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नो ताण्डवेन नयनामृतनिर्झरेण केकारवेण न च कर्णरसायनेन । बर्हेण चापि सुरचापरुचा तवाय- मोतुर्न तुष्यति शिखिन्वधमन्तरेण ॥ -- वल्लभदेवस्य सुभाषितावली । सत्स्वप्यनेकेषु गुणेषु यः खलः सः गुणवन्तं दूषयति / हन्तीति भावः । शिखिनस्ताण्डवममृतरसनिष्यन्दि । तस्य केकारवः श्रवणस्य कृते रसायनमिव । तस्य बर्हाः इन्द्रधनुरिवानेकैर्वर्णैः कर्बुरः सुन्दरश्च । सत्स्वप्येतेष्वनेकेषूत्तमगुणेषु तुष्टिस्थानेष्वोतुः (बिडालः / मार्जारः) शिखिनः वधं विना न तुष्यति । हे शिखिन्निति संबोधनम्। शिखिन्, न तवोत्तमगुणैः बिडालस्य कार्यम् । न तस्य पुरत एनान्गुणान्प्रदर्शयेति कवेराशयः ॥ The evil minded doesn't care about the multiplicity of good qualities in a good man. In this subhāṣita the Kavi advises a peacock thus - O peacock, the cat isn't amused by your dance which is nectarine to the eyes, not by your sweet sound which is elixir to the ears, nor by your feathers as beautiful as the rainbow. The cat will not be amused by anything but your death. The sense is that it is futile to display one...

वन्दे वन्दारुमन्दारमिन्दुभूषणनन्दनम्। अमन्दानन्दसन्दोहबन्धुरं सिन्धुराननम ॥ संस्कृतानुवादः अन्वयः विग्रहवाक्यानि च वन्दे इति क्रियापदम् । गणेशमिति योजना । कथंभूतस्सः । वन्दारुमन्दारः - वन्दारूणां मन्दारः वन्दनशीलजनानां स्वर्वृक्ष इवेति यावत् । तेषां कामनाप्रदातृत्वात् । इन्दुभूषणः शिवः तस्य नन्दनः इन्दुभूषणनन्दनः । शिवपुत्र इति यावत् । अमन्दानन्दसन्दोहबन्धुरः - अमन्दः तीव्रः आनन्दस्य सन्दोहः आनन्दसन्दोहः अमन्दश्चासावानन्दसन्दोहश्चेति अमन्दानन्दसन्दोहः अमन्दानन्दसन्दोहेन बन्धुरः अमन्दानन्दसन्दोहबन्धुरः । तीव्रानन्दसमूहादुन्नतानत इति यावत् । बन्धुरन्तून्नतानतमित्यभिधानात् । यद्यपि भगवतः स्वात्मारामत्वात्संसारविषयानासक्तत्वोन्नतत्वं तथापि भक्तानां कृते सुलभत्वानतत्वमिति भावः । सिन्धुराननः - सिन्धुरस्याननमेवाननं यस्य । भावार्थः वन्दनशीलजनानां कामप्रदं शिवपुत्रं तीव्रानन्दसमूहादुन्नतानतं सिन्धुरस्याननमेवाननं वन्दे । हिन्दी अनुवाद गणेश की वन्दना करता हूं । कैसै गणेश? वन्दारुमन्दारः - वन्दन करनेवाले जनों के कामनाओं को स्वर्गवृक्ष मन्दार कि तरह पूर्ति करने...

