Chithrasen sang

mere to mana me bahathee hai ganga

jamunaa yahaa, kaaveree yahaa

evolved souls referred to the internal temple , all along thru the ages

ignorant followers are queueing up at temples,

waiting for hours days, to have a darshan of the great gods

 in the temples

Gurus and moreover Followers who believe that Without visit to Such chaar dham, seekers don't attain moksha..----are all mistaken miserably, they are ignorant , innocent, poor souls , in delusion and illusion ,

 they do not know they have to take a dip in the inner gyan sathganga , the pure consciousness,

it is the inner holy sacred theerath one has to visit

adi shankara lamented just exactly on the ways of the ignorant in his verse

Gabheeram kaasare vimsathi vijane ghora vapine, 

Vishale shaile cha brahmathi kusumartha jada mathi 

Samarpaikam chetha sarasijamumanatha bhavathe, 

Sukhenawasthathum jana iha na janathi kimaho.     9 

Searches and hunts the dim witted one, 

In the deep dark lake, 

In the lonely dangerous forest, 

And in  the broad high mountains 

For a flower to worship thee. 

It is a wonder, 

That these people do not know, 

To offer to you the single lotus, 

From the lake of ones own mind, 

Oh God who is the consort of Uma, 

And be happy at ones own place.

  Resolving is good

it reminds me great resolves of un to make world peace a reality,
many times stated resolves of leaders/govt to end terrorism and corruption
to bring the scamsters to book and many similar
some thing is better than nothing
some day they may become a reality
be patient, keep watching , and reresolve if any is not staying to become action
reresolve gives a great satisfaction when necessary action is not taken

it is an effective escape route , for the ineffective, appearing to be effective

resolve is no alternative to solve

reresolve is justification for failure,
and an assurance to continue to be ineffective

solve so that no need to re solve, resolve, reresolve

The best resolves,the next moment dissolves
pressure of tendencies, as if writings on water, all absolves

let mind learn first to solve
how to open the creativity valve

to flow in best nature's rhythm
to allow it self mold in to a poet's rhyme

 The scientist in us

after reaching the goal truth, [vedanta ] , ie sathyam awakens the artist in us, who starts creating sub-truths,ie ,the veda / vedic richas,

ie the retail packages of knowledge ,and contextual creations,

ie upanishads, upakhyanas, kaavyaas , ,udanthas, puranas,

prabandhas, epics, dramas, stories, novels, essays, literature,

sculpture, paintings,

,gods, temples, structures, customs, systems, traditions,

along with goodies, necessities, comforts luxuries

---all to bring heavenly existence on earth , in detail,

purposeful, useful, need based, result oriented,

creates a new civilization , obsoleting the worn out ,

updating the times to the present moment

 Shivananda Lahari by Adi Sankaracharya

[Waves of the Bliss of Shiva]

Translated by P. R. Ramachander

This is one of the greatest poetic prayer couched in an undercurrent of practical philosophy by Sri.Adhi Sankara Bhagawat pada. Unlike Soundrya Lahari, this stotra does not seem to have tantric implication. It is more simpler and enriched with several alankaras (Figure of Speech). Any one reading this and understanding it would definitely become a richer man-rich because of the peace, steadfast mind and knowledge of God and Philosophy he gains.

Prayer to the teacher

Imkara hrimkara rahasya yuktha

Srimkara gudartha Maha vibhoothya

Om kara marma prathi paadinibhyam,

Namo nama Sri Guru Padukabyam

I bow before the wooden slippers of my teacher,

Who taught me the meaning of “OM”,

Which is the inner meaning of the sound “Srim”,

Being a holy combination of the sounds “Im” and “Hrim”.

Shivananda Lahari

1

Kalabhyam choodalankrutha sasi kalabhyam nija thapa

Phalabhyam bhaktheshu prakatitha phalabhyam bhavathu me

Shivabham sthoka thri bhuvana shivabhyam hridhi punar

Bhavaabhyam ananda sphura dhanubhavabhyam natheeriyam

Let my salutations be dedicated ,

To those who are dedicated to art,,

To them who wear the moon in their head,

To them who are the personification of mutual penance,

To them who teach devotees about the results of penance,

To them who grant only good to the three worlds,

To them whose every memory becomes newer and newer,

To them who are supremely happy due to their great knowledge,

And to the result of mystic union of Shiva and Shakthi.

2

Galanthi shambho twacharitha saritha khilbhisharajo

Dganthi dho kulya saranishu pathanthi vijayatham

Dhisanthi samsara bhramana parthapopa samanam,

Vasanthi machedho hrid bhavathi Shivananda Lahari.

