Wednesday, March 31, 2010

value of black beads

न वेत्ति यो यस्य गुणप्रकर्षम्
स तं सदा निन्दति नात्र चित्रम्
यथा किराती करि कुंभजाताम्
मुक्तां परित्यज्य बिभर्त्ति गुञ्जाम्

chanakya neethi


na veththi yo yasya guna prakarshm

sa tam sada nindatha naatra chitram
yadhaa kiraathee kari kumbha jaathaam
mukthamm parithyajyam bibarthi gunjaam

ന വേത്തി യോ യസ്യ ഗുണ പ്രകര്ഷം
സ തം സദാ നിന്ദതി നാത്ര ചിത്രം
യഥാ കിരാതീ കരികുംഭജാതാം
മുക്താം പരിത്യജ്യ ബിഭര്ത്തി ഗുഞ്ജാം

A person who does not or is not capable of  understanding the real worth of a great thing  is always engaged in neglecting it  and  always viewing at it with contempt.. There is no wonder in it
See, the hunter woman, she rejects the pure pearl pouring out of the cranial portion (mastakam) of a bull elephant and enjoys wearing with elan a chain made of mere black beads.

It is believed that pieces of unformed ivory lying in the cranial cavity of a tusker get scattered in the lands of forest when the lion breaks the head of the elephant.  The hunter-woman is in search of tic tacs to adorn herself but the pearls scattered from the head of the elephant does not attract her fancy.  Even if she finds, she throws it away. All that she  would go after is the cheap black beads..  Chanakya has a dig at people going after silly things and in that process rejecting and deriding worthy causes.

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

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Re: our enemies

Mr Balakrishnan, yu are absolutely right.  But an old mans mind is sometimed muddles and forgetful...please forgive me. regards I have corrected it.

On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 5:19 AM, S Balakrishnan <sbalakrishnan@rediffmail.com> wrote:
Sir,

Very nice one....

I feel "HANSA" would probably represent SWAN and not Geese.

Thanks & Regards

Balakrishnan





On Tue, 30 Mar 2010 04:13:31 +0530 wrote

>माता शत्रुः पिता वैरिः याभ्यां बालाः न पाठिताः।सभामध्ये न शोभन्ते हंसमध्ये बको यथा।।

chanakaya neethi

mathaa sathruh pithaa vairih  yaabhyaam baalah na paadithahsabhamadhye na shobhanthey hamsamadhye bako yadha


മാതാ ശത്രുഃ പിതാ വൈരിഃ യാഭ്യാം ബാലാഃ ന പാഠിതാഃസഭാമധ്യേ ന ശോഭന്തേ ഹംസ മധ്യേ ബകോ യഥാ

If a boy is not trained well in life and not given education at the proper age,  his mother in his enemy and his father is the sworn destroyer.  For an uneducated man suffers in this world and especially where it counts, cannot  shine ...he will be like an ugly crane in the midst of swans
(friends,  I have so many other great texts to cover but I am not able to move away from  chanakya neethi because it is so educative and terse....gita, vidhuraneethi, sanalsujatheeyam, anusasana parva of bharatha, the great mahakavyas, upanishats, vedas, are all  waiting for me...but life is so short.)




our enemies

माता शत्रुः पिता वैरिः याभ्यां बालाः न पाठिताः।
सभामध्ये न शोभन्ते हंसमध्ये बको यथा।।
chanakaya neethi

mathaa sathruh pithaa vairih  yaabhyaam baalah na paadithah
sabhamadhye na shobhanthey hamsamadhye bako yadha

മാതാ ശത്രുഃ പിതാ വൈരിഃ യാഭ്യാം ബാലാഃ ന പാഠിതാഃ
സഭാമധ്യേ ന ശോഭന്തേ ഹംസ മധ്യേ ബകോ യഥാ

ചാണക്യന്‍ 
ഒരു വ്യക്തിക്ക്  അയാളുടെ ബാല്യകാലത്തില്‍ വിദ്യാഭ്യാസം നല്‍കാത്ത മാതാവ് അയാളുടെ ശത്രുവാണ്  പിതാവ് അതിലും ക്രൂരനായ ശത്രുവാണ്‌.   വിദ്യാഭാസം കിട്ടാത്ത  ഒരുവന്‍ ജീവിതകാലം മാന്യ സദസ്സുകളില്‍  മുഴുവന്‍ അരയന്നങ്ങളുടെ ഇടയില്‍ താരാവോ കൊറ്റിയോ പോലെ ഒരു വിലയുമില്ലാതെ ജീവിക്കേണ്ടിവരും.

