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Saturday, September 12, 2026

Krishna, this human body will decay and die..



Krishna, this human body will decay and die..
But you have encroached into something more deep inside..
You will not go away, or leave your people, for whatever it is .
Maybe you are like some obsession, some growth that can never stop..
You can be planted inside, but once you take roots, you cannot be removed..
வருவாய்,வருவாய்-கண்ணா
ஆசிரியர் : மகாகவி பாரதியார்.
வருவாய், வருவாய், வருவாய் - கண்ணா !
வருவாய், வருவாய், வருவாய் !
உருவாய் அறிவில் ஒளிர்வாய் - கண்ணா !
உயிரின் னமுதாய்ப் பொழிவாய் - கண்ணா !
கருவாய் என்னுள் வளர்வாய் கண்ணா !
கமலத்திருவோ டிணைவாய் - கண்ணா !
இணைவாய் எனதா வியிலே - கண்ணா !
இதயத் தினிலே யமர்வாய் - கண்ணா !
கணைவா யசுரர் தலைகள் - சிதறக்
கடையூ ழியிலே படையோ டெழுவாய் !
எழுவாய் கடல்மீ தினிலே - எழுமோர்
இரவிக் கினியா உளமீ தினிலே
தொழுவேன் சிவனாம் நினையே - கண்ணா !
துணையே, அமரர் தொழும்வா னவனே !

Happy birthday to you the birthless Krishna



ആക്കംപൂണ്ടഷ്ടമീരോഹിണിയോരുമകലര്‍ന്നോരു നാളര്‍ദ്ധരാത്രൗ
ചൊല്‍ക്കൊള്‍ളും ചിങ്ങമാസേ മുഴുമതിയുമുദിക്കുന്ന മുഖ്യേ മുഹൂര്‍ത്തേ
തൃക്കയ്യില്‍ ശങ്ഖചക്രാംബുജ ഗദകള്‍ ധരിച്ചോരു ബാലരൂപം
തക്കത്തില്‍ ദേവകിക്കും കണവനും അണയേദ്ദര്‍ശിതം കൈതൊഴുന്നേന്‍
പൂന്താനം അദ്ദേഹത്തിന്റെ ഉണ്ണിയെ കണ്ടത് ഇങ്ങനെയാണ്

Poonthanam describes the birth of Krishna as above..
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Meaning..
I visualize and join my palms together
as I see what Devaki and her husband saw so near them ..
On the night of Chingam Month..
with Star Rohini and the eighth phase of the moon Ashtami..
during the midnight when the moon has just risen
in the most auspicious muhurtam or time
An infant, a boy,
manifested himself with
Conch,
Discus,
Lotus
and Mace
in his four hands,
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Poonthanam was the staunchest devotee of Guruvayurappan..
Yes, Guruvayurappan.. his Unni was just a son for him..
Our Guruvayurappan celebrates his birthday today..
The Ashtami Rohini of Chingam Month..
Happy birthday to you the birthless Krishna
Krishna I love you

Friday, September 11, 2026

Hard times can never dampen the character of a bold man.

 



कदर्थितस्यापि च धैर्यवृत्तेर्
न शक्यते धैर्यगुणः प्रमार्ष्टुं।
अधोमुखस्यापि कृतस्य वह्नेर्
नाऽधः शिखा यान्ति कदाचिदेव॥
भर्त्तृहरि नीतिशतकं
kadartthitasyāpi ca dhairyavṛtter
na śakyate dhairyaguṇaḥ pramārṣṭuṁ|
adhomukhasyāpi kṛtasya vahner
nā'dhaḥ śikhā yānti kadācideva||
bharttṛhari nītiśatakaṁ
Even when a person with innate steady character
is insulted and forced to submission,
he does not lose his boldness and capitulate.
It is just like a flame of a lamp.
Even if the burning wick of lamp is held upside down,
the flame holds itself directed upwards alone.
Hard times can never dampen the character of a bold man.

