December 2023
Kumbhakarṇa took a massive form as he marched ahead. His eyes were as large as a cartwheel and he looked like a moving mountain. As he came to the battlefield, he said to his men, “I will burn the army of monkeys this very day. Well, but they have not caused me any harm and are in fact, ornaments for gardens and parks in our cities. However, they will be slaughtered because of Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa.” As he marched ahead dreadful omens appeared all...
क्षात्र की भारतीय परम्परा में राजधर्म के दृष्टिकोण को समझने हेतु यंहा हमारे ग्रंथो से धर्म तथा अर्थ संबंधी कुछ उदाहरण प्रस्तुत हैं – अत्रिस्मृति तथा विष्णु धर्मोत्तर पुराण में निम्न पांच महायज्ञ राजा के कर्त्तव्य हैं –
दुष्टों को दण्ड़, सज्जनों का सम्मान,
न्यायोचित पथ से प्रगति और समृद्धि,
जन आकांक्षाओं और प्रश्नों का पूर्वाग्रह रहित न्यायोचित निर्णय,
भूमि संरक्षण[1]
कौटिल्य अर्थशास्त्र में कहा गया है –
सदैव सक्रिय रहना राजा का व्रत...
There is a set of rules for the riders on the merry-go-round. The rider should proceed in his path and not collide with those ahead of him and those who follow him. Dharma is such a set of rules. If any of those rules is violated - say, the front rider does not leave way for the rider behind him or if a following rider drags the one ahead of him down - it is a sign that the rider has forgotten about the machine operator and that he has to be...
We move on to the next work, Hāsya-cūḍā-maṇi
Introduction
Hāsya-cūḍā-maṇi is a śuddha-prahasana consisting of two acts. In general prahasanas rarely go beyond one act. The title of the prahasana neither hints anything about the plot like Mattavilāsa nor it is a combination of the characters like Bhagavad-ajjukam. The title just reflects the confidence of the author when he declares it as the crest-jewel of humour.
The plot again concentrates on...
Even as they were watching, there arose a swift wind, hurling water into the ocean, driving away clouds, and seeming to shake the mountains. The wind was being driven by a pair of powerful wings and suddenly, the serpents that dwelt there were terrified and plunged deep into the sea. And in a moment, the vānaras discerned Garuḍa who was as radiant as Agni. Looking at this invincible creature, the nāgas that had bound Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa fled in...
शुक्ल यजुर्वेद का एक अन्य श्लोक निम्नानुसार है –
मेरे कंधों में बल है, मेरी बुद्धि में बल है
मेरी बांहो में, मेरे साहस में कर्म भरा है
एक हाथ से कार्य करु, दूजे से शौर्य दिखाऊ
मै स्वयं क्षात्र कहलाऊ[1] ।
इस प्रकार हम अनुभव कर सकते है कि वैश्विक हित में क्षात्र कितना महत्त्वपूर्ण है। यदि कोई क्षात्र भाव से युक्त्त है तो इसका यह अर्थ कदापि नही है कि वह अन्य को क्षति या चोट पहुंचाएगा। क्षात्र भाव हिंसा को प्रोत्साहित नही करता है अपितु इसके...
Let us now look at a story.
A story
There was a wedding in our village in the house of the landlord Shamarao. Shamarao was wealthy and generous. His kin by marriage Bhimarao was also a rich landlord and no less flamboyant. Fifteen cartloads of his people showed up for the wedding. So there were a hundred people from the groom’s side and a similar number from the bride’s side as well. With them were the two or three hundred villagers who...
