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1.sadasapati madbutam priyam indrasya kamyam

sanim medha maya susab svaha

2.yam medhan deva ganah pitara sco pasate

tayamamadya medhayagne medhavinan kurusvaha

3medha me varuno dadatu medha magnih prajapatih

mdha mindrasca vayusca medhan dhata dadatume svaha

4. idam me brahma ca ksatra ncobe sriyamasmutam

mayi deva dadhatu sriyamuttamanta syaite svaha

thanks !

I'd like to find a translation of this suktam, unfortunetly I can not found on the web, the translation I found are not the same suktam, if anybody known where come from this suktam, I look in rig veda, ahtarva veda and cannot found it. This is the text I have :

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1.sadasaspati madbutam priyam indrasya kamyam

sanim medha maya sisan svaha

2.yam medhan deva ganah pitara sco pasate

tayamamdya medhayagne medhavinan kurusvaha

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3. medham me varuno dadatu medha magnih prajapatih

medha mindrasca vayusca medhan dhata dadatume svaha

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4. idam me brahma ca ksatra ncobe sriyamasnutam

mayi deva dadhatu sriyamuttamanta syaite svaha

I tried to find a translation with sanskrit dictionnary, but it's too difficult...

svaha : is this, a salutation or Svaha the wife of fire god in this contexte ?

thank you so much, vedic suktams are so beautiful !

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Namaskarams. I have use to play Mahanyasam Mp3 in my home almost every day in the morning. Is it adviceable to play / chant it in the evenings? I am also performing pooja for shivling at my home on every pradosham. Atleast on that day, is it adviceable to play it in th evening? Please advice.

Thanks and regards,

G.Manikandan

paryAptyA anantarAyAya

sarva stOmOti rAtra uttama mahadBavati

sarva syAptyai sarvasya jityai

sarvamEva tEnApnOti sarvaM jayati ||

Also, where does this verse originally come from? I couldn't find it in the concordance.

Many thanks.

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Does anyone have details about a KaNva Shuklayajurveda pandit in Mumbai ?

There are many verses in shrimadbhagavadgita which shows similarity with verses from upanishadas particularly katha upanishad. Can someone help me to find such similarities with verses from other upanishadas?

Hari Om

how to do its tapasya,as propagated by vishwamitra?

Can any one tell me about Aswalayana Mahanyasa. I have a book published in telugu by Aryanana press (Challa Vari Press) of Machilipatnam. But I could not find any one who knows the procedure of doing Mahanyasa as prescribed by Awalayana. Please do enlighten me.

arundev

Regards,

Harshal.

I am trying to translate a Surdas Bhajan and would appreciate help from this forum. While I understand most of the words, I am struggling with the poetic context. If there is another forum that could help, please point me there :

Antara :

Jita Dekho Tita Shyama Bhayi Hai

(Whereever you see, Lord Krishna resides)

Shyama Kunj Bana Yamuna Shyama

(Please help)

Shyama Gagana Ghana Ghata Chaayi Hai

(Please help)

Sthayi :

Saba Rangana Mein Shyama Bhalo Hai

(Lord Krishna is there in all colors and forms)

Log Kahata Yaha Baat Nayi Hai

(People think this is something new or unbelievable)

Mada Bauraane Logana Ki

(Is it - To cure people’s intoxication)

Shyama Putariyaa Badal Gayi Hai

(Lord Krishna has changed his image ?)

Sanchari :

Neelkanth ko Kanth Shyama Hai

(Lord Krishna is the means to absorb all the poison of this world)

Mriga Mada Shyama Kama Vijayi Hai

( ? ? Lord Krishna has conquered lust and materialism)

Chandrashoor ko Hridaya Shyama Hai

()

Jaladhi Jagat par Shyama Mayi Hai

(Lord Krishna rules he Ocean world)

Abhoga :

Shruti Ke Akshar Shyama Dekhiye

(Lord Krishna is in the wisdom of Vedas)

Deepshikha par Shyama mayi hai

(?)

Nara Devan (maybe Debhana) ki Mohara Shyama

(Lord Krishan is the ultimate Male God)

Alakh Brahma Chavi Shyama Mayi Hai

(See Creator Brahma’s reflection in Lord Krishna)

All help is appreciated..

Thanks.

