്เดฏം.. เดœീเดตเดจേเด•്เด•ാเดณ്‍

Nakshatra for birthday or date of birth as per Western Calendar?



I happened to see a post making a query as to whether we should celebrate our Nakshatra Birthday ( the birthday as per India Calendar), or the birthday as per the English Calendar , cutting cakes and all..
I could sense a tinge of disapproval in the query about Hindus following the English birthday..
My frank view on the matter is as below
English birthday decides many factors of our life..
from the date of birth to the date of death..
getting birth certificates to death certificates..
Superannuation,
attaining major-hood,
becoming a senior citizen and so on..
So it is definitely an important landmark..
There is nothing wrong in following that as the staple crossing mark every year..
In addition, for religious purpose, for Ayushya homams(fire oblations) and shanthis (expiatory chants and rituals) we can and we adopt the Soura maasam(the solar months..medam,edavam etc) and Nakshatram
(Ashvathi to Revathi)..( of course some follow Chandra Masam.. and specify the thithis too.. Rama Navami or Janma Ashtami are examples)
Is there any strict rule that one should not celebrate two birthdays? No
Further, scriptures of ours may say the birthday falls on a Nakshatram in a month.. like Rama born on Punarvasu in Mesha or Chaitra ( there are many schools on this issue..Kolla varsham and Saleevahana Sakaabdam Vikrama Shakabdm, Kaliyugabdam.. and so on..give varied spans for months)...
But no Veda or Shastra has prohibited celebration of English birthday..
It is a complete Loukika Karyam (unconnected with religion..)..
Cake cutting is also of that category..
We need not be too strict either way..

musings 287



naatakaantham kavithvam..เดจാเดŸเด•ാเดจ്เดคം เด•เดตിเดค്เดตം .. เคจाเคŸเค•ाเคจ्เคคं เค•เคตिเคค्เคตเคฎ् as one goes ahead in search of reason, orthodoxy just peels off one's psyche.. like the dead skin of a snake..
in the realm of thought, each person is all alone..
one cannot wait for the approval, nor shun away from the disapproval of others..
True, the state of clear thinking avoiding prejudices may not be the last destination..
It is only a stage..
Maybe there are some sources or destinations for one to dissolve with the Supreme Being..
But if it happens, and if at all it happens, the individual who journeyed towards that Ultimate being will not come back to report what he experienced..
Tad VishnoH paramam padam..เดคเดฆ്‌ เดตിเดท്เดฃോ เดชเดฐเดฎം เดชเดฆം เคคเคฆเคตिเคท्เคฃोःเคชเคฐเคฎंเคชเคฆं
I just call it Vishnu only because it can be called by any name, and at the same time it has no name whatsoever..

musings 286



Everything has its own role and function in this world..
Some functions are apparent on the surface, and they draw attention, invite praise and often receive very severe criticism too
But many staple functions are very methodical, silent and persisitent.. Such fucntions just go on without getting any notice
Take the case of a plant.
It gives out flowers.. The flowers are soft, wear makeup, they are fragrant, and they attract bees too.. But they wither away within a day
There are fruits, the fruits pregnant with seeds.. They attract gourment birds, animals and humans with their aroma and taste, because they know that only through sacrifice of their own bodies they could ensure that further plants of their own species could sprout..
There is the root, no one cares about it.. The roots have no beauty.. But they have the duty to keep the plant alive. They have to incessently ferret the soil for water and nutrients.. They have to dig into the earth to any extent to find the sustenance for the whole plant, the trunk, leaves, flowers and fruits.. If no nutrient is available, no water is availabe, still they would send up whatever they have.. and they would keep the plant alive as long as they live.. But who would care a hoot about the root ?
The poet writes.. He creates sublime muses. But he goes unnoticed. The singer just reads the poetry in his own her voice.. but gets all the accolades
A faceless academic strains his eyes and burns his midnight oil, and creates learned dissetations.. often they are copied and plagiarised and in social media they are invariably subjected to cut and paste.. The academic or scholar is ignored but the copyist and the thief are praised
Of course that seems to be the laws of the nature, the law of the Kali age,
However, if the roots refuse to draw water and nutrients, the plant would die
if the obscure lyricist refuses to write, no singer can sing with elan
If some obscure scholar, author or academic with some originality does not produce articles, the copyists would never be able to cut and paste and shine ..
Better to remember this..
Reserve some kind thoughts to the original plodder
Do not presume that what is apparent need be real
We can choose to wink at the pretenders.
But we must spot them and try to put them at the proper slot they deserve.

punarjanma, moksham



a very valid question raised by a very deeply learned friend

Human birth is the nearest point one can try to realise moksha and shirk off the cycle of birth and death. When a person , especially a close relative or friend, passes away we pray that let his/her soul merge in the Brahman. We daily pray so during food " Brahmani me aatmaa amritatwaya'.
When a girl in the family becomes pregnant, some people tend to bless by saying that let the grand father/ father in law or mother ( or some such close relative not alive) be reborn. Is it not against our belief or prayer. Why should the departed soul get into the cycle?
My views on this
Let us take it this way.. If the person is steadfast towards realization of the Brahmam, and attain Mukthi, his path is clear.. No desire to the contrary by way of either blessing or curse is going to affect him.. But by some chance, the Karmagati in this life is not clear enough to fetch him the mukthi, is it better that he is reborn in the same environs and continues his purusit towards mukthi from the point where he left.?. In such cases, the blessings from elders and the family might do him a lot of good.
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Human desires, blessings and evan curses are just expressions of human mind.. But sometimes in rare cases such minds would have reacahed such exalted states that such desires or curses would come true.. However, such cases are rarest of the rare..
In fact even in the case of the most exalted persons with sadhana, a directed and purposeful or sakama thought or curse, even when it materializes would deplete the accumulated tapas or the potential spiritual energy of the person at some exalted spirituals stage, and he becomes mere human with karma once again..
This happend to sage Visvamitra again and again
May be the Gods representing the supreme being are exceptions.. because, they will not deplete have their powers depleted through granting boons..
But even they would suffer, like Brahma in many cases, Shiva in the case of Bhasmasura etc..
Secondly, the explanations of life phenomena through Vaidic view following path of yajna etc,, that result in giving blessings like the grandson being reborn as grandson, and the theory of path of Jnaana which carries one to Moksha are basically at variance.. Yajnas prescribed by Vedas are just ladders to enjoyment in heaven, and once the merits gained are used up, the people who went to heaven will have to return to this earth to resume their toils here.. In that case a wish or blessing that he may come back and start as a human in the same family might do him good.. He can, in fact, be reborn as a worm or a piece or grass or a snake or a donkey or a bacteria
And these rules do not apply for the once who are relieved from the cycle of birth and death through Moksham..
Niether blessings nor curses really matter to them.

Friday, April 26, 2024

In the name of spirituality and hinduism and brahminism so many false messages are floating.



In the name of spirituality and hinduism and brahminism so many false messages are floating.
Another trend is false translation on an estimate basis. presuming meanings and ideas that are not presented or even implied or remotely intended in the original text..
This result is ..conveying of very wrong messages.
And blatant lies are floated as anecdotes on the lives of our Revered gurus.
Instead of doing good to the community and society such things would make our community and culture as very cheap and deceitful.
People can keep quiet instead of doing such misrepresentation.
And the very wise followers who really know nothing but who want to show off share and forward such things without even reading.. lock stock and barrel.
I confess that I too present a slokam or two in these columns
. But before posting I refer to all possible and available sources. and resources.
And to carry out a translation of a Sanskrit or Vedic mantram even in a crude way it takes hours and hours of labour. References to texts, and modern libraries and traditional lexicons like Shabda Kalpadrumam, Vachaspateeyam,Nighantu, Amaram and so on.
And bhasyams of great masters like Shankara and Sayanaachary and Bhattabhaskara among others.
So I get genuinely uneasy when I see such destructive trends.
I cannot help it.
God is a business for some.
God is a showpiece for some.
God is a vehicle for gaining cheap and undeserving popularity for some.
It is just moral ethical and spiritual degradation.
When I see such things I feel like running away
But I keep coming back too because there are a set of genuine friends for me here..and I cannot find them elsewhere
Regards
K v ananthanarayanan

เฅ เคฎिเคค्เคฐเคธ्เคฏ เคšเคฐ्เคทเคฃिเคงृเคคः เคถ्เคฐเคตो เคฆेเคตเคธ्เคฏ เคธाเคจเคธिं



