there are many cats and many more bells. but who is going to bell which cat?

 

Increasing taxes based on social activities, and sharing or redistribution of the resources equitably and by exhibiting films to trigger social awareness were all suggested with great relish as the clarion calls for the day to bring about the dawn of a most luminous and resplendent state of affairs here.. My two pennies on the subject I posted as a reply.. But that got a natural burial.. My response posted below..

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The issues are far more complex that being listed supra.. First, the people of India rallied against a colonist power and managed to establish democracy..True, such democracy can thrive only in the shadow of patriotism.. But patriotism is a really tough proposition.. Patriotism in its most effective import can thrive only if the populace have many things in common to share.. We may dish out platitudes, to claim about such lofty sense of unity.. But right from day one of establishment of the present state, the people had territorial, religious, linguistic, economic, professional... interests which conflicted with varied groups. Once the initial euphoria of having had fought a tyrant receded and we were faced with realities on brass tacks, internecine pulls and pushes started.. and the vote bank politics has only exacerbated such centripetal throws..

And every election brought into cente stage more and more players, many local players, glib tongued to appeal to the woes of the people and carve out local satraps and niches for themselves and the very strong monolithic nature of the State is in challenge now.. and sectarian interests appear to gain leverage.. and the ruling people, politicians, can attain places of power only if they play to the tune of such tendencies.. and it is a vicious circle..

Secondly people who have enjoyed some benefits, rightly or wrongly would never acquiesce to give up any ground.. and special facilities have been offered for groups to placate various none too national interests, and I am afraid we have already started paying the price

I do not want to be controversial, but for an intelligent person what I mean will be crystal clear..

Progress and reforms and redistribution of benefits are not very easy in the present system..

And no man in power would venture to tax a citizen on the basis of the number of children the aam aadmi has .. at least in the present system..

So platitudes can be listed in dozens and grosses, but some sort of evolution in the philosophy of governance can only see India through.. and that does not seem feasible as of date..

there are many cats and many more bells. but who is going to bell which cat?

Wonders never cease.. We can hope.. We do hope

𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐟𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬

𝐔𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐇𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐮 𝐨𝐫 𝐕𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜 𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐲

𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐞

𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐦

𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐛𝐡𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐤𝐚𝐦

𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐝𝐡𝐲𝐚𝐭𝐦𝐢𝐤𝐚𝐦

.𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐟𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐥𝐥.

𝐆𝐞𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐲

𝐜𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲

𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫

𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐲

𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭

𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐚..

𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐢𝐦 𝐢𝐬 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐟𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬

(𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐇𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬 𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐇𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞)

Fwd: in true colours they shine

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From: Ananthanarayanan Vaidyanathan <kvananthanarayanan@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, May 12, 2010 at 2:08 AM
Subject: Re: in true colours they shine
To: iyer venkatraman <venkat0357@gmail.com>

Dear Venkat, the life acquires some meaning only in the pursuit of perfection.  But as and when we reach the end of the rainibow, and I am of the view that many noble souls are moving towards THAT at  huge pace but no one has actually reached there, or even if he reaches there he will have no  mind to come back and tell others,  so the Ultimate is out of bounds for us the lesser mortals,  We can feel the ecstasy of  undertaking the spititual journey with all its positive effects like sharing experiences, praised of the Lord, service of fellow human being etc, to name a few.  The pleasure is more in the journey than reaching  the destination itself. I wont be surprised to find the final destination completely sterile without room for any contrasts like heat and cold, pleasure and pain, light and darkness...And the mind will take note of the contrasting stimuli only if its opponent is  preseent.  Maybe that only prompted a devotee to tell Lord Ranganatha... icchuvai thavira naan poi indira ulakm aalum achchuvai sirithum venden arangamanagarullane.. It is enough to have the Pachaimaamalai thirumeni, pavalavai kamalachchengan....

On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 11:13 PM, iyer venkatraman <venkat0357@gmail.com> wrote:

Dr Infinity,

Imagine a most perfect state anywhere , much as we want to become or reach a perfected state , nothing could be more bland,and without a contextual frame of reference we would not even know what is perfection !!!