കദര്‍ത്ഥിതസ്യാപി ച ധൈര്യവൃത്തേര്‍
ന ശക്യതേ ധൈര്യഗുണഃ പ്രമാര്‍ഷ്ടും
അധോമുഖസ്യാപി കൃതസ്യ വഹ്നേര്‍
നാഽധഃ ശിഖാ യാന്തി കദാചിദേവ॥
ഭര്‍ത്തൃഹരി നീതിശതകംസ്വാഭാവികമായി ഏറെ ധൈര്യവും മനക്കരുത്തും കൈമുതലായുള്ള ഒരു വ്യക്തിയുടെ ചെറുത്തുനില്‍പ്പ്‌
ഭീഷണികൊണ്ടോ മൂന്നാം മുറ പ്രയോഗിച്ചോ
തുടച്ചു നീക്കാന്‍ ആര്‍ക്കും കഴിയില്ല

𝐇𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐩



𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡..
𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐩𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐦 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐲,
𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐚 𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲,
𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐢𝐳𝐳𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐩𝐮𝐭 𝐜𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐰𝐞𝐭 𝐬𝐚𝐜𝐤. 𝐊𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐧𝐚 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠.
𝐇𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐩

𝐒𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞



𝐒𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞
𝐒𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭
𝐒𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐨..
𝐒𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐞
𝐀𝐧𝐝
𝐒𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐩𝐨𝐧
𝐰𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐮𝐬𝐞
𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐝𝐢𝐨𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐬..

Thursday, September 10, 2026

Runavimochana Narasimha Stotram




श्री गणेशाय नमः ।
ओं देवता कार्यसिद्ध्यर्थं सभास्तंभसमुद्भवम् ।
श्रीनृसिंहं महावीरं नमामि ऋणमुक्तये ॥ १॥
लक्ष्म्यालिंगितवामांगं भक्तानामभयप्रदम् ।
श्रीनृसिंहं महावीरं नमामि ऋणमुक्तये ॥ २॥
प्रह्ळादवरदं श्रीशं दैत्येश्वर विदारणं ।
श्रीनृसिंहं महावीरं नमामि ऋणमुक्तये ॥ ३॥
स्मरणात् सर्वपापघ्नं कद्रुजा विषनाशनम् ।
श्रीनृसिंहं महावीरं नमामि ऋणमुक्तये ॥ ४॥
आन्त्रमालाधरं शंखचक्राब्जायुधधारिणम् ।
श्रीनृसिंहं महावीरं नमामि ऋणमुक्तये ॥ ५॥
सिंहनादेन महता दिग्दन्तिभयदायकम् ।
श्रीनृसिंहं महावीरं नमामि ऋणमुक्तये ॥ ६॥
क्रूरग्रहैः पीडितानां भक्तानामभयप्रदम्।
श्रीनृसिंहं महावीरं नमामि ऋणमुक्तये ॥ ७॥
वेदवेदान्तयज्ञेशं ब्रह्मरुद्रादिवन्दितम् ।
श्रीनृसिंहं महावीरं नमामि ऋणमुक्तये ॥ ८॥
य इदं पठते नित्यं ऋणमोचन संज्ञितम्।
अनृणी जायते सद्यो धनं शीघ्रमवाप्नुयात्॥