If a boy is not trained well in life and not given education at the proper age,  his mother in his enemy and his father is the sworn destroyer.  For an uneducated man suffers in this world and especially where it counts, cannot  shine ...he will be like an ugly crane in the midst of geese

(friends,  I have so many other great texts to cover but I am not able to move away from  chanaky neethi because it is so educative and terse....gita, vidhuraneethi, sanalsujatheeyam, anusasana parva of bharatha, the great mahakavyas, upanishats, vedas, are all  waiting for me...but life is so short.)

contagious diseases

मूर्खशिष्योपदेशेन दुष्ठस्त्री भरणेन च।
दुःखितैः संप्रयोगेण पण्डितोप्यवसीदति।।
chanakya neethi
moorkhashishyopadesena  dhustastree bharanena cha
dukhihaih samprayogena  pandithopyavaseedhathi

മൂര്ഖശിഷ്യോപദേശേന ദുഷ്ടസ്ത്രീ ഭരണേന ച
ദുഃഖിതൈഃ സംപ്രയോഗേണ പണ്ഡിതോപ്യവസീദതി

even the most learned and efficient man comes to grief through  the advice of a disciple or follower who is an absolute idiot
or by being in the company, control and influence of a wicked woman or by being exposed to a set   of people who are always sad  or always find reason to be gloomy.

a busy scholar, if he has an idiot for his assistant can at some stage face humiliation because of the actions of the deputy.  When the great man has consented  to be the victim to the whims and fancies of  a wicked woman whose capacities seep into his own psyche also, he will have to pay for it .  And the presence of sob sisters and wetblankets in one's life is the sure and the fastest way to failure

Sunday, March 28, 2010

Fwd: Fw: Women are more intelligent : Belated Happy Woman's Day !!!



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Date: Sun, Mar 28, 2010 at 2:38 PM
Subject: Fwd: Fw: Women are more intelligent : Belated Happy Woman's Day !!!
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S Ravi


THAT’S MOM.....!!!



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From: unni krishnan




WHAT MAKES ALL MOTHERS SPECIAL???
WHEN I CAME DRENCHED IN THE RAIN…………………

BROTHER SAID : " WHY DON'T YOU TAKE AN UMBRELLA WITH YOU?"

SISTER SAID:"WHY DIDN'T YOU WAIT TILL IT STOPPED"

DAD ANGRILIY SAID: "ONLY AFTER GETTING COLD YOU WILL REALISE".

BUT MY MOM AS SHE WAS DRYING MY HAIR SAID"

"STUPID RAIN"

THAT'S
MOM!!!








the real law of Aarshabharatham



the real law of Aarshabharatham

श्रदधदानाः शुभां विद्यां आदेयादवरादपि।
अन्त्यादति परां धर्मं स्त्रीरत्नं दुष्कुलादपि।।


sradhadhadhaanah shubhaam vidhyaam aadheyaadhavaradaadapi
anthyaadapi param dharmam sthreerathnam dushkulaadhapi

ശ്രദ്ധദാനാഃ ശുഭാം വിദ്യാം ആദേയാദവരദാദപി
അന്ത്യാദപിനപരാംധര്‍മ്മം സ്ത്രീരത്നം ദുഷ്കുലാദപി

we in India have always learned to decry all our old thoughts as conservative, pro-elite, and inflexible.  This edict one from one of the master lawmakers, (I find from my references) 
Aapasthamba.

those who have intense yearning and interest in learning should not hesitate to go and learn from a person with knowledge in the field even if he is not of matching caste, status etc.,  the ultimate dharma of life should be begged and acquired even if the source for such knowledge is the lowest born human being if the latter is capable of imparting it. And one should not consider about the bad name or status of the family while accepting a gem-like girl in marriage

What else can you expect from the most mature civilization in this world?  We have heard only about jathibhedam and mathadwesham but ours was always a country without such discrimination as proclaimed by the greatest Narayana guru.  If the evil souls manipulated the noble thoughts and law to suit their ulterior motives it was only the failure of the system.  
Not the noble preceptors. 
All know the experience of sankara before a chandala  with four dogs who appeared before him in his path and Shankara asked Him to move away from the path because the Chandalas proximity was polluting. Then Chandala asks about who was impure, whether the body of the Chandala or the Atman residing inside him.Shankara is humbled and it so happens that the Chandala was Lord Shankara Himself, and the four dogs he was leading were the four Vedas..

