As she walked along the main street with unkempt hair, a garment that barely covered her and in a disheveled state, children and young men surrounded her thinking her to be a mad woman. King Subahu’s mother, who had been curiously witnessing all of this from the terrace of her chamber, instructed her attendant thus, “Go bring that woman. Drive the people away. There is a divine radiance in her face.”
A person who is able to lecture to others on virtues and does not practice anything by himself is a fool and is laughed at by others.
Kunti’s prayer to The Lord Jagannatha विपदः संतु नः शश्वत्तत्र तत्र जगत्पते । भवतो दर्शनं यत् स्यादपुनर्भवदर्शनम् ॥ vipadaH saMtu naH SaSvattatra tatra jagatpatE |… Read More »Wisdom capsules – I
This is a very significant philosophical matter, which has deviated the thoughts of many speculators. Vidura’s quote “ēkamēvādvitīyaṁ”, mentioned above, would most likely get misunderstood upon a cursory glance. With a little sincere thinking the true meaning would unfold.
The compassion that the Lord has on us is boundless, blemish less and timeless. Sri Raghavendra Teertha has praised our Lord in Pratha Sankalpa Gadya as “Karuna samudra Hari”. Many incidents in Srimad Bhagavata bear testimony to this wherein the Lord has given refuge to the ones who surrender firmly unto Him with unshakeable faith and has protected them from unforeseen mishappenings by means which are totally unimaginable and impossible by us. We can quote numerous examples as in the cases of Draupadi, Sudhama, Prahallada, Dhruva, Gajendra etc.
Amongst the many extraordinary feats achieved by the devotee Anjaneya, the most notable ones are crossing the sea that was about 100 yojanas vast to locate Seeta devi in Ashokavana and carrying the Gandhamadanagiri to bring back to consciousness the monkeys that had fainted as a ramification of the weapon that was shot by Indrajit during the war of Ramayana.