Good Morning Subhashita😊🙏
अस्यां सखे बधिरलोकनिवास भूमौ
किं कूजितेन किल कोकिल कोमलेन |
एते हि दैवहतकास्तदभिन्नवर्ण
त्वां काकमेव कलयन्ति कलाSनभिज्ञा ||
अरी सखी कोकिला ! इस स्थान के निवासी तो बहरे लोग हैं | तू इतनी मधुर ध्वनि से क्यों कुहू कुहू ध्वनि कर रही है? ये लोग तो भाग्यहीन हैं और इसी कारण अलग ही प्र्कृति के ललित कलाओं (संगीत साहित्य आदि )से अनभिज्ञ हैं और तुम्हारी मधुर कूक और कव्वे की कर्कश कांव कांव उनके लिये एक ही समान है |
O my friend Cuckoo bird ! This place is the abode of deaf person, so why are you tweeting so sweetly? These are ill-fated people of a different kind as also ignorant of fine arts, unable to differentiate between your sweet tweet and the harsh voice of a crow.
*(This Subhashita is also an "Anyokti" using a cuckoo bird as an allegory. The idea behind it is that it is of no use to display fine arts before ignorant and illiterate people, as they can not appreciate their finer points. There is a couplet of a Hindi poet by name Bihari, which says that a trader selling perfumes went to a village and put a sample of the perfume on the hands of a villager who simply liked it and said that it tastes sweet.)*🙏
Have A Wonderful Weekend 👍
अस्यां सखे बधिरलोकनिवास भूमौ
किं कूजितेन किल कोकिल कोमलेन |
एते हि दैवहतकास्तदभिन्नवर्ण
त्वां काकमेव कलयन्ति कलाSनभिज्ञा ||
अरी सखी कोकिला ! इस स्थान के निवासी तो बहरे लोग हैं | तू इतनी मधुर ध्वनि से क्यों कुहू कुहू ध्वनि कर रही है? ये लोग तो भाग्यहीन हैं और इसी कारण अलग ही प्र्कृति के ललित कलाओं (संगीत साहित्य आदि )से अनभिज्ञ हैं और तुम्हारी मधुर कूक और कव्वे की कर्कश कांव कांव उनके लिये एक ही समान है |
O my friend Cuckoo bird ! This place is the abode of deaf person, so why are you tweeting so sweetly? These are ill-fated people of a different kind as also ignorant of fine arts, unable to differentiate between your sweet tweet and the harsh voice of a crow.
*(This Subhashita is also an "Anyokti" using a cuckoo bird as an allegory. The idea behind it is that it is of no use to display fine arts before ignorant and illiterate people, as they can not appreciate their finer points. There is a couplet of a Hindi poet by name Bihari, which says that a trader selling perfumes went to a village and put a sample of the perfume on the hands of a villager who simply liked it and said that it tastes sweet.)*🙏
Have A Wonderful Weekend 👍
Shubprabhat Subhashita😊 🙏
वपुर्विषमसंस्थानं कर्णज्वरकरो रवः|
करभस्याSशुगत्यैव छादिता दोषसंहतिः||
एक ऊंट का शरीर बेडौल और कुरूप होता है और उसका गर्जन कानों को कष्ट देने वाला होता है | परन्तु उसकी विपरीत परिस्थितियों मे (एक मरुस्थल में) भी तेज चाल इन सारे दोषों को ढक (छुपा) देती है |
A camel's body is uneven in a bizarre manner and the roaring sound it creates is very unpleasing to the ears. But its capacity of traversing fast in difficult terrains (like a desert) covers all its other defects.
*(This Subhashita is also an example of an 'Anyokti' relating to a Camel. The idea behind this Subhashita is that if a person (or even animals), who may have many defects, possesses any virtue(s) which outweigh the other defects, such a person is willingly accepted by the society.)*🙏✅
Have A Positive Week Ahead 👍
वपुर्विषमसंस्थानं कर्णज्वरकरो रवः|
करभस्याSशुगत्यैव छादिता दोषसंहतिः||
एक ऊंट का शरीर बेडौल और कुरूप होता है और उसका गर्जन कानों को कष्ट देने वाला होता है | परन्तु उसकी विपरीत परिस्थितियों मे (एक मरुस्थल में) भी तेज चाल इन सारे दोषों को ढक (छुपा) देती है |
A camel's body is uneven in a bizarre manner and the roaring sound it creates is very unpleasing to the ears. But its capacity of traversing fast in difficult terrains (like a desert) covers all its other defects.
