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கட்டத்தில் உள்ள 5 சொற்களைக் கண்டு பிடிக்கவும். விடையும் கீழே தரப்பட்டுள்ளது.
குறுக்கே
4. இந்தியாவுக்கும் சீனாவுக்கும் இடையே உள்ள கணவாய். அந்தக் காலத்தில் வியாபாரிகள் பயன்படுத்திய வழி
5. பாண்டவர்க்கும் கௌரவர்க்கும் மூதாதையர்; தானம், தர்மம், தியாகம் மூலம் சிறப்பு அடைந்தவர்; மஹாபாரதம் குறிப்பிடும் மன்னன்’
கீழே
1. சமண மதத்தின் கடைசி தீர்த்தங்கரர். புத்தரின் சமகாலத்தவர்.
2. இப்படி இருந்தால் பெண் கொடுத்து, பெண் எடுக்க மாட்டார்கள்; ஒரே முனிவர் மூலம் பிறந்தவர்கள்; சகோதர, சகோதரி போல
3. – ராமர் படைத் தலைவர்களில் ஒருவன்; கரடி வேந்தன்; சிவனுக்கும் பெயர்.
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FEBRUARY
2019 ‘GOOD THOUGHTS’ CALENDAR
28 more quotations from Dr S Radhakrishnan (a great
philosopher and Formerly President of India.) sometime ago gave 30 quotations from
his book in a month’s calendar. The quotations below are from his article on
philosophy
February
2019 Important Days—4 Thai Amavasai, 9 Vasantha Panchami, 12 Ratha Saptami/
Bhishma Ashtami, 19 Masi Magam
Full moon
day- 19, New moon day- 4,Hindu Fasting Days/ Ekadasi- 16
FEBRUARY
1 FRIDAY
PURPOSE
OF RELIGION
Hindu culture is directed
towards that which is transcendent and beyond. Its great achievements in times
past were due to the high tension of the spirit to which our age has no
parallel. The purpose of religion is spiritual awakening and those who are
awakened are delivered from the base delusions of caste and creed, of wealth
and power.
FEBRUARY
2 SATURDAY
Religion expresses itself in and discloses its quality by the morality which it demands.
FEBRUARY 3 SUNDAY ROLE OF HINDUISM Hinduism strove victoriously against the corruption of the ancient world, civilised backward people, transformed and purified the new elements and preserved the tradition of the spiritual and profane sciences.
FEBRUARY
4 MONDAY
Religion may start with an
individual but it must end in a fellowship.
FEBRUARY 5
TUESDAY
It is essential to liberate not only the bodies
from starvation but minds from slavery.
FEBRUARY 6
WEDNESDAY
SAINT
Saintliness, when genuine, is marked by true
humility and love. Religion is a search for truth and peace, not power and
plenty.
FEBRUARY 7 THURSDAY
RELIGION
MEANS ADVENTURE
In the name of religion we
are often taught that the prevailing conditions are ordained by god. Thus it
had been, was now and ever would be. Rightly interpreted, religion means
courage and adventure, not resignation and fatalism.
FEBRUARY
8 FRIDAY
SCIENCE
AND RELIGION
Religion needs certainty, complete assurance, but this just the quality which scientific naturalism has pretty thoroughly rejected. Our need to believe, we are told, cannot be sufficient foundation for faith.
FEBRUARY 9
SATURDAY
RELIGION- LENIN, DURKHEIM,CROCE, SANTAYANA
Religion, according to Santayana,a species of
poetry, mythology (Croce), sociological phenomenon (Durkheim), or a narcotic
for a decadent society (Lenin).
FEBRUARY 10
SUNDAY
BAD THINGS IN THE NAME OF RELIGION
Religion, as a matter of history, has crippled
the free flight of intelligence and stifled glad devotion to human values. It
has fostered superstition and prescribed crime. It has comforted millions of
suffering humanity with illusions of extra-terrestrial solace to compensate for
the barrenness of their earthly lives.