เฅ เคฎिเคค्เคฐเคธ्เคฏ เคšเคฐ्เคทเคฃिเคงृเคคः เคถ्เคฐเคตो เคฆेเคตเคธ्เคฏ เคธाเคจเคธिं เคธเคค्เคฏं เคšिเคค्เคฐ เคถ्เคฐเคตเคธ्เคคเคฎं เคฎिเคค्เคฐो เคœเคจाเคจ् เคฏเคคเคฏเคคि เคช्เคฐเคœाเคจเคจ् เคฎिเคค्เคฐो เคฆाเคคाเคฐ เคชृเคฅिเคตीเคฎुเคค เคฆ्เคฏां เคฎिเคค्เคฐः เค•ृเคท्เคŸीः เค…เคจिเคฎिเคทाเคญिเคšเคท्เคŸे เคธเคค्เคฏाเคฏ เคนเคต्เคฏं เค˜ृเคคเคตเคค् เคตिเคงेเคฎ เคช्เคฐ เคธ เคฎिเคค्เคฐ เคฎเคฐ्เคคो เค…เคธ्เคคु เคช्เคฐเคฏเคธ्เคตाเคจ् เคฏเคธ्เคค เค†เคฆिเคค्เคฏ เคถिเค•्เคทเคคि เคต्เคฐเคคेเคจ เคจ เคนเคจ्เคฏเคคे เคจ เคœीเคฏเคคे เคค्เคตोเคคो เคจैเคจเคฎ् เคนो เค…เคถ्เคจोเคค्เคฏเคจ्เคคिเคคो เคจ เคฆूเคฐाเคค्॥
om mitrasya carแนฃaแน‡idhแน›taแธฅ ล›ravo devasya sฤnasiแน satyaแน citra ล›ravastamaแน mitro janฤn yatayati prajฤnan mitro dฤtฤra prithivฤซmuta dyฤแน mitraแธฅ kแน›แนฃแนญฤซแธฅ animiแนฃฤbhicaแนฃแนญe satyฤya havyaแน ghแน›tavat vidhema pra sa mitra marto astu prayasvฤn yasta ฤditya ล›ikแนฃati vratena na hanyate na jฤซyate tvoto nainam ho aล›notyantito na dลซrฤt||
เด“ം เดฎിเดค്เดฐเดธ്เดฏ เดšเดฐ്‍เดทเดฃിเดงൃเดคഃ เดถ്เดฐเดตോ เดฆേเดตเดธ്เดฏ เดธാเดจเดธിം เดธเดค്เดฏം เดšിเดค്เดฐ เดถ്เดฐเดตเดธ്เดคเดฎം เดฎിเดค്เดฐോ เดœเดจാเดจ്‍ เดฏเดคเดฏเดคി เดช്เดฐเดœാเดจเดจ്‍ เดฎിเดค്เดฐോ เดฆാเดคാเดฐ เดชൃเดฅ്เดตീเดฎുเดค เดฆ്เดฏാം เดฎിเดค്เดฐഃ เด•ൃเดท്เดŸീഃ เด…เดจിเดฎിเดทാเดญിเดšเดท്เดŸേ เดธเดค്เดฏാเดฏ เดนเดต്เดฏം เด˜ൃเดคเดตเดค് เดตിเดงേเดฎ เดช്เดฐ เดธ เดฎിเดค്เดฐ เดฎเดฐ്‍เดค്เดคോ เด…เดธ്เดคു เดช്เดฐเดฏเดธ്เดตാเดจ്‍ เดฏเดธ്เดค เด†เดฆിเดค്เดฏ เดถിเด•്เดทเดคി เดต്เดฐเดคേเดจ เดจ เดนเดจ്เดฏเดคേ เดจ เดœീเดฏเดคേ เดค്เดตോเดคോ เดจൈเดจം เดนോ เด…เดถ്เดจോเดค്เดฏเดจ്เดคിเดคോ เดจ เดฆൂเดฐാเดค്॥
From Sandhya upasana mantram found in Yajurvedi
I am praising the fame of that Mitra, the fame that is eternal and truthful, wonderful and thrilling and picturesque
That Mitra who is the Supreme one (Sun) who is the friend and benefactor of one and all
That Mitra who is the up-lifter of the intellect of the learned and the pious people
That Mitra who is the ultimate receptacle of our ceremonial worship
That Mitra who can perceive everything with equanimity and could see everything, recognizes the ordained functions of every living being and engages the beings in their respective functions.
That Mitra protects this earth and that sky
That Mitra, remains awake and alert all the time without interruption and enables the human beings on the earth to shine forth in their functions.
Unto that Supreme, eternally truthful being, may we offer cooked rice mixed with ghee
Oh Mitra, the human being who observes fasts, rituals and observances and serves you through them, becomes always blessed with the most effective results in the endeavours in which he is engaged.
Oh Mitra, the one who is protected by you cannot either be killed or destroyed by anyone, nor can he be defeated by anyone.
Oh Mitra, the person who is thus protected by you will not be affected by sins which happen near him, or sins that happen far away from him..

