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Uttara-kāṇḍa - Part 2 - Rāvaṇa's Misdeeds

Even after having been cursed by Anaraṇya, Rāvaṇa continued to torment the worlds. Devarṣi Nārada warned him against it, but the rākṣasa paid no heed to the muni’s words. Learning of Rāvaṇa’s intentions to conquer Yama-loka, Nārada rushed to Yama’s abode and alerted him of the danger of the rākṣasa. Even as Nārada was speaking to Yama, Rāvaṇa started attacking the place mounted on his puṣpaka-vimāna. Yama’s men subdued the rākṣasas and grievously wounded them.

Ch 18 Yoga of Single-pointed Surrender (Part 20)

2.  Universal self-hood (Atmaupamya): is the perfection of knowledge; its ripe fruit. Intellectual conviction is achieved via reflection upon the śāstras and refined by life’s training. This conviction is then transformed into experience through contemplation. Such a knower sees himself everywhere. He looks upon the world with the same affection as a mother would her children. All lives are his own. Just as a mother’s life mingles with her children’s lives, the knower of the Self becomes one with the welfare of all beings.

ದೇಶೀಯ ಸಂಸ್ಥಾನಗಳನ್ನು ಕುರಿತ ಡಿ.ವಿ.ಜಿ. ಅವರ ಚಿಂತನೆಗಳು - 6

ನರೇಂದ್ರ ಮಂಡಲದ ಅವಾಂತರಗಳು

ಇದರ ಇನ್ನೊಂದು ಪಾರ್ಶ್ವವನ್ನು ಡಿ.ವಿ.ಜಿ. ಅವರ Chamber of Princes (ನರೇಂದ್ರ ಮಂಡಳ) ಕುರಿತಾದ ಸಮಗ್ರ ಲೇಖನಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಕಾಣಬಹುದು. ಅದರ ತಾತ್ಪರ್ಯವನ್ನು ಈ ರೀತಿ ನಿರೂಪಿಸಬಹುದು.

೧೯೨೦ರಲ್ಲಿ ಆರಂಭಗೊಂಡ ನರೇಂದ್ರ ಮಂಡಲ್ ಸಂಸ್ಥೆಯು ಪ್ರತಿವರ್ಷ ದೆಹೆಲಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಸೇರುತಿತ್ತು. ಈ ಹೊತ್ತು ನಮ್ಮ ದೇಶದ ಸಂಸದಭವನದ ಗ್ರಂಥಾಲಯ (Parliament Library) ಇರುವ ಕಟ್ಟಡದಲ್ಲಿ ಅದರ ವಾರ್ಷಿಕ ಕಲಾಪ ನಡೆಯುತ್ತಿತ್ತು.

ಅದರ ಧ್ಯೇಯ ಸರಳವಾಗಿಯೇ ಇತ್ತು: ದೇಶೀಯ ಸಂಸ್ಥಾನಗಳ ಆಗುಹೋಗುಗಳನ್ನು, ಸಮಸ್ಯೆಗಳನ್ನು ಬ್ರಿಟಿಷ್ ಸರಕಾರದೊಂದಿಗೆ ಚರ್ಚಿಸುವುದು.

भारतीय क्षात्त्र परम्परा - Part 13

इन सबमें अद्धितीय भार्गववंशी परशुराम थे। वे ब्राह्म-क्षात्र समन्वय के श्रेष्ठ प्रतीक है। परशुराम द्वारा दुष्ट क्षत्रियों की सुव्यवस्थित विनाश लीला का वर्णन पुराणों में दिया गया है। शास्त्रानुसार आपद्धर्म[1] के रुप में हर कोई क्षात्र धर्म धारण कर सकता है।

Yuddha-kāṇḍa - Part 10 - Rāma returns to Ayodhyā

Maheśvara was extremely pleased hearing the glorious words of Rāghava. He told Rāma, “Thanks to good fortune, you have vanquished your enemy and regained your beloved. You must now head back to Ayodhyā and console the queen-mothers. Ensure that you continue the lineage of the Ikṣvākus and perform the aśvamedha. After donating your wealth to the brāhmaṇas, you may ascend the svarga. Look here, your father, Daśaratha has appeared in a vimāna; you may salute him now!”  Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa bowed down to their father.