THE MAHABHARATA ADI PARVA

November 16, 2009 No comments

SECTION XII (Pauloma Parva continued) “Sauti continued, ‘Ruru then asked, ‘O best of Dwijas, why was king Janamejaya bent upon destr... Read more

THE MAHABHARATA ADI PARVA

November 13, 2009 No comments

SECTION IX (Pauloma Parva continued) “Sauti said, ‘While those illustrious Brahmanas were sitting around the dead body of Pramadvara, Ruru... Read more

THE MAHABHARATA ADI PARVA

November 13, 2009 No comments

SECTION VI (Pauloma Parva continued) “Sauti said, ‘O Brahmana, having heard these words from the god of fire, the Rakshasa assumed the for... Read more

THE MAHABHARATA ADI PARVA

November 13, 2009 No comments

SECTION IV (Pauloma Parva) ‘UGRASRAVA SAUTI, the son of Lomaharshana, versed in the Puranas, while present in the forest of Naimisha, at the twe... Read more

THE MAHABHARATA ADI PARVA

November 13, 2009 No comments

Then comes the third parva called Aranyaka (relating to the forest) This parva treats of the wending of the Pandavas to the forest and the citizens, f... Read more

THE MAHABHARATA ADI PARVA

November 13, 2009 No comments

‘In the Adi parva are contained Paushya, Pauloma, Astika, Adivansavatara, Samva, the burning of the house of lac, the slaying of Hidimba, the de... Read more

THE MAHABHARATA ADI PARVA

November 13, 2009 No comments

SECTION II “The Rishis said, ‘O son of Suta, we wish to hear a full and circumstantial account of the place mentioned by you as Samanta-pa... Read more

Manu Sutras

November 03, 2009 No comments

CHAPTER III. 1. The vow (of studying) the three Vedas under a teacher must be kept for thirty-six years, or for half that time, or for a quarter, or u... Read more

Manu Sutras

November 03, 2009 No comments

31. But for the sake of the prosperity of the worlds he caused the Brahmana, the Kshatriya, the Vaisya, and the Sudra to proceed from his mouth, his a... Read more

Adi Sankaracharya’s Kanaka Dhara Stotra

October 30, 2009 No comments

8 Ishta visishtamathayopi yaya dhayardhra, Dhrishtya thravishta papadam sulabham labhanthe, Hrishtim prahrushta kamlodhara deepthirishtam, Pushtim kri... Read more