The world or the universe is in a perfect state as it is, and everything and everyone is evolving it is an on going process- just as physicists say that the Universe is ever expanding-enjoy the process without judgment nor labeling ,things are best as they are.

just contemplate ,

Regards

Want catch up with you at 4.00 a.m.


Iyer Venkat  

On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 4:58 AM, iyer venkatraman <venkat0357@gmail.com> wrote:

Dr. Infinity,

I wanted to chat wid you on line and i missed it !! may be 2morrow.
regards

venkat

On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 4:04 AM, Ananthanarayanan Vaidyanathan <kvananthanarayanan@gmail.com> wrote:

नागो भाति मदेन खं जलधरैः पूर्णेन्दुना शर्वरी

शीलेन प्रमदा जवेन तुरगो नित्योत्सवैर्मन्दिरं

वाणी व्याकरणेन हँसमिथुनैः नद्यः सभा पण्डितैः

सत्पुत्रेन गृहम् नृपेण वसुधा लोकत्र्यम् भानुना

नीतिसारं

nāgo bhāti madena khaṁ jaladharaiḥ pūrṇendunā śarvarī

śīlena pramadā javena turago nityotsavairmandiraṁ

vāṇī vyākaraṇena hamsamithunaiḥ nadyaḥ sabhā paṇḍitaiḥ

satputrena gṛham nṛpeṇa vasudhā lokatryam bhānunā

nītisāram

The bull elephant is at its beautiful best when it is about to manifest rut, the sky is most bountiful where it is arrayed with raining clouds, the night is most elegant when the full moon rises a lady is most adorable when she has a noble character (this will apply to men also) a horse becomes celebrity with its speed, a household becomes attractive when there are frequent celebrations, a speech becomes attractive with the proper use of words, grammar and syntax. the rivers add to their glory by housing attractive swan duos. The family is the most gifted when it has an eminent son. The earth, meaning the country shines with the good ruler. And the whole three world is brightened absolutely by the presence of the one and only Sun.

--

श्री कृष्णो रक्षतु
Have a nice and happy day
with profound respect and warm regards
K V Ananthanarayanan

blog   http://kanfusion.blogspot.com/

--
श्री कृष्णो रक्षतु
Have a nice and happy day
with profound respect and warm regards
K V Ananthanarayanan

blog   http://kanfusion.blogspot.com/

--
श्री कृष्णो रक्षतु
Have a nice and happy day
with profound respect and warm regards
K V Ananthanarayanan

blog   http://kanfusion.blogspot.com/

He is the science and He is the Gita too

 

Science is just a discipline which analyzes the properties of things created by an entity far beyond the jurisdiction of science.

The analysis too is done using the mind and brain created and provided by that being beyond science.

Therefore science and the spirit of science can never arrogate to itself the capacity to rub shoulders with the creator.

If a small boy just sits on the shoulder of his father and the father is walking along and the boy is thinking that he is directing the journey of the father it is just illusion.

Maybe Krishna is smiling at us with indulgence when we try to find and highlight the "scientific spirit" in his deeds and creations.

He is the science and He is the Gita too

equipoise

 

न प्रहृष्यति सम्माने नापमाने च कुप्यति।

न क्रुद्धः परुषं ब्रूयात् स वै साधूत्तमः स्मृतः॥

जैन आचार्यात् हेमचन्द्रात्

na prahṛṣyati sammāne nāpamāne ca kupyati|

na kruddhaḥ paruṣaṁ brūyāt sa vai sādhūttamaḥ smṛtaḥ||

jaina ācāryāt hemacandrāt

The greatest virtue anyone can aspire to possess is equanimity and balance.. Of course, we are all unbalanced normally and only the degree of lack of equilibrium varies.. Even for one who is in a sort of equilibrium, such state is unstable or dynamic and the slightest provocation turns everything topsy turvy..

However, the scholars, sadhakas and teachers always tried to practice equanimity and tried to impart that virtue on others.. The more learned, the more mature a person is, he should be more balanced..

The Jain Acharya Hemachandra defines the best of a noble and sainly personage in this couplet

Its meaning is

One who does not get carried away to ecstacy when he is honoured and at the same time he is not overcome by anger when he is neglected ridiculed or insulted and even when he is provoked to rage he would not utter cruel words, is considered as the best among the noble persons..

