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Dharma and Adharma aren't just abstract ideas in the Viṣṇu Purāṇa. Each has a family, and the names show what these words mean. 🧵
Source: Viṣṇu Purāṇa 1.7.22-38
Limit yourself to politicians who function under the burden of power.
I will fucking rip apart a filthy pig like you in disproportionate measure if you ever even think of taking me on - legally or otherwise.
Never realized that Puttaparthi vaaru tranalated Savarkars book into Telugu. Posting from fb friend Chandrasekhar gari wall.
An inspiring historical research treatise authored by Veer Savarkar in the Marathi language titled "Bharatiya Itihasatil Saha Soneri Pane" ("Six Golden Pages of Indian History"), which extols the heroic sagas of Indian warriors such as Chandragupta, Pushyamitra, Vikramaditya, and Yashodharma.
To one of the greatest ācāryas of Bhārata deśa, Śrī Vedānta Deśika, whose Tirunakṣatra it is, today - I pay my obeisances!
NOT A SINGLE DAY without him!
'sannidhattāṃ sadā me hṛdi'
Pic: The Guru-Paraṃparā inside the bell designed by @keshav61 for my coffee-table book in 2018
Today marks the thirunakshtram of Sri vedanta desikan
vibudhavairi varUthinI vitrAsi venkaTeSa vimala ghaNTAvatAra! jaya jaya!
Oh maha dEsika you are the incarnation of the sannidhi bell of vEnkatachalapati
You make the adharmis tremble with fear, when they hear your prabhandhanams
One of the most stirring shlokas in Desika Mangalam is this:
पित्रे ब्रह्मोपदेष्ट्रे मे गुरवे दैवताय च ।
प्राप्याय प्रापकायास्तु वेङ्कटेशाय मङ्गलम्
[Mangalam to Venkatesha - my father, who imparted brahmajnAna, my guru & verily sriman nArAyaNa himself. He is my means and end]+
श्रीमान् वेङ्कटनाथार्यः कवितार्किक केसरी।
वेदान्ताचर्य वर्यो मे सन्निधत्तां सदा हृदि।।
"May the great lion of poets and logicians, the great preceptor of Vedanta that Swami Venkatanatha was, reside in my heart always."
Today is appearance day of Swami Vedanta Desika.
ఆనీతమగ్రే నిజబంధనార్థం
దామాఖిలం సంహితమప్యపూర్ణమ్ ।
నిరీక్ష్య నిర్విణ్ణధియో జనన్యాః
సంకోచశక్త్యా స బభూవ బంధ్యః ॥
కట్టేందుకు తెచ్చిన తాళ్లన్నీ ఏమాత్రం సరిపోక అమ్మ అల్లలాడిపోతుంటే కృష్ణుడు తాను చిన్నవాడై ఆమెకు దొరికిపోయాడు!