Oh Lord Shambu who grants us happiness,

Let these waves of ecstasy Of Lord Shiva,

Flowing from the holy history of yours,

Calming the dusts of sin for ever,

Rushing from the canals of wisdom,

Falling in to the whirl pool of life,

Dousing the fires of sorrow,

Living in my hearts as senses,

Be always victorious.

3

Vrayi vedhyam tripura hara madhyam thrinayanam,

Jata bharodharam chala dhoora gaharam mriga dharma

Mahadevam devam mayi sadhata bhavam pasu pathim,

Chidalambam sambham shiva mathi vidambam hridhi bhaje

I pray with all my heart,

Him who is known by the three Vedas,

Him who is pleasant to the mind,

Him who destroyed the three cities,

Him who is first among every thing,

Him who has all seeing three eyes,

Him who carries the weight of matted lock,

With eminence great,

Him who wears the moving snake as necklace,

Him who holds the jumping deer in his hand,

Him who is greatest among devas,

Him who shines with glitter,

Him who has mercy on me,

Him who is the lord of all beings,

Him who is the only support to holy wisdom,

Him who is always with my Goddess,

And Him who is a great entertainer.

4

Sahasram varthanthe jagathi vibhutha kshudra phalada

Na manye swapne vaa thadanusaranam that krutha phalam

Hari brahmadeenamapi nikata bhaja masulabham

Chiram yache shambho shiva thava padombhoja bhajanam

Thousands of Gods abound,

Offering trifling gifts to them who pray,

And never even in my dreams would I pray.

Or request gifts from them.

To Shiva who is close to Vishnu, Brahma and other Gods,

But who is difficult for them to near,

I would beseech and beg always,

For his lotus like feet.

5

Smruthou shasthre vaidhye shakuna kavitha gana phanithou

Puranee manthre vaa sthuthi natana hasyeshwa chatura

Kadham ragman preethirbhavathi mayi koo aham pasu pathe

Pasum maam sarvagna pradhitha kripaya palaya vibho

Ignoramus I am in the science of law,

In the science of life,

In the art of medicine,

In interpretation of events,

In the art of poems and song,

In the difficult tomes of arty grammer,

In the holy books of yore,

In the psalms of Vedas.

In singing about your great deeds,

In the art of dance and in art of comedy,

And so how can I get favour of Kings?

Oh Lord of all beings,

Oh all knowing one,

Of most famous one,

And Oh , all pervading one,

Tell me who am I?

And be pleased to protect me ,

Showering on me your sea of mercy.

Catch all rats in one stroke, multi processing simultaneous

It is god's way, running the whole universe parallelly, simultaneously, synchronously, harmoniously, beautifully, peacefully .

so if man aligns himself with god, his abilities enhance infinitely, enabling him to accomplishing all with least time , least energy, but most intelligently 

meditation is the way as sadhana matures, creative intelligence blossoms

 adi deva namasthubhyam

Ahilandakoti brahmandanayaka has sent one surya as his rep for bhoomi to give light, life.

he is koti surya prabhatejam, means at least koti suryas do exist if not more

the seer sees much more in the phenomena , the sun is.

he sees sun as the paramathma dispelling the darkness, 

more than, a fire of certain temp ,with so much calorific value 

with light of so many candle power, or just an input for chlorofill ,or germcide and with certain

radius volume , life, with vibgyor colors unified

it evokes awe respect, fear in the theif, hope, happiness, as mithra,

i adore our tradition of deifying this phenomena, in much more fitting manner it deserves

it directly is god visible

sun is indirectly also a supreme god invisible residing and illuminating our outside and inside lives

nice we have this ratha sapthami

let's all be blessed by sun in and out, for this shining blog to day

 Satyam or Truth, as we know, is one of the attributes of the Supreme. In Vedic Sanskrit there are two equivalents for the English word ‘truth’. They are: satyam and rtam. The expressions in the upanishadic invocation rtam vadishyami, satyam vadishyami meaning ‘I will tell truth’, I will tell truth’ are quite well known. There is a slight difference between the two words rtam and satyam.

Shankara’s commentary on the two words shows that while satyam is an eternally valid statement uncontradicted or uncontradictable in past, present and future, rtam is a truth of lesser order or degree. It is something which is deduced in a particular context in the light of a scriptural injunction. In a way, it is a contextual truth or what is right under the circumstances (not expedient). Like in the story of the sage who was giving shelter to a fleeing victim who was being chased by a robber. On the robber’s query as to whether the fleeing person was hiding in his ashram, the sage seems to have replied: the eyes which see cannot tell and the tongue which tells cannot see. Of course, in those dharmic days the robber did not further interrogate the sage nor search his house but went away. Here what the sage was telling was rtam i.e. what was right in that situation as per dharma. So the word rtamseems to be closer to the English word ‘right’.