A hymn to Lord Sūrya:
योऽशं लुम्बन्त आदित्य
भानो नरध भेश ब।
जिघर्ति गगने पेरो
शं नो धिय नमो भग।।
Every pair of letters is a 2 digit
number encoded using Kațapayādi.
When arranged in a 4x4 grid, they form a sarvatobhadra (pan diagonal) magic square!
Reminds me of Kalidasa's Dileepa from the Raghuvamsha:
तस्य संवृतमन्त्रस्य गूढाकारेङ्गितस्य च।
फलानुमेयाः प्रारम्भाः संस्काराः प्राक्तना इव॥
His - whose counsel & bodily expressions were secret - actions could be inferred only from results, like impressions from past lives.
A 15-year-old dream has come true today. I started a PhD with the dream of creating a system that chants any Sanskrit shloka perfectly.
And here I am opening sourcing 𝐕𝐚𝐠𝐝𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐮 - 𝐀 𝐯ṛ𝐭𝐭𝐚 (𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫) 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞 ś𝐥𝐨𝐤𝐚-𝐭𝐨-𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐞𝐱𝐭-𝐭𝐨-𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐞𝐜𝐡 (TTS) 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐒𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐤𝐫𝐢𝐭. This is the world's first vrutta-aware, open-source TTS for Sanskrit Chanting.
21.6 26 is the real start of dakshinayanam&tarpanam etc shall be performed for this punyakaalam on this day.1st of Karkataka month is kartakaravi sankramana. No need to club these 2 togthr.
தக்ஷிணாயனபுண்யகாலே தத்ப்ரயுக்தஶ்ராத்தம் ஹிரண்யரூபேண கரிஷ்யே ததங்கம் திலதர்ப்பணம் ச கரிஷ்யே