Friends, I would request you to forward this one to every friend of yours who  loves India and I may be given a copy of it.  I am sure such simple bul unadulerated law can arise only in this great sacred land





the real law of Aarshabharatham

श्रदधदानाः शुभां विद्यां आदेयादवरादपि।
अन्त्यादति परें धर्मं स्त्रीरत्नं दुष्कुलादपि।।


sradhadhadhaanah shubhaam vidhyaam aadheyaadhavaradaadapi
anthyaadapi param dharmam sthreerathnam dushkulaadhapi

ശ്രദ്ധദാനാഃ ശുഭാം വിദ്യാം ആദേയാദവരദാദപി
അന്ത്യാദപിനപരാംധര്മംസ്ത്നീരത്നം ദുഷ്കുലാദപി

we have alway learned to decry all out old thoughts as conservative, pro-elite, and inflexible.  this is one from one of the master lawmakers, i think aapasthamba.

those who have intense yearning and interest in learning should not hesitate to go and learn from a person with knowledge in the field even if he is not of matching caste status etc.,  the ultimate dharma of life should be begged and acquired from even the lowest born human being if the latter is capable of imparting it. And one should consider about the bad name or status of the family while accepting a gem like girl in marriage

What else can you expect from the most mature civilization in this world.   We have heard only about jathibhedam and mathadwesham but this was always a country without such discrimination as proclaimed by the greatest Narayana guru.  If the evil souls manipulated the noble thoughts and law to suit their ulterior motives it was only the failure of the system.  Not the noble preceptors. All know the experience of sankara before a chandala

Friends, I would request you to forward this one to every friend of yours who  loves India and I may be given a copy of it.  I am sure such simple bul unaulerated law can arise only in this great sacred land




Saturday, March 27, 2010

the face of truth behind the golden facade


हिरण्मयेन पात्रेण सत्यस्यापिहितंमुखं 

तत्त्त्वे पूषन् अपावृणु सत्यधर्माय द्रृष्टये

hiranmayena paatren satyasyaapihitam mukham 

tattwam pooshan apaavrunu satyadharmaays dhrustaye


ഹിരണ്മയേന പാത്രേണ സത്യസ്യാപിഹിതം മുഖം

തത്ത്വം പുഷന് അപാവൃണു സത്യധര്മായ ദൃഷ്ടയേ

isavasyopanishat
ഈശാവാസ്യ ഉപനിഷത്ത്


The shining golden orb of the sun covers or conceals the face of the real truth behind the it,  therefore,  oh lord Pushan,  the sun, remove that orb and reveal to me the eternal truth that is yourself as I am absolutely devoted to you the truth.

(സ്വര്‍ണ്ണ ശോഭയില്‍ വെട്ടിതിളങ്ങുന്ന ഒരു തളികയ്ക്ക് പിന്നില്‍ ഉണ്മയുടെ മുഖം മറഞ്ഞിരിക്കുന്നു.. ഭഗവാനായ പൂഷാവേ  സൂര്യദേവ ആ മറ നീക്കി ഏറ്റവും ആകാംക്ഷയോടെ യാഥാര്‍ഥ്യം അറിയുവാന്‍  കാത്ത് നില്‍ക്കുന്ന എന്റെ മുന്നില്‍ അത്  കാണിച്ചുതന്നാലും )


I am amazed at the wisdom of the Upanishads. A sloka without compare. 
Our children who have gone through study in Kendriya vidyalay would have heard about this.


Another meaning of contemporary relevance in this mundane world (may be never thought of by the masters of the old)....the real truth is often concealed by the orb of gold, that is money power, only if the influence of gold, the influence of physical wealth is removed, we will be able to have an inkling of real truth, which is neither golden nor silver but only absolute without any distortion 



my dear friends I am for once stepping into the realms of the loftiest thoughts of our Bharathabhoomi and I fully know that the bashyakaras and oriental and occidental scholars have stood motionless  with baffled minds before these gems. who am I to interpret ? my humble apologies to my elite friends...I have only stated what my limited mind could grasp...the path of Shankara,Ramanjua, Madhwa, or Vyasa is not my route . once again apologies.

Friday, March 26, 2010

Fwd: bolt infinitum

there was some mistake in word formation while interpreting the sloka yesterday i have tried to correct it..my apologies




On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 4:51 AM, Ananthanarayanan Vaidyanathan <kvananthanarayanan@gmail.com> wrote:
शकटं पञ्जहस्तेषु दशहस्तेषु वाजिनम्
गजं हस्तसहस्रेण दुष्टं दूरेण वारयेत्

shakatam pancha hastheshu dashahastheshu vaajinam
gajam hastha sahasreshu dushtam doorena varayet

ശകടംപഞ്ചഹസ്തേഷു ദശഹസ്തേഷു വാജിനം
ഗജം ഹസ്തസഹസ്രേഷു ദുഷ്ടം ദൂരേണ വാരയേത്

One should take care to avoid a vehicle at-least when it is five hand measures (seven and half feet) away,  he should turn away from a bolting horse at least fifteen feet away and from a rowdy elephant even fifteen hundred feet away  but there can there be any measure of hands to prescribe to bolt away from an evil person?
The distance relative to  the vehicle, horse and elephant may have different values with changing times but in the case of an idiotic, evil fellow the distance we are to keep is always infinity