śrī gaṇeśāya namaḥ ।
oṃ devatā kāryasiddhyarthaṃ sabhāstaṃbhasamudbhavam ।
śrīnṛsiṃhaṃ mahāvīraṃ namāmi ṛṇamuktaye ॥ 1
lakṣmyāliṃgitavāmāṃgaṃ bhaktānāmabhayapradam ।
śrīnṛsiṃhaṃ mahāvīraṃ namāmi ṛṇamuktaye ॥ 2॥
prahḻādavaradaṃ śrīśaṃ daityeśvara vidāraṇaṃ ।
śrīnṛsiṃhaṃ mahāvīraṃ namāmi ṛṇamuktaye ॥ 3॥
smaraṇāt sarvapāpaghnaṃ kadrujā viṣanāśanam ।
śrīnṛsiṃhaṃ mahāvīraṃ namāmi ṛṇamuktaye ॥ 4॥
āntramālādharaṃ śaṃkhacakrābjāyudhadhāriṇam ।
śrīnṛsiṃhaṃ mahāvīraṃ namāmi ṛṇamuktaye ॥ 5॥
siṃhanādena mahatā digdantibhayadāyakam ।
śrīnṛsiṃhaṃ mahāvīraṃ namāmi ṛṇamuktaye ॥ 6॥
krūragrahaiḥ pīḍitānāṃ bhaktānāmabhayapradam।
śrīnṛsiṃhaṃ mahāvīraṃ namāmi ṛṇamuktaye ॥ 7॥
vedavedāntayajñeśaṃ brahmarudrādivanditam ।
śrīnṛsiṃhaṃ mahāvīraṃ namāmi ṛṇamuktaye ॥ 8॥
ya idaṃ paṭhate nityaṃ ṛṇamocana saṃjñitam।
anṛṇī jāyate sadyo dhanaṃ śīghramavāpnuyāt॥

ശ്രീ ഗണേശായ നമഃ ।
ഓം ദേവതാ കാര്യസിദ്ധ്യർഥം സഭാസ്തംഭസമുദ്ഭവം ।
ശ്രീനൃസിംഹം മഹാവീരം നമാമി ഋണമുക്തയേ ॥ ൧॥
ലക്ഷ്മ്യാലിംഗിതവാമാംഗം ഭക്താനാമഭയപ്രദം ।
ശ്രീനൃസിംഹം മഹാവീരം നമാമി ഋണമുക്തയേ ॥ ൨॥
പ്രഹ്ളാദവരദം ശ്രീശം ദൈത്യേശ്വര വിദാരണം ।
ശ്രീനൃസിംഹം മഹാവീരം നമാമി ഋണമുക്തയേ ॥ ൩॥
സ്മരണാത് സർവപാപഘ്നം കദ്രുജാ വിഷനാശനം ।
ശ്രീനൃസിംഹം മഹാവീരം നമാമി ഋണമുക്തയേ ॥ ൪॥
ആൻത്രമാലാധരം ശംഖചക്രാബ്ജായുധധാരിണം ।
ശ്രീനൃസിംഹം മഹാവീരം നമാമി ഋണമുക്തയേ ॥ ൫॥
സിംഹനാദേന മഹതാ ദിഗ്ദന്തിഭയദായകം ।
ശ്രീനൃസിംഹം മഹാവീരം നമാമി ഋണമുക്തയേ ॥ ൬॥
ക്രൂരഗ്രഹൈഃ പീഡിതാനാം ഭക്താനാമഭയപ്രദം।
ശ്രീനൃസിംഹം മഹാവീരം നമാമി ഋണമുക്തയേ ॥ ൭॥
വേദവേദാന്തയജ്ഞേശം ബ്രഹ്മരുദ്രാദിവന്ദിതം ।
ശ്രീനൃസിംഹം മഹാവീരം നമാമി ഋണമുക്തയേ ॥ ൮॥
യ ഇദം പഠതേ നിത്യം ഋണമോചന സംജ്ഞിതം।
അനൃണീ ജായതേ സദ്യോ ധനം ശീഘ്രമവാപ്നുയാത്॥

The lord of Serpants .. too is Skanada.

The lord of Serpants .. too is Skanada..
In fact he manifests as a Naga in Subramania temple Kukke.. in Karnataka..
They say the Lord is present as a Naga even now..
And the soil taken from the hole once a year is treated as a great prasadam..
The legend is that Skanda took the shape of a snake and did vrata in expiation of the disrepect shown by him towards Brahma in the Pranavam meaning episode..
The Naga and Skands legenes haave gelled in Kerala too..
If you go to Harippad and Mannarassala... you can experience it

Wednesday, September 09, 2026

Almost all things in life are difficult..

