quotes from vedas

“Do not be led by others,
awaken your own mind,
amass your own experience,
and decide for yourself your own path.”
― Veda

“This earth is His, to Him belong those vast and boundless skies;Both seas within Him rest, and yet in that small pool He lies.”
― Atharvaveda

“O Indra, destroy all
those lustful people
behaving like birds....
angry ones
behaving like wolves....
greedy ones
behaving like vultures....
enticed ones
behaving like owls.....
arrogant ones
behaivng like eagles
and the jealous ones
behaving like dogs.”
― Veda

"Through all this world strode Vishnu:
thrice his foot he planted,
and the whole world was gathered in his footsteps.
Vishnu, the guardian,
he whom none deceiveth,
made three steps and established his laws."
-the Sama Veda (8:2:5)

“One should strongly resent miserliness
and indulge in charity
because one can acquire the never-ending wealth
of immortality by doing so.”
-The Rig Veda

"Hail, Water,
ye bring health and bliss:
ye help us to energy.
That we may look on great delight!
-the Sama Veda (9:2:10

“One should performed karma for the benefit of humanity
with an unbiased approach because bias gives birth to evil,
which creates thousands of obstacles in our path. ”
The Rig Veda

One not knowing a land asks of one who knows it, he goes forward instructed by the knowing one. Such, indeed, is the blessing of instruction, one finds a path that leads him straight onward.

“One ruins the mind
if he or she indulges in bad deeds
and ends up in misery. ”
The Rig Veda

“The person who is always involved in good deeds experiences incessant divine happiness. ”
-The Rig Veda

By self dedication (Vrata) one obtains consecration (Diksha)

By consecration one obtains grace (Dakshina)

By grace one obtains reverence (Sraddha),

By reverence is Truth (satya) obtained YV.Vs 19-30

When, Lord of our prayer, the first of Speech and the foremost

The sages uttered, giving the unnamed a name,

Which was their best and their most stainless, then they

With love revealed the Divine secret in their souls RV 10-71-1

You who by the Dharma (law) has spread about

Flowering and seed bearing plants and streams of water

You who generate the matchless lightning in the sky RV 2-13-7

NOBLE SOUL

SR of Sarangadeva

Digital Rare Book:
Sangita Ratnakara Of Sarangadeva
Chapter On Dancing
Translated By K Kunjunni Raja and Radha Burnier
Published by The Adyar Library and Research Center, Madras - 1976

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The Sangita-Ratnakara, literally "Ocean of Music and Dance", is one of the most important Sanskrit musicological texts from India. Composed by Śārṅgadeva in the 13th century, both Hindustani music and Carnatic music traditions of Indian classical music regard it as a definitive text. The author was a part of the court of King Singhana II (1210–1247) of the Yādava dynasty whose capital was Devagiri, Maharashtra.

The text is divided into seven chapters. The first six chapters, Svaragatadhyaya, Ragavivekadhyaya, Prakirnakadhyaya, Prabandhadhyaya, Taladhyaya and Vadyadhyaya deal with the various aspects of music and musical instruments, while the last chapter Nartanadhyaya deals with dance. The medieval era text is one of the most complete historical Indian treatises on the structure, technique, and reasoning on music theory that has survived into the modern era, and is a comprehensive voluminous text on ragas (chapter 2) and talas (chapter 5).

The text is comprehensive synthesis of ancient and medieval musical knowledge of India. The text has been frequently quoted by later Indian musicologists in their music and dance-related literature. Significant commentaries on the text include the Sangitasudhakara of Simhabhupala (c. 1330) and the Kalanidhi of Kallinatha (c. 1430).

Author

Sangita Ratnakara was written by Sarangadeva, also spelled Sarngadeva or Sharangadeva. Sarangadeva was born in a Brahmin family of Kashmir. In the era of Islamic invasion of the northwest regions of the Indian subcontinent and the start of Delhi Sultanate, his family migrated south and settled in the Hindu kingdom in the Deccan region near Ellora Caves (Maharashtra). Sarangadeva worked as an accountant with freedom to pursue his music interests in the court of King Singhana II (1210–1247) of the Yadava dynasty.

Content

The text is a Sanskrit treatise on Sangita or music-related performance arts tradition.Sangita is stated by the text as a composite performance art consisting of Gita (melodic forms, song), Vadya (instrumental music) and Nrtta (dance, movement).

