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Nammazhvar is special among the Azhvars, said M.A. Venkatakrishnan in a discourse. Nammazhvar authored four works. His Thiruviruttam with hundred verses gives us the essence of the Rg Veda; Thiruvasiriyam gives the essence of the Yajur Veda. Peria Thiruvandadi gives the essence of the Atharva Veda. Thiruvaimozhi gives the essence of the Sama Veda. His works are not translations of the Vedas into Tamil. What he gives us through his works is what we need to attain moksha. Vedas tell us what yagas we have to perform to obtain wealth, what yagas we should perform to have longevity and so on. But these are worldly matters, and are not about reaching the feet of the Lord. So Nammazhvar does not dwell on these portions of the Vedas, but only talks of Vedanta in his works. He says in Thiruvaimozhi, that the Lord gave mati (jnana) and got rid of mayarvu (ajnana). This jnana culminated in bhakti.

In Vedartha Sangraha, Ramanujacharya shows that the highest state of jnana is bhakti. Nammazhvar says that if you assert that God exists, He exists. If you say that He does not exist, He still exists! If you say there is no pot, it means that there is perhaps no pot at some place, or that the potter has run out of pots to sell. It does not mean pots do not exist at all. You cannot talk about something that does not exist.

So , what happens if someone asks, “So would I be right if I said rabbits have horns?” The answer would be that while the claim itself is absurd, the fact remains that the words used to make the claim refer to existing objects. There are rabbits in the world, and horns exist too. It is just that there is no interrelation between the two. Nammazhvar’s verses were a great influence on Ramanujacharya, when he explained the philosophy of Visishtadvaita.

The songs of Azhwars are the outpourings of their mystic experience which transcends the limits of rational thought and feeling. But this experience is also recognisable in every individual who yearns for something higher and spiritual from this life on earth. The ultimate goal is release from the cycle of birth and this means all association with the physical world should be cut off. Nammazhwar conveys what the scriptures have said about this truth of the soul’s journey to salvation, and of how a jivatma qualifies to step into this path, pointed out Velukkudi Sri Krishnan in a discourse.

Azhwar exemplifies many facets of absolute devotion to God and total absorption in His boundless compassion. His bhakti reaches a peak and God responds to his surrender and wishes to grant him Moksha. To emphasise that the path to moksha implies the journey of the soul sans the physical attributes, Azhwar projects a vision to indicate that even if God wishes to take him to Vaikunta with his body it would not be possible. It is a stage that is reached when the jivatma sheds this love for the physical body. His prayer is to the Lord to make him let go His hold on this body through His Sankalpa. Azhwar addresses his own self to hold on to the Lord at Tirumalirumsolai to indicate that the Lord alone sustains the atma and helps to destroy the physical connections that bind the jivatma. It is only fitting that this body comprising the karmendriyas and the jnanendriyas, the subtle body and its attributes, the Moola prakriti, Mahat, ahamkara and mind, etc, is renounced by His grace.

Azhwar realises in all humility that if at all anyone can attain moksha, it is by His grace alone. Azhwar’s sentiments reflect the Lord’s impartial benevolence that extends to all jivatmas without any reason whatsoever.

Index column.

 Belur.

Index column. Having a replica of all types depicted here even the cheenakesava figure. Pooja is performed first to this column and then only to the main deity. It's just marvelous beyond words to describe this magnificent structure. Imagination of the artist so realistic all the fashion statement were in vogue too during those times, high heels the hair do the costume,s jewelery depicted is a catalogue of designs any jewelleries would be  proud to display . a storehouse for architecture staticians fashion designers mathematicians and what not. Onecould spend hours here and still may miss out an important part. It's toomuch to grasp in one visit.

Javgal & nerelge

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Prabhatiya.

 Famous gujarati bhajan.

Vitthal vitthal vitthala hari om vitthala.
Kone kone ditthala hari om vitthala ?

Mathura ma avela hari om vitthala,
Vasudev ae ditthala hari om vitthala.

Gokul ma avela Vitthal hari om vitthala,
Nandbaba ae ditthala hari om vitthala.

Mewad ma avela hari om vitthala,
Meerabai ae ditthala hari om vitthala.