I'm from b'lore and I go to the Lord Shiva temple here almost every Monday and attend the aarti at 7:30 in the evening. One of the bhajans played..most of the times is 'Om Jai Shiv Omkara' - a male version and I learnt that it was sung by someone Babaji or Bawaji I'm not sure. The temple attendees say the bhajan is from 70s and is not available outside and I'm struggling hard to get that bhajan. I have tried several places but no use and I don't even have a clue who the singer is but this aarti bhajan is quite different from the usual one sung by a lady. The male version mesmerizes you...it's like some real god praising Lord Shiva. I would really appreciate if someone at least gives me the name of the singer. Please reply. Thanks alot in advance.

Regards,

realdemigod

i have one hindi krishna bhajan mp3 by Janaki: julam_kara_dare_ri

could you please write down words of this bhajan

I can`t find it in any hindi song book

ys Vidyananda das

you can listen the bhajan at BVML Bhajan & Kirtan Library

my age is 26 years n m a btech (IT) degree holder. i got my degree in 2006. after struggling a lot or i shud say after taking a lot a wrong decisions i manages to get one job of 10000/month. but i had to leave that job in feb of this year and after that m still unemployed.

i asked a very good jyotishies about this one said i'll get the job soon and i was taking all wrong decisions because of ketu dasha and he said i'll be having a lot of money. i asked all these things about 5 months back n still m unemployed.

one day my friend took me to one more jyotishi and he prepared my kundli and said i have shani dasha and my chandra is also affecting me and because of all this m not getting jobs and not settled any where.

but he said one thing saim that m having a lot of money.

but unfortunately m living in credits i don have even a single penny of myself whtever i had i have spent that on my health or i spent that foolishly.

now m totally confused they sain m having a lot of money in ma life but m having nothin with me even i have passed ma degree 4 years back. both said i should have been in very strong position but m in weakest position. where ever i go my relations move apart m unable to handle nay thing and totally confused about my career.

coud any body tel lwhat it could be actually and i feel i should not believe jyotish. don know what to do

It shows the of the 4-Yugas + the 14 Manu's Life-Span + Lord Brahma's lifespan all in one expanded-view diagram as per India's Vedas.

My scriptural source from whence I condensed this data is the "Bhagavata-purana" aka, 'Shrimad-Bhagavatam'.

with best regards,

your own personal secret Hare Krishna Wellwisher,

Bhaktajan

(24 Gurus)

The 24 gurus are: the earth, the air, the sky, water, fire, moon, sun,

pigeon, python, the sea, the moth, honeybee, elephant and honey thief,

the deer, the fish, the prostitute Pingala, the kurara bird, the

child, the young girl, arrow maker, serpent, spider and wasp. (SB

11.7.33-35)

1. Earth: a sober person should never be distracted from progress on

his won path even if he is harassed by other living beings, because

they are acting helplessly under the control of God. He should be as

steady as the earth. Like the mountain and the tree, he should

dedicate himself to the service of others.

2. Air: a transcendentalist may be surrounded by innumerable material

objects possessing good and bad qualities. But like the wind he should

never be entangled by them. When the wind carries different aromas, it

never mixes with them.

3. Sky: Though the sky extends everywhere and everything rests within

it, it does not mix with anything. The soul and Supersoul have the

same quality. The sky is never implicated or affected by the blowing

action of the wind. In the same way the living entity is never

affected though it may enter a body of material elements.

4. Water: The saintly person is like water because he is free from all

contamination, gentle by nature and when speaking creates a beautiful

vibration like the flowing of water. By seeing, touching or hearing

such a saintly person, the living entity is cleansed as if coming in

contact with pure water.

5. Fire: Even if a saintly person eats contaminated food by chance he

is not affected, like the fire that burns up con-taminated substances

that are offered to it. Like fire, he is sometimes concealed and

sometimes revealed. As the spiritual master he burns up the past and

future reactions of his dis-ciples. The Supreme Soul is like fire in

that He enters dif-ferent bodies as fire manifests differently in

various pieces of wood. Like the flickering fire, the waves of time

flow constant-ly and imperceptibly bring with them birth, growth and

death. But just as nobody can follow the changing pattern of a flame,

no-one can see the changes wrought by time upon them.

6. Moon: Though the moon waxes and wanes, it is not affected my this

“change.” Similarly the living entity is not affected by the changes

of the body from birth to death.

7. Sun: A saintly person can accept a material thing with his senses

and at the apppropriate time he gives that thing to the proper person.

