My dear brother, Krishna has already answered your question in gita... He has asserted without any trace of doubt in vibhuti yoga that whatever is great, original, sreemad(possessing of richness), strong and noble, manifests anywhere in any part of the universe one should realize that the manifestation is only a part of Krishna Himself. (mama tejo amsa sambhavam). It is not very material as to what language you use but the lofty thought are more important. Praying in any language and called the blessed lord by whatever name is only like negotiating different paths but the ultimate destination is one and the same. Sarvadevanamaskarah kesavam prathi gachchadthi. The means lose most of its significance once the right goal is reached. Maybe some paths may appeal more to the psyche of some while for some others different paths may be attractive. A sadhaka should ensure only one thing...he should not make dirty the path he had trodden. The paths are to be used by others who are also taking the same path. There can be millions of followeres like you and me but there are very few pathfinders ...whom we may call jagatgurus..usually this epithet applies in Hinduism to Krishna, Dakshinamoorthy and Sankara.. we may add a few names like Lord Hayagriva in Hinduism Buddha, Mahaveera, the Prophet, Lord Jesus etc.. Ultimately they all said the same thing. There is only one God, call Him by different names. Ekam sat vipraah Bahudha vadanthi.
If you feel the urge to express yourself spiritually, that is a great sign. The blessed lord is beckoning you. Please share your experience with others. Often God expressed himself through his devotees. Remember the bible also said it a different way.. if Gods wrath is directed towards an evil person, the first manifestation will be that the person concerned will lose all sense of proportion and become mad.
Whatever you or I do, we are only the media of action. The great work is performed by the blessed Krishna himself. So there is no room for arrogance or narcissism or pride for anyone. If a brain works exceedingly well, if a vocal chord vibrates to create sweetest music, if a finger traces great pieces of literature., always remember that these organs are directed by the Lord and the human body-mind conglomerate is only the vehicle. Nobody respects the vehicle, only the saarathy, the mover of the vehicle is the source of greatness.

Wish you all the best.

He leads and we just follow

My dear brother, Krishna has already answered your question in gita... He has asserted without any trace of doubt in vibhuti yoga that whatever is great, original, sreemad(possessing of richness), strong and noble, manifests anywhere in any part of the universe one should realize that the manifestation is only a part of Krishna Himself. (mama tejo amsa sambhavam). It is not very material as to what language you use but the lofty thought are more important. Praying in any language and called the blessed lord by whatever name is only like negotiating different paths but the ultimate destination is one and the same. Sarvadevanamaskarah kesavam prathi gachchadthi. The means lose most of its significance once the right goal is reached. Maybe some paths may appeal more to the psyche of some while for some others different paths may be attractive. A sadhaka should ensure only one thing...he should not make dirty the path he had trodden. The paths are to be used by others who are also taking the same path. There can be millions of followeres like you and me but there are very few pathfinders ...whom we may call jagatgurus..usually this epithet applies in Hinduism to Krishna, Dakshinamoorthy and Sankara.. we may add a few names like Lord Hayagriva in Hinduism Buddha, Mahaveera, the Prophet, Lord Jesus etc.. Ultimately they all said the same thing. There is only one God, call Him by different names. Ekam sat vipraah Bahudha vadanthi.
If you feel the urge to express yourself spiritually, that is a great sign. The blessed lord is beckoning you. Please share your experience with others. Often God expressed himself through his devotees. Remember the bible also said it a different way.. if Gods wrath is directed towards an evil person, the first manifestation will be that the person concerned will lose all sense of proportion and become mad.
Whatever you or I do, we are only the media of action. The great work is performed by the blessed Krishna himself. So there is no room for arrogance or narcissism or pride for anyone. If a brain works exceedingly well, if a vocal chord vibrates to create sweetest music, if a finger traces great pieces of literature., always remember that these organs are directed by the Lord and the human body-mind conglomerate is only the vehicle. Nobody respects the vehicle, only the saarathy, the mover of the vehicle is the source of greatness.

Wish you all the best.