FEBRUARY
11 MONDAY
PRIESTS
ARE NOT GOOD
The present class of
priests, with rare exceptions, have lost their good breeding, kindliness and
polish and have not gained in sureness of intellect, learning and adaptability.
FEBRUARY 12
TUESDAY
NEED OF THE WORLD
A veritable renewal is what the world and not merely India stands in need of. To those who have lost their anchorage, to our age itself which is in a great transition, the way of the spirit is the only hope.
FEBRUARY
13 WEDNESDAY
CHAOS IN OUR MINDS
The present chaos in the world can be traced
directly to the chaos in our minds.
The modern intellectual whose mind has been
moulded to a degree seldom recognised by the methods and concepts of modern
science, has great faith in verifiable facts and tangible results. Whatever
cannot be measured and calculated is unreal. Whispers that come from the secret
depths of the soul are rejected as unscientific fancies.
FEBRUARY 14 THURSDAY
Philosophy
In India, philosophy has been interpreted as an
inquiry into the nature of man, his origin and destiny.
FEBRUARY
15 FRIDAY
To the Indian mind philosophy is essentially
practical, dealing as it does with the fundamental anxieties of human beings,
which are more insistent than abstract speculations. We are not contemplating
the world from outside but are in it.
FEBRUARY 16
SATURDAY
SCEPTICS
Since men began to think,
there have always been sceptics. The wise man, said Arcesilaus, should withhold
his assent from all opinions and should suspend his judgement. This admirable
attitude for the scientific investigator is now turned to one of dogmatic
denial which offers but an inadequate guide to life and action.
FEBRUARY
17 SUNDAY
LIFE IS AN ACCIDENT Human life is an infinitesimal speck on a tiny planet, in a system of planets revolving round an insignificant star, itself lost in a wilderness of other stars. Life is an accident arising in some unknown fashion from inert matter. It is wholly explicable, though not yet explained by mechanical laws.
FEBRUARY
18 MONDAY
SCIENTIFIC BARBARIANS
Social groups are formed in the interests of
survival. They have no other purpose than furthering their own material good,
by force and fraud, if necessary. Economic welfare is the end of all existence.
The principles of evolution offer a scientific basis for militaristic
imperialism. When powerful groups exploit the weaker races of the earth, they
are but instruments for furthering the evolution of higher biological forms
which has brought us from amoeba to man and will now complete the journey from
Neanderthal man to scientific barbarians of the modern world.
FEBRUARY 19
TUESDAY
LIFE
IS A CIRCUS
Life has become a carnival
or a large circus in progress, without structure, without law, without rhythm.
FEBRUARY
20 WEDNESDAY
WHAT WILL RELIGION GIVE YOU?
The need of the world today is for a religion of
the spirit, which will give a purpose to life, which will not demand any
evasion or ambiguity, which will reconcile the ideal and the real, the poetry
and the prose of life, which will speak to the profound realities of our nature
and satisfy the whole of our being, our critical intelligence and our active
desire.
FEBRUARY 21 THURSDAY
POWER
OF HUMAN MIND
Hindu systems of thought
believe in the power of human mind to lead us to all truth. Our ordinary mind
is not the highest possible order of the human mind. It can rise to the level almost
inconceivable to us.
FEBRUARY 22
FRIDAY
IMAGE OF GOD IN MAN
The essential truth is expressed in the language
of religion as the in dwelling of the Logos. There is the image of god in man,
an almost deathless longing for all that is great and divine.
FEBRUARY
23 SATURDAY
AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT Ours is an age which is justly proud of its rationalism and enlightenment. But any sound rationalism will recognise the need for intuition.
FEBRUARY
24 SUNDAY
DESCARTES
Descartes , though a
thorough going rationalist and admirer of the geometrical method, uses the
intuitive principle. While he employs the process of doubt to free the mind
from error and prejudice and insists that we should accept only what presents
itself to the mind so clearly and distinct ly as to exclude all ground s of
doubt, he finds what is clear and distinct in his kno.edge of himself as a thinking
being.