The 13th-century Sangita Ratnakara classifies Sangita into two kinds: Marga-sangita and Desi-sangīita. Marga refers to the classical techniques taught by Bharata in Natya Shastra. Desi Sangita refers to regional improvisations that may not follow the classical rules and structure for the music and performance arts.

The text has seven chapters:

Svaragatādhyāya (sound system)

Rāgavivekādhyāya (raga)

Prakīrņakādhyāya (performing practice)

Prabandhādhyāya (compositions, poetic meter)

Tālādhyāya (tala)

Vādyādhyāya (musical instruments)

Nartanādhyāya (dance)

The first chapter has eight sections. It opens with reverential verses to the Hindu god Shiva, who is called the "embodiment of sound, sung about by the entire world" and the one delighting according to the Vedas.The author pays homage to his ancestors, then to ancient scholars such as Bharata, Matanga, Dattila and Narada, as well as major gods and goddesses of Hinduism in first section of the first chapter. In the second section, there is hardly any mention of music or dance, rather Sarngadeva presents his metaphysical and physiological beliefs, as well as credits the origin of music to the Samaveda. He presents musical topics and definitions of musical concepts starting with section three of the first chapter, with frequent mentions of Shiva and the Hindu goddess Saraswati.

According to Sarngadeva's verses 27-30 of the section 1.1, song is everywhere, in the cry of a baby, in the beats of nature, in the pulse of life, in every human act of Dharma, Artha, Kama and Moksha. The sections 3 through 8 of the first chapter describe nada (sound), svara (tone), śruti (microinterval), gramas (primary scales), murcchanas (derivative scales), varna (color), jati (mode), alankara (embellishment), giti (singing styles), meters and other basic musical concepts.

The suddha (pristine) svaras are those in the Sama Veda, states the text.

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sleeping Rama.

Temple at  Vengadampatti or a sleeping Ram.

Temple was renovated by support they had received from Sri Baskara Gurukkal of Germany in doing so. The EO also mentioned that efforts were now on to repair the compound wall around the temple, and renovate the Vijayanagara period Rajagopuram 

Two gigantic Dwarapalakas flank either side of the Sanctum Sanctorum where the main deity Sri Venugopalaswamy resides with his consorts Radha and Rukmani.

In a separate enclosure, lies the 19 feet Sri Rama on a seven hooded Adisesha, with Sita Devi and Hanuman at his feet. The sight of the absolutely handsome Rama, resting so gracefully, literally takes your breath away. 

Other rare and dazling feature of the temple is dharshan of Sri Anandhasayana Ramar. One may ask why it is rare. Ramar always in the standing posture in all  temples. Sayana Kolam (sleeping posture) is very rare. The deity is about 18 feet, sleeping on Adhi Sesha  and Goddess Seetha in sitting posture. The face of Lord Rama is as beautiful as Lord Ranganatha. One may wonder why it is Sri Ramar and Not Lord Ranganatha.It is clear from the explanation given by the Battacharriyar that Anandhasayana Ramar has two hands  and have no counch and chakra as lord assumes human form. Lord keeps his head in a stone as he was in the exile in the forest. Lord Ranganatha have two consorts Sridevi and Bhoodevi. Here Ramar has one consort. Lakshmana, avatar of Adhisesha always with Lord exists here in the form of 7 head Adhi seshsa. More so LordAnjeneya as bhaktha in front of his feet. It clearly tells it is a Sayana Ramar a rare deity. To the knowledge of many one more Sayana Ramar is  in Thirupullani near Rameswaram.

Anandhasayana  Ramar temple at this place is more apt for other reason also. That, this place was a dense forest earlier and named as Thennarkadu (South Forest) and many name of the habitats in these are  depicting Ramayana. Just for example Thindivanam, Villupuram, Seethakuppam, Ammbu booti palayam like that. The distance all these place are about 80 kms. More evidance is available like these to show Lord Ramas was wandering  in this area. Sayana Ramar is the will of the God and dazzling posture to protect and liberate the devotees.

Spirituality s the basis of science.

1. Varaha Avatar

It is the time when Lord Vishnu takes the shape of a boar and lifts the earth out of water in order to save it. That may be an amazing story but what is even more fantastic is the shape of the earth in it – it is round! Which means that more than 10,000 years ago, Indians knew that the Earth was round. On the other hand, Europe only confirmed that after seeing Apollo pictures from space. Also, Geography is called Bhugol in Hindi in which gol means round. They call the earth Jagat meaning that which moves. This signifies that Ancient Indians always knew about earth being round and its movement.

