Month: August 2017

Shloka – Laxmi 8

भक्ताभीष्टफलप्रदाम् हरिहर ब्रह्मादिभिः सेविताम् । पार्श्वे पङ्कज शङ्खपद्मनिधिभिर्युक्ताम् सदा शक्तिभिः ॥ Meaning:I salute to this Goddess who always symbolises power and who grants all the boons that are sought by her devotees,...

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Nyaya – A painting.

चित्रपटन्यायःIt originates from the fact that the value of a picture consists only in pleasing the eyes, and is used to denote the worthlessness of a person who possesses only personal elegance and no other...

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Shloka – Laxmi 7

वन्दे पद्मकरां प्रसन्नवदनां सौभाग्यदां भाग्यदाम् । हस्ताभ्यामभयप्रदां मणिगणैर्नाना विधैर्भूषिताम् ॥ Meaning:I worship that Goddess whose hands are delicate like lotuses, with a pleasing countenance and who grants all auspicious...

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Subhashitam – 71

मनस्येकं वचस्येकं कर्मण्येकं महात्मनाम् । मनस्यन्यद्वचस्यन्यत्कर्मण्यनयद्दुरात्मनाम् ॥ Meaning:At heart, in word, and in deed the good are one; in the wicked, heart differs from word and word from...

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Nyaya – A Brahman and a chandal (a man of the lowest and most despised class.) A Brahmin by his wicked conduct becomes as low and despicable as a Chandal, but he is not thereby changed into a Chandal provided the blood and the seed of which he was born were pure.

चाण्डलब्राह्मणन्यायःThis maxim is used to denote that unworthy use may bring a thing into disrepute, but will never change its nature.

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