FEBRUARY
25 MONDAY
INTUITION
Intuition is not used as an apology for
doctrines which either could not or would not be justified on intellectual
grounds. It is not shadowy sentiment or pathological fancy fit for cranks and
dancing dervishes. It stands to intellect as a whole to a part, as the creative
source of thought to the created categories which works more or less
automatically.
FEBRUARY 26
TUESDAY
Intuition requires cultivation quite as much as
the powers of observation and thought.
FEBRUARY
27 WEDNESDAY
CANNOT
TAME NATURE
Nature cannot be completely tamed to do man’s bidding. Her caprices, her storms and tempests, her cyclone s and earth will continue to shatter his works and dash his hopes. Fortunes vagaries and the fickleness of man will continue to operate. Peace of mind is a remote hope until and unless we have a vision of perfection and is glimpse eternity to prevail against the perspective of time. Security without which no happiness is possible cannot come from mastery of things. Mastery of the self is the prerequisite.
FEBRUARY 28 THURSDAY
BYRON SAID……
In the great cities in the East as well as in the West we meet with young men, cold and cynical with a swagger and a soldierly bearing, energetic and determined to get on, waiting for a chance to get into a place in the front rank, men who esteem themselves masters of life and makers of the future , as Byron said, they lead the world because they go to bed late. Their self-assertive, offhand manner, their vulgarity and violence, their confident insolence and cocksureness , their debasing of the law and derisive disregard of justice show the utter demoralisation through which the world is passing.
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FIND OUT SEVEN WORDS
ACROSS
1.- one of the nine planets, Nava Graha; nearest to sun.
5.-Sanskrit word for one thousand; goes with 1000 names of several gods
6.- Indonesian leader, though a Muslim, named his son after a great character in Mahabharata; that son became the first President of Indonesia with the Hindu name
7.means Forest; name of a great nationalist of Bengal; he stood against partition of Bengal; …… Chandra Pal
DOWN
2. Husband of Uma
3. One of four types of women; Mother of Hari; a Sanskrit metre/chandas
4. Wife of Varuna, God of Waters, ocean
answers
ACROSS
1.BUDHA- one
of the nine planets, Nava Graha; nearest to sun
5.SAHASRA-Sanskrit
word for one thousand; goes with 1000 names of several gods
6.SUKARNO-
Indonesian leader, though a Muslim, named his son after a great character in
Mahabharata; that son became the first President of Indonesia with the Hindu
name
7.B/VIPIN-
means Forest; name of a great nationalist of Bengal; he stood against partition
of Bengal; …… Chandra Pal
DOWN
2.UMAPATI-
Husband of Uma
3.HARINI-
One of four types of women; Mother of Hari; a Sanskrit metre/chandas
But Islamic invaders and plunderers did the opposite of these very rules of Dharma followed by Hindu kings in warfare. They followed the tactics of treachery, deception and cruelty. They plundered kingdoms, pillaged land, killed the weak and innocent, raped women and took them as slaves, stabbed warriors from behind, destroyed standing structures and temples, and what not! Converting the defeated people to Islam was one of their key strategies. Akbar, deemed ‘the GREAT’ ordered the slaughter of around 40,000 unarmed old men, women and children of Chittorgarh after he captured it on 23 February 1568 as per accounts by Abul Fazl and Badauni, Muslim historians. Rajput women started committing /Jauhar /only to save themselves from disgrace at the hands of Muslim invaders. ((posted by swamiindology.blogspot.com AND tamilandvedas.com))
In 1226, Raja Bir Singh of Birsinghpur in Bengal defeated the Turks led by Giasuddin Iwaz Khilji. Facing defeat, the Turks hatched a plan of treachery. To easily subjugate the Hindu army of Raja Bir Singh, Giasuddin Iwaz Khilji used cattle in the battlefield. Each horn of the cows was wrapped with a piece of cloth soaked in flamable liquid. The horns were lit up when the battle was about to begin. The Muslim army followed the cattle that ran berserk towards the Hindu army. As cows were sacred to the Hindus, the Hindu army did not give resistance.