जले तैलं खले गुह्यं

जले तैलं खले गुह्यं पात्रे दानं मनागपि।

प्राज्ञे शास्त्रं स्वयं याति विस्तारे वस्तुशक्तितः॥

चाणक्याद्

jale tailaṁ khale guhyaṁ pātre dānaṁ manāgapi|

prājñe śāstram svayam yāti vistāre vastuśaktitaḥ||

cāṇakyād

Another sweet gem from Chanakya

Oil added to water

Secret shared with an idiot or an evil minded fellow

Gift given to a deserving and nice person

Knowledge of science imparted to a man with great intellect

These spread and multiply all by themselves especially because of the qualities of the recipients..even if the quantity supplied is very small.

Oil and water do not mix with one another.. They have different specific gravities too..Obviously oil added to water floats over a vast area over the surface.

When we disclose a secret to an idiot or an indiscreet person, we know what happens.. The matter will be given a lot of make up too and presented everywhere ..

When a gift is given to a nice and deserving person, he will be grateful and we gain a good friend for ever.. The gift would be used for noble purposes..

And when we teach a nice, earnest and brilliant student, the knowledge and the benefits arising out of it grow and spread million-fold..

Of course no special mention is to be made of secrets shared with idiots..

हतविधिपरिपाकः केन वा लङ्घनीयः

अयममृतनिधानं नायकोऽप्यौषधीनां
शतभिषगनुजातः शम्भुमूर्ध्नोऽवतंसः।
विरहयति न चैनं राजयक्ष्मा शशाङ्कं
हतविधिपरिपाकः केन वा लङ्घनीयः॥
ayamamṛtanidhānaṁ nāyako'pyauṣadhīnāṁ
śatabhiṣaganujātaḥ śambhumūrdhno'vataṁsaḥ|
virahayati na cainaṁ rājayakṣmā śaśāṅkaṁ
hatavidhiparipākaḥ kena vā laṅghanīyaḥ||

नीतिशतकं भर्त्रुहरेः
nītiśatakaṁ bhartruhareḥ


The moon is the abode of ambrosia (amrutha which gives immortality to all),  he is the master of all medicinal plants,  the stellar constellaton of hundred doctors (shathabishak) always follows him as if a moving superspeciality hospital,  and above all he is worn as an ornament in the matted locks of Lord Shiva who is famed to have defeated death itself  but in spite of all these  facilities, the moon is attached by  a fatal disease, and advanced variety of tuberculosis (rajaykshma).  The decisions of fate are immutable and no one can oppose or overcome it.

The story is that the moon is married to all the stars from aswini to revathi but he started showing special favors to  rohini  and the other sisters went and complained to their father the Dakshaprajapathi...and he cursed moon to have the killer disease and later on the scheme was modified to the cycle that he will start catching the diseas on full moon day, get emaciated day by day and disppear on new moon day and then will be resurrected to grow from a lean crescent to the full moon in the next fortnight, just to start the cycle once again. This is an astronomical phenomenon but the master has used it effectively to stress a very valid point.
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।श्रीकृष्णो रक्षतु।
|śrīkṛṣṇo rakṣatu|
Have a nice and happy day
with profound respect and warm regards
K V Ananthanarayanan

blog   http://kanfusion.blogspot.com/

कृष्णात् परं किमपि तत्वं अहं न जाने"

सेवाधर्मः परमगहनो

मौनान्मूकः प्रवचनपटुर्वाचको जल्पको वा
धृष्टः पार्श्वे भवति च वसन् दूरतोप्यगम्यः।
क्षान्त्या भीरुर्यदि न सहते प्रायशो नाभिजातः
सेवाधर्मः परमगहनो योगिनामप्यगम्यः॥
नीतिशतकम्  भर्त्रुहरेः
maunānmūkaḥ pravacanapaṭurvācako jalpako vā
dhṛṣṭaḥ pārśve bhavati ca vasan dūratopyagamyaḥ|
kṣāntyā bhīruryadi na sahate prāyaśo nābhijātaḥ
sevādharmaḥ paramagahano yogināmapyagamyaḥ||
nītiśatakam  bhartruhareḥ

The sad plight of a menial servant is indeed unbearable. 
Even an ascetic who is inure to all things mundane will not be able to cope up with the demands of this job or the innuendos  a servant receives 
 If the servant keeps silence he is called dumb.
 If he talks out he will be branded either as a chatterbox or idiot. 
If he goes near the master he is called arrogant, and if he keeps a respectful distance he is accused as a nincompoop.
 If  he shows patience, he is a coward and  if he exhibits impatience, he is accused as low bred.
 How testing his life is.
. . 