ಬೆಂಗಳೂರಿನ ಶಂಕರಮಠದಲ್ಲಿ ಶಿವಮಹಿಮ್ನಸ್ತೋತ್ರದ ಕುರಿತಾದ ಮಧುಸೂದನೀ ಟೀಕೆ ಅನುಸರಿಸಿ ಮಾಡಿದಂತಹ ವ್ಯಾಖ್ಯಾನ. ಟೀಕೆಯನ್ನು ಆದಷ್ಟು ಬಿಡದೆ, ಸಾಮಾನ್ಯ ರಿಗೆ ಕಷ್ಟವೆನಿಸಬಹುದಾದ ಟೀಕಾಭಾಗಗಳನ್ನು ಮಾತ್ರ ಬಿಟ್ಟು ವ್ಯಾಖ್ಯಾನ ಮಾಡಲಾಯಿತು. ವ್ಯಾಖ್ಯಾನ ಸರಣಿ ೧೧ ರಿಂದ ೧೬ ಡಿಸೆಂಬರ್ ೨೦೧೭  ವರೆಗೆ ನಡೆಯಿತು. ಇದರಲ್ಲಿ ಶಿವಮಹಿಮ್ನಸ್ತೋತ್ರದ ೧ ರಿಂದ ೭ ಶ್ಲೋಕದ ಟೀಕೆಯ ವ್ಯಾಖ್ಯಾನ ಮಾಡಲಾಯಿತು. Part of a series of talks delivered in sha~Nkara maTha, Bangalore on shivamahimnaH stotra. An effort was made to stick to madhusUdana sarasvatii svaamii's Tiikaa as far as possible omitting certain details which would have been heavy for common public. The series of talks took place between 11 and 16 December 2017 and covers shlokas 1 to 7. https://archive.org/details/ShivamahimnaH_madhusUdanasarasvatii_Tiikaa https://archive.org/details/ShivamahimnaHMadhusUdanaSarasvatiiTiikaaShloka02Part1 https://archive.org/details/ShivamahimnaHMadhusUdanaSarasvatiiTiikaaShloka02Part2Shloka03 https://archive.org/details/ShivamahimnaHMadhusUdanaSarasvatiiTiika...

GST is a massive scale fraud on India which will have extreme repercussions. People have taken in the government propaganda lock stock and barrel. They think that this is a great reform and will bring about everything from lower prices to reduction in income tax. Nothing could have been further than the truth. Consider the following: The book keeping requirements in GST are quite exacting. Therefore, all small and big businesses will have to hire services of small and big accountants. This will lead to higher administrative costs and hence inflation. Many clauses introduced through back door by Jai Italy. The biggest and the most draconian clause against small businesses is this: Those who will buy from an unregistered vendor will have to deposit 18% tax on the vendor's behalf. And this will not be adjustable / refundable. This is the problem point. People will either: 1. Stop buying from unregistered vendors. Who will take on the small vendor's burden at the cost of ...

The GM Mustard selloff Some questions / observations on the GM Mustard issue: 1. No equivalence between grafting and GM foods. In grafting, genes aren't modified. 2. GM crops have the capability to kill bees. If you kill bees and other insects, your can say bye bye bye to pollination. There will be global food crisis. 3. Monsanto, currently Bayer, implants the Terminator gene into seeds. Hence, for every crop, farmers have to go back to the company to buy seeds. This is the game. They want to control seed supply. This is against liberty and food security. 4. The GM crop, once in the field, can contaminate non GM crop through pollination. Hence the risk is much more amplified. What if suppose tomorrow the scientists discover that the inserted gene was causing autism or cancer, will it be possible to retrospectively remove the gene from all crops everywhere in the world? 5. GM Mustard is a solution to a non existing problem. The crop is hardy and not prone to any major...

   This response is Authored by Ganesh Krishnamoorthy with editorial inputs of Mr. Shrivathsa B(from hereon, SB) in continuation of the Part 1 of the response of SB to Shatavadhani R Ganesh’s (from hereon, SG or RG) article .      It is now our revised and considered view that RG's article could have been titled aptly to suit the main theme of their article . N amely : “Why it is ok for Hindus to eat beef and drink intoxicants? Weren’t their ancestors doing the same?”    The following is a detailed para by para analysis and rebuttal (where necessary) of RG's article.    The first paragraph of SG’s article refers to a survey of meat eating in India. W e are not sure how the authors are safely deducing that the decline in meat eating in India is “not due to Hinduism” when the same   survey they referred to clearly indicates that roughly only 20% of the population in India amounts to Non-Hindus. This being the statis...