The Suryopaasana Mantram during prayer to Madhyaahnika Sandhya



The Suryopaasana Mantram during prayer to Madhyaahnika Sandhya
As per Yajurvedam
เค† เคธเคค्เคฏेเคจ เคฐเคœเคธा เคตเคฐ्เคคเคฎाเคจो เคจिเคตेเคถเคฏเคจ्เคจเคฎृเคคं เคฎเคฐ्เคค्เคฏं เคš เคนिเคฐเคฃ्เคฏเคฏेเคจ เคธเคตिเคคा เคฐเคฅेเคจाเคฆेเคตो เคฏाเคคि เคญुเคตเคจाเคตिเคชเคถ्เคฏเคจ्।เค‰เคฆ्เคตเคฏं เคคเคฎเคธเคธ्เคชเคฐि เคชเคถเคฏเคจ्เคคो เคœ्เคฏोเคคिเคฐुเคค्เคคเคฐเคฎ्। เคฆेเคตं เคฆेเคตเคค्เคฐ เคธूเคฐ्เคฏเคฎเค—เคจ्เคฎ เคœ्เคฏोเคคिเคฐुเคค्เคคเคฎเคฎ्। เค‰เคฆुเคค्เคฏं เคœाเคคเคตेเคฆเคธं เคฆेเคตं เคตเคนเคจ्เคคि เค•ेเคคเคตः।เคฆृเคถे เคตिเคถ्เคตाเคฏ เคธूเคฐ्เคฏเคฎ्। เคšिเคค्เคฐं เคฆेเคตाเคจाเคฎुเคฆเค—ाเคฆเคจीเค•ं เคšเค•्เคทुเคฐ्เคฎिเคค्เคฐเคธ्เคฏ เคตเคฐुเคฃเคธ्เคฏाเค—्เคจेः। เค†เคช्เคฐा เคฆ्เคฏा เคตा เคชृเคฅ्เคตी เค…เคจ्เคคเคฐिเค•्เคทเคฎ्। เคธूเคฐ्เคฏ เค†เคค्เคฎा เคœเค—เคคः เคšเค•्เคทुเคทเคถ्เคš। เคคเคš्เคšเค•्เคทुเคฐ्เคฆेเคตเคนिเคคं เคชुเคฐเคธ्เคคाเคค् เคถुเค•्เคฐเคฎुเคš्เคšเคฐเคค्। เคชเคถ्เคฏेเคฎ เคถเคฐเคฆเคถ्เคถเคคं เคœीเคตेเคฎ เคถเคฐเคฆเคถ्เคถเคคं เคจเคจ्เคฆाเคฎ เคถเคฐเคฆเคถ्เคถเคคं เคฎोเคฆाเคฎ เคถเคฐเคฆเคถ्เคถเคคं เคญเคตाเคฎ เคถเคฐเคฆเคถ्เคถเคคं เคถृเคฃुเคฏाเคฎ เคถเคฐเคฆเคถ्เคถเคคं เคช्เคฐเคฌ्เคฐเคตाเคฎ เคถเคฐเคฆเคถ्เคถเคคं เค…เคœीเคคा เคธ्เคฏाเคฎ เคถเคฐเคฆเคถ्เคถเคคं। เคœ्เคฏोเค•्เคš เคธूเคฐ्เคฏं เคฆृเคถे। เคฏ เค‰เคฆเค—ाเคจ्เคฎเคนเคคोเคฐ्เคฃ्เคฃเคตाเคฆ्เคตिเคญ्เคฐाเคœเคฎाเคจเคธ्เคธเคฐिเคฐเคธ्เคฏ เคฎเคง्เคฏाเคค्เคธ เคฎा เคตृเคทเคญो เคฒोเคนिเคคाเค•्เคทเคธ्เคธूเคฐ्เคฏो เคตिเคชเคถ्เคšिเคจ्เคฎเคจเคธा เคชुเคจाเคคु॥
ฤ satyena rajasฤ vartamฤno niveล›ayannamแน›taแนƒ martyaแนƒ ca hiraแน‡yayena savitฤ rathenฤdevo yฤti bhuvanฤvipaล›yan।udvayaแนƒ tamasaspari pasyanto jyotiruttaram। devaแนƒ devatra sลซryamaganma jyotiruttamam। udutyaแนƒ jฤtavedasaแนƒ devaแนƒ vahanti ketavaแธฅ।dแน›ล›e viล›vฤya sลซryam। citraแนƒ devฤnฤmudagฤdanฤซkaแนƒ cakแนฃurmitrasya varunasyฤgneแธฅ। ฤprฤ dyฤ vฤ pแน›thvฤซ antarikแนฃam। sลซrya ฤtmฤ jagataแธฅ cakแนฃuแนฃaล›ca। taccakแนฃurdevahitaแนƒ purastฤt ล›ukramuccarat। paล›yema ล›aradaล›ล›ataแนƒ jฤซvema ล›aradaล›ล›ataแนƒ nandฤma ล›aradaล›ล›ataแนƒ modฤma ล›aradaล›ล›ataแนƒ bhavฤma ล›aradaล›ล›ataแนƒ ล›แน›แน‡uyฤma ล›aradaล›ล›ataแนƒ prabravฤma ล›aradaล›ล›ataแนƒ ajฤซtฤ syฤma ล›aradaล›ล›ataแนƒ। jyokca sลซryaแนƒ dแน›ล›e। ya udagฤnmahatorแน‡แน‡avฤdvibhrฤjamฤnassarirasya madhyฤtsa mฤ vแน›แนฃabho lohitฤkแนฃassลซryo vipascinmanasฤ punฤtu॥
เด† เดธเดค്เดฏേเดจ เดฐเดœเดธാ เดตเดฐ്‍เดค്เดค เดฎാเดจോ เดจിเดตേเดถเดฏเดจ്เดจเดฎൃเดคം เดฎเดฐ്‍เดค്เดฏം เดš เดนിเดฐเดฃ്เดฏเดฏേเดจ เดธเดตിเดคാ เดฐเดฅേเดจാเดฆേเดตോ เดฏാเดคി เดญുเดตเดจാเดตിเดชเดถ്เดฏเดจ്‍।เด‰เดฆ്เดตเดฏം เดคเดฎเดธเดธ്เดชเดฐി เดชเดถ്เดฏเดจ്เดคോ เดœ്เดฏോเดคിเดฐുเดค്เดคเดฐം। เดฆേเดตം เดฆേเดตเดค്เดฐ เดธൂเดฐ്เดฏเดฎเด—เดจ്เดฎ เดœ്เดฏോเดคിเดฐുเดค്เดคเดฎം। เด‰เดฆുเดค്เดฏം เดœാเดคเดตേเดฆเดธം เดฆേเดตം เดตเดนเดจ്เดคി เด•േเดคเดตഃ।เดฆൃเดถേ เดตിเดถ്เดตാเดฏ เดธൂเดฐ്เดฏം। เดšിเดค്เดฐം เดฆേเดตാเดจാเดฎുเดฆเด—ാเดฆเดจീเด•ം เดšเด•്เดทുเดฐ്‍เดฎിเดค്เดฐเดธ്เดฏเดตเดฐുเดฃเดธ്เดฏാเด—്เดจെഃI เด†เดช്เดฐാ เดฆ്เดฏാ เดตാ เดชൃเดฅ്เดตീ เด…เดจ്เดคเดฐിเด•്เดทം। เดธൂเดฐ്เดฏ เด†เดค്เดฎാ เดœเด—เดคഃ เดšเด•്เดทുเดทเดถ്เดš। เดคเดš്เดšเด•്เดทുเดฐ്‍เดฆേเดตเดนിเดคം เดชുเดฐเดธ്เดคാเดค് เดถുเด•്เดฐเดฎുเดš്เดšเดฐเดค്। เดชเดถ്เดฏേเดฎ เดถเดฐเดฆเดถ്เดถเดคം เดœീเดตേเดฎ เดถเดฐเดฆเดถ്เดถเดคം เดจเดจ്เดฆാเดฎ เดถเดฐเดฆเดถ്เดถเดคം เดฎോเดฆാเดฎ เดถเดฐเดฆเดถ്เดถเดคം เดญเดตാเดฎ เดถเดฐเดฆเดถ്เดถเดคം เดถൃเดฃുเดฏാเดฎ เดถเดฐเดฆเดถ്เดถเดคം เดช്เดฐเดฌ്เดฐเดตാเดฎ เดถเดฐเดฆเดถ്เดถเดคം เด…เดœീเดคാ เดธ്เดฏാเดฎ เดถเดฐเดฆเดถ്เดถเดคം। เดœ്เดฏോเด•്เดš เดธൂเดฐ്เดฏം เดฆൃเดถേ। เดฏ เด‰เดฆเด—ാเดจ്เดฎเดนเดคോเดฐ്‍เดฃ്เดฃเดตാเดฆ്เดตിเดญ്เดฐാเดœเดฎാเดจเดธ്เดธเดฐിเดฐเดธ്เดฏ เดฎเดง്เดฏാเดค്เดธ เดฎാ เดตൃเดทเดญോ เดฒോเดนിเดคാเด•്เดทเดธ്เดธൂเดฐ്เดฏോ เดตിเดชเดถ്เดšിเดจ്เดฎเดจเดธാ เดชുเดจാเดคു॥
Meaning
That glorious and resplendent Sun is shining in the tallest position in the sky with a glow that cannot be substituted with that of any other shining object
That sun is proceeding in the sky with his journey in his golden chariot, covering the whole universe, enabling in that journey the deathless Gods as well as the mortal humans on earth to performed their avowed duties and engage themselves in their activities.
He is the witness for all that transpires in this universe.
We, who are seeing the glorious resplendence of the Supreme Being that is the Sun,
The Sun whose position is higher than anything else in the Sky
The Sun, whose glory is greater that anything else,
On that Sun, we take refuge
That Sun is the most established among all the Gods
That Sun who is shining with a glow without comparison
We declare with conviction, for the knowledge of all
that the orb of the Sun carries in itself the greatest glories emanating from the Vedas and therefore emanates the most benevolent and praiseworthy glow.
May we be able to see the Supreme Being in the Solar Orb
That Supreme being is the source of infinite energy found in all gods.
That Supreme Being is the source of strength for Mitra, Varuna and agni
That Supreme being pervades all over, filling the whole of earth, sky and heaven.
That Supreme being is present and inherent in all things that are moving, and that are immobile
The Supreme being is the eye of the universe, the source of all learning and knowledge that could be gained
That Supreme being who is the embodiment of purity
That Supreme being raises in the sky right with the dawn
That Supreme being is the essence of Parabrhma praised by the Vedas
May we see him for long periods of hundreds of Sharats or autumns
May we live for hundreds of autumns in his benign presence
May we live with the happiness of having sons, grandsons and large families for hundreds of autumns
May we be blessed with all the objects and things that would give us happiness for hundreds of autumns
May we progress from strength to strength in our happy existence for hundreds of autumns and remain humble devotees of that Supreme Being (the Sun)
May we live for hundreds of autumns hearing the glories of that Supreme Being
May we be blessed with the capacity to speak good and nice words about the Supreme Being, for hundreds of autumns
May we remain alive and undefeated by others for hundreds of autumns..

Thursday, April 25, 2024

เคจ เคฎे เคชाเคฐ्เคฅाเคธ्เคคि เค•เคฐ्เคคเคต्เคฏं เคค्เคฐिเคทु เคฒोเค•ेเคทु เค•िเคž्เคšเคจ



เคจ เคฎे เคชाเคฐ्เคฅाเคธ्เคคि เค•เคฐ्เคคเคต्เคฏं เคค्เคฐिเคทु เคฒोเค•ेเคทु เค•िเคž्เคšเคจ
เคจाเคจเคตाเคช्เคคเคฎเคตाเคช्เคคเคต्เคฏเคฎ् เคตเคฐ्เคค เคเคต เคนि เค•เคฐ्เคฎเคฃि॥เฅฉ--เฅจเฅจ॥
เคถ्เคฐेเคฎเคฆ्เคญเค—เคตเคฆ्เค—ीเคคाเคฏां
na me pฤrthฤsti kartavyaแน triแนฃu lokeแนฃu kiรฑcana
nฤnavฤptamavฤptavyam varta eva hi karmaแน‡i||3--22||
ล›reemadbagavadgฤซtฤyฤแน
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The Blessed Lord Sri Krishna Says in Gita..
Oh Arjuna, I have nothing left in this world which I should perform as if it were my bounden o duty..
There is nothing in this world which is achievable that I have not already achieved.
Still I remain in action, I do my karma..
The Lord remained as a Karmayogi because He being the Supreme person of the age when he manifested on earth, if He did not set Himself as an example and remained lazy and inactive, others also would be tempted to follow the path of inaction..
But for us the lesser mortals, the satisfaction can come from only a sense of contentment..
The Blessed Lord had the capacity to achieve anything He deemed fit, but we have our own limitations..
If we set our targets at achievable limits (เค…เคตाเคช्เคคเคต्เคฏं) then alone we are likely to have a reasonable satisfaction that we have really achieved something..
For us the ordinary humans, remaining in action alone can keep the body and mind alert and active..
Here the law of inertia speaks.. every material body remains in a state of rest or of uniform motion unless it is acted upon by an external force to change that state.. ( Remember Newton)
Usually we are in a state of mental and physical inertia.. see how difficult it is to get out of bed..?
Usually our role models are Kumbhakarna or Rip van winkle..
It is said that Winston Churchill, during his World war days, used to mark all the instructions he issued with the handwritten caption..
"ACTION THIS DAY "

