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.Atha Karunaya stabaka.
This stabaka in 23 verses fancies whether the goddess had manifested in the form of compassion, as she has shown compassion to Kakasura and so would definitely be compassionate to the poet, just as it had been to the tail of Hanuman by her grace. the poet hopes that she be gracious to him who tormented by the heat of mundane existence. Lord Vishnu gains his power from the grace of the goddess. the munificent good fortune that the yogins gain after many penances. so too he gains by the grace of the goddess on account of his penury.




bhaje bhuja ˙nga´saile´sabhuj¯antaraparis.kriy¯am  tanay¯am. dugdhajaladherday¯amiva kr. today¯am

janani j¯ıvayitum. jagadarditam. da´samukhapramukhaistrida´s¯aribhih.  janakayaj˜namah¯ıjat.hare janim. kr. tavat¯ı bhavat¯ı kr. pay¯a rame

akarun. ¯a karun. ¯a dhruvamamba te ks. ititale bhavat¯ımavat¯arya y¯a  ahaha y¯atupurasthitivedan¯am ayamad¯ajjagad¯artinivr. ttaye

aviratavividh¯apar¯adhak¯arin. yapi mayi devi day¯am. karis.yas¯ıti  janani mama bhay¯aturasya dhairyam. janayati v¯ayasad¯anav¯apad¯anam

 r¯aghavasya hr. dayam. sthir¯aghavadv¯ayasam. prati nav¯ayasakramam  devi j¯anaki day¯aras¯attvay¯a p¯adayojanakr. t¯a drav¯ıkr. tam

abdheh. kanye janani mahat¯am¯agas¯am. janmagehes.u asm¯adr. ks. es. vapi ca karun. ¯am¯adadh¯asi dhruvam. tvam Á s¯aks.¯ı tasmin yudhi da´samukhe s¯aras¯aks. i vyapete y¯atustr¯ın. ¯am. kabalanavidhim. y¯acam¯ano han¯um¯an

r¯amastis. t.hatu n¯ama yo na vimr. dhe jihreti nirhetukam. sugr¯ıvaikavirodhinam. ks. itisute sam. hr. tya tam. v¯alinam Á k¯arun. y¯ambunidhistvameva niyatam. kl.pt¯ardrap¯ıd. am. yato raks.ah. str¯ınikaram. raraks. itha tamapy¯ardr¯agasam. v¯ayasam

gurun. ¯a plavena karun. ¯atman¯a vin¯a harin. ¯a ˙nkasodari gun. ¯ambudhe tava janan¯adhirogamaran. ¯adivedan¯a varun. ¯alayasya taran. ¯aya k¯a gatih

tvayyev¯ayatate kr. p¯a raghupaterdevasya satyam. yato vaidehi tvadasannidhau bhagavat¯a v¯al¯ı nir¯ag¯a hatah. Á ninye k¯api vadh¯urvadham. tava tu s¯annidhye tvada ˙ngavyath¯am. kurv¯an. o 0pyavitah. patanna´saran. ah. k¯ako vivekojjhitah

dvipa˜ncagr¯ıv¯aj˜n¯a cakita samuda˜ncanni´sicaraprapa˜ncapraks. iptah. pavanasutav¯ale hutavahah. Á yato j¯atah. ´s¯ıtastamiha bhavasant¯apaviva´se kr. p¯ap¯uram. svairam. kiratu mayi lok¯amba bhavat¯ı

vis. n. ¯avus. n. ¯am. ´suvam. ´sam. gatavati vibudhadves. i´sos.¯aya ros.¯at es. yattattadyos. id¯agah. ´satamapi kr. pay¯a ks.antuk¯amaiva n¯unam Á dhatte kany¯a janany¯a gun. amiti nipun. am. kim. vadant¯ım. vidant¯ı p¯urvam. sarvam. sah¯ay¯amudayamakuruth¯a bhogi´sailendrak¯ante Á

avitumiha day¯a te devi m¯argatya´sakt¯an ahamapi ´saran. ¯arth¯ı hanta majjan bhav¯abdhau  ghat.anamucitam¯as¯ıd¯avayordaivayog¯at kala´sajaladhikanye h¯atumenam. na yuktam

k¯aryes.u k¯aran. agun. ¯a niyatam. bhavant¯ıti uktim. sat¯amavitath¯amavadh¯aray¯amah.  c¯andr¯ı kal¯a ca bhavat¯ı ca payodhimadhy¯at j¯ate yadamba sudhay¯a dayay¯a ca ´s¯ıte

as¯aditonnatapades.u gir¯ı´samukhyes.u ¯arod. humabjanilaye ´sithil¯abhil¯as.¯a  n¯ıce tu m¯adr. ´si day¯arasanimnag¯a te pr¯apt¯adar¯a pravahat¯ıtyanur¯upametat

sauri´scak¯asti hr. dayes.u ´sar¯ırabh¯aj¯am. tasy¯api devi hr. dayam. tvamanupravis. t.¯a  padme tav¯api hr. daye prathit¯a dayeyam. t¯ameva j¯agradakhil¯ati´say¯am. ´sray¯amah.

