Since the day the Kshatriyas (warrior class) learnt the lesson of so-called non-violence (it started from the time Buddha), external marauders developed a desire to establish dominance over our country and for thousands of years someone or the other has been ruling over us. Today’s corrupt politicians, hoodlums and leaders of an impotent nature have […]
रत्नैः कल्पितमासनं हिमजलैः स्नानं च दिव्याम्बरं नानारत्नविभूषितं मृगमदामोदाङ्कितं चन्दनम् । जातीचम्पकबिल्वपत्ररचितं पुष्पं च धूपं तथा दीपं देव दयानिधे पशुपते हृत्कल्पितं गृह्यताम् ॥१॥ Ratnaih Kalpitamasanam Himajalaih Snaanam Cha Divya-Ambaram Naanaa-Ratna-Vibhuussitam Mruga-Madaa-Moda-Angkitam Chandanam Jaatii-Champaka-Bilva-Patra-Rachitam Pushpam Cha Dhupam Tathaa Diipam Deva Dayaa-Nidhe Pashupate Hrut-Kalpitam Gruhyataam Meaning: (O Pashupati, please accept my Mental Worship of You) I offer an […]
उत्तिष्ठोत्तिष्ठ गोविंद उत्तिष्ठ गरुडध्वज । उत्तिष्ठ कमलाकान्त त्रैलोक्यं मंगलं कुरु ।। Meaning : Awake Awake, O Govinda, Awake, the One with the flag with Garuda ensign, Awake the beloved of Lakshmi, Bless for the welfare of the three worlds.
On the Ekadashi (eleventh day) of Kartik Shukl Paksha is celebrated as Devotthan, Tulsi Vivaah (marriage of basil plant) and Bheeshm Panchak. This Ekadashi falling after Deepawali is also known as Prabodhani Ekadashi.Devotthan EkadashiOn the Ekadashi of Ashaadh Shukla Paksh (fortnight), the deities sleep and awaken only on the Ekadashi of Kartik Shukla Paksh (fortnight) […]
शांताकारं भुजगशयनं पद्मनाभं सुरेशम् विश्वाधारं गगनसदृशं मेघवर्णं शुभाङ्गम् | लक्ष्मीकान्तं कमलनयनं योगिभिर्ध्यानगम्यम् वन्दे विष्णुं भवभयहरं सर्वलोकैकनाथम् || Meaning : Salutations to God Vishnu, the one with peaceful disposition, one who is reclining over the soft coil-bed of the Serpent God, the one with a lotus growing in his navel, the head of all the […]
Bath in month of Kartik, importance of Kartik snan (bath) and its procedure: In the year 2012, Kartik snans (baths) begin from October 29. During the entire month, bath, offerings, donating lamps, Tulsi Vivah (marriage of basil plant), are done and the grandeur of the story of Kartik is being listened. Doing so leads to […]
“A person begins with dissatisfaction. Not content with the world he seeks satisfaction of desires by prayers to God; his mind is purified; he longs to know God more than to satisfy his carnal desires. Then God’s Grace begins to manifest. God takes the form of a Guru and appears to the devotee; teaches him […]
अधरं मधुरं वदनं मधुरं नयनं मधुरं हसितं मधुरम् । हृदयं मधुरं गमनं मधुरं मधुराधिपतेरखिलं मधुरम् ॥१॥ O Krushna! your lips are sweet, your face is sweet, your eyes are sweet, your laugh is sweet, your heart is sweet, your gait is sweet. O God of sweetness! everything about you is sweet only.॥1॥ वचनं मधुरं चरितं […]
एकदंतं महाकायं तप्तकाञ्चनसन्निभम् | लंबोदरं विशालाक्षं वन्देऽहं गणनायकम् || Meaning : I bow down to one tusked, huge-bodied, big-bellied, large-eyed God Ganesha whose complexion is like that of molten gold.
