Monday, November 25, 2013

SRI VISHNU MANGALAM

mangalam bhagvAn vishNur
mangalam madhusUdanah !
mangalam hrshikeSo’yam
mangalAyatano harih !!

vishNUccAraNa mAtreNa
krshNasya smaraNAddhareh !
sarva vighnAni naSyanti
mangalam syAn na samSayah !!

Thursday, November 14, 2013

JAGADGURU SRI KRIPALUJI MAHARAJ KI JAI


जगद्गुरु श्रीकृपालुजी महराज स्तोत्रम्

श्रीराधिकाकृपापात्रं ज्ञान भक्ति विभूषणम् !
राधाप्रेमावतारं तं जगद्गुरुं नमाम्यहम् !!

Blessed by the divine grace of SrI RAdhA
with knowledge and devotion as ornaments
Incarnation of SrI RAdhA Prema
My respectful obeisances to that Jagad Guru

जय जय श्रीराधे

Wednesday, November 6, 2013

POVERTY AND PANDITYAM

Poverty and PANdityam do not go hand in hand in most of the cases. There is a SubhAshitam which confirms this.

ParIkshya satkulam vidyA  SIlam Sauryam surUpatAm !
vidhirdadAti nipuNah kanyAmiva daridratAm !!

After testing thoroughly one's good lineage, education, conduct, strength and beauty, destiny gifts a scholar poverty as bride.

Thus we can see the life of great scholars from good family background troubled by poverty all the time.

Let there be LakshmI katAksham all around.

Saturday, November 2, 2013

VEDIC VALUES FOR MANAGERS AND ADMINISTRATORS

The Vedas, which represent the treasure house of our ancient value systems, mention about the significance of key human values which are important for modern managers and administrators as well. These are:
(a)    satyam — Truth
(b)    tapah — Austerity
(c)    damah — Sense control
(d)    Samah — Tranquility of mind
(e)    dharmah — Righteousness;
(f)     dAnam — Charity
(g)    dayA — Mercy;
(h)    nyAsah — Renunciation.
The Bhagavad GItA specifies twenty values which are immensely relevant for any manager or adminstrator in the modern day corporate context  also. All these are very useful for proper governance:
(a)   amAnitvam — Humility
(b)   adambhitvam — Pridelessness
(c)    ahimsA — Non-violence
(d)    kshAnti — Tolerance
(e)    Arjavam — Simplicity
(f)     AcaryopAsanam — Service to the teacher
(g)    Saucam — Cleanliness (internal and external)
(h)    sthairyam — Steadfastness
(i)     Atma vinigraha — Self-control
(j)     vairAgyam – Renunciation
(k)    anahankAra — Absence of ego
(l)     janmamrtyu jarAvyAdhi duhkha doshAnudarSanam — Reflection of the sufferings of life-death, old age-disease, and distress
(m)  Asakti — Non-attachment
(n)    anabhishvanga putradAragrhAdishu — Detachment towards son and wife
(o)   nityam samacittatvam ishtanishtopapattishu — Equanimity amidst pleasant and unpleasant happenings
(p)   mayi cAnanyayogena bhaktiravyabhicariNI — Constant and unalloyed devotion towards God
(q)    vivikta deSa sevitvam — Love for solitary life
(r)    aratir janasamsadi — Detachment towards company of people
(s)    adhyAtmajnana nityatvam — Understanding the importance of self-realisation
(t)     tattvajnAnArtha darSanam — Philosophical search of the ultimate truth.

Friday, November 1, 2013

DEEPAVALI CELEBRATIONS

I. Caturdasi

(i)Early Morning GangA snAnam
By doing dIpAvali- GangA snAnam in the early morning during naraka caturdaSi , one does not see yamaloka.

Taile lakshmIrjale gangA dIpAvalyAScaturdaSIm !
PrAta: snAnam ya: kuryAt sa: yamalokam na paSyati !!

Oil – Lakshmi Water – GangA

II. AmavasyA

(i)Damodara pUjA
Recite dAmodarAshtakam and perform dAmodara pUjA

(ii)KetAra GaurI Vratam

SUlam damarukam caiva dadhAnam hasta yugmake !
ketAra devamISAnam dhyAyet tripura ghAtinam!!

Ayusca vidyAm ca tathA sukanca saubhAgya vriddhim kuru deva deva !
samsAra ghorAmbunidhau nimagnam mAm raksha kedAra namo namaste!!

(iii)Evening Lighting dIpam

Lighting Dipam in the house and temples, one gets rid of naraka bhayam and enjoys happiness

Datto dIpaScaturdaSyAm narakaprItaye mayA !
Caturvarti samAyuktah sarva pApAnuttaye!!

(iv)Evening Lakshmi kubera pUjA

Pradosha samaye lakshmIm pUjayitvA tata: kramAt !
dIpa vrukshASca dAtavyA: SaktyA deva gruheshu ca !!
svalankrutena bhoktavyam sita vastropa SobhinA !!