Junagadh ma avela hari om vitthala,
Narsinh mehta ae ditthala hari om vitthala.

Virpur ma avela hari om vitthala,
Ave jalaram ae ditthala hari om vitthala.

Pandharpur ma avela pandurang vitthala,
Pundalik ae ditthala pandurang vitthala.

Vitthal Vitthal Vitthala Bhajan 

Bhulo bhale biju badhu maa-baap ne bhulso nahi,
Aganit chey upar ana ae kadi visarso nahi.

Asahya vethi vedna tyare didthu tam mukhdu,
Ae punit jan kadja patthar bani chundso nahi.

Kadhi mukhe kodiya mo ma dai mota kariya,
Amrut tana denar same zer uchadso nahi.

Lakho ladaviya laad tamne kod sau pura kariya,
Ae kod na purnar na kod purva bhulso nahi.

Lakho kamata ho bhale maa-baap jethi na tharya,
Ae lakh nahi pan rakh chey ae manvu bhulso nahi.

Santan thi seva chaho to snatan cho seva karo,
Jevu karu tevu bharo te bhavna bhulso nahi.

Bheene sui pota ane suke suvadya aapne,
Ae amimay aankh ne bhuli ne bhinjavso nahi.

Pushpo bichaviyu prem thi jene tamara rah par,
Ae rahbar na rah par kantak kadi bansho nahi.

Dhan kharchta malse badhu mata pita malse nahi,
Ana punit charno tani ae bhavna bhulso nahi.

Bhulo bhale biju badhu maa-baap ne bhulso nahi,
Aganit chey upar ana ae kadi visarso nahi.

Bhulo Bhale Biju Badhu Bhajan 

Haveli bandavi dau, shreeji tara naam ni,
Dhajao farkavi dau, hari tara naam ni.

Reti ae prem lavi hu to lavi snehni nito,
Redi ne laganio mein chadavi chey bhav ni bheto,
Diwalo rangavi dau, gokuliya gaam ni,
Dhajao farkavi dau hari tara naam ni.
Haveli..

Manav tana faliye aa bolaviya mein devo ne,
Satsang ne aapnavi ne chodi ne kutevo ne,
hriday ma kandari dau, murat shreenathni,
Dhajao farkavi dau hari tara naam ni.
Haveli..

Haveli Bandhavi Dau Bhajan 

Kana mane dwarka dekhad kodila kanuda,
Kanha rahi na shaku tam vina,
Kana mane gomtima navrav, kodila kanuda,
Kanha rahi na shaku tam vina.

Uncha devad dwarka na ji,
Athmne darbar no ae,
Nich karade gomti thata rate ramlo,
Kanha rahi na..

Kholse dwara dwarka na ji,
Tya dera to nahi padlo re,
Khodse gop gopiyo ne,
Todyo govardhar ho,
Kanha rahi na..

Kanho kahno sau kahe chey ji,
Kanho mujho pranlo he,
Shamdo bheeni vaye vayro,
Kanha rahi na..

Kana Mane Dwarka Prabhatiya.

Original.

 The original Arthashastra manuscript is stored at the Oriental Research Institute in Mysuru, Karnataka.

The Arthashastra, written in Sanskrit and dating back to the time of the Mauryan Empire, is one of the oldest books on governance, military strategy, politics, economics, justice, and the duties of rulers.

Scholars say it was composed around the second century BCE. Its author, Kautilya—also known as Chanakya— was prime minister to Chandragupta, the first of the Mauryan rulers. After the decline of the Mauryan Empire, the document was lost.

Rudrapatna Shamashastri, a Sanskrit scholar and librarian, discovered the original Arthashastra in 1905 among the mounds of palm leaf documents lying in the institute, which was founded by Mysore’s Wodeyar kings in 1891. The institute has been part of the University of Mysore from 1916, and is home to about 70,000 rare palm-leaf manuscripts.

Shamashastri transcribed the Arthashastra onto fresh palm leaves and published it in 1909. He translated it to English in 1915.

Until the re-discovery of the document, the British Raj believed India’s ideas on governance and military administration were drawn from the Greeks. The Arthashastra also dethroned Niccolo Machiavelli’s The Prince, a 16th-century work, as the world’s oldest treatise on political philosophy.

