anirvacaniya.

 The anir vacanī ya

 theory holds that the connection between a wrongly perceived thing (the snake) and a real thing (the rope) cannot be described as real or unreal. If the cognition of a snake were real, no subsequent cognition of a rope would be able to replace it. But, similarly, one could not say that the cognition of the snake is unreal: In that case no error would occur at all. The answer to the conundrums ‘inexpressibility’: the snake in the cognition is neither real nor unreal, it is indeterminable

To be continued  

Staying in pilgrim center.

 Two of the angas of Saranagati are Anukulya Sankalpa and Praatikulya Varjana. That means doing what pleases Lord Narayana and avoiding that which displeases Him. But for this to happen, we must be with those whose thoughts are focused on Him, said M.A. Venkatakrishnan in a discourse. If we are in the company of those with undesirable traits, we might pick up wrong ideas from them.

Rice crops require standing water. A farmer may have a bund around his land to keep the water from seeping out of his field. And yet, some water might seep into the next field. In the same way, we may think that even if we are in the company of wrong people, we can still retain our innate characteristics. But in course of time, we imbibe wrong ideas from them and our conduct is no longer ethical.

What are the ideal things one must do? The best thing to do is to study Sri Bhashya, Ramanuajacharya’s commentary on Brahma Sutra. If this is not possible, then one must study the Divya Prabandham and its commentaries. If this is not possible, then one must serve in temples. If this is not possible, then one must put oneself under the care of a Sri Vaishnava. If this too is not possible, then the least a person can do is to live in a Divya Desam. He will then go to the temple every day. Once he becomes friends with devout temple goers, gradually, he involves himself in temple service. He then develops an interest in Divya Prabandha pasurams. He then progresses to the next step of studying Sri Bhashya. Thus just living in a Divya Desam results in his studying the Sri Bhashya.

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Shri lakshmi Chinakeshava swamy

 As we experienced the most modern facilities of Boston for a period of two months July 1st to sept 2nd and there after landed in the remotest town rather a village in Karnataka we felt grounded. this small village which hardly had a handful of brahmin families living on the temple street fighting their right for survival in their ancestral property and keeping alive the age old tradition. my FIL belonged to this tiny village once a prosperous area. He was the first to get an engineers degree from this village. In those days it was considered a great achievement . Though he only spent his formative years in the village. And studied school and college outside. There is a marked character to the people from this village. All generous and simple. He had five children and he nursed and schooled 5 other boys all through school and college till they finished their education.  He worked for the Indian airlines. I never got to meet him. All his children too studied well and lived prosperously Although we had imbibed the name of this village as our company name we knew nothing of this place except for a story or two narrated by my MIL she always complained that at 15 she was married and had to cook and fend for five students all through her initial years of marriage. But the Lord blessed her that her own 5 were successful in their studies and later life. Probably they kept away since she was keen to inherit the lands that belonged to them and the children were not interested. after her passing away in 2016 my husband  took interest to visit this place annually and revive this temple town. yesterday it was nice to see the gathering for the annual celebration grown nearly five times from what it used to be a few years ago. this is no divya desham but the Lord is Lord only the alwars have not visited or rather not sung his praise in the temple there is a beautiful idol of the Lord.lakshmi Chennakesava swamy temple  also housing a beautiful idol of swamyRamanuja . but the people are so drawn to the deity and the affection they show to the lord is so infectious. a satisfaction that all is still in good hands where the purpose of life and life style love for God and his devotees is abundant. A feeling life well spent. 

N S Rv

  नासदीय सूक्त (ऋग्वेद ) 

नास॑दासी॒न्नो सदा॑सीत्त॒दानीं॒ नासी॒द्रजो॒ नो व्यो॑मा प॒रो यत् ।

किमाव॑रीवः॒ कुह॒ कस्य॒ शर्म॒न्नम्भः॒ किमा॑सी॒द्गह॑नं गभी॒रम् ॥ १॥ 

 Then even nothingness was not, nor existence,

 There was no air then, nor the heavens beyond it.

 What covered it? Where was it? In whose keeping

 Was there then cosmic water, in depths unfathomed?

