Those who mean and do good only for others would never reach miserable situations in life.

I can only quote what the blessed Lord Krishna told Arjuna in Bhagavat gita.

न हि कल्याणकृत् कश्चित् दुर्गतिं तात गच्छति

na hi kalyaana krut kaschit durgatim tata gacchati..

Dearest Arjuna ,Those who mean and do good only for others would never reach miserable situations in life.

God has promised that.

.And sure He will keep it

I do not know what He really is.. but He is kindness.. He is pure Love..

We are always connected with Krishna..I mean God.. by whatever name anyone calls Him..and he keeps his side of the connection secure and warm..

We just try to seek Him when we feel sad and helpless ..when our chips are down..but human nature is such that when we find even a little safety we think we have managed to win all by ourselves and we just forget Him.

Maybe he would give a tug to his side of the connecting rope as a reminder of His presence.

Playfulness..innocent and harmless ..is Krishna's nature and arrogance is our basic nature.

Poor God , it is indeed a wonder that He manages to save us from all troubles created by ourselves.

I do not know what He really is.. but

He is kindness..

He is pure Love..

Krishna karunya sindho..hrutvaa nisshesha taapaan pradishatu paramaananada sandoha laksmeem...

कृष्ण ! कारुण्यसिन्धो ! हृत्वा निश्शेषतापान् प्रदिशतु परमानन्दसन्दोहलक्ष्मीम्

Krishna you the ocean of compassion.. annihilate all the miseries suffered by me and grand me the treasure of boundless happiness.

That happiness is nothing else other than Krishna himself

Krishna bless

regards

Kva

Mahasudarshana Mantram..

Mahasudarshana Mantram..

ॐ क्ळीं कृष्णाय गोविन्दाय गोपीजनवल्लभाय पराय परंपुरुषाय परमात्मने पर कर्म मन्त्र यन्त्र औषध अस्त्र शस्त्राणि संहर संहर मृत्योर् मोचय मोचय ॐ नमो भगवते महासुदर्शनाय दीप्त्रे ज्वालापरीताय सर्वदिक्षोभणकराय हुं फट् ब्रह्मणे परं ज्योतिषे स्वाहाः

om kḻīṁ kṛṣṇāya govindāya gopījanavallabhāya parāya paraṁpuruṣāya paramātmane para karma mantra yantra auṣadha astra śastrāṇi saṁhara saṁhara mṛtyor mocaya mocaya om namo bhagavate mahāsudarśanāya dīptre jvālāparītāya sarvadikṣobhaṇakarāya huṁ phaṭ brahmaṇe paraṁ jyotiṣe svāhāḥ

ഓം ക്ളീം കൃഷ്ണായ ഗോവിന്ദായ ഗോപീജനവല്ലഭായ പരായ പരംപുരുഷായ പരമാത്മനേ പര കര്‍മ്മ മന്ത്ര യന്ത്ര ഔഷധ അസ്ത്ര ശസ്ത്രാണി സംഹര സംഹര മൃത്യോര്‍ മോചയ മോചയ ഓം നമോ ഭഗവതേ മഹാസുദര്‍ശനായ ദീപ്ത്രേ ജ്വാലാപരീതായ സര്‍വദിക്ഷോഭണകരായ ഹും ഫട് ബ്രഹ്മണേ പരം ജ്യോതിഷേ സ്വാഹാഃ

Pranams to Krishna, the Govinda, the lover and master of the Gopis, the eternal being, the transcendental purush, the supreme soul, may Your divine grace annihilate the evil effect of the actions directed by my enemies by way of physical action, by spells, by magical drawings, by drugs and potions, by mechanical contrivances or by weapons.. May Your Divine Grace be pleased to liberate me from sure death..

Pranams to the all powerful Mahasudarshan, who is shining brightly, who is surrounded by intense flame, who is causing buring and disturbance from all directions through his effulgence, who is the source of ultimate enlightenment..

I am not discussing the beeja mantrams because they are secret and beyond language

telling or narrating stories is one thing, and being faithful to a single text is another thing

sir, telling or narrating stories is one thing, and being faithful to a single text is another thing as far as mythology is concerned, and it is all the more so in the Indian Context..

