मुरलिकामरुता मरुतामपि श्रुतिचयं शिशिरीकुरुते च यः। जगति कामरुतार्तजनावन- व्यसनितालसनोऽस्तु मुदे स नः॥१॥ आत्मानुभूतिमुकुरे परिदृश्यमानं भावप्रपञ्चसकलं निरपेक्ष्य...
If some amount of inertia has crept into the framework of Sanatana Dharma in our age, the responsibility for reinvigorating it falls squarely on our shoulders....
'The study of philosophy is more essential to a king than to common people’, says Musonius. He explains this to one of the kings of Syria who came to him. His i...
Musonius Rufus! A totally unfamiliar name, until I came across the “Discourses ” by Epictetus. When my young friend Arjun Bharadwaj who has learnt Greek and G...
[The following sub-stories appear in the Ādi Parva of the Mahābhārata, Adhyāyas 158–74] The brave Pāṇḍavas travelled day and night and arrived at a holy place c...
तिर्यग्जन्तुभिः सह मानवः कतिपयांशेषु साम्यमावहति। आहार-निद्रा-भय-मैथुनानीत्येतानि सर्वजन्तुसाधारणानि; यानि मूलभूतचोदनानीति कथ्यन्ते। प्रथमं तावदेतेषां स्वरूपं प...
To analyse and explore the roots of life, the nature of truth and evil and to probe into human relations, Dr. SL Bhyrappa makes use of myths, legends, rituals a...
I vividly remember the opening ceremony of the abalāśrama[1]. It must have been in 1909 or 1910. That day of celebration started with the traditional nāgasvaram...
Several historical evidences including some coins attest that Ramagupta assumed power after the demise of Samudragupta. We also have a play titled Devichandragu...
In the meantime, the other Pāṇḍavas returned home after their daily round of seeking alms. Looking at Bhīma’s face, Yudhiṣṭhira guessed that there must be somet...