न मृ॒त्युरा॑सीद॒मृतं॒ न तर्हि॒ न रात्र्या॒ अह्न॑ आसीत्प्रके॒तः ।

आनी॑दवा॒तं स्व॒धया॒ तदेकं॒ तस्मा॑द्धा॒न्यन्न प॒रः किं च॒नास॑ ॥ २॥

  Then there was neither death nor immortality

  nor was there then the torch of night and day.

  The One breathed windlessly and self-sustaining.

  There was that One then, and there was no other.

तम॑ आसी॒त्तम॑सा गू॒ळ्हमग्रे॑ऽप्रके॒तं स॑लि॒लं सर्व॑मा इ॒दम् ।

तु॒च्छ्येना॒भ्वपि॑हितं॒ यदासी॒त्तप॑स॒स्तन्म॑हि॒नाजा॑य॒तैक॑म् ॥ ३॥

  At first there was only darkness wrapped in darkness.

  All this was only unillumined water.

  That One which came to be, enclosed in nothing,

  arose at last, born of the power of heat.

काम॒स्तदग्रे॒ सम॑वर्त॒ताधि॒ मन॑सो॒ रेतः॑ प्रथ॒मं यदासी॑त् ।

स॒तो बन्धु॒मस॑ति॒ निर॑विन्दन्हृ॒दि प्र॒तीष्या॑ क॒वयो॑ मनी॒षा ॥ ४॥

  In the beginning desire descended on it -

 that was the primal seed, born of the mind.

  The sages who have searched their hearts with wisdom

  know that which is is kin to that which is not.

ति॒र॒श्चीनो॒ वित॑तो र॒श्मिरे॑षाम॒धः स्वि॑दा॒सी३दु॒परि॑ स्विदासी३त् ।

रे॒तो॒धा आ॑सन्महि॒मान॑ आसन्स्व॒धा अ॒वस्ता॒त्प्रय॑तिः प॒रस्ता॑त् ॥ ५॥

  And they have stretched their cord across the void,

  and know what was above, and what  below.

  Seminal powers made fertile mighty forces.

  Below was strength, and over it was impulse.

को अ॒द्धा वे॑द॒ क इ॒ह प्र वो॑च॒त्कुत॒ आजा॑ता॒ कुत॑ इ॒यं विसृ॑ष्टिः ।

अ॒र्वाग्दे॒वा अ॒स्य वि॒सर्ज॑ने॒नाथा॒ को वे॑द॒ यत॑ आब॒भूव॑ ॥ ६॥

  But,  after all, who knows, and who can say

  Whence it all came, and how creation happened?

  the gods themselves are later than creation,

  so who knows truly whence it has arisen?

इ॒यं विसृ॑ष्टि॒र्यत॑ आब॒भूव॒ यदि॑ वा द॒धे यदि॑ वा॒ न ।

यो अ॒स्याध्य॑क्षः पर॒मे व्यो॑म॒न्सो अ॒ङ्ग वे॑द॒ यदि॑ वा॒ न वेद॑ ॥ ७॥

  Whence all creation had its origin,

  he, whether he fashioned it or whether he did not,

  he, who surveys it all from highest heaven,

  he knows - or maybe even he does not know.

This is the famous नासदीय सूक्त  the 129-th sUkta of

the 10-th mandala of the Rigveda . It has been translated and

discussed by many scholars and there have been volumes dedicated

to just this one sUkta . The current translation is by A . L.

Basham, from his book entitled ``The Wonder that was India''.

Super moon at boston.

Super moon with

saturn shot at boston by me on the night of 30th August 3 a.m. of 31st Aug. From a phone camera. 

 

Stepping stones

 Scriptures great saints works, Epics,  prayers in temples, services to the idol annual  .......... are all stepping stones. They are  all guiding lights to realisazion.one has to imbibe them into one's life that every breath and every thought every thing one sees is full of the wonders of the lords creations . One should acustom themselves so much that one lives like the lords puppets. Doing the lords work only to please him. Everything is lost the individuality too must go to merge with the lord in every step of the way. This is no mean task. Why this post why this page why this me. A long way to go.....

Chand. Pratham prabha.

 Wo Chand kila do tArE hase yeh raat ajab matavali hai.

Samaja ne wale samaj gaye. Jo na samaje wo aanadi hai.

Amrita Kal khi pratham prabha me safaltha ki amrit varsha hui hai.