--
laxmi

when weak you are alone


वनानि दहतो वह्नेः सखा भवति मारुतः
स एव दीपनाशाय कृशे कस्यास्ति सौहृदम्

vanaani dahatho vahneh sakha bhavathi maruthah
sa eva deepanaasaaya  krusey kasyaasthi sauhrudham
शार्ङ्गधरपद्धतिः ४८८ 

while the fire is engaged in the mega project of burning down wild forests, the air keeps him hearty company as the best friend. 
 But when the same fire tries to keep alive a wick lamp the air haughtily destroys it by putting out the lamp by show of great force.  
The world is like this.  
No one wants the friendship of  a person when he has become weak.

വനാനി ദഹതോ വഹ്നേഃ സഖാ ഭവതി മാരുതഃ
സ ഏവദീപനാശായ കൃശേ കസ്യാസ്തി സൌഹൃദം

കാടു ചുട്ടെരിക്കുന്ന  വമ്പനായ  തീയ്  സംഹാരതാണ്ഡവം ആടുമ്പോള്‍  കാറ്റും  ആ ദഹനപ്രക്രിയയില്‍  സഹായിയായി നില്‍ക്കുന്നു   
പക്ഷെ ഒരു കൊച്ചു വിളക്കില്‍  ശാന്തമായി കത്തുന്ന  ദീപശിഖയെക്കണ്ടാല്‍ അതിനെ ഊക്കോടെ ഊതിക്കെടുതാനാണ് അതേ കാറ്റിനു താല്പര്യം.

ഒരാള്‍ ശക്തിയേറിയ പദവിയില്‍ ഇരിക്കുമ്പോള്‍  കുറെ ചങ്ങാതിമാര്‍ ഉണ്ടാവും. പക്ഷെ ആ പദവി ഇല്ലെങ്കില്‍  ആ മനുഷ്യനെ ആര്‍ക്കും വേണ്ട  
ശക്തി ഇല്ലാത്തവനോടു ആര് കൂട്ടുകൂടും?

Thursday, March 25, 2010

bolt infinitum

शकटं पञ्जहस्तेषु दशहस्तेषु वाजिनम्
गजं हस्तसहस्रेण दुष्टं दूरेण वारयेत्

shakatam pancha hastheshu dashahastheshu vaajinam
gajam hastha sahasreshu dushtam doorena varayet

ശകടംപഞ്ചഹസ്തേഷു ദശഹസ്തേഷു വാജിനം
ഗജം ഹസ്തസഹസ്രേഷു ദുഷ്ടം ദൂരേണ വാരയേത്

One should take care to avoid a vehicle at-least when it is five hand measures (seven and half feet) away,  he should turn away from a bolting horse at least fifteen feet away and from a rowdy elephant even thousand five hundred feet away should be avoided, but there can be any measure of hands to prescribe to bolt away from an evil person.
The distance relative to  the vehicle, horse and elephant may have different values with changing times but in the case of an idiotic, evil fellow the distance we are to keep is always infinity

Wednesday, March 24, 2010

appearances are deceptive



मुखं पद्मदलाकारं वचश्चन्दन शीतला
हृदयं क्चरोधसंयुक्तं अतिविनयं धूर्तलक्षणम्

mukham padmadhalaakaaram vachanah chandanaseethalam
hrit kartari samam cha athivinayam doorthalakshanam

മുഖം പദ്മദളാകാരം വചനശ്ചന്ദനശിതളം
ഹൃത് കര്തരീസമം ച അതിവിനയം ദൂര്തതലക്ഷണം

the cheats usually exhibit a face which is as beautiful
as a lotus petal, their words would be as soothing and cooling as sandal paste itself, they will be showing so much of solicitude to you as if they are existing only for your welfare, but beware, their heart is set to cut you to pieces as though with the sharpest razor.


Tuesday, March 23, 2010

sword savvy

सहसा विदधीत न क्रियां अविवेकः परमापदां पदम्  ।
वृणते हि विमृश्यकारिणं गुणलुब्धाः स्वयमेव सम्पदः।।

kiratharjuneeyam of Bahravi

Sahasaa vidhadeetha na kriyam  avivekah param aapadaam padam
vrinathey hi vimrushya kaarinam  gunalubhdhah  swayameva sampadah

സഹസാ വിദധീത ന ക്രിയാം അവിവേകഃ പരമാപദാം പദം
വൃണതേ ഹി വിമൃശ്യകാരിണം ഗുണലുബ്ധാഃ സ്വയമേവ സമ്പദഃ

One should never jump into action in a haste without proper discrimination.  Lack of forethought is the root cause of grave dangers,  The wealth and welfare are by nature very miserly to visit a person, but they always throng towards the person who always does things after thorough planning and analysis.