2. Arundhati and Vasishtha

In the ursa major (Big Bear) constellations one of the stars is actually twin stars. According to one of the old traditions of South India, the married couple is supposed to go out and look at this particular star called Arundhati and Vashishta.

The rotation in most twin star systems is one star stays in the middle and the other revolves around it. But that doesn’t sound ideal for a husband and wife. That’s why they look at Arundhati Vasishtha which has a unique method of rotation in which both stars revolve around each other.

But what is amazing is how the ancient Indians found out that a dot is a twin star that too the one rotating in a particular manner and all this without a telescope.

3. Antares

It is the 15th brightest object in the sky yet yet the ancient of India called it the Jeshtha meaning the biggest the oldest the eldest. Why would they call it the biggest when it is only 15th brightest. Turns out they were right. It is 40,000 times bigger than our Sun !

In fact it is the biggest known objects to men. Imagine a group of people managing to tell that a star in the sky is the biggest which appears only as a dot in the sky from the Earth. Think how would ancient Indians even know that? Strange, right?

4. Rust proof pillars.

There are pillars in India which are rust proof the most famous one is in front of Qutub Minar. It is a thousand years old pillar and it is still not rusting. The other one is near Bangalore in Kollur where there is 750 cms of rain for 6-8 months in a year. It has been there from 2,400 years. What is even more interesting is that it was not built by any experts but the tribals of that area to welcome Adi Shankaracharya when he came to their village. So, it can be said that the knowledge was not only limited to learned Brahmins of ancient India. It was known by all.

5. Mystery of Zinc

India held the sole knowledge of how to remove zinc from zinc ore for 4000 years. It is really difficult as zinc becomes liquid from the ore at 997° C but that same zinc becomes gas at 1000° C. So, you only have 3° C window to pull out zinc. What ancient Indians did was practice a unique form of distillation in order to collect zinc. All the zinc in the world was produced in India only for 4000 years. Nobody could make it until they stole the recipe. A Britisher named William Champion made the first zinc distillery in Great Britain in 1543. Before that if you wanted zinc, you had to come to India.

6. Encryption in Sanskrit verses

“Gopibhagya Madhuvrata Srngisodadhi Sandhiga |

Khalajivitakhatava Galahalarasandhar ||”

[The fortune of the Gopi, the destroyer of the demon Madhu, protector of cattle, the one who ventures into the ocean depths, destroyer of all evil doers, one with plough on the shoulder and the bearer of nectar, may you protect us.]

Do you find anything unusual about this Sanskrit shloka ?

7. Vasco da Gama

In Goa, there is a place called Vasco da Gama which is called so because the Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama came there and discovered India. Let me tell you the true story which is there in Vasco da Gama’s own journal which is present in Lisbon today. Vasco da Gama had the biggest ship in all of Europe and went in search of India but was afraid of open sea. So he travelled keeping close to the coast. There was no way he would have crossed the Arabian sea on his own. Lucky for him, He met a person from Gujarat called Kanha who was a trader and had ships 12 times the size of Vasco da Gama’s ship.Three ships of Kanha accompanied the ship of Vasco Da Gama.(Kanha in Gujarati means Krishna Kanaya. This person escorted Vasco Da Gama to India. So, technically India was not discovered by Vasco da Gama. Ancient Indians brought this gem of a place in front of the world.

WE COULD GO ON AND ON AS THE AMOUNT OF HISTORY AND KNOWLEDGE INDIA HAD WAS PHENOMENAL. ANCIENT INDIANS HAD THIS KNOWLEDGE 5,000 YEARS AGO. WHEN PEOPLE IN EUROPE USED BOW AND ARROW TO HUNT, ANCIENT INDIANS WERE DOING UNIQUE DISTILLATIONS. BUT HOW DID THEY KNEW SO MUCH ? LET ME TELL YOU THAT ALL THE SCIENTISTS WERE SAINTS WHO DID MEDITATION. SO WHEN YOU HAVE MEDITATED FOR SO LONG, YOU ARE NO LONGER LIMITED BY PHYSICAL MEANS. HYPOTHETICALLY, IF YOU WANT TO GO TO THE DEPTH OF THE ATOM, YOU CLOSE YOUR EYES AND REACH THERE. SO THE BASIS OF SCIENCE IS SPIRITUALITY AND ANCIENT INDIANS KNEW IT.

Discoveries by ancient Indians.