Giving a resistance would harm the cows. Using this trick of treachery, Khilji won the second battle. In 1639, he treacherously murdered Kasturi Ranga, the king of Sera, a small South Indian kingdom, during a meeting. Shivaji went to meet Afzhal Khan after equipping himself with weapons hidden from view. Because he knew Afzhal Khan might secretly attack him. In the meeting, Afzhal Khan applied his treacherous tactics and secretly attacked Shivaji during an embrace. Shivaji immediately reciprocated, disemboweling him with /the wagh nakh/ and stabbing him with the /bichu/. A combat followed. Sambhaji Kavji, Shivaji’s bodyguard killed the heavily injured Afzhal Khan.
நன்றி: ட்ரூத் ஆங்கில வார இதழ் – தொகுதி -86- இதழ் 35 ; 28-12-2018 இதழ்
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There are
many unravelled secrets in the world; even after a great advancement in
scientific methods and scientific instruments, we are not able to decipher the
Indus script. We are not able to get the full history of the great Hittites,
Kassites and Mitanni civilizations of West Asia. Even big libraries like SOAS,
University of London, has got only two books on Mitannis. But they are the
greatest civilization that ruled Turkey and Parts of Syria with Hindu names
Dasaratha and Pratardhana. Because they are Hindu names no scholar has come
forward to study the civilization in details. Hindus must learn the Sumerian
and Akkadian languages and study the 60,000 plus clay tablets in Cuneiform
script. So far we know about Dasaratha’s letters that were found in Amarna in
Egypt.
The name
Mitanni is connected with Mithras of Vedas. Their capital Washukanni is connected
with Vedic god Vasu (Asta vasus). The kings names have words like Satya, Seela
(Truth and character).
Syria came from
Surya (Sun God in the Vedas), Turkey came from Turaga/horse, Assyria came from
Ashura, Iran came from the word Aryan. So we see all Vedic names there.
But the few
people who researched on these things agree on one thing: Hittites, Kassites
and Mitannis spoke a language related to Sanskrit. Dasaratha (Tushratta in
Mitanni inscriptions) married his two daughters to Egyptian Pharaoh. Mitannis
made agreement in the name of Vedic Gods. In Turkey, horse manuals in Sanskrit
are found. All these have been in western encyclopaedias for over 100 years;
but no Indian history book taught these things to our children till this day!
This is another mystery.
No scholar
disputed the following four important things or their dates- around 1400 BCE.
1.Dasaratha
wrote letters to Egyptian king, married his two daughters to an Egyptian King,
sent a statue of Goddess (may be Lakshmi or Durga)
2.Mitanni
kings made and sealed an agreement in the name of Vedic Gods. Even Indus Valley
scholar Asko Parpola pointed out that the names of the Gods are in the same
order that is found in the Rig Vedic hymn. This explodes Max Muller’s dating of
the Vedas.
3. All the
scholars agree that they spoke an Indo-European language (related to Sanskrit)
4.All the
scholars agree that the oldest horse manual found in Turkey has instructions in
Sanskrit.
What do
these show?
People who
recited Vedas did not come to India from Siberia or Steppes; but they slowly
spread to West Asia from India around 1800 BCE.
Now let me
summarise what the latest book on West Asian Civilizations say (published by
Thames and Hudson in 2008) about The Mitannis:–
Hurrian
and Kassite: Two mystery languages
This is the
title in a box inside the article. It adds
“The Hurrian
language is not properly understood. It has some similarities to Urartian, a
language from the Lake Van region f the Trans Caucus that was written in the
first millennium BCE.”
My comments
Because it
is later than the Mitanni inscription, Hindus migrated later to that area.
It says
further,
“Kassite,
the language of the dynasty which ruled Babylon from the sixteenth century BCE
is another poorly understood language. No Kassite texts have been attested.
There are however , two lexical texts which contain 200 basic words (terms for
colors, chariot parts, irrigation and plants) and a handful of personal names.
