Month: September 2017

Shloka – Ganga 3

गङ्गा गङ्गेति यो ब्रूयात् योजनाना शतैरपि । मुच्यते सर्वपापेभ्यो विष्णुलोकं सगच्छति ॥ Meaning:One who utters ‘Ganga, Gange’ one hundred times will be rid of all sins and reach the lotus feet of the Lord.Word...

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Shloka – Ganga 2

नमामि गङ्गे तव पादपङ्कजं सुरासुरैर्वन्दितदिव्यरूपम् । भुक्तिं च मुक्तिं च ददासि नित्यं भावानुसारेण सदा नराणाम् ॥ Meaning:Salutations to the lotus feet of Ganga. Your divine form is worshipped by Suras and Asuras. You give...

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Nyaya – The burnt cord.

दग्धरसनन्यायःA cord, twisted in three folds, after being burnt, would appear quite unchanged, though in fact it has then no substance in it. It is used to denote an unlettered fool who looks outwardly as a perfectly good man...

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Nyaya – The burning fuel and the fire.

दग्धेन्धनवह्निन्यायःIt takes its origin from the fire becoming extinguished when the fuel is completely burnt down, and is used to denote that a man of ability never stops to work till he has finished the task...

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Shloka – Sun 4

भास्कराय विद्महे । महद्द्युतिकराय धीमहि । तन्नो आदित्यः प्रचोदयात् ॥ Meaning:This is my offering to the Sun . I meditate to the one who illumines greatly. Let that Sun God inspire me.Word meanings:भास्कराय = to the sun; विद्महे...

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