वयमिह परितुष्टा वल्कलैस्त्वं दुकूलैः सम इह परितोषो निर्विशेषो विशेषः। स तु भवति दरिद्रो यस्य तृष्णा विशाला मनसि च परितुष्टे कोऽर्थवान् को दरिद्रः॥ I’m happy...
In Ramkumari, sex doesn’t merely remain on the plane of beauty or emotion but elevates itself to the status of a value. Her encounter with her employer, the wea...
Vyāsa is said to have presented to Brahmā the topics discussed in the Mahābhārata thus – “In this work there are several secrets of the Vedas; my definitive sid...
গীতার মূল উদ্দেশ্য ছিল অর্জুনকে যুদ্ধে সম্মত করিয়ে শত্রুনিধন। কৃষ্ণ তাঁর বাক্যে কোনরকম জড়তা না রেখে অর্জুনকে অগ্রসর হয়ে প্রতিপক্ষের সম্মুখীন হওয়ার কথা বলেন। অর্...
DROṆA-PARVA नारायणं नमस्कृत्य नरञ्चैव नरोत्तमम् । देवीं सरस्वतीं व्यासं ततो जयमुदीरयेत् ॥ Having saluted Nārāyaṇa, the human and the divine;...
भोगे रोगभयं कुले च्युतिभयं वित्ते नृपालाद्भयं माने दैन्यभयं बले रिपुभयं रूपे जराया भयम्। शास्त्रे वादभयं गुणे खलभयं काये कृतान्ताद्भयं सर्वं वस्तु भयान्वितं...
It will be appropriate to explain the purpose behind reminiscing several musicians and rasikas.[1] The purpose is simply the lament that connoisseurship has dec...
The mind and the intellect (manas and buddhi) are the two-primary means by which a man perceives the world and lets himself be perceived. The eyes, the ears an...
From one perspective, Ramkumari’s character is fundamentally tragic. She is the only character in Mandra who keeps “losing” throughout her life. Her loss isn’t...
Just because the Mahābhārata was narrated in the period of King Janamejaya it doesn’t make it an ancient tale; it is fresh even today and it will forever be new...
நமது பாரம்பரிய இலக்கியங்களான ஸ்ருதி (śruti), ஸ்மிருதி (smṛti) இவற்றைத் தெரிந்து கொள்வதற்குமுன்னும், ஒரு குறிப்பிட்ட நூலின் காலக்ரமம் மற்றும் வெவ்வேறு நூல்களுக்க...
The next morning, i.e. on the tenth day of battle, the Pāṇḍavas had created a battle formation with Śikhaṇḍi leading it. To his left and right stood Bhīma and A...