From them it is apparent Kassite is unrelated to any known language living or
dead.
My comments
The very
word Kasi is a Sanskrit word ; It stands for Varanasi. Elsewhere they say that
the Kassites are of Indo European origin. If is not related to known language, then
are they from Indus Valley? The dates are nearly same . If we study those 200
words, will we be able to decipher the Indus script?
So it is
imperative Tamil and Sanskrit scholars must focus their attention to Mitannis,Kassites
and Hittiles. Scholars like Mr Kalyanaraman (author of Arya Tarangini, Chennai
based) has done some research in this area.
Hatti may be
Kshatria; Hurrian may be Aryan.
Instead of
guessing, we must do proper research
scanning through 60000 plus inscriptions. (Please read my articles on
the similarities between Hindu and Sumerian civilizations).
Now I will
add what the Thames and Hudson book says about the Mitanni
“The history
of the Mitanni state can only be partially reconstructed. The earliest king is
believed to be certain Kirta, the father of Shuttarna.
Both are
Sanskrit names!
Kirti.
Sudarsan etc. Strangely all the names are Vaishnavite names from Vishnu Sahasranama
or Ramayana.
Hindu names
and rites get corrupted in proportion to the distance they are away from India.
If you look at the names and Hindu rites
in Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Bali/Indonesia, Mauritius, South Africa, Guyana
and Fiji , you will understand how they change, modified or corrupted. The more
distance in area and time they are, the more corrupted.
The earliest
attestation of Hurrians is in the late
third millennium BCE (even before the Indus Valley/ Saraswati Valley
civilization). Mitanni rose to power in 1600 BCE.
Strangest
thing about these civilizations is only two pages are given in most of the
encyclopaedias. But they ruled a vast area for at least 200 years.
Indian
government must allocate more funds to all the universities that are ready to
do research in this area.
11 May 2014 – Sanskrit words such
as Tiamath, Sumukhan,Azigi, Vizigi (snake gods) in Sumeria can be
explained only through Vedic literature. … The story of Garuda (eagle)
and Amrita is in Hindu mythology and Sumeriancivilization. …
I give below two stories from Sumerian andHindu scriptures.
18
Sep 2014 – In short, Hindu concept of God was propagated to the Near East by the Hittites,
Kassites … Please read my earlier posts on Sumer– India link.
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17 Mar 2017 – Holy River Ganga
(Ganges) is so famous and so holy that wherever Hindus went they
named at least one river after Ganga. We see Ganga in …
2
Aug 2015 – This article is about the Hindu beliefs of
burying hair and bones at the place of an enemy to eliminate him/her and
hanging ugly faces to ward …
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மநு நீதி நூல்- பகுதி 38 (7-162 to 7-226)
இன்று ஏழாவது அத்தியாயத்தை முடித்து
விடுவோம். மநு நீதி நூல் நிறைய, சட்டத் தொடர்பில்லாத விஷயங்களையும்
தருகிறது. மேலும் பல உரைகாரர்கள், அவர் சொல்லும் ஒவ்வொரு விஷயத்துக்கும் தரும்
விளக்கங்கள், ஒரு கலைக்களஞ்சியத்துக்கும் மேலான
தகவல்களை அளிக்கிறது. தமிழில் இது கிடைக்கதது நமது துரதிருஷ்டமே. இந்தியிலும்,
ஸம்ஸ்க்ருதத்திலும், ஓரளவுக்கு ஆங்கிலத்திலும் மட்டும்
கிடைக்கிறது.
ஏழாவது அத்தியாயத்தின் இறுதிப் பகுதி
பெரும்பாலும் போர் தொடுக்கும் முறை, நண்பர்கள்,
எதிரிகள் யார், மன்னரின் அன்றாடப் பணியில் எடுக்க
வேண்டிய முன்னெச்சரிக்கை நடவடிக்கைகள் என்ன, உளவாளிகள்
ரிப்போர்ட் ஆகியன பற்றியதே. ஆயினும் அவர் சொல்லும் சுவையான விஷயங்களை புல்லட்
பாயிண்டுகளில் தருகிறேன். முடிந்தால் இணைப் பையும் படியுங்கள். இன்னும் ஐந்து
அத்தியாயங்கள் உள. அவைகளையும் வரிசையாகக் காண்போம்.
