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Mahābhārata – Episode 91 – The Story of the Ṛṣi and the Dog

In the activities related to the protection of his people, a king must only take help from people who are courageous, devoted, loyal, respected, hailing from a...

Māgaḍi Lakṣmīnarasiṃha Śāstri--Appropriateness

“On one occasion Vidvān Anantakṛṣṇa Śāstri (a towering scholar of the league of Navīnam Veṅkaṭeśa Śāstri) began to pose a series of questions to him. Lakṣmīn...

R Narasimhacharya (Part 1)

‘Prāktana-vimarśana-vicakṣaṇa’[1] ‘Mahāmahopādhyāya’[2] ‘Rao Bahadur’[3] R Narasimhacharya was a close relative of S G Narasimhacharya. I remember to have first...

Facets of the Spiritual Independence and Equanimity of DVG

There was no dearth of humorous instances during the Sunday study circle. Besides, it was not in DVG’s nature to waste a single opportunity that afforded a humo...

Rāja-sevā-dhurīṇa Sardār M Kantaraj Urs

Sardār M Kantaraj Urs was related to the Royal family: he was the Queen Regent’s younger brother and son-in-law. However, this wasn’t—even remotely—the reason w...

V.S.Srinivasa Sastri (Part 7) - “No Anger, please”

“No Anger, please” Sastri was an advocate of patience and humility. He was, at times, ridiculed by his own friends because of the great emphasis he laid on the...

Two Harikathākāras (Part 1)

Mahābhārata – Episode 90 – The Thirty-six Qualities of an Ideal King

Bhīṣma began his instruction to Yudhiṣṭhira on rāja-dharma (the art and science of governance). First of all, a king has to be devoted to the deities and to br...

Māgaḍi Lakṣmīnarasiṃha Śāstri--Real-life Examples

Real-life Examples He used to give real-life examples to drive home the import of a scriptural tenet. This made his lessons entertaining—a feature common to le...

Polepalli Chinnaswamy Shetty

I have heard that Chinnaswamy Shetty is the son-in-law of a wealthy landlord of Polepalli[1]. I may have gotten to know him around 1910-11. I was in need of som...

Bhajan Organizations

What I’m writing about now dates back to the situation in Bangalore c. 1905–10. At that time, there were also a few music institutes in existence. The Doddanna...

The Evolution of DVG's Jivana Dharmayoga

The Mysore People’s Convention that convened in Bangalore in December 1919 under the aegis of the Mysore Representative Assembly was largely the result of DVG’s...