Most of us  believe that the very purpose of our janmam or life  is to attain the capacity to gain mastery over our minds and thereby attain communion with the Supreme mind, the Supreme being.. 
Maybe we can achieve that in this life or during the many more lives that are to come.. 
That is our belief. 
Almost all things in life  are difficult..
As  children we found it difficult to suckle, cry, speak, crawl, stand, walk.. 
Nevertheless  susequently  we ate a lot, ran a lot, sang a lot and enjoyed a lot.. 
Same way sadhanas also have to happen by constant and rigorous practice..

Nostalgia



Nostalgia... used to be an active member in Palakkadu Gramma Thinnai group years ago... .. accidentally strayed into that group today. Found a old nostalgic post of mine also being quoted there from archives.. Evokes some happy memories. I am quoting below what I posted there.
ANANTHNARAYANAN VAIDYANATHAN : 16TH SEPTEMBER, 2012
But how many thinnais in Palakkad agraharams are open today? 
In good old days the thinnais were kept open so that some hapless wanderer could find some shelter especially in rainy and snowy seasons. Even cows which would have strayed away for a day would take shelter in those thinnais.. 
The Kalpathi thinnais were the rendezvous for the large number of visitors and vendors who would visit the November festivities of Palakkad. However  now thinnais are covered with grills and walls and perhaps a projection from the footsteps leading to thinnai, where people can sit remains as vestigal remains of the glorious thinnais of yore.
Mischievous mamas who were in the habit of going for sambandam always slept on open thinnais so that their movements were not watched by people inside. 
Young fellows of yore used to pretend to sleep on thinnais and fill their beds with pillows and cover them with a sheet and sneak out for second show cinema.. 
Those were days...
Anway how many in this group have a real thinnai for themselves?
I am far off from thinnai today... not from my Sekharipuram agraharam but from this Thinnai.. 
Happy to see a part of what I posted almost two years ago.. 
But I am sure my resume of Palakkad thinnai appears to be as realistic as that was then and would remain so.. 
Men may come and men may go but thinnais go on for ever.

If you write others would read if your writing is tolerable

If somebody writes abracadabra, even he himself cannot enjoy that. 
How do you expect others to enjoy such trash?
Literary criticism is an established branch of knowledge..
If you write others would read your creations only  if your writing is tolerable..
And if others read, some among them who are discerning would either praise or criticize..
If you try to prescribe   a rule that others  should  only enjoy and not criticize your output, there is something fundamentally amiss.

Tuesday, September 08, 2026

knows how to destroy but never to rebuild

 



घातयितुमेव नीचः परकार्यं वेत्ति न प्रसाधयितुम् ।
पातयितुमस्ति शक्तिर्वायोः वृक्षं न चोन्नमितुम् ॥
-पञ्चतंत्र
ghātayitumeva nīcaḥ parakāryaṃ vetti na prasādhayitum ।
pātayitumasti śaktirvāyoḥ vṛkṣaṃ na connamitum ॥
-pañcataṃtra

The wicked fellow always knows how to thwart or destroy the endeavours or labours of others. However he does not have either the mind or the capacity to support or assist others in furthering their interests.
The wind blows with great strength and it is capable of uprooting huge trees and throw them down. But the same wind cannot help a tree which has fallen in rising up and taking roots on the earth once again.