“It has survived from the second century, but now the palm leaves are falling to pieces,".

Post from long ago.

 Long long ago nobody knows how long ago.

All that is gold does not glitter,

Not all those who wander are lost;

The old that is strong does not wither,

Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

From the ashes a fire shall be woken,

A light from the shadows shall spring;

Renewed shall be blade that was broken,

The crownless again shall be king.

― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

This is an inspiring poem. On the surface it’s about Aragorn, the rightful heir of Gondor. Yet it really conveys how people who lose their way can still bounce back in life.

You never intended to go off-track, right?

It just happened overtime, you say?

People lose their way often because they take the path of least resistance. What they fail to understand is that this actually involves the most pain.

As we grow older some of us find it harder to rationalize our choices. A sense of dissatisfaction permeates our lives. We’d like to change our situation, but oftentimes we no longer have a vision of our own.

No life purpose = no motivation.

The back burner is no place for dreams.

The moral of Tolkien’s poem is you can have a great destiny ahead of you assuming you (eventually) take action to rightfully claim what is yours.

You’ll notice Tolkien’s poem starts off with another famous line ~ All that is gold does not glitter. This is ‘borrowed’ from Shakespeare, the greatest writer of all time.

All that glitters is not gold.

The Merchant of Venice has the line all that glitters (or glisters) is not gold.

O hell! what have we here?

A carrion Death, within whose empty eye

There is a written scroll! I’ll read the writing.

All that glitters is not gold;

Often have you heard that told:

Many a man his life hath sold

But my outside to behold:

Gilded tombs do worms enfold.

The Bard is the best-known writer to have expressed the idea that shiny things aren’t necessarily precious. Yet, it stands to reason that others before him had coined the idea.

Everything is adaption, a connecting of dots.

Writers paraphrase all the time.

For instance, it is a truth universally acknowledged that all writers love to adapt famous quotes (you saw what I did there, right?).

Inspirational quotes have the power to change the way we feel about our lives.

Often instantly. As writers, that’s why we find them so appealing.

Brain Tracey said it best:

You grow either flowers or weeds in the garden of your life, whichever you plant by the mental equivalents you create.

Here are a few quotes that encapsulate the varied dimensions of mindset I explore in my writing.

Let us always meet each other with a smile, for the smile is the beginning of love. — Mother Teresa

This quote reminds us that small acts of kindness aren’t small when you consider the knock-on effect. People doing good deeds send out ripples into the world. Those ripples are significant in creating positive social change!

Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom. ―George S. Patton

Most people don’t set out believing they will fail. Yet, it’s tough out there. When things don’t go to plan, you need the strength to pick yourself up, dust yourself off and try again.

Our greatest fear should not be of failure… but of succeeding at things in life that don’t really matter. ―Francis Chan

People often set goals based on what others think. Instead of pleasing others, think about what you care about, and set goals that achieve what is important to you.

Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself. ― George Bernard Shaw

Your mindset is a secret weapon. It can make or break you. When you have the right mindset you can cruise along effortlessly. When you have the wrong one you may feel stuck (or worse) in life.

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. ― Mark Twain

Conventional wisdom says you needn’t do something if it makes you uncomfortable. Most people choose safety over uncertainty. But do safe choices always bring you happiness in life?

Never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game. ― Babe Ruth

Doubts and fears can be hard to let go. The truth is if something scares you, you should do it because it scares you. Trust me, you are capable of a great deal more than you realize!

Life is trying things to see if they work. ― Ray Bradbury

Productivity is a recurrent theme in my writing. Taking action (any action!) is better than endlessly preparing, or worse doing nothing at all.

Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly. ―JFK

Creators of all stripes take risks. The best ones hardly think about failure. The bar is set high and they expect to fail over and over before they get it right. That’s what experimentation is all about!

Character is destiny — Heraclitus

If you chose to look for downsides in life, you will find them. When you cast things in a positive light, you can create opportunities for yourself.

As always it comes down to mindset.

The last word

Taking advice from those who have gone before is a smart move. After all, the problems we face today are not new as the quotes prove; it is the normal human condition.

What is your favourite inspirational quote? I’d love to hear it in the comments below.