nityam. vi´svam. va´sayati harirnigrah¯anugrah¯abhy¯am ¯adye ´saktim. vighat.ayati te hanta k¯arun. yap¯urah. Á ¯ıs.anny¯unam. tadiha dayit¯ad¯ı´sitr. tvam. bhavaty¯ah. tacches.atvam. kathamitarath¯a devi tulye 0pi bh¯umni

vihitam. jahatam. vivekah¯an¯a dahitam. karma ca nityam¯acarantam  apay¯atagun. am. haripriye m¯am. kr. pay¯a kevalayaiva p¯alayeth¯ah.

ks.an. amapyanavasthitau jan¯agah. kamit¯a na ks.amiteti s¯anukamp¯aavat¯arada´s¯asu devi r¯upaih. anur¯upairanug¯ahase mukundam
calati kalit¯ay¯ase ´sv¯ase kaph¯argalite gale bhramati nayane bhr¯ante sv¯ante yiy¯asus.u c¯asus.u Á tvarayati day¯a jantorhantotkrame bhavat¯ım. rame tvamapi kr. pan. atr¯an. e pr¯an. e´svaram. ca par¯a ˙nmukham

duh. kh¯akr¯antam. bhavajalanidhim. dustaram. yogivaryaih. p¯ap¯an¯am. nastaritumadhun¯a k¯a kath¯a lokadh¯atri Á evam. yadyapyudayati matist¯avak¯ımabdhikanye dhanye dr. s. t.v¯a tadapi karun. ¯am. dhairyametyantar¯atm¯

tapobhiriha yoginastava day¯amavindanta y¯am aki˜ncanatay¯api t¯amamr. tasodari pr¯apnumah.  sam¯adhipat.avah. ´sram¯adanubhavanti yaddaivatam. tadeva yamun¯atat.¯ıtarugan. ah. sukhen¯anvabh¯ut

ap¯araparit¯apakr. dbhavatap¯atap¯andh¯a vayam. prap¯amiva sup¯avan¯ım. tava kr. p¯amup¯as¯ımahi Á uda˜ncitadhana˜njayah. prabhurud¯arahetiryay¯a yay¯avudadhikanyake tapanamadhyagah. ´s¯ıtat¯am
kam. s¯ar¯atipreyasi sam. s¯ar¯abdhau bhramannan¯atho 0ham  amba tava s¯adhvakamp¯amanukamp¯ann¯avamavalambe.

What animals can teach us. Not domesticated wild too.

One spring evening as we sat down to supper, a wild caller suddenly appeared in the cabin doorway. For a moment he stood, nose twitching at the aromas of food, his black eyes glowing expectantly. Then in his elegant robe of black and white, he sidled into the room. A skunk had come to dinner.
Concealing our nervous misgivings, we bade him welcome, poured him a cup of milk and rather absurdly invited him on to the chair. He accepted.
Thereafter little corporal as we called him, often came to dinner. If the door was closed he,d thump his feet and utter cricket like noises for admittance.
A day came when little corporal disappeared. We missed his presence we wondered what had become of him. Then one evening he called on us again. This time he had brought along some nice people for us to meet. Mrs corporal and six small corporals.
Uttering low tones of assurance he escorted his family into our midst. Wary at first, Mrs. Corporal made her grand entry stamping the floor and doing hand stands, the little ones followed smartly.
Now confident that he belonged the corporals climbed on his chair and thumping demanded service. The mother and the tiny were given their share on the floor. The pleasure we got from this association of proverbially bad folk as was the general belief proved an exception and taught us never believe the worst of others from hearsay or idle gossip.
This article reminded me of the parrot that used to visit us every morning few years ago. He would sit on the railing in the balcony and call. If there was any one in the drawing room or dining area he would immediately enter and wait at the table for food. He almost always turned up when we had our breakfast and would eat directly from my husbands plate, even if given another plate or vessel to eat in he would eat only from my husbands plate and never come to us, strange as it seemed he even would come and hold the tip of the pen he would write with. Literally fighting with him to grab the nib to chew on. No matter how we all tried to sit and try and attract hi with food or writing pen never would he come to us.He loved eating ice cream this he ate even when we had guests and he could not  resist the temptation. He made bold to hop in and slurp up the liquid even in the midst of 15 people sitting. No body disturbed him and every one enjoyed the sight.

The Mrithyunjaya.

It is said to be beneficial for mental, emotional and physical health and to be a moksha mantra which bestows longevity and immortality.

According to some puranas, the Mahamrityunjaya Mantra has been used by many Rishis as well as Sati during the time when Chandra suffered from the curse of Prajapati Daksha. By reciting this mantra, the effect of the curse of Daksha, which could make him die, slowed, and Shiva then took Chandra and placed it upon his head.