Wednesday, April 24, 2024

Even the ugliest offspring is so sweet to its mother



Of course many people write original things.. no doubt about it.
But that is not easy to find in social media.
And Wodehouse, Agatha Christie, Maugham, Sheldon, Radhakrishnan, Russell .. and many covering a wide spectrum of core thoughts used the same language so attractively.
The taste of the readers too vary.
My problem is that even though I might try my hands on humour or economics or science once in a while I have lost interest in those genres.
And synthetic creation of cluster if words without adding heart to them is just waste of time and energy.
And sure,
a piece of writing by me that would make me read it again only would engage the attention of anyone else even for a short period.
I know that any Individual writer like me thinks too high of himself.. but others just tolerate him.
Even the ugliest offspring is so sweet to its mother.

เค…เคธूเคฏैเค•เคชเคฆं เคฎृเคค्เคฏुः เค…เคคिเคตाเคฆः เคถ्เคฐिเคฏो เคตเคงः



เค…เคธूเคฏैเค•เคชเคฆं เคฎृเคค्เคฏुः เค…เคคिเคตाเคฆः เคถ्เคฐिเคฏो เคตเคงः।
เค…เคถुเคถ्เคฐूเคทा เคค्เคตเคฐा เคถ्เคฒाเค˜ा เคตिเคฆ्เคฏाเคฏाः เคถเคค्เคฐเคตเคธ्เคค्เคฐเคฏः॥
เคฎเคนाเคญाเคฐเคคे เค‰เคฆ्เคฏोเค—เคชเคฐ्เคตเคฃि เฅซ-เฅชเฅฆ-เฅช เคตिเคฆुเคฐเคตाเค•्เคฏे॥
asลซyaikapadaแน mแน›tyuแธฅ ativฤdaแธฅ ล›riyo vadhaแธฅ|
aล›uล›rลซแนฃฤ tvarฤ ล›lฤghฤ vidyฤyฤแธฅ ล›atravastrayaแธฅ||
mahฤbhฤrate udyogaparvaแน‡i 5-40-4 viduravฤkye||
A quote from Viduravakyam of Mahabharatham... The minister of Kauravas and the younger brother of the King Dhritarashra, the wise Vidura is discussing various aspects of statecraft and lifestyle management with his elder brother the King..
Here in this sloka, he is pointing out the adverse effects of certain base human qualities..
Meaning of the sloka
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**The one word synonymous with jealousy and intolerance is death itself..
**Excessive and unwanted argument with someone is just as bad as getting killed..
**And the three enemies of acquiring knowledge and getting educated are
1. Not giving respect to the preceptor who is imparting knowledge, and also not giving due respect to the subject by constant practice
2. Too much of haste, too much eagerness, too much of avariciousness
3. Too much of self praise.. boasting about ones own knowledge.. receiving too much of praise from others on a person's learning and knowledge..
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So many murders do happen due to jealousy and intolerance.. Even otherwise, jealousy and intolerance burns away all that is good in a man... and he is dying a gradual death..
Unnecessary argument would carry us nowhere.. But that can cause distress to the one who argues as well as the one who listens.. And dry arguments often provoke anger in others.. and that can result in strife and even death.. More than that an argumentative person would be shunned by all.. and that could mean social rationalization and virtual death. And above all, arguments, in excess can bore one to death..
Education would progress in the proper manner only if the student is in a receptive mood.. If the student has no respect for the knowledge of the teacher, and if he is not having much devotion to the subject of study how can there be any progress?
Human mind has its limitations.. Things can be imbibed only through assiduous practice.. Education and training are time bound.. Shortcuts and haste would never help.. never.. Often we forget this when preparing for competitive examinations. The apparent success in the short term perspective would only generate incompetent and least equipped work force.. and human beings..
And we are all basically vain.. We succumb to praise.. When we are praised even for small achievements, we tend to believe that we are super heroes.. And that would spell doom for our further pursuit in acquisition of knowledge.. And when a person just starts boasting and bragging about his own knowledge, that is the end of his education.. Some people brag by telling belittling things about themselves.. expecting others to contradict them and praise them.. That too is just bragging bottled in a slightly different manner..
These points are worth a lot of consideration..

choice is ours. we can give voluntarily or choose to get robbed.



choice is ours. we can give voluntarily or choose to get robbed..
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เคธเคž्เคšिเคคเคฎ् เค•्เคฐเคคुเคทु เคจोเคชเคฏुเคž्เคš्เคฏเคคे
เคฏाเคšिเคคเคฎ् เค—ुเคฃเคตเคคे เคจ เคฆीเคฏเคคे
เคคเคฆ् เค•เคฆเคฐ्เคฏ्เคฏเคชเคฐिเค—เคคं เคงเคจं
เคšोเคฐเคชाเคฐ्เคฅिเคตเค—ृเคนेเคทु เคญुเคž्เคœ्เคฏเคคे॥เฅฉเฅจ
เคšाเคฃเค•्เคฏเคฐाเคœเคจीเคคिเคถाเคธ्เคค्เคฐे เค…เคง्เคฏाเคฏः เฅง
saรฑcitam kratuแนฃu nopayuncyate
yฤcitam guแน‡avate na dฤซyate
tad kadarthaparigataแน dhanaแน
corapฤrthivagแน›heแนฃu bhuรฑjyate||32
cฤแน‡akyarฤjanฤซtiล›ฤstre adhyฤyaแธฅ 1
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People amass wealth with eagerness and great enthusiasm..
But they fail to utilize and spend such wealth for right causes.
What happens to such wealth.?
Chanakya says.
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" The accumulated wealth of a stingy person is not usually applied for socially useful purposes.
Nor any part of it is given to good people who ask for it or even beg for it.
Such wealth accumulated for some selfish and ignoble purpose ultimately converts itself into sumptuous food in the household of a thief of a king"
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The management experts and the leadership pundits are very keen to groom people to attain the peak capacity to earn and accumulate money.
The economist or investment expert will give us sound advise as to how multiply such money earned in the shortest possible time.
But the majority of the people with huge wealth are not inclined to share even a part of it with the people who are less fortunate.
Nor are they prepared to recycle the funds for some socially useful purpose without profit motive.
They are possessive, rather stingy, about money...
Ultimately, they fall to swindlers who play upon their ego or they shell out most of the earning by way of Government Levies..
Alternately their money can be stolen by thieves, either burglars or suave e-hackers.
Is it not better that some good souls enjoy the benefits of your earning while you watch and you have the satisfaction that you gave it to them voluntarily?
The other choice is that your wealth is stolen away by burglars or inflation, or is simply taken away by the Government by way of taxes while you live or when you are dead.