*(This Subhashita is also an example of an 'Anyokti' relating to a Camel. The idea behind this Subhashita is that if a person (or even animals), who may have many defects, possesses any virtue(s) which outweigh the other defects, such a person is willingly accepted by the society.)*🙏✅
Have A Positive Week Ahead 👍
you want to properly understand everything Lord Krishna has told Arjuna, then you have to study Bhagavad Gita subject wise.
Lord Krishna has discussed more than 50 subjects in the Bhagavad Gita.
Here are few examples:
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Lord Krishna has discussed
ATMAN-- in chapters 2, 3,
KARMA -- in 2, 3, 4, & 5 chapters.
VARNA ( caste) SYSTEM --chapters 4, 5, 9 and 18
MAYA --in chapters 7, 9 and 10
MIND & THOUGHTS --in chapter 6
UPSIDE DOWN TREE --in chapter 15
SOMA RITUAL –in chapter 9
SIN –in chapter 4 & 5
HEAVEN –in chapter 2, 9, & 16
REINCARNATION –in chapter 2, 7, & 8
FOOD TO EAT –in chapter 17
BEST AND BAD TIME TO DIE –in chapter 8
WOMEN –in chapter 8
AUM –in chapter 9 &10
DEVOTION TO GOD----- in chapters 6,9,10 & 12
SANKHYA PHILOSOPHY---- in chapters 2, 3, 5, 7, 10 & 13,
GUNAS ----in Chapters 3, 7, 13, 15, 17 and 18
That is the reason why I wrote and published a book “Amazing Secrets of the Bhagavad Gita” with 63 chapters in QUESTION and ANSWER style between a 18 year old American born Grandson and his grandfather…..
Lord Krishna has discussed more than 50 subjects in the Bhagavad Gita.
Here are few examples:
,
Lord Krishna has discussed
ATMAN-- in chapters 2, 3,
KARMA -- in 2, 3, 4, & 5 chapters.
VARNA ( caste) SYSTEM --chapters 4, 5, 9 and 18
MAYA --in chapters 7, 9 and 10
MIND & THOUGHTS --in chapter 6
UPSIDE DOWN TREE --in chapter 15
SOMA RITUAL –in chapter 9
SIN –in chapter 4 & 5
HEAVEN –in chapter 2, 9, & 16
REINCARNATION –in chapter 2, 7, & 8
FOOD TO EAT –in chapter 17
BEST AND BAD TIME TO DIE –in chapter 8
WOMEN –in chapter 8
AUM –in chapter 9 &10
DEVOTION TO GOD----- in chapters 6,9,10 & 12
SANKHYA PHILOSOPHY---- in chapters 2, 3, 5, 7, 10 & 13,
GUNAS ----in Chapters 3, 7, 13, 15, 17 and 18
That is the reason why I wrote and published a book “Amazing Secrets of the Bhagavad Gita” with 63 chapters in QUESTION and ANSWER style between a 18 year old American born Grandson and his grandfather…..
Lord Krishna said to a very baffled and shocked Arjuna, who was totally shaken by the unbelievable size of the Viswaroopa :
“Nimitha Mathrum Bhava Savyasachin”
“Arjuna, become an instrument of God”
(Bhagavad Gita 11:33)
By becoming an instrument of God, we can eradicate our ego very easily and also we can eliminate our karmic debt.
What Lord Krishna has said to Arjuna is applicable to everyone and even to those who have nothing to do with Hinduism.
Only by surrendering OUR EGO, we can dealt with problems in life.
During the last chapter of the Bhagavad Gita Lord Krishna again said:
" Arjuna, abandon all Dharma (duties) and just surrender unto me (the will of God). I shall personally deliver you from all bonds of Karma. Do not fear."
