As the last vestige of India’s glorious heritage of Kshatra (or valour), we see the solid resistance of the native Indian army during the First War of Indian Independence in 1857. After this, we observe the same Kshatra spirit in Subash Chandra Bose’s army Azad Hind Fauj in 1944.
Author:prekshaa
Widespread Influence
Deeply influenced by the Bhagavad-gītā, the American philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson kept aside much of the Christian doctrine not aligned to it and began advocating the karma-siddhānta (principle of karma-yoga) – to the extent that people began criticizing Emerson as having become anti-Christianity.
Among the important citizens of Mysore state, based on their oratory skills and efficiency, I can say from the bottom of my heart, that Abbas Khan sahib belongs to the top echelons.
KARṆA-PARVA
After the death of Droṇa, on the fifteenth day of the Kurukṣetra war, Duryodhana retired to his camp and discussed the further course of action with his ministers. Aśvatthāma suggested that Karṇa should be made the commander-in-chief of the Kaurava forces and the war should continue.
ಗೆಳತಿಯರಿಂದ ಬಾವಿಗೆ ತಳ್ಳಲ್ಪಟ್ಟ ದೇವಯಾನಿಯನ್ನು ಯಯಾತಿ ಕೈಹಿಡಿದು ಎತ್ತಿದ ಬಳಿಕ ಅವಳು ಅವನನ್ನೇ ಮದುವೆಯಾಗಲು ಬಯಸುತ್ತಾಳೆ. ಅವನು “ಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಣಕನ್ಯೆಯನ್ನು ಕ್ಷತ್ರಿಯ ಪರಿಣಯಿಸುವುದು ವರ್ಣಧರ್ಮಕ್ಕೆ ವಿರುದ್ಧ” ಎಂದರೆ ಇವಳು, “ಪಾಣಿಧರ್ಮದ ಪ್ರಕಾರ ಸರಿಯಾಗುತ್ತದೆ” ಎಂದು ಪ್ರತಿವಾದಿಸುತ್ತಾಳೆ. “ಪಾಣಿಧರ್ಮ”ವೆಂದರೆ ಕೈಹಿಡಿದೊಡನೆಯೇ ವಿವಾಹವಾಯಿತೆಂದು ಒಪ್ಪುವುದು ಹಾಗೂ ಕೈಹಿಡಿದವಳನ್ನು ಕಡೆಯ ತನಕ ಉಳಿಸಿಕೊಳ್ಳುವುದು.
ಪಾಣಿಧರ್ಮಃ (೧.೭೬.೨೦)
A Special Incident
A scholar used to attend all the Sahitya Parishat meetings. But, Venkatanarayanappa wouldn’t give him much attention. He would be kept isolated. Let’s say there were perhaps reasons. Let’s call him Mr. X.
When the Sahitya Parishat met in Chikkamagaluru, it looked like Mr. X pleaded with Rao. Rao said “Venkatanarayanappa, please give him a chance now at least. He wants to tell something; he will keep whining otherwise. Please show some mercy!”.
I’ve heard that medical experts document in detail, in accordance with their working philosophy - the onset of an ailment in a patient, its progression, the effect the ingested medicine has in curing the patient, and so forth (as evidence) in their articles and books. I too have suffered some ailments in the past. I’m interested in developments in medical sciences. I intend to record a few case histories that could possibly help future editors of pharmacopeia. I will present two cases now - Hunger and Indigestion.
Sri K.T. Appanna hailed from the Aruvelu Brahmin sect. He was originally from Kollegal. His father was Sri Tirumalaswamayya working as a First Division Clerk at the Bangalore General Post Office, earning about ₹ 70-80 a month. This was a big salary in those days. But he had a family big enough to match it. Tirumalaswamayya’s wife’s elder brother Sri Ramaswamayya and his wife and children, Tirumalaswamayya’s sister-in-law (a traditional widow), two or three other sisters-in-law, their children…the family was indeed large. And then there were guests and visitors from time to time.
The fourteenth day of the war began with Droṇa arranging the Kaurava army in the śakaṭa-vyūha formation within which he arranged the army in the padma-vyūha and inside that created a sūcī-vyūha. At the front of the sūcī, he had arranged Kṛtavarma, Kāmbhoja, Jalasandha, Duryodhana, Karṇa, and along with these heroes, thousands of other warriors; behind all of them stood Jayadratha. Droṇa himself stood at the front of the śakaṭa.
The day’s battle began.