1.முதலில் பல ஸ்லோகங்களில், படையெடுக்க இரண்டு முறைகள், நண்பர்களை ஏற்படுத்த இரண்டு முறைகள், முகாமிட,அணி வகுத்துச் செல்ல இரண்டு முறைகள் என
பல விஷயங்களை இரட்டை இரட்டையாகப் பிரித்து இருக்கிறார்.
2.ஸ்லோகம் 7-180 ல் அரசியலில் விவேகமான செயல் என்ன
என்று விளம்புகிறார்.
3.ஸ்லோகம் 7-182ல் படை எடுக்க மார்கழி முதலிய மாதங்கள்
உகந்தன என்று செப்புகிறார். இந்தியாவில் அந்த மாதங்களில் பருவநிலை சாதகமாக
இருக்கும்; உணவு தான்யங்கள் அதிகம் கிடைக்கும்
என்று இது பற்றி பாஷ்யக்காரர்கள் வியாக்கியானம் செய்கின்றனர்.
4.ஸ்லோகம் 7-185 ல்மூன்று வகை சாலைகள் பற்றிப்
பேசுகிறார்.
5.ஸ்லோகம் 7-187 ல் படைகளை அணிவகுக்கும் வியூகங்கள்
பற்றி அறிவுரை பகர்கிறார்; மஹா
பாரத யுத்ததில் இதை அதிகம் காண்கிறோம். அபிமன்யு, சக்ர வியூகத்தில் இருந்து வெளியே வரக்
கற்காத குற்றத்தையும் சிற்பங்களில் காண்கிறோம்.
6.ஸ்லோகம் 7-193 ல் எந்த நாட்டு சிப்பாய்களைமுன்னனியில் நிறுத்த வேண்டும் என்றும்
மொழிகிறார்.அந்த தேச வீரர்கள் மற்றவர்களை விட உயரமானவர்கள்
என்பது வியாக்கியானக் காரர்களின் விளக்கம்.
7.ஸ்லோகம் 7-210ல்பயங்கர எதிரி யார் என்று
விளக்குகிறார். அறிவுள்ள எதிரியைக் கண்டு அஞ்ச வேண்டும் என்பார்.
8.ஸ்லோகம் 7-218 ல் உணவில் விஷம் கலக்காமல்
பார்த்துக்கொள்ள வேண்டும் என்று எச்சரித்துவிட்டு மந்திரங்கள், ரத்தினங்கள், மூலிகைகள்மூலம் உணவை விஷமற்றதாக்க ஆக்கலாம்
என்கிறார்.
9.ஸ்லோகம் 7-223 ல் தினமும் ரஹஸியமாக உளவு அறிக்கைகளைப்பெற வேண்டும் என்பார்.
10.இறுதிப் பகுதியில் ஒரு மன்னன் அன்றாடம்
செய்ய வேண்டிய டைம் டேபிள் time table ,கால அட்டவணை- தருகிறார்.
11.ஸ்லோகம் 7-206 ல் ஒரு போரினால் கிடைக்கும் மூன்று
ஆதாயங்கள் புது நண்பர்கள், தங்கம், நாடு என்று சொல்கிறார்.