The same story line with local and ideological modifications have been effected in the case of Ramayanam, especially..

And even in a single text, there are many versions with even major variations..

Almost all stories on Ramayana must have been taken from the Adikavya of Valmiki, but many authors and interpreters have deliberately or unwittingly added many things,,, and would have kept silent on many things too..

Even the narration by the greats like Rajaji or Kamala Subramaniam should be approached from that angle..

When we have varied interpretations in History itself, we have to expect that all the more in fictions with only sparse dependence on history or chronology..

And I for one feel a lot of anxiety when issues in mythology are twisted beyond any reasonable sense by some suave writers, who mix their own imagination and command over some language more than the contents of any text, and try to convince, and often even succeed in doing so vis a vis the gullible readers...

Many stories appearing in the web are like that..

𝐭𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐬

𝐭𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐬...𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭?

𝐑𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐧𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐛𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐕𝐞𝐝𝐚𝐬 𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐕𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐬..

𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲-𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐯𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐈𝐭𝐢𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐚𝐬, 𝐏𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐔𝐩𝐚𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲-𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐣𝐨𝐫 𝐯𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐕𝐞𝐝𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐬 ..

𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐚 𝐟𝐞𝐰 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐮𝐦𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐇𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐬..

𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐑𝐚𝐠𝐡𝐮𝐯𝐚𝐦𝐬𝐚𝐦, 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐤𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐦, 𝐊𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐚𝐫𝐣𝐮𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐲𝐚𝐦, 𝐍𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐝𝐡𝐚𝐦, 𝐒𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐮𝐩𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐝𝐡𝐚𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐨 𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐜 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈𝐭𝐢𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐬..

𝐚𝐧𝐝,

𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐥𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐨𝐫 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈𝐭𝐢𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐬..

𝐒𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐊𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐬𝐚, 𝐁𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐢, 𝐌𝐚𝐠𝐡𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐚 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐇𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐢𝐬𝐦. 𝐀𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐞𝐥𝐮𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐪𝐮𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐬, 𝐈𝐭𝐢𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐚𝐬 𝐞𝐭𝐜.

𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐕𝐞𝐝𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐞 𝐨𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞 𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞..

𝐈𝐟 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐨 𝐬𝐨, 𝐇𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐢𝐬𝐦 𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐛𝐢𝐠 𝐟𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐞..𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞.

𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐮𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭.. 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐭 𝐚𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬..

𝐈𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐮𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬..

𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧-𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐛𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭?

𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐲𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐯𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐛𝐲 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬..

𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐇𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐢𝐬𝐦.?.

𝐓𝐚𝐠𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐔𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐚, 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞. 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞..

𝐇𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐢𝐬𝐦 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐭𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐬..

𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐛𝐞 𝐕𝐞𝐝𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬..

𝐇𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫, 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐠𝐨 𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚 𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐑𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐨𝐳𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐬 ( 𝐚 𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐌𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐛𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐦, 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐁𝐡𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐚 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫.. 𝐚 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐦 𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐌𝐓 ) 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐇𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐢𝐬𝐦.

𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐚 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐁𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐊𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐬..?

𝐈 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐭, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐇𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐢𝐬𝐦, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐨𝐟 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐬..

𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐅𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬,, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐭𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐭..

𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥..

𝐈𝐧 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬.

𝐍𝐨𝐰 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐮𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐦𝐚𝐧/𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐠𝐨𝐝𝐬.. 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐬 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭

𝐂𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐢𝐭?

𝐎𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞,

𝐈𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐲..

𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭..

𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐎𝐨𝐫𝐮𝐛𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐦 𝐨𝐫 𝐊𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝐁𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐚 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬.. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐞𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐜 𝐨𝐫 𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐦 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬..

𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬..

𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫..

𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐑 𝐒 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐡𝐚𝐫 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐑𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐚 𝐚 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐨 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐬.. 𝐇𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭... 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐑𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐦 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥.. 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐡..

Ramayana of Valmiki is wonderful beyond words..

Ramayana of Valmiki is wonderful beyond words..

Not just as the story of Rama etc.

A very clear picture of what India....

from the Northern Plains to the South was at that period..

what was the lifestyle of all types of people

which were all the types of floweres, animals, trees,,

The Geogrpahy. of India of that period . name and . location of cities, forests, rivers, lakes mountains..

The Dharmas and jursiprudence of the period..

It is a really marvel..It is an Itihasam..

Of course Mahabharatham too covers all these.. But Vamiki looks more realistic and less given to exaggeration..

