VṚNDĀVANEŚVARI TAVAIVA PADĀRAVINDA PREMĀMṚTAIKA MAKARANDA RASAUGHA PŪRṆAM HṚDYARPITAṀ MADHUPATEḤ SMARA-TĀPAM UGRAṀ NIRVĀPAYAT PARAMA ŚĪTALAM ĀŚRAYĀMI O Queen of Vṛndāvana! When Madhupati (Kṛṣṇa, the rasika bee) holds Your most cooling lotus-feet, which are filled with the … Read More
May our present empress Srimati Queen Victoria continue to rule freely over India without anxiety. May we continue to relish and preach the pure Vaisnava religion without anxiety under her administration. (Sajjana Tosani 4/1) by … Read More
Sāmanta (सामन्त) refers to “vassal kings”, the conquest (jaya) of whom is mentioned as obtainable through the worship of Śiva, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.1.14:—“[…] for the conquest (jaya) of vassal kings (sāmanta), worship for ten … Read More
If civilization means simply to wear attractive clothes, then the prostitutes are more civilized than you. Wine and flesh are naturally impure. Therefore, a civilization that grows by drinking and eating such things is certainly … Read More
कल्प m. kalpa idea कल्प m. kalpa ritual कल्पम् adverb kalpam almost कल्पना f. kalpanA concept [computer] कल्पना f. kalpanA treatment [med.] कल्पना f. kalpanA hypothesis कल्पना f. … Read More
द्युति f. #dyuti complexion द्युतित adj. dyutita illuminated द्युतित adj. dyutita shining द्युतिमत् adj. dyutimat lucent द्युतिमत् adj. dyutimat bright द्युतिमत् adj. dyutimat majestic द्युतिकर adj. dyutikara handsome द्युति f. dyuti threatening attitude द्युति f. dyuti … Read More
Go to Maha-bharata, Adi Parva, Index Adhyaya 1 Sacrality and importance of the Maha-bharata Great Dvaipayana composed a holy Upanishad on these facts; and it has been published to the world by great Kavis in … Read More
ŚB 8.7.26 अग्निर्मुखं तेऽखिलदेवतात्मा क्षितिं विदुर्लोकभवाङ्घ्रिपङ्कजम् । कालं गतिं तेऽखिलदेवतात्मनो दिशश्च कर्णौ रसनं जलेशम् ॥ २६ ॥ agnir mukhaṁ te ’khila-devatātmā kṣitiṁ vidur loka-bhavāṅghri-paṅkajam kālaṁ gatiṁ te ’khila-devatātmano diśaś ca karṇau rasanaṁ jaleśam Synonyms agniḥ — fire; … Read More
Parva means section, chapter or book. पर्व n. parva auspicious celebration पर्वन् n. parvan festival पर्वन् n. parvan section पर्वत m. parvata mountain पार्वतेय adj. pArvateya mountainous पर्वतीय adj. parvatIya … Read More
Go to Maha-bharata, Adi Parva, Index Adhyaya 1 The lament of Dhritarastra (At the end of the battle) Dhritarastra, hearing the news of the Pandavas’ success and recollecting the vows that Duryodhana, Karna and Shakuni … Read More
अहो मे पश्यताज्ञानं हृदि रूढं दुरात्मन: । पारक्यस्यैव देहस्य बह्व्यो मेऽक्षौहिणीर्हता: ॥ ४८ ॥ aho me paśyatājñānaṁ hṛdi rūḍhaṁ durātmanaḥ pārakyasyaiva dehasya bahvyo me ’kṣauhiṇīr hatāḥ Synonyms aho — O; me — … Read More