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FIND OUT 19 WORDS INA THE FOLLOWING SQUARE
ACROSS
1. Hindu
girls name; desire
4. –
weapon of Lord Shiva and Goddess Kali
7.
desire; delusion
8.
acquiring in Sanskrit
9. – Nine
Planets in Hindusim
12. –
Roja in English
14. –
Water in Sanskrit and other langauges
16. –
girls name ; morning in ,dawn in Sanskrit
17 –
Belly button; son of Agnidhara, Year governed by—- Varsha
DOWN
1. –
Pranava
2. – A
star name that goes with Uttara and Purva
3. Vedic
goddess
5. –
Dependable, reliable; goes with …….. friend
6. –
seed; many mantra roots also have this name
9. –
means Man; coupled with + Narayana
10.– They
are group of eight Vedic gods; means wealth , brilliance
11. –
common name of King; found in masculine name from Kashmir to Kandy
13. – God
in Sanskrit, particularly Shiva
15.- fearless;
used as a preposition in Sanskrit … Vriddhi etc.
ACROSS
1.ASHA- Hindu girls name; desire
4.SULA- weapon of Lord Shiva and Goddess Kali
7.MOHA- desire; delusion
8.APTI- acquiring in Sanskrit
9.NAVAGRAHA – Nine Planets in Hindusim
12.ROSE- Roja in English
14.JALA- Water in Sanskrit and other langauges
16.USHA- girls name ; morning in ,dawn in Sanskrit
17.NABI- Belly button; son of Agnidhara, Year governed by—- Varsha
DOWN
1.AUM- Pranava
2.ASADA- A star name that goes with Uttara and Purva
3.ILA- Vedic goddess
5.APTA- Dependable, reliable; goes with …….. friend
6.BIJA- seed; many mantra roots also have this name
9.NARA- means Man; coupled with + Narayana
10.VASU – They are group of eight Vedic gods; means wealth , brilliance
11.RAJAN- common name of King; found in masculine name from Kashmir to Kandy
13.ESA- God in Sanskrit, particularly Shiva
15.ABI- fearless; used as a preposition in Sanskrit … Vriddhi etc.
Prithviraj is considered to be the greatest warrior of India, and also one of the greatest in the world. He succeeded to the throne of Ajmer at the age of thirteen, in 1179, when his father died in a battle. His grandfather Angam, ruler of Delhi, declared him heir to the throne of Delhi after hearing about his courage and bravery. He once killed a lion on his own without any weapon. He was known as the warrior king. Chauhan was the last independent Hindu king, before Hemu, to sit upon the throne of Delhi. He succeeded to the throne in 1169 CE at the age of 20, and ruled from the twin capitals of Ajmer and Delhi.
His love story with his enemy, Jaichand’s daughter, Samyukta/Sanyogita is very famous. He rode off with her on the day of her ‘Swayamwara’.
Prithviraj Chauhan pardoned Mohammad Ghori when he asked for pardon though the latter attacked him several times. At one instance Prithviraj saw Ghori fleeing from the battlefield but he did not attack the running enemy. On the final (16th according to few sources) attack, Ghori defeated Prithviraj. Did Ghori pardon Prithviraj? No! He raped the king’s wife Sanyogita in front of him several times and took him prisoner to Ghor where he tortured him to death. Ghori plundered Delhi, slaughtered to death soldiers and civilians, took women as sex slaves, destroyed temples, and the list of atrocities is endless. Had Prithviraj killed Ghori, history would have been different.
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Date: 27 JANUARY 2019
GMT Time uploaded in London -18-49
Post No. 5996
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குறுக்கே
1. பிராமி மொழியின் தமிழ்நாட்டு வடிவம்
4.கேலி, கிண்டல் செய்தல்
5. – மயிர்நீப்பின் வாழாத மான்
6. – சாமான்களைப் பாதுக்காக்கஉதவும் ; பயணத்தின்போது பொருட்களை எடுத்துச்
செல்ல உதவும்
கீழே
1. வடவேங்கடம் முதல் தென்குமரி வரையுள்ளஉள்ள நிலம்
2. கீழிருந்து மேலே செல்க- பெரிய
குற்றச்சாட்டு
3. தண்ணீரை, காய்ச்சியநெய்யை, ரசாயனப் பொருட்களை, அசுத்தப் பொருட்களிலிருந்து பிரிக்க உதவும் சாதனம்
கட்டத்தில் உள்ள 7 சொற்களைக்
கண்டு பிடிக்கவும். விடையும் கீழே தரப்பட்டுள்ளது
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WAGING WARS
On 30-12-2018 I covered up to160
slokas of seventh chapter of Manu Smrti. Today we will deal with the rest of
the slokas in seventh chapter.