1. 1. The ancient Indians secretive of their knowledge sonically encrypted mathematical formulae into their devotional hymns to Lord Shri Krishna and also recorded historical data in the codified lyrics. Obviously that was the base for the knowledge of encryption of data also. The oldest available evidence of the use of Kaṭapayādi System is from Grahacāraṇibandhana by Haridatta in 683 CE.
2. 2. The “ka-ta-pa-ya-di” rule used by ancient Indian mathematicians and grammarians is a tool to map names to numbers. Writing the consonants of the Sanskrit alphabet as four groups with “Ka, Ta, Pa, Ya” as the beginning letters of the groups we get
3. 3. Now, each letter of the group is numbered from 1 through 9 and 0 for the tenth letter. Thus, ka is 1, sa is 7, ma is 5, na is 0 and so on. So to indicate the number 356 for example one would try and come up with a word involving the third, fifth and sixth letters of the groups like “gaNitam” or “lESaca”. However, in the Indian tradition, the digits of a number are written left to right in the increasing order of their place value – exactly opposite the way we are used to writing in the western way. Therefore 356 would be indicated using letters in the 6th, 5th, and 3rd positions of the group, e.g. “Trisulam”.
4. 4. Now the interesting fact is that when you start numbering the consonants with the respective numbers from go = 3, pi = 1, bha =4 , ya = 1 , ma = 5 , duv = 9 and so on. You will end with the number 31415926535897932384626433832792. This is the decimal equivalent of the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter, Which you call it as “pi” in modern calculations. The above number gives the accurate value of pi/10 correct to 31 decimal places.
5. 5. Zinc was extracted in India as early as in the 4th to 3rd century BCE. Zinc has a boiling point of 907 °C at which it becomes liquid and vaporizes at 1000 °C . The extraction of zinc becomes difficult under a window of 93 °C. In a normal furnace, the product comes out and is accumulated during the distillation process. In such cases, zinc vaporizes and goes out. Indians reversed the process of distillation. They put the heat on the top and an ice bath (coal) at the bottom. So zinc, on getting heated at the top will come down, solidify in the coal and thus the zinc was extracted.
6. 6. This technology of zinc manufacture is also described in several Indian alchemical works of the mediaeval period including the 13th century Rasa Ratna Samuccaya. The word used in this document to describe the distillation process involved is ”tirakpatnayantra”, which translated literally, means "distillation by descending". This discovery was hidden by us for 4000 years, but later a Chinese stole the secret and an English stole it from the Chinese. William Champion made the first zinc distillation in Great Britain in 1543.
7. 7. Mizar and Alcor are twin stars in the Ursa Major constellation. Thousands of years ago the ancient rishis could identify two tiny spots in the sky as a twin star system. They named it Arundhati-Vasistha. Mizar is known as Vasistha and Alcor is known as Arundhati in traditional Indian astronomy.
8. 8. The pair is considered to symbolize marriage. Vasistha and Arundhati were a married couple. Arundhati and Vasistha were considered an ideal couple, symbolizing of marital fulfillment and loyalty.
9. 9. In most twin stars system one star is stationary and other rotates around it, while Arundhati and Vasistha both rotate in synchrony, to tell that both husband and wife must do all things in sync. The greatness of our ancestors / scholars was that they could know that such a twin star system exists and how they rotate even without the telescope. A point to be noted Women in India had a higher stature in society. Its Arundhati-Vasistha and not Vasistha-Arundhati. 

ikigai

WHAT IS IKIGAI?

• In Japanese, ikigai is written by combining the symbols that mean “life” with “to be worthwhile.”
• “Translates roughly as ‘the happiness of always being busy.’”
• “There is a passion inside you, a unique talent that gives meaning to your days and drives you to share the best of yourself until the very end. If you don’t know what your ikigai is yet, as Viktor Frankl says, your mission is to discover it.”
• “Our ikigai is different for all of us, but one thing we have in common is that we are all searching for meaning. When we spend our days feeling connected to what is meaningful to us, we live more fully; when we lose the connection, we feel despair.”
• “Our ikigai is hidden deep inside each of us, and finding it requires a patient search. According to those born on Okinawa, the island with the most centenarians in the world, our ikigai is the reason we get up in the morning.”
• “Once you discover your ikigai, pursuing it and nurturing it every day will bring meaning to your life.”
• “They have an important purpose in life, or several. They have an ikigai, but they don’t take it too seriously. They are relaxed and enjoy all that they do.”
• “One thing that everyone with a clearly defined ikigai has in common is that they pursue their passion no matter what.”