เคจ เคนि เคงเคฐ्เคฎाเคฐ्เคฅเคธिเคฆ्เคง्เคฏเคฐ्เคฅं เคชाเคจเคฎेเคตं เคช्เคฐเคถเคธ्เคฏเคคे




เคจ เคนि เคงเคฐ्เคฎाเคฐ्เคฅเคธिเคฆ्เคง्เคฏเคฐ्เคฅं เคชाเคจเคฎेเคตं เคช्เคฐเคถเคธ्เคฏเคคे।
เคชाเคจाเคฆเคฐ्เคฅเคถ्เคš เคงเคฐ्เคฎเคถ्เคš เค•ाเคฎเคถ्เคš เคชเคฐिเคนीเคฏเคคे॥
เคถ्เคฐीเคฎเคฆ्เคตाเคฒ्เคฎीเค•ीเคฏे เคฐाเคฎाเคฏเคฃे เค•िเคท्เค•िเคจ्เคงाเค•ाเคฃ्เคกे เฅฉเฅฉ-เฅชเฅฌ
na hi dharmฤrthasiddhyarthaแน pฤnamevaแน praล›asyate|
pฤnฤdarthaล›ca dharmaล›ca kฤmaล›ca parihฤซyate||
ล›rฤซmadvฤlmฤซkฤซye rฤmฤyane kiแนฃkindhฤkฤแน‡แธe 33-46
This is what Lakshmana says in the Kishkindaakandam of Valmikiramayanam..
Sure, it is not desirable to indulge in drinking intoxicating hooch if one desires the fulfillment of his Dharma or proper living and gain of wealth and welfare..
In fact, when one gets addicted to drinks, his proper conduct and lifestyle, his wealth, and the fulfillment of all his fond desires.. all these received setback and he is sliding down in his stature..
The four purposes of life are Dharma, Artha, Kama and Moksha..
Once a fellow consumes hooch, his mind gets clouded and his sense of proper behaviour and right action are lost.. His dharma gets hit there.
Dependence on drinks leads to wastage of resources through wrong spending, and careless spending too.. and this, coupled with the lack of right activity on the part of the drinker, leads to depletion and destruction of wealth, if any in the possessing of the drinker.
And an addict loses all senses and his social standing is eroded, and he has no proper resources and he has no capacity to pursue his fond desires and dreams.. So his Kama is also gone.
Of course, Lakshmana does not talk about Moksha.. But if a fellow indulges in excessive drinking, Moksha is ensured if quick death is indicated by that word.. But if Moksha means emancipation and happiness in the life after death, a drinker can hardly hope for it..
So drinking is a killer in the present and future too..
(The backdrop of the statement is this.
After Sugriva the monkey and Rama became friends, and Rama restored the leadership of monkeys to Sugriva after killing Bali, and Sugriva had promised to help Rama in searching for the lost Sita.. a few months elapsed.. Sugriva just entered his city Kishkinda and indulged himself in wine and women, while Rama and Lakshmana were expecting proper action by Sugriva in the search of Sita.. The brothers were spending their time in the outskirts of Kishkinda, braving the rainy season,, just hoping that Sugriva would come out and take proper action.. However months passed and it looked as if Sugriva had conveniently forgotten his part in the pact.. Rama was enraged, and he sends Lakshmana to Kishkinda with a note of warning..
When Lakshmana enters the city, anger personified, Sugriva is stuck with mortal fear.. He send Thara, the beautiful queen of Bali to meet and pacify Lakshmana.
Of course Lakshmana is a Royal gentleman and he would not show anger to a lady..
So he addresses Thara in calm words.. He is warning against the attitude of Sugriva who has forgotten his duties and is just spending his time in consuming hooch..
The warning not is that if Sugriva just failed to forget his commitment to Rama, then his Dharma, Artha and Kama all could vanish in a moment .. if the anger of Rama and Lakshmana worked against him.)
Messages against drinking are in plenty.. Such messages are read, praised, but mostly not put into practice.
One more such message in the hope that it would do some good to all.

เคฎिเคค्เคฐเคธ्เคฏ เคฎा เคšเค•्เคทुเคทा เคธเคฐ्เคตाเคฃि เคญूเคคाเคจि เคธเคฎीเค•्เคทเคจ्เคคाเคฎ्



เคฎिเคค्เคฐเคธ्เคฏ เคฎा เคšเค•्เคทुเคทा เคธเคฐ्เคตाเคฃि เคญूเคคाเคจि เคธเคฎीเค•्เคทเคจ्เคคाเคฎ्।
เคฎिเคค्เคฐเคธ्เคฏ เคšเค•्เคทुเคทा เคธเคฐ्เคตाเคฃि เคญूเคคाเคจि เคธเคฎीเค•्เคทे ।
เคฎिเคค्เคฐเคธ्เคฏ เคšเค•्เคทुเคทा เคธเคฎीเค•्เคทाเคฎเคนे।
เคฏเคœुเคฐ्เคตेเคฆเคฎ् 38-18
เคฆूเคฐเค™्เค—เคฎं เคœ्เคฏोเคคिเคทां เคœ्เคฏोเคคिเคฐेเค•ः เคคเคจ्เคฎे เคฎเคจः เคถिเคตเคธเค™्เค•เคฒ्เคชเคฎเคธ्เคคु।
เคฏเคœुเคฐ्เคตेเคฆं เคตाเคœเคธเคจेเคฏी เคธंเคนिเคคा 34 - 1
Mitrasya chakshushaa sarvaani bhutani sameekshantaam
Mitrasya chakshushaa sarvaani bhootaani sameekshe
Mitrasya,chakshuushaa sameekshaamahe
Yajurvedam 34 -1
Doorangamam jyothishaam jyotirekah
Tan me manah shiva sankalpamastu
I present before you
two great mantrams from yajurveda.
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The first Prayer from Yajurvedam
May all things present in the universe look upon one another with the eyes of friendship and goodwill.
I see, I am eager to see and perceive, all things around me with the eyes of friendship and goodwill.
Thus may we all look upon one another wit the eyes of friendship
And from Vajasaneyi samnhita comes the second mantram
May my mind reflect on that being with brilliant effulgence- spreading its glory far and -- the shine that alone causes everything to shine-- and may that mind of mine desire only what is good for me and others.
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The prayers are for universal friendship and universal goodwill.
Of course a devout person will say the first prayer is to Mitra.. the Sun.
Yes Mitra is the greatest friend of all of us. Without him we have no existence. So that prayer is in order
The second prayer iis conceived by the devotees as directed towards Shiva..
Yes Lord Shiva is the embodiment of all that is great and peaceful.
So the desire to contemplate on Shiva who is the source of all the brilliance far and near is also very correct.
Shivasankalpam is sublime beyond words and thoughts.
We just saw Divinity in all that is sublime..at least Vedas did so.

I am not at all bothered about the source from which knowledge and information comes...



I am not at all bothered about the source from which knowledge and information comes...
I devour the contents, wherever it comes from, be it printed books, be it manuscript or scraps, be it electronice documents or voice recorded or videographed material or a discourse from a learned person or a lecture from a professor.. or even a talk with a friend
In fact availability of pdf or other electronic formats of books and documents have actually revolutionized the realm of knowledge..
Now there will be no one in the world who would be forced to suffer ignorance for lack of reading material..
Many sites.. many books that could be downloaded free or through payments..
Of course the inclination to read can vary from person to person..
And, fully knowing that I would not be able to read too many books in the time left for me, I never stop acquiring any sort of book..
Normally, we accountants and taxmen talk of book balance as the money available as per account books
However, my idea of book balance is that state of balance of mind we can attain by reading good books, or the balance we can keep in regulating our lived to have sufficient time to read books..

Why are people following Godmen of first to last century? Or alive Godmen of this century?



Why are people following Godmen of first to last century?
Or alive Godmen of this century?
They follow such Godmen's cult or even religion.
They even make 'filmy' bhajans on these godmen for popularity.
They make temples and churches and mosques and other prayer halls for the followers!
What drives these activities? Is it only money consideration?
Someone asks
My honest respnse
Religion and its observation are above five percent faith and the rest showmanship.
There may be a tiny fraction of conviction too..
And in any organized group activity, the more showy, the more talkative a person is, the more attention he draws and he is more popular..
Take for example a leader of a Namasankeerthanam gang.. More than his musical talent, the build up given to him by his team and others, the way he makes funny gestures while he sings, the way he makes funny noises in the middle, the way he would appear to be possessed with the presence of some god at some point, all these adds to his success. Every perfoming artist resorts to certain gimmicks unique to him..
At every point of history,the best showmen became leaders..
From Vyasa Valmiki, Krishna and a lot of them like that upto the modern swamys, periavals, gurus.. all are like that
Krishnas choice of a dramatic occasions to give Gita, his Rasaleela or his dance on the head of a Sanke... are some such occasions. Without such incients, would he have reached such a fame..
This idea applies to any divine personage in any religion or faith.
And there is a secondary line of godmen who pretend to be ardent followers of the men at top, and try to gain mileage but generation mass hysteria over the name and fame of the senior leader.. but they would be biding for their time to stab the leader on his back, throw him away from his seat and quietly occupy the seat falling vacant.
If there are two teachers, one of them well stocked in knowledge but less articulate, and another whose knowledge has many blank spaces but who talks and and presents things well, the second would become more successful and the leader too
No human being is above vanity, showmanship and worship of what is apparent than what is substantial comes instinctively to all the people
Maybe there are people who are indeed very deep and wide in their intellectual content, but if they do not show off, they would not be praised or followed in Society
Do you think there was no greater swami in India aprat from Vivekananda ?
Do you think there was no greater political leader in India apart from Gandhi?
And in the field of music, fine arts, word-craft etc, the persons who are able to churn up the emotions of the audience albeit temporarily are the only successful ones
We are carried way by the tall talks of many film stars..
We even attribute spotless character and all qualities like selflessness, chastity etc in such persons..
Remember, they are professional actors.
And let us remember, all leaders are consummate actors too..
No one can be really successful if he cannot have at least two faces.
It is a tragedy that often we have to show two faces even for mere survival..