सेवाधर्मः परमगहनो

मौनान्मूकः प्रवचनपटुर्वाचको जल्पको वा
धृष्टः पार्श्वे भवति च वसन् दूरतोप्यगम्यः।
क्षान्त्या भीरुर्यदि न सहते प्रायशो नाभिजातः
सेवाधर्मः परमगहनो योगिनामप्यगम्यः॥
नीतिशतकम्  भर्त्रुहरेः
maunānmūkaḥ pravacanapaṭurvācako jalpako vā
dhṛṣṭaḥ pārśve bhavati ca vasan dūratopyagamyaḥ|
kṣāntyā bhīruryadi na sahate prāyaśo nābhijātaḥ
sevādharmaḥ paramagahano yogināmapyagamyaḥ||
nītiśatakam  bhartruhareḥ

The sad plight of a menial servant is indeed miserable.  Even an ascetic may not be able to cope up with the demands of the job and the rebukes the servant recieves.  If he keeps quiet, he is accused as dumb. If he talks with reasonable sense the he is branded as either a chatterbox or a fellow who talks nonsense. If he goes very near to the master, he is accused of arrogance.  If he keeps distance, then he is a nincompoop;  If he shows patience, he becomes coward  and if he does not show patience, then he is accused as non-aristocratic. How ironic?

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।श्रीकृष्णो रक्षतु।
|śrīkṛṣṇo rakṣatu|
Have a nice and happy day
with profound respect and warm regards
K V Ananthanarayanan

blog   http://kanfusion.blogspot.com/

कृष्णात् परं किमपि तत्वं अहं न जाने"

Re: drains off welfare

yes, it was an unwitting but unpardonable error. the correct reading is "The friendship will not last long unless there is unconditional affection for one another?

On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 5:26 AM, Meera Neelakantan <meeraneela@yahoo.com> wrote:

You have written "The friendship will not last long if there is unconditional affection for one another. "   Do you think it should be "The friendship will not last long unless there is unconditional affection for one another?          --- On Wed, 2/6/10, Ananthanarayanan Vaidyanathan <kvananthanarayanan@gmail.com> wrote: From: Ananthanarayanan Vaidyanathan <kvananthanarayanan@gmail.com> Subject: drains off welfare To: Received: Wednesday, 2 June, 2010, 8:53 AM दौर्मन्त्र्यात् नृपतिर्विनश्यति यतिःसङ्गात् सुतो लाळनात् विप्रोऽनध्ययनात् कुलं कुतनयात् शीलं खलोपासनात् ह्रीर्मद्यात् अनवेक्षणादपि कृषिः स्नेहः प्रवासाश्रयात् मैत्री चाप्रणयात् समृद्धिरतनयात् त्यागात् प्रमादात् धनं daurmantryāt nṛpatirvinaśyati yatiḥsaṅgāt suto lāḻanāt vipro'nadhyayanāt kulaṁ kutanayāt śīlaṁ khalopāsanāt hrīrmadyāt anavekṣaṇādapi kṛṣiḥ snehaḥ pravāsāśrayāt maitrī cāpraṇayāt samṛddhiratanayāt tyāgāt pramādāt dhanaṁ नीतिशतकम् भर्तृहरेः nītiśatakam bhartṛhareḥ The king perishes through the wrong advices of his crafty ministers. An ascetic loses everything if he is drawn towards lust for carnal desires.  A son is led astray by excessive pampering.  A brahmin loses all his respectability by neglecting to learn scriptures properly. A good family will be ruined if a wayward son is born in It.  A man's character will be tarnished by serving the evil minded people. Ones modesty and dignity are thrown to winds once the alcohol takes charge of him. The crops will be lost if they are not given periodic care by way of watering, weeding,applying pesticides etc., The love towards kinsmen get diminished when one lives away from them for very long periods.  The friendship will not last long if there is unconditional affection for one another.  Affluence will be eroded in due time if one is not diplomatic.  And ones money can be lost by tow methods... by generosity in gifts  or through utter carelessness -- ।श्रीकृष्णो रक्षतु। |śrīkṛṣṇo rakṣatu| Have a nice and happy day with profound respect and warm regards K V Ananthanarayanan blog   http://kanfusion.blogspot.com/ कृष्णात् परं किमपि तत्वं अहं न जाने"

