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Sesa (Shesha) – Ananta (i) Ananta is the reposing bed of Visnu. It is this Ananta who dislodged Mandara mountain at the time of Ksirabdhi mathana (churning of the ocean of milk) (M.B. fldi Parva, Chapter … Read More

  In Hindu (post-Vedic) tradition, Shesha (IAST: Śeṣa, Devanagari: शेष), also known as Sheshanaga (IAST: Śeṣanāga, Devanagari: शेषनाग) or Adishesha (IAST: Ādi Śeṣa, Devanāgarī: आदिशेष) is the king of all Nagas (serpent deities), one of the … Read More

#BG 2.39     एषा तेऽभिहिता सांख्ये बुद्धिर्योगे त्विमां श‍ृणु । बुद्ध्या युक्तो यया पार्थ कर्मबन्धं प्रहास्यसि ॥ ३९ ॥   eṣā te ’bhihitā sāṅkhye buddhir yoge tv imāṁ śṛṇu buddhyā yukto yayā pārtha karma-bandhaṁ prahāsyasi … Read More

#BG 2.35   भयाद्रणादुपरतं मंस्यन्ते त्वां महारथाः । येषां च त्वं बहुमतो भूत्वा यास्यसि लाघवम् ॥ ३५ ॥   bhayād raṇād uparataṁ maṁsyante tvāṁ mahā-rathāḥ yeṣāṁ ca tvaṁ bahu-mato bhūtvā yāsyasi lāghavam   bhayāt — out … Read More

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Kusha plant was mentioned in the Rig Veda for use in sacred ceremonies and also as a seat for priests and the gods. It is also specifically recommended by Lord Krishna in the Bhagavad Gita as … Read More

#BG 2.33     अथ चेत्त्वमिमं धर्म्यं सङ्ग्रामं न करिष्यसि । ततः स्वधर्मं कीर्तिं च हित्वा पापमवाप्स्यसि ॥ ३३ ॥   atha cet tvam imaṁ dharmyaṁ saṅgrāmaṁ na kariṣyasi tataḥ sva-dharmaṁ kīrtiṁ ca hitvā pāpam avāpsyasi … Read More

  A famous sage. Mention is made in Maha-bharata, Salya Parva, Chapter 51, Stanza 83, that this hermit was the son of the great hermit Bhrgu, and that he was made of the essences of the … Read More

#BG 2.29     आश्चर्यवत्पश्यति कश्चिदेन – माश्चर्यवद्वदति तथैव चान्यः । आश्चर्यवच्च‍ैनमन्यः श‍ृणोति श्रुत्वाप्येनं वेद न चैव कश्चित् ॥ २९ ॥   āścarya-vat paśyati kaścid enam āścarya-vad vadati tathaiva cānyaḥ āścarya-vac cainam anyaḥ śṛṇoti śrutvāpy enaṁ … Read More

#BG 2.27     जातस्य हि ध्रुवो मृत्युर्ध्रुवं जन्म मृतस्य च । तस्मादपरिहार्येऽर्थे न त्वं शोचितुमर्हसि ॥ २७ ॥   jātasya hi dhruvo mṛtyur dhruvaṁ janma mṛtasya ca tasmād aparihārye ’rthe na tvaṁ śocitum arhasi   … Read More

#BG 2.22     वासांसि जीर्णानि यथा विहाय नवानि गृह्णाति नरोऽपराणि । तथा शरीराणि विहाय जीर्णा- न्यन्यानि संयाति नवानि देही ॥ २२ ॥   vāsāṁsi jīrṇāni yathā vihāya navāni gṛhṇāti naro ’parāṇi tathā śarīrāṇi vihāya jīrṇāny … Read More

A bird with beautiful feathers.   सुपर्ण adj. suparNa having beautiful leaves   सुपर्ण adj. suparNa having beautiful wings   सुपर्णा f. suparNA mother of garuDa   सुपर्णा f. suparNA pool with plenty of lotuses   … Read More

#Pinaki: Another name for Siva, meaning He who hollds the bow called #Pinaka. Pinaka was formerly the three-forked spike of Siva. Once it fell down from the hands of Siva and on falling down took the … Read More

#Bhaumana means belonging to the Earth. Another name for #Visvakarma     भौमन m. Name of viśva-karman-   (prob. wrong reading for bhauvana-). View this entry on the original dictionary page scan.      Apte Search … Read More

  #Laksana, a celestial maiden. This maiden took part in the birth day celebrations of Arjuna.   (Sloka 62, Chapter 122, Adi Parva, M.B.).

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#BG 2.20   न जायते म्रियते वा कदाचि- न्नायं भूत्वा भविता वा न भूयः । अजो नित्यः शाश्वतोऽयं पुराणो न हन्यते हन्यमाने शरीरे ॥ २० ॥   na jāyate mriyate vā kadācin nāyaṁ bhūtvā bhavitā vā … Read More