यः who

संमाने when honoured or propitiated with gifts

न प्रहृष्यति does not get overjoyed

अपमाने when ignored, insulted,

न कुप्यति च does not get angry too

यः who

क्रुद्धः अपि even when angry

परुषं harsh words

न ब्रूयात् would not spead

सःhe

वै indeed

साधूत्तमः the most noble soul most noble saint

इति स्मृतः is considered, is remembered as

Note

Of course the idea of equanimity and balance has been put forth with great force by the blessed lord Krishna in Bagavat Gita.. where in Chapter 2 slokas 54 to 72 the Stitaprajna is defined.

the sloka from Gita given below is worth comparison

दुःखेष्वनुद्विग्नमनाः सुखेषु विगतस्पृहः |

वीतरागभयक्रोधः स्थितधीर्मुनिरुच्यते || 56 ||Bagavat Gita Chapter 2

when in grief, not getting overly pulled down, and when in comfort, not getting overly carried away, devoid of attachment, fear or rage.. a person of balanced mind should remain unruffled. Such person is called Muni or noble saint..

two fruits which are like ambrosia or amrutham

 

संसार विषवृक्षस्य द्वे फले ह्यमृतोपमे।

सुभाषित रसास्वादः सङ्गतिः सुजनै सह॥

सुभाषितरत्नभाण्डागार

saṃsāra viṣavṛkṣasya dve phale hyamṛtopame।

subhāṣita rasāsvādaḥ saṃgatiḥ sujanai saha॥

subhaashitaratnabhaanadaagaara

Sure, this worldly life is like a tree with poison within. But it has, it gives, two fruits which are like ambrosia or amrutham that can save one and all from death. Those two fruits are

1. The opportunity for the people to enjoy and put to use the wise sayings of great souls, and

2.Satsang with realized souls.

The poet admits the fact that the life on this world is toxic indeed. But then he is hopeful because it is on this world, and nowhere else that people can get Subhashitams and Satsangam.

संसार worldly woes विष poisoned वृक्षस्य tree द्वे two फले fruits अमृतोपमे equal to ambrosia हि indeed भवन्ति are, become

ते they are सुभाषित रसास्वादः enjoyment of the meanings and essence of great sayings सुजनैः worthy people सह along with सङ्गतिः keeping close association च to

സംസാര വിഷവൃക്ഷസ്യ ദ്വേ ഫലേ ഹ്യമൃതോപമേ।

സുഭാഷിത രസാസ്വാദഃ സംഗതിഃ സുജനൈ സഹ॥

ഈ കര്‍മ്മബന്ധം കൊണ്ട് മലീമസമായ ലൌകികജീവിതം ഒരു വിഷം പേറുന്ന മരം പോലെ തന്നെയാണ്. പക്ഷെ ആ മരത്തില്‍നിന്ന് തന്നെ അമൃതം പോലെ എല്ലാവര്‍ക്കും ഉത്തേജനം നല്‍കുന്ന രണ്ട് പഴങ്ങള്‍ ലഭിക്കുന്നു.. ഈ രണ്ടു പഴങ്ങള്‍ ൧. ഈ ഭൂമിയില്‍ ജീവിക്കുന്ന ജീവിച്ച മഹാന്മാര്‍ രചിച്ച സുഭാഷിതങ്ങളുടെ രസം ആസ്വദിക്കുക, അവ ജീവിതത്തില്‍ പകര്‍ത്തി സന്തോഷിക്കുക ൨. ഔന്നത്യം നിറഞ്ഞ സജ്ജനങ്ങളോടൊപ്പം അറിവും നന്മയും പങ്കിട്ട് സത്സംഗത്തില്‍ ഏര്‍പ്പെട്ട് ദിനങ്ങള്‍ കഴിയ്ക്കുക.

ഇവിടെ കവി സൂചിപ്പിക്കുന്നത് ഭൂമിയിലെ ജീവിതം വിഷലിപ്തമാണെങ്കിലും നാം ഇവിടെ ജീവിക്കുക തന്നെ വേണം. ഇവിടെ അല്ലാതെ സുഭാഷിതങ്ങളും സത്സംഗവും വേറെവിടെ ലഭിക്കാനാണ് ?

no situation is worth any change for a dead or insensitive person

 

In fact there are no serious external situations manifesting at any point of space or time.