We see more down to earth people in Ramayanam while the characters in mahabharatham seem to have larger than life profiles.

Even Rama confesses that He is just a man or He is considering himself just as an ordinary man..

आत्मानं मानुषं मन्ये रामं दशरथात्मजम..

Reading the epic is a heartening experience..

One is awestuck at the genius of the author and chronicler, Sage Valmiki..

Of course, this too shall pass, and there would be brightness

There are various stages in one's life.. and in the life of countries too..

on some occasions things would all happen to the advantage and the man or the country would look powerful too..

But everything will get drained off during some periods.

That is unavoidable..

Of course, there will be some purging, some loss and those who survive stoically, would prosper again too..

But quite unlike the earlier spells, the mankind seems to have become too arrogant and too selfsure in the present lull of security , and had started to feel that they cannot be defeated.. Now the tables are turned..

Of course, this too shall pass, and there would be brightness. But who among us are going to be there to see that light..

It is a big question..

Let us appeal to Krishna to see us through.. that is all.

There is nothing wrong in pursuing what appeals to us

If you spread your antenna wide the "how' and "why" both would unravel themselves.

.And shorn of the peripheral fluff both "why" and "how" will converge.

That experience will happen sooner or later.

There is nothing wrong in pursuing what appeals to us.

A man walks with two legs a bird flies with its wings a fish swims but all are just moving towards what they trust as worth pursuing.

We may not know the goal but the Supreme being knows where we should go.

We just pretend to be clever and try to alter His program.

We cannot succeed there

Ananda, Kardama and Chikleeta

A question was put to me..

This mantram quoted below is from the ഉത്തര ഭാഗം of Sree Sooktam as contained in RS Vadhyar's Book പുണ്യാഹവാചനവിധി.

ആനന്ദ: കർദ്ദമ ശ്രീദ-

ശ്ചിക്ലീത ഇതി വിശ്രുതാ:

ഋഷയ: ശ്രിയ:പുത്രാശ്ച

ശ്രീദേവി ദേവതാ മതാ:

I find that Ananda, Kardama and Chikleeta are the three Rishis of the Sooktam. I am unable to understand the significance of ശ്രീദ: and മതാ: It is noted that ശ്രീദ: is giver of wealth. I am not aware of any പാഠഭേദം for this. Kindly help me Sir to learn the meaning when time permits

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അർത്ഥം

ആനന്ദൻ കർദ്ദമൻ ശ്രീദൻ ചിക്ളീതൻ എന്നീ ഋഷിമാർ ശ്രീയായ മഹാലക്ഷ്മിയുടെ പുത്രന്മാരെന്ന നിലയിൽ പ്രസിദ്ധരാണ്. സമ്പത്തിൻറെ അധിദേവതയായി ശ്രീദേവി ബഹുമാനിക്കപ്പെടുന്നു.

ശ്രീദൻ..പണം നൽകുന്നവൻ എന്നത് ചിക്ലീതൻ എന്ന വാക്കിൻറെ വിശേഷണം ആയും എടുക്കാം.

ചിക്ലീതൻ നാണയത്തിൻറെ അധിപനാണ്. പണത്തിന് പലരും ചിക്കിലി എന്നു പറയുന്നത് കേട്ടിട്ടില്ല?

മതാ എന്ന വാക്കിന് കരുതപ്പെടുന്നവൾ എന്ന് അർത്ഥം

ഇത് ശ്രീസൂക്തത്തിന്നു ശേഷം ജപിക്കുന്ന ഒരു മന്ത്രഭാഗമാണ്. ചില പ്രദേശങ്ങളിൽ ഇത് ശ്രീസൂക്തം കഴിഞ്ഞ് ജപിക്കാറില്ല. പിന്നെ ആനന്ദൻ കർദ്ദമൻ ചിക്ലീതൻ എന്നീ മൂന്ന് പുത്രന്മാരാണ് ശ്രീദേവിയ്ക്ക് ഉള്ളതെന്ന് വിശ്വസിക്കപ്പെടുന്നു ഇത് ലക്ഷ്മീതന്ത്രം എന്ന വൈഷ്ണവ ഗ്രന്ഥത്തിൽ നിന്നാണ് മനസ്സിലാക്കുന്നത്