Tuesday, April 23, 2024

เค›ाเคฏाเคฎเคจ्เคฏเคธ्เคฏ เค•ुเคฐ्เคตเคจ्เคคि เคคिเคท्เค เคจ्เคคि เคธ्เคตเคฏเคฎाเคคเคชे



เค›ाเคฏाเคฎเคจ्เคฏเคธ्เคฏ เค•ुเคฐ्เคตเคจ्เคคि เคคिเคท्เค เคจ्เคคि เคธ्เคตเคฏเคฎाเคคเคชे ।
เคซเคฒाเคจ्เคฏเคชि เคชเคฐाเคฐ्เคฅाเคฏ เคตृเค•्เคทाः เคธเคค्เคชुเคทा เคˆเคต ॥
chฤyฤmanyasya kurvanti tiแนฃแนญhanti svayam ฤtape
phalฤnyapi parฤrthฤya vแน›kแนฃฤแธฅ satpuruแนฃฤ iva
There is a lot in common between a grown tree and a mature noble person
The tree stands immobile in scorching sun and gives shadow to living beings who take shelter underneath them
The fruits growing in the trees are also given free as food for others.
Great people too are like that.
They would receive and endure the brunt of misfortune, suffering and torture meted out and protect others from difficulties in that process.
But others who are watching this and can understand the sacrifice should not permit the tree to suffer always..
Remember, the tree would choose to suffer for ever but if the heat is too great, its foliage, branches and trunk .. all would dry up and the tree would die.
So there would be no tree and and no shadow..
Therefore devoted care should be taken to add water at the roots of the tree when the summer is at is peak..
Instead we watch the tree to rot, so that we can cut the timber easily..
This happens in the case of noble souls too..
Will we ever change?
เด›ാเดฏാเดฎเดจ്เดฏเดธ്เดฏ เด•ുเดฐ്‍เดตเดจ്เดคി เดคിเดท്เด เดจ്เดคി เดธ്เดตเดฏം เด†เดคเดชേ
เดซเดฒാเดจ്เดฏเดชി เดชเดฐാเดฐ്เดฅാเดฏ เดตൃเด•്เดทാഃ เดธเดค്เดชുเดฐുเดทാ เด‡เดต
เดฎเดนാเดตൃเด•്เดทเด™്เด™เดณ്‍เด•്เด•ും เดจเดฒ്เดฒ เดฎเดจเดธ്เดธുเดณ്เดณ เดต്เดฏเด•്เดคിเด•เดณ്‍เด•്เด•ും เด‡เดŸเดฏിเดฒ്‍ เด’เดฐുเดชാเดŸു เด•ാเดฐ്เดฏเด™്เด™เดณ്‍ เดธാเดฎ്เดฏเดฎാเดฏുเดฃ്เดŸ്
เดตൃเด•്เดทเด™്เด™เดณ്‍ เดชൊเดฐിเดฏുเดจ്เดจ เดตെเดฏിเดฒเดค്เดค് เด‡เดฒเด•เดณും เด•ൊเดฎ്เดชുเด•เดณും เดตിเดŸเดฐ്‍เดค്เดคി เด•്เดฒേเดถം เดธเดนിเดš്เดšു เดจിเดตเดฐ്‍เดจ്เดจു เดจിเดฒ്‍เด•്เด•ുเดจ്เดจു.. เด…เดตเดฏുเดŸെ เดจിเดดเดฒിเดฒ്‍ เดŽเดค്เดฐเดฏോ เดœീเดตിเด•เดณ്‍เด•്เด•് เด†เดถ്เดตാเดธം เด•ിเดŸ്เดŸുเดจ്เดจു. เดฎเดฐเด™്เด™เดณിเดฒ്‍ เด•ാเดฏ്เด•്เด•ുเดจ്เดจ เดชเดดเด™്เด™เดณും เดธ്เดตเดฏം เดคിเดจ്เดจเดจเดฒ്เดฒ.. เดตเดฐുเดจ്เดจเดตเดฐ്‍เด•്เด•െเดฒ്เดฒാം เดตീเดคിเดš്เดšു เด•ൊเดŸുเด•്เด•ാเดจുเดณ്เดณเดต เดฎാเดค്เดฐം
เดจเดฒ്เดฒ เดฎเดจുเดท്เดฏเดฐും เด‡เดคുเดชോเดฒെ เด’เด•്เด•െเดฏാเดฃ്. เดธ്เดตเดฏം เดœീเดตിเดคเดค്เดคിเดฒ്‍ เดŽเดจ്เดคൊเด•്เด•െ เดตിเดทเดฎเด™്เด™เดณ്‍ เดธเดนിเดš്เดšാเดฒും เด†เดถ്เดฐเดฏിเดš്เดšു เดจിเดฒ്‍เด•്เด•ുเดจ്เดจ เดตเดฐെ เดเดคുเดตിเดงേเดจเดฏും เดธംเดฐเด•്เดทിเด•്เด•ാเดจ്‍ เดตേเดฃ്เดŸി เดชാเดŸുเดชെเดŸുเดจ്เดจു. เดคാเดจ്‍ เดจേเดŸിเดฏเดคും เดจേเดŸുเดจ്เดจเดคും เดจെเดฑ്เดตാเดจ്‍ เดชോเด•ുเดจ്เดจเดคും เดŽเดฒ്เดฒാം เดฎเดฑ്เดฑുเดณ്เดณเดตเดฐ്‍เด•്เด•് เดตേเดฃ്เดŸി เดฎാเดค്เดฐเดฎാเดฃ് เดŽเดจ്เดจ് เด…เดตเดฐ്‍ เดธ്เดตเดจ്เดคം เดœീเดตിเดคം เด•ൊเดฃ്เดŸ് เดคെเดณിเดฏിเดš്เดšുเด•ൊเดฃ്เดŸേเดฏിเดฐിเด•്เด•ുเดจ്เดจു