नीचः the wicked person परकार्यं the work and welfare of other घातयितुं to destroy एव only, alone वेत्ति know न प्रसाधयितुं not to encourage, not to support and enhance . वायोः for the win वृक्षं the tree पातयितुं to bring down, to fell शक्तिः power अस्ति. Is there उन्नामितुं to raise, to bring up, to jack up न च not indeed शक्तिः power अस्ति is there

ഘാതയിതുമേവ നീചഃ പരകാര്യം വേത്തി ന പ്രസാധയിതും ।
പാതയിതുമസ്തി ശക്തിര്‍വായോഃ വൃക്ഷം ന ചോന്നമിതും ॥
-പഞ്ചതന്ത്ര

ദുഷ്ടനായ മനുഷ്യന് മറ്റുള്ളവര്‍ എന്തെങ്കിലും കാര്യം നല്ല വിധത്തില്‍ പരിശ്രമിച്ചു ചെയ്തു തീര്‍ക്കാന്‍ ഒരുമ്പെടുകയാണെങ്കില്‍ അക്കാര്യം മുടക്കുവാനോ പാരവച്ച് നശിപ്പിക്കുവാനോ ഉള്ള കഴിവ് ധാരാളം ഉണ്ടായിരിക്കും പക്ഷെ ആ ദുഷ്ടന് എന്തെങ്കിലും ഒരു നല്ല കാര്യം ചെയ്യുന്നവരെ ഏതെങ്കിലും വിധത്തില്‍ സഹായിക്കുവാനോ അത്തരം കാര്യങ്ങള്‍ ചെയ്യുന്നവരുടെ താല്പര്യങ്ങള്‍ സംരക്ഷിക്കുവാനോ ഉള്ള മനസ്സ് ഒരിക്കലും ഉണ്ടാവില്ല. അത്തരം നല്ല കാര്യങ്ങളില്‍ എന്തെങ്കിലും സഹായം നല്‍കുവാനുള്ള കഴിവും ദുഷ്ടന് ഉണ്ടാവുകയില്ല.

കാറ്റ് ഏറെ ശക്തിയോടെ വീശുന്നു. വമ്പന്‍ മരങ്ങളെ കടപുഴക്കി വീഴുത്തുന്നു. പക്ഷെ അതെ കാറ്റിന് വീണുപോയ വമ്പന്‍ മരത്തെ വീണ്ടും ഉയര്‍ത്തി നിര്‍ത്താനോ ആ മരത്തിനു വീണ്ടും വേര് പിടിക്കാന്‍ സഹായിക്കാനോ ഒരിക്കലും കഴിയില്ല.

Monday, September 07, 2026

I do not know under what category I am in



There are people of many categories..
Those who know and know that they know..Those who know and do not know that they know,
Those who do not know but pretend that they know...
Those who know or do not know but when in facebook they feel they know everything..
I do not know under what category I am in..
However, watching people of various categories as above is a real time pass.

My Onam resolves



My Onam resolves
1..Throw away the garb of a wise man
2. Decide not to mark "like" for something I really do not like.. do not tag any post to anyone, friend or foe.
3. Not to contradict.. if I disagree I will keep quiet.
4. Repeat at least once to myself.. "I amount to very little." that is  a better mantra even than Gayatri.
5. No more joining groups, no more friends requests from my side.
6. Material which should form part of a personal journal should not be flaunted in social media..
7. When I feel that something I read is immature or idiotic, remind myself that I need not worry much,
I have little competition for the topmost position among those blessed with immaturity and idiocy..
8 They say only what you learned at six will stay with you at sixty.. that way I have little learning to keep company..
Therefore I have to force upon myself the above lessons

old is gold, new too..



Reading the books published latest is considered by many highbrows as the ultimate in scholarship and knowledge..
But a plain reading of Vedas, Mahabharatham, Illiad or Zend Avesta or  Koran or Bible.. 
or the works of Socrates or Russel or Radhakrishnan, Keats, Kumaran Ashaan or Kalidasa can really do a lot.. to add to our knowledge and aesthetic tastes..
Chembai or MS cannot be replaced by any avant gadre voice or noise..

𝐔𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞.



𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐲𝐥𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚 𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲.
In addition, 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚 𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐚 𝐬𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.
𝐀 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐭 𝐚 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐭 𝐚 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 .
𝐔𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞.
𝐈𝐟 𝐰𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐟𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬.
𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞

𝐠𝐨𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐩𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨 𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐧



𝐖𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐥𝐲.
𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐣𝐨𝐫 𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.
"𝐒𝐰𝐚𝐦𝐢 𝐤𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐤𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐮𝐦 (𝐠𝐨𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐩𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨 𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐧 )" 
𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 ..
𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐥𝐲.
𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐰𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐰𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐬 𝐨𝐫 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐧𝐨𝐧 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐬 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐬.
𝐒𝐨 𝐰𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐰.
𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐩 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐧𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐧'𝐬 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝.
𝐒𝐞𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐟 𝐑𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐚 𝐚𝐛𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐚 𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐬𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐮𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐲.
𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐭.
𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝.
𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐞..𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐝𝐬 𝐩𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐮𝐥.. 𝐢𝐦𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐥.. 𝐰𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠.

Sunday, September 06, 2026

God is beyond definition



God is beyond definition.. therefore, He can be anything.. or IT can be anything..
 I feel God also resides in a mind which can thing beyond dogmas.. 
Stating that God is a bundle of energy, IMHO is like being prisoner to a particular idea.. Shankara in one of his prayers seeks apology from God for having attempted to see the Divine presence in an idol alone.. 
I just wanted to convey with great respect that teacher stands at an equal level or even at a higher level than God.. the God that we conceive at our emotional level..
You say God is a bundle of energy, my beloved friend, but can a normal being feel comfortable with such a God..
As Sadasiva Brahmendra the great recluse said...
Sri ramaNi kucha durga vihArE
sEvaka jana mandira mandArE ||
Maanasa sanchara re brahmani maanasa sanchara re...
the parabrahmam which dwells in the cleavage between the breasts of Sri Lakshmi... the one parabrhman which is the divine flower of the heavenly Mandara housed in the minds of his devotees
oh my mind may you soar in the thought of that Infinite..
even a Sannyasi who has given up all desires of the World feels comfortable in such description of God..
I am not intending to indulge in a religious discussion on rhetoric..

the lover sees every action of his lady love as prodded by her romantic vibes for him...



I quote from Abhijnana Shakuntalam.
स्निग्धं वीक्षितमन्यतोऽपि नयने यत्प्रेरयन्त्या तया
यातं यच्च नितम्बयोर्गुरुतया मन्दं विलासादिव ।
मा गा इत्युपरुध्दया यदपि सा सासूयमुक्ता सखी
सर्वं तत्किल मत्परायणमहो कामी स्वतां पश्यति ॥

snigdhaṃ vīkṣitamanyato'pi nayane yatprerayantyā tayā
yātaṃ yacca nitambayorgurutayā mandaṃ vilāsādiva ।
mā gā ityuparudhdayā yadapi sā sāsūyamuktā sakhī
sarvaṃ tatkila matparāyaṇamaho kāmī svatāṃ paśyati ॥

The attractive movements of the eyes of Shakuntala due to the natural tenderness, the slow gait because of the heaviness of the attractive parts of the body, the chance glance while going away after a meeting, all these meant to Dushyanta as stemming out of special romantic feelings to him that he attributed to Shakuntala in his fertile imagination whereas such gestures happened only in the normal course without reference to him..
and the poet remarks.. Kaamee swataam pashyati.. the lover sees every action of his lady love as prodded by her romantic vibes for him...
Here you are imagining many statements as referring to you...