It is the mind of the perceiver that builds up the situation, and the drama happens only in a person's body and mind..

If the mind and the organs do not perceive a situation, the presence or absence of such a situation is simply of no consequence to the one who perceives.

When a sword cuts, it is just moving according to the laws of gravity, just in the manner any other piece of matter would act.

However it is the body of the victim that gets deformed and it is the mind of the sufferer that feels the pain.

Prayer too is a sort of build-up in the mind, perhaps assisted by the body and the organs.

Therefore it is but natural that a situation and a prayer are constructively connected.

For example or a dead or insensitive person does not make and is not expected to make a prayer. In addition, no situation is worth any change for a dead or insensitive person.

a tough reminder

 

हित्वा धर्मं तथार्थं च कामं यस्तु निषेवते ।

स वृक्षाग्रे यथा सुप्तः पतितः प्रतिबुध्यते ॥

- रामायण, किष्किंधाकाण्डे

hitvA dharmam tathA artham cha kAmam yastu niShevate ।

sa vRukSHagre yathA suptaH patitaH pratibuddhyate ॥

- rAmAyaNa, kiShkindhAkaande

A man who is in frenzied pursuit of money and is eager to fulfil all his whimsical and random yearnings but he is proceeding in life abandoning all rules of proper conduct and is deviating from the path of his duties, then what is in store for him is the fate of a person who has succumbed to sleep when he has been sitting atop a tree and losing control, is falling down.

(The slokam is in Kishkindakandam of Valmikirmayanam, Kishkindakandam. This is in the shape of a message from Rama to Sugriva, conveyed through Lakshamana. The background is this.

While wandering in the forest, Sita had been abducted by Ravana, and in his attempt to retrieve Sita, Rama had entered into a treaty with the king of monkeys Sugraiva. Bali, the leader of the monkeys and the elder brother of Sugriva was slain by Rama, and Sugriva was anointed as the leader of the monkeys. The agreement was that the army of monkeys would assist Rama in retrieving Sita. However, once Sugriva attained the comforts of royalty, he forget all about his commitment to Rama and spent the days indulging himself in the comforts of Kishkinda.. revelling in women and wine. Rama who, along with Lakshmana, was staying at the outskirts of Kishkinda and was waiting patiently for the assistance from Sugriva, was upset at the ungrateful attitude of Sugriva, and he despatched Lakshman as his emissary to Kishkinda with a tough reminder. He was reminding Sugriva that arrows similar to the one which had slain Bali were in Ramas possession in abundant quantities, and if there is breach on solemn commitment, there would be very serious consequences. Indulging oneself in revelry without remembering the duties would lead a person to abysmal falls.)

यः नरः which man धर्मं path of righteous conduct, हित्वा having abandoned अर्थं money कामं wayward desires तु alone निषेवते pursue, run after सः he यथा in the same maaner as वृक्षाग्रे on the top of a tree सुप्तः fallen asleep पतितः having fallen प्रतिबुद्ध्यते is woken up

ഹിത്വാ ധര്‍മം തഥാ അര്‍ഥം ച കാമം യസ്തു നിഷേവതേ ।

സ വൃക്ഷാഗ്രേ യഥാ സുപ്തഃ പതിതഃ പ്രതിബുദ്ധ്യതേ ॥

- രാമായണ, കിഷ്കിന്ധാകാണ്ഡം

ധര്‍മ്മവും ചുമതലകളും ബാധ്യതകളും എല്ലാം മറന്നു, പണവും എല്ലാ തരത്തിലുള്ള സുഖങ്ങളും കാമ പൂര്‍ത്തീകരണവും മാത്രം മുന്നില്‍ക്കണ്ട് ജീവിതം നയിക്കുന്ന വ്യക്തി, മരത്തിനു മുകളില്‍ക്കയറി ഇരിക്കുമ്പോള്‍ ഉറങ്ങിപ്പോയതു കാരണം പിടിവിട്ടു താഴെ വീഴുകയും അപകടം വരുത്തിവയ്ക്കുകയും ചെയ്യുന്നത്തിനു തുല്യമായ പരിപാടി ആണ് ചെയ്യുന്നത്.