There is an interesting story about this sloka and many would have already heard of it. Bharavi, one of the greatest authors was languishing without a sponsor for his kavya  and visited the court of the local king and tried to present this sloka before the royalty.  The king had a cursory hearing of it as he was in a hurry to depart on a hunting spree. The poet, like the usual poor, lingered on. Something happened on that day. The Royal couple had only one boy who had earlier in life been lost to them perhaps in some intrigue. The boy, now a beautiful and ebullient youth,  showed himself at the Palace.  The queen knew no bounds for her happiness.  She started celebrating the gift of this son and after having him bathed, fed, made him sleep in their own royal bed and was watching the youth in affection and admiration while he slept. The king returned after hunt at this juncture and what he saw was shocking..His own wife, sitting in wait for an unknown man in their own royal bed.  His Kshatra blood boiled and he drew out  the sword to do its bounden duty..one male and one female head were about to lose their connections from their torso. somehow the sloka heard by the king in the morning from the poor poet just peeped into his mind from the recesses of memory.  He stopped and tried to enquire before plunging into action.  Meanwhile  the queen was advancing him in a deliriously happy mood shouting in inarticulate words that  their own son whom they had thought as lost for ever, has come back and was sleeping and he should not disturb him.  He heard it and the facts struck him like a sledgehammer.  The king was trying to slaughter his only son, a gift from God and his own beloved queen in a fit of reckless anger.  The next thought was about the indigent poet who had tried to sell the idea of thoughtful action to him in the morning.  He summoned him, honoured him and commissioned the creation of a poem on the same metre.  And thus was born the classic, Kirataarjuneeyam.

Monday, March 22, 2010

to cross the river of desire

आशा नाम नदी मनोरथजला तृष्णातरङ्गाकुला
रागग्राहवती वितर्कविहगा धैर्यद्रुम ध्वंसिनी।
मोहावर्त्तसुदुस्तरातिगहना प्रोत्तुङ्गचिन्तातटी
तस्याःपारगताः विशुद्धमनसो नन्दन्ति योगीश्वराः।।

bharthruhari : vairagya sathakam

aasha naama nadhee manorathajalaa thrushnatharangaakulaa
ragagrahavathee vitharkavihagaa dhairyadrumadwamsinee
mohaavarthasudussaraa athi gahanaa prothunga chintha thadee
tasyaah paaragathaah vishudhdhamanaso nandanthi yogeeswaraah

ആശാ നാമ നദീ മനോരഥജലാ തൃഷ്ണാതരംഗാകൂലാ
രാഗഗ്രാഹവതീ വിതര്ക്കവിഹഗാധൈര്യദ്രുമധ്വംസിനീ
മോഹാവര്ത്തസുദുസ്തരാഅതിഗഹനാപ്രോത്തൂംഗചിന്താതടീ
തസ്യാഃപാരഗതാഃ വിശുദ്ധമനസോ നന്ദന്തി യോഗീശ്വരാഃ

The insatiable desire is an unfathomable river. Its water is made of unattainable expectations. Its waves are the uncontrollable avarice.It contains crocodiles in the shape lust and anger. The never ending doubts float along its course as birds. The river uproots self confidence as if they were the trees on its banks .The infatuations are its whirlpools. Its tall banks represent insurmountable anxiety and its depth represents the abyss of despair. However, the greathearted yogis with the absolute control over mind and actions really cross this veritable river and are enjoying on the opposite bank.

Sunday, March 21, 2010

Fwd: it is hot



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the summer rains are playing truant.  the atmospheric temperature is
soaring and cooling mechanisms like ACs etc are becoming ineffective.
In olden days at least in agraharams there was a practice.  If the
rains dont come, people simply carry water from far off ponds or dried
rivers or from whatever source and just make a beeling to the nearest
siva temple, there to pour the precious water with chanting of
sreerudram on the Sivalingam... evidence is that for each drop of
water fallen on the head of Sambhu. the heaven pours in millions of
tonnes of water. Om Namo Bagavathey rudraya.  Let us even at home do
little cooling abhishekam on siva and see...

inherent qualities never give up

मूलं भुजङ्गैःशिखरं प्लवङ्गैः
शाखा विहङ्गैःकुसुमानि भृङगैः
 आसेव्यते दुष्टजनैः समस्तैः
न चन्दनं मुञ्चति शीतलत्वम्

moolam bhujangaih shikaram plavangai
shakha vihangaih kususmani brungaih
aasevtathey dushtajanaih samastaih
na chandanam munchathi sheethalatwam