Whom the Lord wishes to ruin, he first deprives of reason; or, “When God will punish, he will first take away the understanding



Quem deus vult perdere, prius dementat.
Boswell’s Johnson, 1783. 1
Translated.—Whom the Lord wishes to ruin, he first deprives of reason; or, “When God will punish, he will first take away the understanding.”
Geo. Herbert.—Jacula Prudentum.
I came across the above phrase while reading a Story " Macintosh" by Somerset Maugham..
Sometimes I tend to believe that God created social media as an interim step in that process of destruction ..
Step one ..It occurs to the Divine will that a fellow should be finished.
Subsequent steps that follow are:-
He enters the mind of the victim and makes him join a social media group
The victim starts to post sensible --or apparently sensible--things
He gets Likes
Then him imagination runs dry
But he is intoxicated by the initial Likes..
and also starts to delude himself that he is a genius.. Socrates and Shakespeare, Marx and Shankara bundled into one..
He starts to blabber and tilts towards dogmatism and narcissism..
He starts fighting, throwing tantrums
He reaps the fruits of his insane posts in befitting abundance
He starts throwing stones, first pebbles, then boulders, and then huge chunks of rocks at others,
Receives Tit for tat
Sow wind and reap whirlwind
And the fellow is finished off even at a greater pace than the Father in the Heaven expected.

That is all about Karma



We can understand  fate without reference to any religion, belief or dogma.. we can call it chance or serendipity too..
But Karma is a concept based on religion, faith etc..
There is sufficient proof -- and we need not go anywhere else than just to analyse our own lives to prove it-- to show that most of the things in our life happen by chance which is nothing but operation of fate..
However we cannot prove  Karma theory   in absolute terms..
The theory of Karma was in vogue right from the start of human thought but the concept has remained unproved all the time..
So age has very little to do with Karma..
Karma theory is rather a lesson in ethics..
If vyasa said.. ParopakaraH punyaaya, Paapaaya parapeedanam..
परोपकारः पुण्याय पापाय परपीडनम् . 
it is nice to trust in that.. 
Vyasa meant "doing good brings good returns, and harming others begets sins and destruction..."
I respect it as a social rule of ethics , but we have to trust in it without seeking for any proof..
That is all about Karma

How can we learn Hinduism from any book ?



How can we learn Hinduism from any book ?
The sites on sacred texts contain books in thousands.
However, which text can be there exactly on the concept of Hinduism alone?
For many, Hinduism can be only like an onion.
When we peel off the shellslayer after layer ultimately we may find nothing inside as a nucleus.
For soe others Hinduism is an emotion,
a part of their very being from conception to cremation and beyond.
We can only live Hinduism by example but howcan we learn from books?

Even the greatest philosopher should have sought the assistance of a dentist



Even the greatest philosopher should have sought the assistance of a dentist if he had a bad tooth and all his thoughts on absolute purity of thoughts would have helped him very little to relieve the pain .
Dry rhetoric just for the consumption of gullible audience could attract temporaray attention and even claps and accolades.  
However they would be  of little or no use in any practical way.
Some saints were different..
For example Ramakrishna and Vivekananda were down-to-earth in their treatment of worldy woes..
So were Lord Krishna the jagadguuru  and such greats..
The idol of God is made of stone..
A rubble of  stone on the street is also of the same material..
However we cannot throw the stone in the street at the idol just saying that we are hurling God at  God so that the two could unite.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬



𝐀 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐚 𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐚𝐮𝐫𝐮𝐬.
𝐇𝐞 𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐚𝐛𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐛 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐧𝐩𝐮𝐭𝐬,
𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐨𝐫 𝐛𝐚𝐝,
𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬
𝐚𝐧𝐝
𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐬𝐨 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐩𝐮𝐭
𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐨𝐮𝐩𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬..
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐧
𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬
𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐢𝐧
𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬..
𝐒𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐝 𝐁𝐡𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐦 𝟏𝟏.𝟕.𝟑𝟑-𝟑𝟓 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝟐𝟒 𝐭𝐲𝐩𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬..
𝐀 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫'𝐬 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞
𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐯𝐞, 𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐫 perhaps  𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐚 𝐰𝐞𝐞 𝐛𝐢𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐆𝐨𝐝..