( BG18:66)
“Nimitha Mathrum Bhava Savyasachin”
“Arjuna, become an instrument of God”
(Bhagavad Gita 11:33)
By becoming an instrument of God, we can eradicate our ego very easily and also we can eliminate our karmic debt.
What Lord Krishna has said to Arjuna is applicable to everyone and even to those who have nothing to do with Hinduism.
Only by surrendering OUR EGO, we can dealt with problems in life.
During the last chapter of the Bhagavad Gita Lord Krishna again said:
" Arjuna, abandon all Dharma (duties) and just surrender unto me (the will of God). I shall personally deliver you from all bonds of Karma. Do not fear."
( BG18:66)
AMAZING FACTS: When rest of the religions talk about thousands of years, Hinduism alone talks about trillions of years of history.
Lord Krishna said: “In the beginning of time or Kalpa ( 4,320,000,000 years) , I create everything and at the end of time Kalpa ( 4,320,000,000 years), the whole creation merges in me. By my will the whole universe is created & annihilated again and again ”
(Bhagavad Gita Chapter 9:7 )
Four Yugas are
Krita or Satya Yuga lasting 1,728,000 years (4 x Kali Yuga )
Treta Yuga lasting 1,296,000 years (3x Kali Yuga)
Dvapara Yuga lasting 864,000 years (2X Kali Yuga)
Kali Yuga lasts 432,000 years
One Maha Yuga Four Yugas 4,320,000 years
One Kalpa 1000 Maha Yugas 4,320,000,000 years.
One day of Brahma One Kalpa 4,320,000,000 years.
One night of Brahma One Kalpa 4,320,000,000 years.
One whole day of Brahma Two Kalpas 8,640,000,000 years
Life of Brahma – the god of creation lives for 311.04 trillion human years.
Lord Krishna said: “In the beginning of time or Kalpa ( 4,320,000,000 years) , I create everything and at the end of time Kalpa ( 4,320,000,000 years), the whole creation merges in me. By my will the whole universe is created & annihilated again and again ”
(Bhagavad Gita Chapter 9:7 )
Four Yugas are
Krita or Satya Yuga lasting 1,728,000 years (4 x Kali Yuga )
Treta Yuga lasting 1,296,000 years (3x Kali Yuga)
Dvapara Yuga lasting 864,000 years (2X Kali Yuga)
Kali Yuga lasts 432,000 years
One Maha Yuga Four Yugas 4,320,000 years
One Kalpa 1000 Maha Yugas 4,320,000,000 years.
One day of Brahma One Kalpa 4,320,000,000 years.
One night of Brahma One Kalpa 4,320,000,000 years.
One whole day of Brahma Two Kalpas 8,640,000,000 years
Life of Brahma – the god of creation lives for 311.04 trillion human years.
Lord Krishna said: “ The man who sees me in everything and everything within me will not be lost to me, nor will I ever be lost to him.”
(Bhagavad Gita 6:30 )
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That what Prahlad did.
That what Mirabhai did
That what Kabir did.
That what Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa did
That what Chaitanya Maha Prabhu did.
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When we say “surrendering to God,” some may feel we should act either irrational or STOP ACTING ALTOGETHER.
That is not true.
Surrender is the quantum leap from mind to mindlessness, from ego to a state of no ego.
To surrender ourselves to God means to allow God to work through us, or to do things according to our inner voice.
Surrendering to God means to become an instrument of God.
(Bhagavad Gita 6:30 )
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That what Prahlad did.
That what Mirabhai did
That what Kabir did.
That what Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa did
That what Chaitanya Maha Prabhu did.
________________________________________________
When we say “surrendering to God,” some may feel we should act either irrational or STOP ACTING ALTOGETHER.
That is not true.
Surrender is the quantum leap from mind to mindlessness, from ego to a state of no ego.
To surrender ourselves to God means to allow God to work through us, or to do things according to our inner voice.
Surrendering to God means to become an instrument of God.