മൂലം ഭുജംഗൈഃ ശീഖരംപ്ളവംഗൈഃ
ശാഖാ വിഹംഗൈ കുസുമാനി ഭൃംഗൈഃ
ആസേവ്യതേ ദുഷ്ഠജൈനഃ സമസ്തൈഃ
ന ചന്ദനം മുഞ്ചതി ശീതലത്വം

the root is inhabited by the most poisonous serpent, the top is occupied by the ugly vicious monkeys, the branches are infested by wild birds, the flowers are always drained by large beetles and thus the sandal tree is always surrounded and under attace by the worst evil elements.  But see, the sandal tree never gives up its natural capacity of bestowing  coolness.  The really noble beings do not give up their natural benevolence even when everything evil is infesting them.

Saturday, March 20, 2010

slokas

friends, i have sent all who asked in the friends group and forwarded on sloka at least. Pleaese acknowledge the utility. this is also an opportunity to escape from my old time slokas.  Namaskaramas

slokas

all the people who asked me to be included for slokas were included in my friends list.  I have sent one sample sloka to each. Please let me know whether you recieved it and whether it is really worth it for you because i will be reaching your mailbox once per day from tomorrow.  With namaskarams and lots of love. now god has given me an onerous responibility and I am not sure I am good to his standars. Namaskarams once again.  Satsanatweu nissamatwam nissangatwe nirmohatwam nirmohatwe nischacha tattwam nischal tatwe jeevan mukthij  Baja govindam

temporary detachment and satiety

पुराणान्ते श्मशानान्ते मैथुनान्ते च या मतिः
सा मतिःसर्वदा चेत् स्यात् को न मुच्येत बन्धनात्
chanakya neethii

puraanaanthey smasaanannthey maithunaanthey yatha mathi.
saa mathih sarvatdah chet syat ko na muchyetha bandhanaath

പുരാണാന്തേ ശ്മശാനാന്തേ മൈഥുനാന്തേച യാ മതിഃ
സാമതി സര്‍വദാ     ചേത് സ്യാത്  കോ ന മുച്യേത ബന്ധനാത്

a human being feels highly elated and spiritually close to God at the end of hearing a puranic discourse. After accompanying a dead friend to the burial ground and sseing him off in a blue fume of smoke  he will intensely feel how unreal this life is.  After having a session of copulation with the mate he feel satiated to the extent that  the person will feel a sort of hatred for what he was doing.  The master chanakya points out that if this state of detachment remains with a fellow all the time, who can prevent him from attaining eternal release from the vicissitudes of this mortal life?   The hysteria exhibited by people during purana discourse and the sudden burnout at the end is a quite familiar sight. whe a person dies some friends and family members may wish they had also died along with him.. Keats has expressed well about love's sad satiety. . But think how these thought are so ephemeral?

frivolity

परदारान्परद्रव्यं परिवादंपरस्यच।
परिहासं गुरोः स्थाने चापल्यं च विवर्जयेत्
chanakya
paradhaaran paradhravyam parivadam parasya cha
parihasam guroh sthaane chapalyam  cha vivarjayet

പരദാരാന്‍ പരദ്രവ്യം  പരിവാദം പരസ് യ ച
പരിഹാസം ഗുരോഃ സ്ഥാനേ ചാപലം ച വിവ്ജയേത്

the following evil predilection of the mind should be rooted out at any cost... desire for someone else's wife. scandalizing others, throwing saracstic insul at others and exhibiting silly and unbecoming character in the presence of the preceptor and respectable persons.

Thursday, March 18, 2010

respect given on the approriate locatin

अपेक्ष्यते साधुजेन वैदिकीथशानशूलस्य न यूपसत्क्रिया

apekshyathy sadhujanena vaiddikee smasaana soolasya na yoopa satrkriah
അപേക്ഷ്യതേ സാധുജനേന വൈദികീ ശ്മശാനശൂലസ്യ ന യുപസത്ക്രീയാ
when a great yagna is initiated, aholy trunk\ of  sacred tree is ceremoniously brought into  to the yagnasala and it is planted with all devotion and poojas. However there is a large wooden soola erected in a burial ground where some condemned crimials are forcibly erected to death. Here Kalidasa  says the the sensible men do not perform the sacred pooja to the soola in the burial ground though the same is done ceremoniously to the yoopa in yajna sala.   This means  two things which may  look alike but because of their location and utility they get vastly different treatments.

