Monday, December 08, 2025

praise the good but be silent about defects in others

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  गुणदोषौ बुधो गृह्णन् इन्दुक्षेडाविवेश्वरः। शिरसा श्लाखते पूर्वं परं कण्ठे नियच्छति॥ सुभाषितशतकत्रये॥ guṇadoṣau budho gṛhṇan indukṣeḍāviveś...

the stamp of class

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  एतदेव कुलीनत्वं एतदेव गुणार्जनम्। यत्सदैव सतां सत्सु विनयावनतं शिरः॥ क्षेमेन्द्रस्य् दर्पदलने। महासुभाषितसङ्ग्रहे ७८१७ etadeva kulīnatvaṁ ...
Sunday, December 07, 2025

if we just follow shastras as pretensions they may be of little use

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Human nature and its basic honest and positive response to truth, love, kindness, empathy etc were the same as long as humanity existed.. An...

accomplishmentof the wicked fellow causes miserty to oaa aroud

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  अपि निपुणतरमधीतं दुर्विनयारूढचेतसः पुंसः। मणिरिव फणीफणवर्ती प्रभवति शोकाय लोकानाम्॥ सूक्तिमुक्तावली api nipuṇataramadhītaṃ durvinayārūḍhac...

the words of visionaries, and here it is the Supreme Godhead, make meanings and context

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just some food for thought.. Gita, if it is interpreted in the context of that bloody war can be nothing more than many of the pep talk book...

The "wise" men of this age many create shortcuts

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when we are performing a ritual as prescribed in smritis and grihya sootras or any other codified set up we have to follow the procedure as ...

for a suddhasattwa there will be no pleasure or pain.

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on sloka 5 of satakam 5 of Narayaneeyam, which I tried to explain, the following query was raised. NishTrai Gunyo Bhavarjuna , was the lord...

bhagavat gita and gita govindan

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GITA GOVINDAM THE IMMORTAL SRINGARA KAVYAM OF INDIA A learned friend raised a query about Gita Govindam.. in one group.. The query was partl...
Saturday, December 06, 2025

the terrible taxman

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  The terrible taxman.... Those were the days when the country was divided into many kingdoms each with some separate ruler or king. And eac...