 

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।श्रीकृष्णो रक्षतु।
|śrīkṛṣṇo rakṣatu|
Have a nice and happy day
with profound respect and warm regards
K V Ananthanarayanan

blog   http://kanfusion.blogspot.com/

कृष्णात् परं किमपि तत्वं अहं न जाने"

drains off welfare

दौर्मन्त्र्यात् नृपतिर्विनश्यति यतिःसङ्गात् सुतो लाळनात्
विप्रोऽनध्ययनात् कुलं कुतनयात् शीलं खलोपासनात्
ह्रीर्मद्यात् अनवेक्षणादपि कृषिः स्नेहः प्रवासाश्रयात्
मैत्री चाप्रणयात् समृद्धिरतनयात् त्यागात् प्रमादात् धनं
daurmantryāt nṛpatirvinaśyati yatiḥsaṅgāt suto lāḻanāt
vipro'nadhyayanāt kulaṁ kutanayāt śīlaṁ khalopāsanāt
hrīrmadyāt anavekṣaṇādapi kṛṣiḥ snehaḥ pravāsāśrayāt
maitrī cāpraṇayāt samṛddhiratanayāt tyāgāt pramādāt dhanaṁ

नीतिशतकम् भर्तृहरेः
nītiśatakam bhartṛhareḥ
The king perishes through the wrong advices of his crafty ministers. An ascetic loses everything if he is drawn towards lust for carnal desires.  A son is led astray by excessive pampering.  A brahmin loses all his respectability by neglecting to learn scriptures properly. A good family will be ruined if a wayward son is born in It.  A man's character will be tarnished by serving the evil minded people. Ones modesty and dignity are thrown to winds once the alcohol takes charge of him. The crops will be lost if they are not given periodic care by way of watering, weeding,applying pesticides etc., The love towards kinsmen get diminished when one lives away from them for very long periods.  The friendship will not last long if there is unconditional affection for one another.  Affluence will be eroded in due time if one is not diplomatic.  And ones money can be lost by tow methods... by generosity in gifts  or through utter carelessness

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।श्रीकृष्णो रक्षतु।
|śrīkṛṣṇo rakṣatu|
Have a nice and happy day
with profound respect and warm regards
K V Ananthanarayanan

blog   http://kanfusion.blogspot.com/

कृष्णात् परं किमपि तत्वं अहं न जाने"

स्थूलेषु कः प्रत्ययः

हस्तिः स्थूलतनुः स च अङ्कुशवशः किं हस्तिमात्रोऽङ्कुशो
दीपे प्रज्वलिते प्रणश्यति तमः किं दीपमात्रं तमः।
वज्रेणIपि हताः पतन्ति गिरयः किं वज्रमात्रं नगाः
तेजो यस्य विराजते स बलवान् स्थूलेषु कः प्रत्ययः॥
चाणक्य नीति ११ ३
hastiḥ sthūlatanuḥ sa ca aṅkuśavaśaḥ kiṁ hastimātro'nkuśo dīpe prajvalite praṇaśyati tamaḥ kiṁ dīpamātraṁ tamaḥ | vajreṇapi hatāḥ patanti girayaḥ kiṁ vajramātraṁ nagāḥ tejo yasya virājate sa balavān sthūleṣu kaḥ pratyayaḥ|| cāṇakya nīti 11 3  
The fat rogue elephant is controlled by a tiny hook attached to a rod.. does it follow that the hook is larger in size than the elephant?
When a tiny wick is lighted, the pitch darkness over a large area simply vanishes..can there be any comparison in size  between a tiny source of light and the area covered by the light?
It is said that large  mountains were flying around with huge wings but the small vajraayudha cut off all the wings and restrained the mountains. It was not because the weapon was larger in size than the targets. 

So we have  to realize that people with valour and efficiency control the world and nothing is achieved by just having a very fat body..
( except perhaps being a sugar bag[diabetic] and getting heart attacks and becoming early fodder to the eagerly awaiting  funeral fire)