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

provocation

ज्वलति चलितेन्धनो अग्निर्विप्रकृतः पन्नगःफणां कुरुते।।
प्रायः स्वं महिमानं क्षोभात्प्रतिपद्यतेहि जनः।।
abijnana saakunthalam of Kalidasa

jwalathi chalithendhano agnir viprakritha pannagah phanam kuruthey
prayah swam mahimanam kshobhat pratipadhyathey hi janah

ജ്വലതി ചലിതേന്ധനോ അഗ്നിഃ വിപ്രകൃഃപന്നഗഃഫണാംകുരുതേ
പ്രായഃ സ്വം മഹിമാനം ക്ഷോഭാത് പ്രതീപദ്യതേ ഹി ജനഃ
the fire flares up when the fuel is stoked up, the serpent spreads his wide hood in an attacking mood when provoked. So it appears that strong people exhibit their prowess only when they are forced into  a frenzy of anger.
(the scene is sakunthalam is quite interesting.  Dushyantha rejects sakunthala in a stupour caused by the curse of sage Durvasas and when he gets back his memory he lives like a tragic lovelorn person. He forget that  there is the kingdom to rule, the dharma to be protected. Meanwhile some demons are attacking Indra the lord of Gods and He requires Dushyantha in full valour to support him in the war.  So Indra sends his own charioteer Mathali to fetch the king. Mathali comes to the Palace invisible and attacks  kings great friend  the vidhooshaka with hard blows and other fearful acts. The king, who is normally inactive in his sorrow and love-pangs  suddenly gets provoked and prepares himself  to attack this unseen entity. At this juncture,  the divine charioteer appears in the open and explains the reason for his torturing of  the vidhooshaka)

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

the patriarch

अन्न दाता भयत्राता विद्यादाता तदैव च।
जनिता चोपनेता पञ्चैते पितरः स्मृताः।।
chanakya neethi

annadhatha bhaya thraatha vidhya daatha tadaiiva cha
janithaa cha upanethaa cha pachaithey pitharah smrithah

അന്നദാതാ ഭയത്രാതാ വിദ്യാദാതാ തദൈവ ച
ജനിതാ ച ഉപനേതാ ച പഞ്ചൈതേ പിതരഃ സ്മൃതാഃ

apart from the natural father who sired us we have to honour and respect  the person who has constantly fed us, who has always protected us from great fears in childhood, our teacher, and the person who initiated us into the divine path have also  as equal to our father.  (the master chanakya  stresses here the importance of father- like figures in our lives,,,, the ruler, the teacher and the initiator)

ugadi wishes

I wish all my brothers and sisters and friends a Happy Ugadi... let  an new era arise  in all our lives by the grace of Lord Krishna
kva

Monday, March 15, 2010

sarvasang parityagam

न कर्मणा न प्रजया धनेन त्यागेनैके अमृतत्त्वमानशुः ।

na karmanaa na prajayaa dhanena  thyagenaikey amrutattwamanasu

ന കറ്മ്മണാ ന പ്രജയാ ധനേന ത്യാഗേനൈകേ അമൃതത്ത്വമാനശുഃ

not by action, nor by having progenies or immense wealth, but only by complete renunciation can we reach eternity

(this is in honour of the great sannyasivarayas who simply give up everything in this life and attain the jeevanmuktha stage and still just grace this earth to bless all of us)

Sunday, March 14, 2010

: namami nityam

NANDADMAJAM NITHYAKISORA ROOPAM,
VRINDVANARAPOORITHA  VENUGANAM,
ANANTHA,MAANANDA MAHAASAMUDRAM,
NAMAMI NITHYAM NAVANEETHA KRISHNAM

नन्दात्मजं नित्यकिशोररूपम्
वृन्दावानापूरित वेणुगानम्
अनन्तमानन्दमहासमुद्रम्
नमामि नित्यं नवनीत कृष्णम्

നന്ദാത്മജം നിത്യ കിഷോര രൂപം
വൃന്ദാവനാപൂരിത വേണുഗാനം
അനന്തമാനന്ദമഹാസമുദ്രം
നമാമി നിത്യം നവനീത കൃഷ്ണം  1

MAANIKYA RATNOJWALA SALKKIREETAM,
SREEVALSA SAMSOBHITHA VAKSHA DESAM,
SANA
THANAM, SAASWATHAMAPRAMEYAM ,
NAMAMI NITHYAM NAVANEETHA KRISHNAM.

माणिक्यरत्नोज्ज्वल सत्किरीटम्
श्रीवत्ससंशोभित वक्षदेशम्
सनातनं शाश्वतमप्रमेयम्
नमामि नित्यं नवनीत कृष्णम्

മാണിക്യരത്നോജ്വലസത്കിരീടം
ശ്രീവത്സസംശോഭിതവക്ഷദേശം
സനാതനം ശാശ്വതമപ്രേമയം
നമാമി നിത്യം നവനീത കൃഷ്ണം 

MITHYAJAGAD BANDHANA MUKTHIHETUM,
SATHYASWAROOPM, SARASEERUHAKSHAM,
JAGADVIDADHA, JAGADEKASAKHYAM
NAMAMI NITHYAM NAVANEETHA KRISHNAM.