(ഈ ശ്ലോകം വാല്മീകി രാമായണം കിഷ്കിന്ധാ കാണ്ഡത്തില്‍ നിന്ന് ഉദ്ധരിച്ചതാണ്. ശ്രീരാമന്‍ ലക്ഷ്മണന്‍ മുഖാന്തിരം സുഗ്രീവന് നല്‍കിയ ഒരു സന്ദേശത്തിന്‍റെ ഭാഗമാണ് ഇത്. ഇതിന്‍റെ പിന്നാമ്പുറം വിവരിക്കാം.

വനത്തില്‍ വച്ച് സീത അപഹരിക്കപ്പെട്ടു. സീതയെ തിരഞ്ഞുകൊണ്ടും അവളെ വീണ്ടെടുക്കാന്‍ ശ്രമിച്ചുകൊണ്ടും ഉള്ള യാത്രയില്‍ രാമന്‍ വാനരനായ സുഗ്രീവനെ കണ്ടുമുട്ടുകയും അയാളുമായ സഖ്യം ഉണ്ടാക്കുകയും ചെയ്തു.. ആ സഖ്യത്തിന്‍റെ ഭാഗമായി രാമന്‍ സുഗ്രീവന്‍റെ ജ്യേഷ്ടനും വാനരരാജാവും ആയ ബാലിയെ വധിക്കുകയും ആ സ്ഥാനത്ത് സുഗ്രീവനെ രാജാവായി വാഴിക്കുകയും ചെയ്തു. വാനരന്മാരുടെ സൈന്യ സീതയെ വീണ്ടെടുക്കുവാന്‍ വേണ്ട എല്ലാ സഹായവും ചെയ്യും എന്നതായിരുന്നു ഉടമ്പടി. പക്ഷെ രാജപടവിയിലെ സുഖ സൌകര്യങ്ങള്‍ അനുഭവിച്ചു തുടങ്ങിയപ്പോള്‍ സുഗ്രീവന്‍ സ്വന്തം ചുമതലകള്‍ മറന്നു പോയി. അയാള്‍ സ്വന്തം അരമനയില്‍ മദിരയും മദിരാക്ഷികളുമൊത്ത് നാളുകള്‍ ആഘോഷിച്ചു.

ശ്രീ രാമന്‍ ലക്ഷ്മണനോടൊപ്പം ഏറെ നാളുകള്‍ കിഷ്കിന്ധയുടെ അതിര്‍ത്തിപ്രദേശങ്ങളില്‍ ക്ഷമയോടെ കാത്തിരുന്നു, സുഗ്രീവന്‍റെ സഹായം എത്തും എന്ന് പ്രതീക്ഷിച്ചുകൊണ്ട്. സുഗ്രീവന്‍റെ നന്ദിയും നെറിയും തീരെ ഇല്ലാത്ത ഈ പെരുമാറ്റം രാമനെ ഏറെ ക്ഷുഭിതനാക്കി. രാമന്‍ ലക്ഷ്മണനെ ദൂതനാക്കി സുഗ്രീവന് കിഷ്കിന്ധയിലെക്ക് കര്‍ക്കശമായ ഒരു സന്ദേശം അയയ്ക്കുകയാണ്.

ബാലിയെ വകവരുത്താന്‍ ഉപയോഗിച്ചത് പോലുള്ള കൂരമ്പുകള്‍ ഒട്ടേറെ രാമന്‍റെ ആവനാഴിയില്‍ ഇനിയും ഉണ്ട് എന്നും എന്നും ഏറ്റെടുത്ത ചുമതല സൌകര്യപൂര്‍വ്വം മറക്കുന്നത് അപകടം വിളിച്ചു വരുത്തുന്നതിന് തുല്യമാണ് എന്നും ആയിരുന്നു ആ സന്ദേശത്തിന്‍റെ രത്നച്ചുരുക്കം. കടമകള്‍ മറന്നു അര്‍മാദിച്ചാല്‍ സംഭവിക്കുന്നത അഗാധതയിലെക്കുള്ള പതനം ആയിരക്കും എന്നും രാമന്‍ ഓര്‍മ്മിപ്പിക്കുന്നു. )

visit us and kindle our intellect

 