the merits of each of the fifteen Tithis in Mahalaya paksham



Now I am trying to attempt the merits of each of the fifteen Tithis in Mahalaya paksham and also the following Ashvina Shukla pratipadam.. the prathama tithi following the Mahalaya Amavasya..
I quote from what Sage Markandeya Said..
เคฎाเคฐ्เค•เคฃ्เคกेเคฏ
เค•เคจ्เคฏाเค—เคคे เคธเคตिเคคเคฐि เคฆिเคจाเคจि เคฆเคถเคชเคž्เคš เคš เคชाเคฐ्เคตเคฃेเคจ เคตिเคงिเคจा เคคเคค्เคฐ เคถ्เคฐाเคฆ्เคงเคฎ् เคตिเคงीเคฏเคคे॥
เคช्เคฐเคคिเคชเคฆ् เคงเคจเคฒाเคญाเคฏ เคฆ्เคตिเคคीเคฏा เคนि เคช्เคฐเคœाเคช्เคฐเคฆा เคตเคฐाเคฐ्เคฅिเคจां เคคृเคคीเคฏा เคš เคšเคคुเคฐ्เคฅी เคถเคค्เคฐुเคจाเคถिเคจी॥
เคถ्เคฐिเคฏं เคช्เคฐाเคช्เคจोเคคि เคชเคž्เคšเคฎ्เคฏां เคทเคท्เค ्เคฏां เคชूเคœ्เคฏो เคญเคตेเคจ्เคจเคฐः।เค—เคฃเคงिเคชเคค्เคฏं เคธเคช्เคคเคฎ्เคฏां เค…เคท्เคŸเคฎ्เคฏां เคตृเคฆ्เคงिเคฎुเคค्เคคเคฎเคฎ्॥
เคธ्เคค्เคฐिเคฏो เคจเคตเคฎ्เคฏां เคช्เคฐाเคช्เคจोเคคि เคฆเคถเคฎ्เคฏां เคชूเคฐ्เคฃเค•ाเคฎเคคां เคตेเคฆांเคธ्เคคเคฅाเคช्เคจुเคฏाเคค्เคธเคฐ्เคตाเคจेเค•ाเคฆเคถ्เคฏां เค•्เคฐिเคฏाเคชเคฐः॥
เคฆ्เคตाเคฆเคถ्เคฏां เคนेเคฎเคฒाเคญं เคš เคช्เคฐाเคช्เคจोเคคि เคชिเคคृเคชूเคœเค•ः॥
เคช्เคฐเคœां เคฎेเคงां เคชเคถूเคจ् เคชुเคท्เคŸिं เคš เคตृเคฆ्เคงिเคฎुเคค्เคคเคฎाเคฎ्॥
เคฆीเคฐ्เค˜เคฎाเคฏुเคท्เคฏเคฎैเคถ्เคตเคฐ्เคฏं เค•ुเคฐ्เคตाเคฃเคธ्เคคु เคค्เคฐเคฏोเคฆเคถीเคฎ्।
เค…เคตाเคช्เคจोเคคि เคจ เคธเคจ्เคฆेเคนः เคถ्เคฐाเคฆ्เคงเคฎ् เคถ्เคฐเคฆ्เคงाเคชเคฐो เคจเคฐः।
เคฏुเคตाเคจो เคชिเคคเคฐो เคฏเคธ्เคฏ เคธ्เคฎृเคคाः เคถเคธ्เคค्เคฐेเคฃ เคตै เคนเคคाः।
เคคेเคจ เค•ाเคฐ्เคฏं เคšเคคुเคฐ्เคฆเคถ्เคฏां เคคेเคทां เค‹เคฆ्เคงिเคฎเคญीเคช्เคธเคคाเคฎ्।
เคถ्เคฐाเคฆ्เคงं เคคु เค•ुเคฐ्เคตเคจ्เคจเคฎाเคตाเคธ्เคฏाเคฏां เค…เคจ्เคจेเคจ เคชुเคฐुเคทाः เคถुเคšिः।
เคธเคฐ्เคตाเคจ् เค•ाเคฎाเคจ् เค…เคตाเคช्เคจोเคคि เคธ्เคตเคฐ्เค—ं เคš เค…เคค्เคฏเคจ्เคคเคฎเคถ्เคจुเคคे॥
เค†เคถ्เคตिเคจเคถुเค•्เคณเคช्เคฐเคคिเคชเคฆि เคฆौเคนिเคค्เคฐเคธ्เคฏ เคฎाเคคाเคฎเคนเคธ्เคฐाเคฆ्เคงเคฎुเคค्เคคเคฎं॥
mฤrkฤแน‡แธeya
kanyฤgate savitari dinฤni daล›apaรฑca ca pฤrvaแน‡ena vidhinฤ tatra ล›rฤddham vidhฤซyate||
pratipad dhanalฤbhฤya dvitฤซyฤ hi prajฤpradฤ varฤrthinฤแน tแน›tฤซyฤ ca caturthฤซ ล›atrunฤล›inฤซ||
ล›riyaแน prฤpnoti paรฑcamyฤแน แนฃaแนฃแนญhyฤแน pลซjyo bhavennaraแธฅ|gaแน‡adhipatyaแน saptamyฤแน aแนฃแนญamyฤแน vแน›ddhimuttamam||
striyo navamyฤแน prฤpnoti daล›amyฤแน pลซrแน‡akฤmatฤแน vedฤแนstathฤpnuyฤtsarvฤnekฤdaล›yฤแน kriyฤparaแธฅ||
dvฤdaล›yฤแน hemalฤbhaแน ca prฤpnoti pitแน›pลซjakaแธฅ||
prajฤแน medhฤแน paล›ลซn puแนฃแนญiแน ca vแน›ddhimuttamฤm||
dฤซrghamฤyuแนฃyamaiล›varyaแน kurvฤแน‡astu trayodaล›ฤซm |
avฤpnoti na sandehaแธฅ ล›rฤddham ล›raddhฤparo naraแธฅ|
yuvฤno pitaro yasya smแน›tฤแธฅ ล›astreแน‡a vai hatฤแธฅ|
tena kฤryaแน caturdaล›yฤแน teแนฃฤแน แน›ddhimabhฤซpsatฤm|
ล›rฤddhaแน tu kurvannamฤvฤsyฤyฤแน annena puruแนฃฤแธฅ ล›uciแธฅ|
sarvฤn kฤmฤn avฤpnoti svargaแน ca atyantamaล›nute||
ฤล›vinaล›ukแธปapratipadi dauhitrasya mฤtฤmahasrฤddhamuttamaแน||
When the Sun enters the Kanya Rasi, it is ordained that Shraddham as per Parvana Vidhi should be conducted for fiftten days..
( The days to be reckoned are from the Prathama Tithi after the pournami in Kanya month.. the fifteen days upto Amavasya.. and in some cases the Prathama Tithi after the Amavasya ( called the mahalaya amavasa )too.
The sraddham performed on the Prathama tithi of Krishna Paksham during mahalaya.. would bless us with a lot of money and affluence
The Sraddham performed on the Dvitheeya following the above would bless the performes with health progeny.
The Sraddham performed on the thriteeya following the aboue would help in finding suitable Varas or grooms for the females in the family.
The Sraddham performed on the Chaturthi following the above would destroy one's enemies.
The Sraddham performed on the Panchami following the above would bless us with Shree.. the presence of affluence and plenty and grace at home.
The Sraddham performed on the Shashti following the above would make the performer respected by all.
The Sraddham performed on the Saptami following the above would make the performer the leader of the groups and clans in which he lives.
The Sraddham performed on the Ashtami following the above would provide Vriddhi to the family.. birth of children, marriage, happy functions, increase in possessions and so on.
The Sraddham performed on the Navami following the above would help in finding suitable brides for the males in the family.
The Sraddham performed on the Dashami following the above would help in one attaining all that he desired very fondly.
The Sraddham performed on the Ekadashi following the above would help the performer getting deep knowledge in Vedas.
The Sraddham performed on the Dvaadashi following the above would enable the performer to earn Gold in plenty, Children, Intellect, Cattle, general increase in affluence, and progress and expansion in the family in all its aspects.
The Sraddham performed on the thryayodashi following the above would, no doubt, provide us with long life and prosperity.
Those whose fathers have departed into memory at very young age.. perhaps by fate, and those persons whose fathers and grandsires have been killed by weapons, and the kin of the youth who departed too young, should performe Sradhams for such departed persons on Krishna Chaturdashi.. if they desire progress for themselves and satisfaction for the departed ones.
And those who perform Sraddham on Amavasya.. with arrangement for feeding the Bhokthas with rice too, and if they perform the sraddham after ensuring that they are pure both physically and mentally, they would attain all that is to be attained on this earth, and would reach the ultimate heaven when they depart..
And on the Shukla Prathama.. the day usually following the Mahalaya Amavasya, the Grandsons by daughters should perfom Shraddam for the maternal grandfather and his predecessors.. Some hold the view that even maternal uncles should be included here..
The literature and discussions on the subject can run to volumes.. and there can be variations in views about to comparative merits of certain tithis.. These can be discussed in due cours..
But paying respects to Departed elders during Mahalayam or pittupaksham is considered our duty.. and such memorial performance is sure to bring great welfare and divine grace..

the spirit of Mahalya Sraddham



Mahalaya Sraaddham
The rituals and mantrams are discussed by all..
The punyam that can accrue from observing the rituals on this day and the fortnight preceding are discussed by one and all..
Every other person now is a priest, a guru, in social media..
But just was pondering over the nobility and affection the innocent Hindu had that prompted the ritual..
The tarpanams or the idea of offering water and til to the departed parents and grandparents is really a matter of love..
Ultimately our anxiety is that they do not go hungry and thirsty even after they are death.
( Often we are foolish and even cruel when we do not pay sufficient attention to ensure that they do not starve either for food or love when they are alive.. mostly it is not cruelty.. but ignorance and disorganization of thoughs and emotions)
During this fortnight we go steps further..
Our attempt is to ensure that food and water are offered in remembrance of all those kin who departed..
We offer oblations to departed teachers, kings, friends and to anyone we love.
It is a gesture that we care..
It is a declaration that after all we are not that selfish..
I think if we can think of all who were or are part of our lives with affection and gratitude, we are adding something divine to the silly lives of ours..
Instead of debating over whether we should wear tuft or panchakatcham, or whether we should provide selfies or pot shots of the ritual, let us ponder over the basic state of mind that makes him feel warmth to the departed fellow human beings.

how we mourn.. the Vedic way



When someone dies all the near and dear are supposed to show sorrow.. in fact they were even expected to offer tarpanam with til and water.. but then that was gradually restricted to Sapindas..
We have to express sorrow, and show sorrow too.. It is supposed that the preta actually watches it and feels even pleased when people grieve over it..
The respect for the departed soul as per our scriptures extend to all near and dear, friends, servants and even non human friends as in the case of Jatayu.. as revealed by Rama..
The expression should be that I too am sad, I share the pangs of death.. Shoshuchat.... etc..
It is not sure everyone reaches akshaya punya loka.. It is all according to their Karmas..
There is no mourning when a Yati dies.. No one should condole..
And you can take a bath on hearing the news of a death of anyone who is dear to you..
If you are talking about social niceties, then this post is not very relevant..
Mixing of Vedic and scriptural needs with western practices can only create some asamanchanam.. or a mule..