Shubprabhat Subhashita😊 🙏
नालेनेव स्थित्वा पादेनैकेव कुञ्चितग्रीवम् |
जनयति कुमुदभ्रान्ति वृद्धबको बालमत्स्यानाम्||
जल में एक ही पांव पर बिल्कुल स्थिर खडे हो कर तथा अपनी गर्दन मोड कर एक चालाक बगुला पक्षी छोटी छोटी मछलियों में यह भ्रम उत्पन्न कर देता है कि वह कमल पुष्प की नाल है (और बगुला उन्हें आसानी से अपना शिकार बना लेता है) |
By silently standing in water on one leg only with a curved neck, a crane bird creates a false impression in the minds of small fish that it is the stem of a lotus flower (and ultimately are caught and devoured by the crane).
*(Whenever a person with a view to cheating other persons puts an attire of a virtuous person, such a person is alluded to a crane. So, this 'anyokti' is a warning against such a person.)*🙏
Have A Virtuous Weekend Ahead 👍🙏
नालेनेव स्थित्वा पादेनैकेव कुञ्चितग्रीवम् |
जनयति कुमुदभ्रान्ति वृद्धबको बालमत्स्यानाम्||
जल में एक ही पांव पर बिल्कुल स्थिर खडे हो कर तथा अपनी गर्दन मोड कर एक चालाक बगुला पक्षी छोटी छोटी मछलियों में यह भ्रम उत्पन्न कर देता है कि वह कमल पुष्प की नाल है (और बगुला उन्हें आसानी से अपना शिकार बना लेता है) |
By silently standing in water on one leg only with a curved neck, a crane bird creates a false impression in the minds of small fish that it is the stem of a lotus flower (and ultimately are caught and devoured by the crane).
*(Whenever a person with a view to cheating other persons puts an attire of a virtuous person, such a person is alluded to a crane. So, this 'anyokti' is a warning against such a person.)*🙏
Have A Virtuous Weekend Ahead 👍🙏
बहूनां जन्मनामन्ते ज्ञानवान्मां प्रपद्यते।
वासुदेव: सर्वमिति स महात्मा सुदुर्लभ:॥ १९॥
बहुत जन्मोंके अन्तिम जन्ममें अर्थात् मनुष्यजन्ममें सब कुछ परमात्मा ही हैं— इस प्रकार (जो) ज्ञानवान् मेरे शरण होता है, वह महात्मा अत्यन्त दुर्लभ है।
In the very last of all births the enlightenedperson worships Me by realizing that all this isGod. Such a great soul is very rare indeed. (7:19)
वासुदेव: सर्वमिति स महात्मा सुदुर्लभ:॥ १९॥
बहुत जन्मोंके अन्तिम जन्ममें अर्थात् मनुष्यजन्ममें सब कुछ परमात्मा ही हैं— इस प्रकार (जो) ज्ञानवान् मेरे शरण होता है, वह महात्मा अत्यन्त दुर्लभ है।
In the very last of all births the enlightenedperson worships Me by realizing that all this isGod. Such a great soul is very rare indeed. (7:19)
What makes Bhagavad Gita the most important scripture in the world?
Because of the variety of subjects UNIVERSAL IN NATURE, discussed in its seven hundred couplets.
Albert Einstein said: “When I read the Bhagavad-Gita and reflect about how God created this universe everything else seems so superfluous.”
• Bhagavad Gita gives everyone of us absolute freedom to do whatever we want.
• In Bhagavad Gita, Lord Krishna never judged or ordered;
He only explained to Arjuna the pros and cons of every issue and was left to Arjuna whether to follow his teachings or not.
• Lord Krishna did not even influence the free will of Arjuna. Arjuna had the right to ACCEPT everything Lord Krishna taught or REJECT everything Lord Krishna taught.
• In fact at the end of Mahabharata, Rishi Veda Vyasa has to teach a very disheartened Arjuna, the whole of Bhagavad Gita again.
• It advocates selfless actions (Nishkama Karma). It teaches the importance of annihilation of desire and ego. It teaches the different ways to control the mind and the senses.
Because of the variety of subjects UNIVERSAL IN NATURE, discussed in its seven hundred couplets.
Albert Einstein said: “When I read the Bhagavad-Gita and reflect about how God created this universe everything else seems so superfluous.”
• Bhagavad Gita gives everyone of us absolute freedom to do whatever we want.
• In Bhagavad Gita, Lord Krishna never judged or ordered;
He only explained to Arjuna the pros and cons of every issue and was left to Arjuna whether to follow his teachings or not.