मेधा देवी जुषमाणा न आगाद्विश्वाची भद्रा सुमनस्यमाना I

त्वया जुष्टा जुषमाणा दुरुक्तान्बृहद्वदेम विदथे सुवीराः II

महानारयणोपनिषत् ४१ १

medhā devī juṣamāṇā na āgādviśvācī bhadrā sumanasyamānā

tvayā juṣṭā juṣamāṇā duruktānbṛhadvadema vidathe suvīrāḥ

mahānārayaṇopaniṣat 41 1

May the all embracing goddess of intellect who is always showering benefits on us, who is always pleased with us and who is delighted by us her children, be with us. Oh Goddess of muse and supreme intellect, may we the silly humans who spend our days recklessly in worthless talk till you visit us and kindle our intellect, as a result of your affection and compassion to us which is manifested by your visit to our mind, become enlightened and also capable of expressing and sharing the Supreme Truth along with our heroic sons and disciples.

മേധാ ദേവി ജുഷമാണാ ന ആഗാദ്‌ വിശ്വാചി ഭദ്രാ സുമനസ്യമാനാ

ത്വയാ ജുഷ്ടാ ജുഷ്ടമാണാ ദുരുക്താന്‍ ബൃഹദ്വദേമ വിദധെ സുവീരാ:

മഹാനാരായണോപനിഷത്

എല്ലാവരെയും അന്‍പോടെ ചേര്‍ത്തുനിര്‍ത്തുന്നവളും എല്ലാവര്‍ക്കുമ നന്മയും സമൃദ്ധിയും ചൊരിയുന്നവളും , നമ്മോടു എപ്പോഴും ഏറെ പ്രീതി വച്ച് പുലര്‍ത്തുന്നവളും അവളുടെ മക്കളായ നമ്മെ കാണുമ്പോള്‍ ഏറെ ആഹ്ളാദിക്കുന്നവളും ആയ, അറിവിന്‍റെ ഉടയോളായ മേധാ ദേവി (സരസ്വതി) എന്നും നമ്മോടൊപ്പം ഉണ്ടായിരിക്കട്ടെ.

അത്യുന്നതമായ ധിഷണാ ബലത്തിന്‍റെ അധിപയും സ്രോതസ്സുമായ വിദ്യാ ദേവതേ, നീ ഞങ്ങളെ സന്ദര്‍ശിച്ച് ഞങ്ങളോടൊപ്പം കുടികൊണ്ട് ഞങ്ങളുടെ ബുദ്ധിയെ ഉത്തേജിപ്പിക്കുന്ന നിമിഷം വരെ മൂല്യ രഹിതരായ ഞങ്ങള്‍ ഞങ്ങളുടെ ദിവസങ്ങള്‍ അലസമായും ശ്രദ്ധയില്ലതെയും അര്‍ത്ഥമോ പ്രയോജനമോ ഇല്ലാത്ത വാക്കുകള്‍ ഉരുവിട്ട് കൊണ്ട് തള്ളിനീക്കി.

ഞങ്ങളോട് നിനക്കുള്ള കരുതലിനും സ്നേഹത്തിനും തെളിവായി നീ ജനങ്ങളുടെ മനസ്സുകളില്‍ തെളിഞ്ഞു വന്നു സ്ഥിരവാസം തുടങ്ങിയപ്പോള്‍ ഞങ്ങളില്‍ അറിവിന്‍റെ പ്രകാശം തെളിഞ്ഞു വന്നു. ആ അറിവിന്‍റെ പിന്‍ബലത്തില്‍ പരമമായ സത്യങ്ങള്‍ അറിയുവാനും അത്തരം അറിവുകള്‍ ഞങ്ങളുടെ വീരന്മാരായ മക്കളോടും ശിഷ്യന്മാരോടുംഒത്ത് പങ്കുവയ്ക്കാനും ഞങ്ങള്‍ക്ക് കഴിഞ്ഞു. എന്നും അതുപോലെ തുടരുമാറാകട്ടെ.