A confession to Varuna, the protector of Order in the universe, that we make every evening after our Evening water oblations to Sandhya



A confession to Varuna, the protector of Order in the universe, that we make every evening after our Evening water oblations to Sandhya
This is a mantram in Rigvedam and Yajurvedam too.
เค‡เคฎं เคฎे เคตเคฐुเคฃ เคถ्เคฐुเคงी เคนเคตเคฎเคฆ्เคฏा เคš เคฎृเคกเคฏ เคค्เคตां เค…เคตเคธ्เคฏुเคฐाเคšเค•े เคคเคค्เคตा เคฏाเคฎि เคฌ्เคฐเคน्เคฎเคฃा เคตเคจ्เคฆเคฎाเคจเคธ्เคคเคฆाเคถाเคธ्เคคे เคฏเคœเคฎाเคจो เคนเคตिเคฐ्เคญिः เค…เคนेเคกเคฎाเคจो เคตเคฐुเคฃेเคนเคฌोเคง्เคฏुเคฐुंเคถเคฎाเคจ เค†เคฏुः เคช्เคฐเคฎोเคทीः เคฏเคš्เคšिเคฆ्เคงि เคคे เคตिเคถो เคฏเคฅा เคช्เคฐเคฆेเคตा เคตเคฐुเคฃเคต्เคฐเคคं เคฎिเคจीเคฎเคธि เคฆ्เคฏเคตि เคฆ्เคฏเคตि เคฏเคค्เค•िเคž्เคšेเคฆं เคตเคฐुเคฃ्เคฆैเคต्เคฏे เคœเคจेเคญिเคฆ्เคฐोเคนं เคฎเคจुเคท्เคฏाเคถ्เคšเคฐाเคฎเคธि เค…เคšिเคค्เคคीเคฏเคค्เคคเคต เคงเคฐ्เคฎा เคฏुเคฏोเคชिเคฎ เคฎा เคจเคธ्เคคเคธ्เคฎाเคฆेเคจเคธो เคฆेเคตเคฐीเคฐिเคทः เค•िเคคเคตाเคธो เคฏเคฆ्เคฐिเคชुเคฐ्เคจเคฆिเคตि เคฏเคฆ्เคตाเค˜ा เคธเคค्เคฏเคฎुเคคเคฏเคจ्เคจ เคตिเคฆ्เคฎ เคธเคฐ्เคตा เคคा เคตिเคท्เคฏ เคถिเคฅिเคฐेเคต เคฆेเคตाเคฅा เคคे เคธ्เคฏाเคฎ เคตเคฐुเคฃ เคช्เคฐिเคฏाเคธः
imaแน me varuแน‡a ล›rudhฤซ havamadyฤ ca mแน›แธaya tvฤแน avasyurฤcake tatvฤ yฤmi brahmaแน‡ฤ vandamฤnastadฤล›ฤste yajamฤno havirbhiแธฅ aheแธamฤno varuแน‡ehabodhyuruแนล›amฤna ฤyuแธฅ pramoแนฃฤซแธฅ yacciddhi te viล›o yathฤ pradevฤ varuแน‡avrataแน minฤซmasi dyavi dyavi yatkiรฑcedaแน varuแน‡daivye janebhidrohaแน manuแนฃyฤล›carฤmasi acittฤซyattava dharmฤ yuyopima mฤ nastasmฤdenaso devarฤซriแนฃaแธฅ kitavฤso yadripurnadivi yadvฤghฤ satyamutayanna vidma sarvฤ tฤ viแนฃya ล›ithireva devฤthฤ te syฤma varuแน‡a priyฤsaแธฅ
Oh Varuna, may you be pleased to listen to this prayer and entreaty of mine
May you be pleased to bring comfort and welfare to me now itself
Desirous of my own protection I am standing in front of you and making this prayer
With that purpose in mind, I am taking refuge under your protection by making prayers to you as prescribed by the Vedas
with that purpose in my, I am offering oblations for you with my own body as if it is the oblation prescribed in yajnas and request you to make me happy and comfortable
May you, with a heart filled with endearing thoughts for me,
be pleased to take note of this prayer of mine
May you not entertain any thoughts to curtail of reduce my life span and may you not entertain any thoughts that would destroy my life itself
I confess that I have defaulted in and have gone contrary to the rules and penances prescribed by the rules which are protected by you, although you expect that I should follow such rules without fail. I submit that we are mere human beings who lack proper sense and discretion
May you be pleased not to cause us harm or destruction for the wrong action perpetrated by me by causing default to our duties and services towards gods as prescribed by the Vedas
Indeed, I am often thwarting the guidelines and directions ordained for me by gods ( which you Varuna is duty bound to keep in place), and in that way I look like an enemy and a fake person. Often, I commit transgressions in the divine rules of propriety with my full knowledge. Alternately I deviate from the rules prescribed by the divines without our knowledge.. I do sins openly and clandestinely too.
I submit that the Supreme being Varuna may be pleased to treat my errors and misdeeds in a benign manner, take them as aberrations and shatter the sins arising out of them and make me a person dear to him
( Here “We”.. the plural of I too can fit in the whole context of the prayer.. In effect it is a confession before the Judge Varuna seeking pardon and protection)

Monday, April 22, 2024

one alternate name for Mother Earth is Kshama which means patience



For Vedic rites, collecting twigs, kusha and doova grass, earth from the colonies of ants, all were done after invoking the permission of the herb or creature concerned.. permission is sought from the trees and plants before Bilva and Thulasi are plucked.. 
Above all, it was the custom to cut small twigs from certain trees with thorny branches, which oozed milk too, and use them for cleaning the teeth every morning.. 
Even for that, there is a mantra requesting the plant to give permission, and bless us with health because we used their branch for our own purification..
We really know how to love our mother earth and the constituents who live along with us.. 
But nowadays we appear to veer towards callous neglect to respect such things, maybe because we have started to take things for granted..
Anyway, one alternate name for Mother Earth is Kshama which means patience.. So we can hope that She will pardon us.

That is the beauty of Indian thought.. Indians are never dogmatic



when we study the wise sayings and philosophies set out in old texts, we find that sometimes ideas which are absolutely contradictory to one another are canvassed as the ideals under different circumstances..
A peripheral reader would think that it is a contradiction galore
It is not so
My views on it
That is the beauty of Indian thought..
Indians are never dogmatic .
They know certain life principles which are right in some given settings, would be inappropriate in in other environs
The basic ideas should be internalized along with the surrounding circumstances too..
Ultimately good and useful ideas should be followed and bad and not so useful should be shunned.. That is all
The overall circumstances play the vital role in determining what is good and what is not so good
The subhashitams, or for that matter any outside advise from anyone, and even the analysis of pros and cons by our own intellect, are just aids for is in decision making..
The decision making is left to the individual, that is ourselves.. Any amount of advice would be useless we falter while taking the right decision finally.

Our ancient culture and religion are really two separate entities



Our ancient culture and religion are really two separate entities.
But quite unlike the western civilizations, every philosophic tenet has a religious face and vice versa.
You may be able to study Aristotle or Socrates without any touch of religion, but not Chanakya and Kanada that way.
So for a student of Indian Philosophy, even if he may be of very open mind viz-a-viz religion and God, the study of Religion becomes compulsory and inevitable.
Here a very difficult situation arises.
To make extensive queries on philosophy is a sign of mental alertness and thirst for knowledge.
But when specious and hair splitting question about the ritual in temples and religious questions are raised, no one can really give an answer.
As philosophy and culture in India have an inseparable relation to religion, the inscrutability of religious practices affect our understanding of our culture and philosophy.
Really wise scholars like Radhakrishnan etc knew how to draw the line.
The swamis and seers, mixed the philosophy and culture with religion to their own advantage.
There are great philosophical and cultural undercurrents in the writings of Sankara, Ramanja, Madhwa,,,,,, to Ramakrishna and Vivekananda, Tagore,... to the present day Sri Sri, Amrita some this and that Chaitanyas and even upanyaskaras like
Sundarkumar and Nochur.
If the discerning persons know what is to be respected as great philosophy and cultural residues, and what is to be dismissed as mere religious tenets bordering on fanaticism and superstition, he is safe.
Otherwise there can be only strife.
An intelligent person should skirt superstitious parts of religion. It is meaningless to question,, because it will hurt the hardcore believer and invite enemies from unexpected quarters.
But gems of immense value have got mixed up with the ashes and much of superfluity in the relics of our past.
If our forefathers were primitive in their approach to certain issues, we can try to correct those in this generation but criticizing the dead souls who gave us many good things is lack of Grace.