So also the sun evaporates water and returns it to earth as rain. Sun

and saint are never entangled by this. The sun is reflected in many

objects but is never divided. Also the soul is reflected into various

bodies but is always one and the same.

8. Pigeon: he is an example for excessive attachment, because he chose

to be captured by the hunter after seeing his wife and children so

captured, thinking that without them life was not not worth living.

9. Python: he does not make arrangements for food, but waits for food

to come to him. This exemplifies peacefulness and patience.

10. The sea: just like a tranquil sea, the saintly person, being full

of knowledge, is never disturbed.

11. The moth: a foolish man is captivated by a woman’s charms just

like a moth is captivated by a flame and burns within it.

12. The honeybee: a renounced person who begs a little food from

different houses is like a madhukari, or honeybee. Also a honeybee

takes nectar from different flowers. So also an intelligent human

being takes the essence of different scrip-tures. But a saintly person

should not become greedy and collect too much.

13. The elephant: A saintly person should remember how the great bull

elephant is captured by the she-elephant; therefore he should never

desire to touch the body of a young girl.

14. The honeythief: sannyasis and brahmacaris are entitled to take

away the wealth of the laboring householders, just like a hone thief

takes away the honey from the nest of the busy bees.

15. The deer: they are bewildered by the sound of a hunter’s horn, and

thus are killed. A renounced person should never become attracted by

mundane sounds like sensuous music, especial-ly the sweet singing and

dancing of beautiful women.

16. The fish: they are caught on the hook by their uncontrollable

tongues. A learned man should control all his senses by first

controling the tounge, which is the most powerful sense of all.

17. Pingala: this prostitute gave up her plans for earning money

through sex indulgence out of frustration. Feeling satisfaction from

her abandonment of material desires, she could remember Krsna and

became peaceful.

18. The kurara bird (hawk): When a hawk carrying some meat was

attacked by larger hawks, he gave it up out of fear for his life.

Renouncing and saving himself, he felt more happiness than he did when

he took the meat.

19. The child: a foolish child is happy due to ignorance, and a

saintly person is happy due to having surrendered to Krsna.

20. The young girl: receiving some prospective bridegrooms on a day

when her parents were away from home, she went into the kitchen to

prepare food for them. While beating rice, her bracelets jangled, and

she was afraid that the young men would think her family was poor

because she was doing all the work in the home. She broke all the

bracelets except two on each arm, but these also jangled. She then

removed one from each arm, leaving only one on each arm. Thereafter

she worked in silence. So too, when many people live together, there

will be clashing of interests and fighting. It is better to live

alone.

21. The arrow maker: the devotee should be so absorbed in the Lord

that he does not see duality, just as the arrow maker was so absorbed

in his work of making a straight arrow that he did not notice the king

passing buy.

22. The snake: he makes no home for himself, but takes over the homes

of others, having eaten them. A sage should similarly make no

endeavors for his own shelter.

23. The spider: God is like the spider because He creates the network

of the cosmos from his own potency and then withdraws it into Himself.

24. The wasp: he trapped a weaker insect in his hive. This insect took

on the mentality of a wasp out of intense fear of the wasp, and thus

became a wasp in its next life. This illustrates how one attains in

the next life what one’s mind is fixed upon.

Muslims are enjoined cleanliness of five parts of the body(face,hand,elbow,head,feet) before commencing prayers. This derives from the Vedic injuction ‘Shareer Shydhyartham Panchanga Nyasah’.

could any one pls help me from where vedic/puranas/upanishad the ritual of

"Shareer Shydhyartham Panchanga Nyasah" came?

please give me correct verses.

Thank you

There is a legend that Goddess Lakshmi’s father Rishi Bhrigu went to Lord Shiva and said that I have written the destiny of every person who will be born. Please give me your blessing that it will all come true.

Lord Shiva said - What you have written is only 33 percent. Another 33 percent is changed by the person’s deeds, another 33 percent by prayer and I keep the remaining 1 percent with me, for the final decision.

So one can completely eradicate our obstacles and troubles by taking the right action, prayers and leave the rest to Shiva.

There are specific mantras and prayers for specific problems and it’s very important to understand the meaning of each mantra. When you know what you are chanting, it’s immersed within you and the good effects double.

How do i find out whether my family is under some kind of black magic?

Why do we do them, what is the sense of it, should we still practice them ?

Do you know where I could find any summary of brahmanas on the web ?

Thanks