This mantra is addressed to Lord Shiva for warding off untimely death. It is also chanted while smearing Vibhuti over various parts of the Body and utilised in Japa or Homa  to get desired results. While its energy protects and guides the initiates a mantra re-links consciousness to its deeper and more abiding nature and repetition of the mantra constitutes Japa, the practice of which develops concentration that leads to a transformation of awareness. Whereas the Gayatri Mantra is meant for purification and spiritual guidance, the Mahamrityunjaya Mantra is meant for healing rejuvenation and nurturance.

The true meaning is as follows:

Tryambakam: The three eyed lord who sees what we can see but who also sees what we can not see. Hence 3 eyed.

Yajamahe: Yajanam is invocation; I invoke

Sugandhim Pushti Vardhanama: Increase my good vasanas 

Urvarukam iva bandhanaan mrityor mukshiya ma mritaat: When i die my soul should leave the body as easily  as the cucumber falls from its plant.

womens secret language.

How they captured the Rainbow.

They both liked sports but they didn't like soccer. Soccer was the official game of the New York River dale country school. The Headmaster had said if you don't play soccer you will have to take long walks. So every day they took long walks together they were young both named Leopold and both sons of famous musicians. Leopold Mannes was the son of David Mannes the celebrated violinist. Leopold Godowsky was the son of the world famous Pianist. the son of the violinist played the piano and the son of the Pianist played the violin. Granted that they were both going to be musicians. Their passions rested with pictures as both had a craze for the camera since they were ten. but they seemed distressed as there was no colour in photographs. One day however they both discussed and decided how they could come about getting colour and they decided to write down how they proposed to do it and share it the next day. They however found the ideas were identical so they decided to pool their efforts to get a color photograph. They snitched the key to the physics laboratory so they could use the apparatus after hours. it was there that the two produced the first color photograph. their collaboration lasted twenty five years with some forty patents and won them fame and fortune as inventors of Kodachrome.But all was not a smooth sail as it usually is with any success. they struggled to get to perfection getting all the colors on one plate proved a humongous task. Now they had to find money to support their invention. They befriended a banker and invited him for dinner, while he waited in the living room they took turns to entertain him while trying to produce a color picture in the kitchen of the house first the violin was played then the piano and so on till a good quality picture was produced to impress the banker. They went about messing what ever area they could get to take their interest forward now being assisted by a financier too. some people were disgusted and said you boys better stick to music. which they did besides giving lessons in music they were both giving recitals and performances in America Europe Mannes was given the Pulitzer prize from Rome. the search for rainbow went right on they both were awarded a job with the researchers of Eastman in Rochester. The company leaned over backwards to accommodate their every fancy. there was good deal of kidding when these two well known musicians moved into the building full of scientists. the two measured the exact length of time that the plate was to be immersed in a developer, by singing a strain from Schubert's Marche Militaire or Tchaikovsky's Symphonie Pathetique. they maintained it was an ideal method to measure the short interval of time in total darkness. Art and science was never more strikingly united. Their work a phenomenal evidence of energy versatility and creativity with music and friendship involved. what a striking coincidence with same name same school same dislike for soccer and passions for photography. Is this not a handy task of the almighty?

Chivalry Lingers on.

A Birmingham woman says chivalry isn't dead as generally reported. Limping from a sore leg she received in a fall while running for a bus on a slippery street. She exclaimed with a beam, "The men stepped over me instead of on me while climbing aboard the bus!"

There was one vacant seat in the center of the carriage. When the door opened at the next stop a man and a woman dashed for the seat freom either end of the carriage. the man slid into the seat first almst knocking the woman off her feet. we all watched anxiously as she turned on him. Then seizing his arm, she held it high and shouted "The Winner"

A youngster came home with all the marks of a rough fight a black eye, a bloody nose etc and as he was being given first aid he said Gosh what a fighter. Last week when challenged for a duel i gave him the choice of weapons. I never thought he'd use his sister.

Is this the end. (SrI Aurobindo)

Is this the end of all that we have been,
and all we did or dreamed,
A name unremembered and a form undone,
Is this the end?

A body rotting under a slab of stone
Or turned to ash in fire,
A mi d dissolved, lost its forgotten thoughts,
Is this the end?

Our little hours that were and are no more,
Our passions once so high
Being mocked by the still earth and calm sunshine,
Is this the end?

Our yearnings for the human Godward climb
Passing to other hearts
Deceived, while smiles towards death and hell the world
Is this the end?

Fallen is the harp; shattered it lies and mute;
Is the unseen player dead?
Because the tree is felled where the bird sang,
Must the song too hush?

One in the mind who planned and willed and thought,
Worked to reshape earth's fate,
One in the heart who loved and yearned and hoped,
Does he too end?

The Immortal in the mortal is his name;
An artist Godhead here
Ever remolds himself in dimmer shapes,
Unwilling to cease.

Till all is done for which the stars were made,
Till the heart discovers God
And the soul knows itself and even then
There is no end.