मिथ्याजगद्ब्धनमुक्तिहतुम्
सत्यस्वरूपं सरसीरुहाक्षम्
जगद्विदात्रे जगदेकसख्यम्
नमामि नित्यं नवनीत कृष्णम्

മിഥ്യാജഗദ്ബന്ധനമുക്തിഹേതും

സത്യസ്വരൂപം സരസീരുഹാക്ഷം

ജഗദ്വിധാത്രേ ജഗേദകസഖ്യം

നമാമി നിത്യം നവനീത കൃഷ്ണം 

NITHYAM BHAJEY, NIRMALMADVITHEEYAM,
MUKTHIPRADAM, MOHANAPADAPADMAM,
GANGATHARANGOTHBHAVA PUNYA BHOOMI,
NAMAMINITHYM NAVANEETHA KRISHNAM.
नित्यं भजे निर्मलमद्वितीयम्

मुक्तिप्रदं मोहनपादपद्मम्
गङ्गातरङ्गोद्भव पुण्यभूमिम्
नमामिनित्यं नवनीतकृष्णम्
നിത്യം ഭജേ നിര്‍മലമദ്വിതീയം
മുക്തിപ്രദം മോഹന പാദപദ്മം
ഗംഗാതരംഗോദ്ഭവ പുണ്യഭൂമിം
നമാമി നിത്യം നവനീത കൃഷ്ണം 

NARAPRIYAM SARVAHITHA PRADAYEE,
NAARYANAM, PANNAGA THALPA SAYEE,
MANAPRASHANTHI: PRADA KAMADENU
NAMAMI NITHYAM NAVANEETHA KRISHNAM
नारायणं सर्वहितप्रदायिनम्
नारायणंपन्नगतल्पशायिनम्
मनःप्रशान्तिप्रद कामधेनुम्
नमामिनित्यं नवनीतकृष्णम्


നാരായണം സര്‍വഹിതപ്രദായനം
നാരായണം പന്നഗതല്പശായിരം
മനഃപ്റശാന്തിപ്രദകാമേധനും
നമാമി നിത്യം നവനീത കൃഷ്ണം 


VANDE YASODHA VADANABJA SOORYAM,
VANDE KUCHELAPRIYA, MINDU VAKTHRAM,
VANDE KHANSYAMALA KOMALANGAM,
NAMAMI NITHYAM NAVANEETHA KRISHNAM.


वन्दे यशोदा वदनाब्ज सूर्यम्
वन्दे कुचेलप्रियमिन्दु वक्त्रम्
वन्दे घनश्यामळ कोमळाङ्गम्
नमामिनित्यं नवनीतकृष्णम्

വന്ദേ യശോദാ വദനാബ്ജ സൂര്യം
വന്ദേ കുചേലപ്രിയമിന്ദുവക്ത്റം
വന്ദേ ഘനശ്യാമളേകാമളാംഗം
നമാമി നിത്യം നവനീത കൃഷ്ണം 


NEELOLPALAKSHAM, KARUNAKATAKSHAM,
NIRAMAYM, NIRMADA, MADVIDEEYM,
SURADIPARADITHA, MAPRAMEYAM,
NAMAMINITHYAM NAVANEETHA KRISHNAM
 
नीलोत्पलाक्षं करुणाकटाक्षम्
निरामयं निर्मलमद्वितीयम्
सुराधिपाराधितमप्रमेयम्
नमामिनित्यं नवनीतकृष्णम्

നീലോല്പലാക്ഷം കരുണാകടാക്ഷം
നിരാമയം നിര്‍മലമദ്വിതീയം
സുരാധിപാരാധിതമപ്രമേയം
നമാമി നിത്യം നവനീത കൃഷ്ണം 


THAPA: PRASADAM, BHUVANA PRAKASHAM,
THAMAPHARAM THARUNASWAROOPAM,
ANANTHASOWBHAGYA SAMRIDHIDADA,
NAMAMI NITHYAM NAVNEETHAKRISHNAM

तपःप्रसादं भुवनःप्रकाशम्
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KRISHNAM BHAJEY, VRISHNI KULAPRADEEPAM,
KRISHNAM BHAJEY, PANKAJA SAARNGA PANIM,
 KRISHNAM BHAJEY
, MA SUKHA VASADESAM,
NAMAMINITHYAM, NAVANEETHA KRISHNAM


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