• Lord Krishna did not even influence the free will of Arjuna. Arjuna had the right to ACCEPT everything Lord Krishna taught or REJECT everything Lord Krishna taught.
• In fact at the end of Mahabharata, Rishi Veda Vyasa has to teach a very disheartened Arjuna, the whole of Bhagavad Gita again.
• It advocates selfless actions (Nishkama Karma). It teaches the importance of annihilation of desire and ego. It teaches the different ways to control the mind and the senses.
Lord Krishna said: "Arjuna, I have nothing to do in all three worlds, nor there is anything I have to attain in all three worlds. In spite of all that, I constantly act."
(Bhagavad Gita 3:22)
This extremely powerful words from Lord Krishna is a clarion call for action in life by everyone. Nobody has the right to stop working.
Here is Lord Krishna is telling us that a person even if he or she is very rich or does not need anything still have to act.
Laziness in any form is not tolerated in Hinduism.
Even a saint has to act.
He or she has no right to sit idle and beg.
Begging in any form is not encouraged in Hinduism.
Believe me those who beg for food and other things in the name that they are “Sadhus”, is doing those things against what is taught us by Lord Krishna.
If Lord Krishna never ever stopped working, then U and I have no excuse from working either.
(Bhagavad Gita 3:22)
This extremely powerful words from Lord Krishna is a clarion call for action in life by everyone. Nobody has the right to stop working.
Here is Lord Krishna is telling us that a person even if he or she is very rich or does not need anything still have to act.
Laziness in any form is not tolerated in Hinduism.
Even a saint has to act.
He or she has no right to sit idle and beg.
Begging in any form is not encouraged in Hinduism.
Believe me those who beg for food and other things in the name that they are “Sadhus”, is doing those things against what is taught us by Lord Krishna.
If Lord Krishna never ever stopped working, then U and I have no excuse from working either.
Who or What is God?
1---God is NOT a man
2---God is NOT a woman
3----In fact, nobody knows what God is.
4--- When Moses met Jehovah on the mountain top, Moses asked the burning bush (Jehovah), WHO ARE YOU? And Jehovah God only said: ‘ I AM WHO I AM.”
5---Similarly, there is no word TRINITY in the Holy Bible. Trinitarian doctrine of (father, son and Holy Ghost) was adopted during the very first Christian meeting at Nicaea, Under the leadership of Roman Emperor Constantine during 325 CE
6------That is the reason why God is described as “it” in the Hindu scriptures.
Hindus believe in one and only God Brahman which expresses itself in trillions of forms and trillions of names.
7-----God or Brahman is described as “it” and is the infinite, eternal , indescribable, omniscient, pervasive, genderless, eternal truth, and bliss which does not change, yet is the cause of all changes.
8-------Brahman is not without any beginning nor any end.
9-------Upanishads describe Brahman as One and indivisible, eternal universal self, who is present in all.
10------BRAHMAN is described in two ways
11------SAGUNA BRAHMAN ----God with attributes
12-----NIRGUNA BRAHMAN ---God without attributes
1---God is NOT a man
2---God is NOT a woman
3----In fact, nobody knows what God is.
4--- When Moses met Jehovah on the mountain top, Moses asked the burning bush (Jehovah), WHO ARE YOU? And Jehovah God only said: ‘ I AM WHO I AM.”
5---Similarly, there is no word TRINITY in the Holy Bible. Trinitarian doctrine of (father, son and Holy Ghost) was adopted during the very first Christian meeting at Nicaea, Under the leadership of Roman Emperor Constantine during 325 CE
6------That is the reason why God is described as “it” in the Hindu scriptures.
Hindus believe in one and only God Brahman which expresses itself in trillions of forms and trillions of names.
7-----God or Brahman is described as “it” and is the infinite, eternal , indescribable, omniscient, pervasive, genderless, eternal truth, and bliss which does not change, yet is the cause of all changes.
8-------Brahman is not without any beginning nor any end.
9-------Upanishads describe Brahman as One and indivisible, eternal universal self, who is present in all.
10------BRAHMAN is described in two ways
11------SAGUNA BRAHMAN ----God with attributes
12-----NIRGUNA BRAHMAN ---God without attributes