ಪರಂಪರೆಯ ಪರಿಜ್ಞಾನ ಮತ್ತು ಸಂಪ್ರದಾಯದ ಮುಂದುವರಿಕೆಯ ಜೊತೆಗೆ ಪ್ರಯೋಗಶೀಲತೆ ಹಾಗೂ ನೂತನ ಆವಿಷ್ಕಾರಗಳ ವಿಷಯದಲ್ಲಿ ಕೂಡ ಪೈಗಳಿಗೆ ಆಸ್ಥೆಯುಂಟು. ಇದಕ್ಕೆ ಅವರ ಛಂದೋನುಶೀಲನವೂ ಒಂದು ಸಮರ್ಥ ನಿದರ್ಶನ. ಆದಿಪ್ರಾಸದ ಪಾಲನೆ ಮತ್ತು ಅದರ ನಿರಾಸದೊಂದಿಗೆ ಪೈಗಳು ಅಲ್ಲಲ್ಲಿ ಸಾಂಪ್ರದಾಯಿಕ ವೃತ್ತಗಳನ್ನು ಹಿಗ್ಗಿಸುವ ಇಲ್ಲವೇ ಹೊಸ ಬಗೆಯ ರಚನೆಗೆ ಒಗ್ಗಿಸುವ ಪ್ರಯತ್ನವನ್ನೂ ಮಾಡಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಉದಾ: ಚಂಪಕಮಾಲೆಯ ಪ್ರತಿಪಾದದಲ್ಲಿಯೂ ಹೆಚ್ಚಿನ ಭ-ಗಣವೊಂದನ್ನು ಸೇರಿಸುವ ಮೂಲಕ ಇಪ್ಪತ್ತನಾಲ್ಕು ಅಕ್ಷರಗಳ ಹೊಸತೊಂದು ಸಮವೃತ್ತವನ್ನು ಅವರು ರೂಪಿಸಿಕೊಂಡಿದ್ದಾರೆ.[1]...
ಸಂದರ್ಭೋಚಿತತೆ, ಮನ್ನಣೆ, ಧೈರ್ಯ
ಇಲ್ಲಿ ನಾವು ಗುರುತಿಸಬೇಕಾದ ಸಂಗತಿ, ಡಿ.ವಿ.ಜಿ. ಅವರು ಆರಿಸಿಕೊಂಡ timing – ಸಂದರ್ಭ. ೧೯೧೭ರ ಹೊತ್ತಿಗೆ ಇಂಗ್ಲೆಂಡ್ ಮೊದಲನೇ ಮಹಾಯುದ್ಧದಲ್ಲಿ ತೀವ್ರವಾಗಿ ತೊಡಗಿತ್ತು. ಅದರ ಆಳ್ವಿಕೆಗೆ ಬಂದಿದ್ದ ಸರಿಸುಮಾರು ಎಲ್ಲ ವಸಾಹತುಗಳಿಂದ ಸೈನ್ಯದ ತುಕಡಿಗಳನ್ನು ಯೂರೋಪಿಗೆ ಕರೆಸಿಕೊಂಡಿತ್ತು. ಅದರಲ್ಲಿ ಸಿಂಹಪಾಲಿನ ಸೈನ್ಯ ಬಂದದ್ದು ಭಾರತದ ಸಂಸ್ಥಾನಗಳಿಂದ. ಅಂದರೆ ತಮ್ಮನ್ನು ದಬ್ಬಾಳಿಕೆ ಮಾಡುವವರನ್ನು ದಬ್ಬಾಳಿಕೆಗೊಳಗಾದವರು ತಮ್ಮ ಪ್ರಾಣ ಕೊಟ್ಟು ಕಾಪಾಡಿದರು. ಈ ಒಂದು ಅಂಶವನ್ನೇ ಇಟ್ಟುಕೊಡು ಸುಮಾರು ೧೦೦೦ ಪುಟಗಳಷ್ಟು...
Rāma observed many portents and advised Lakṣmaṇa that they must attack Rāvaṇa’s city without delay. He descended from the mountain Suvela and inspected his army of vānaras. He commanded them to march on to the citadel. The vānaras picked up rocks, boulders, and full-grown trees to use as their weapons. In no time, Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa along with the vānara army reached the ramparts of Laṅkā.
Rāma blocked the northern gate of the city which was...