Though the concluding part deals mainly with waging wars, making alliances and maintaining personal safety there are some interesting points (see below):
TWO, TWO, TWO
1.In the beginning he divided
everything into Twos.
Two kinds of wars, two kinds
of all; alliances and two kinds of marching and camping.
2.Sloka 7-180 is an advice; A
quotation on Political Wisdom
3. Sloka 7-182 specifies good
months for an attack or invasion; commentators say that the Indian weather
would be good and there would be plenty of food supply.
4.Sloka 7-185 talks about
three kinds of roads.
Army Formations
5.Sloka 7-187 says about army
formations; We see the importance of several Vyuhas/ formations in the
Mahabharata war as well.
6.Sloka 7-193 says which
country people must be placed in the front. Commentators say those soldiers are
taller than others.
7.Sloka 7-210 describes the worst
enemy.
8.Sloka 7-218 is about wearing
jewels to nullify poison. He also deals with personal safety. Everything must
be examined.
9.Sloka 7-223 is about Spy
Report.
10.Last part is about the day
to day schedule of a king.
11.Sloka 7-206 lists the Three Fruits of War.
7-161. Having carefully
considered the business (in hand), let him resort to sitting quiet or marching,
alliance or war, dividing his forces or seeking protection (as the case may
require).
162. But the king must know that
there are two kinds of alliances and of wars, (likewise two) of both marching
and sitting quiet, and two (occasions for) seeking protection.)
163. An alliance which yields
present and future advantages, one must know to be of two descriptions, (viz.)
that when one marches together (with an ally) and the contrary (when the allies
act separately).
164. War is declared to be of two
kinds, (viz.) that which is undertaken in season or out of season, by oneself
and for one’s own purposes, and (that waged to avenge) an injury done to a
friend.
165. Marching (to attack) is said
to be two fold, (viz. that undertaken) by one alone when an urgent matter has
suddenly arisen, and (that undertaken) by one allied with a friend.
166. Sitting quiet is stated to
be of two kinds, (viz. that incumbent) on one who has gradually been weakened
by fate or in consequence of former acts, and (that) in favour of a friend.
167. If the army stops (in one
place) and its master (in another) in order to effect some purpose, that is
called by those acquainted with the virtues of the measures of royal policy,
the twofold division of the forces.
168. Seeking refuge is declared to be of two kinds, (first) for the purpose of attaining an advantage when one is harassed by enemies, (secondly) in order to become known among the virtuous (as the protege of a powerful king).
169. When (the king) knows (that)
at some future time his superiority (is) certain, and (that) at the time
present (he will suffer) little injury, then let him have recourse to peaceful measures.
170. But when he thinks all his
subjects to be exceedingly contented, and (that he) himself (is) most exalted
(in power), then let him make war.
171. When he knows his own army
to be cheerful in disposition and strong, and (that) of his enemy the reverse,
then let him march against his foe.
172. But if he is very weak in
chariots and beasts of burden and in troops, then let him carefully sit quiet,
gradually conciliating his foes.
173. When the king knows the
enemy to be stronger in every respect, then let him divide his army and thus
achieve his purpose.
174. But when he is very easily
assailable by the forces of the enemy, then let him quickly seek refuge with a
righteous, powerful king.
175. That (prince) who will
coerce both his (disloyal) subjects and the army of the foe, let him ever serve
with every effort like a Guru.
176. When, even in that
(condition), he sees (that) evil is caused by (such) protection, let him
without hesitation have recourse to war.
177. By all (the four) expedients a politic prince must arrange (matters so) that neither friends, nor neutrals, nor foes are superior to himself.
178. Let him fully consider the
future and the immediate results of all undertakings, and the good and bad
sides of all past (actions).
179. He who knows the good and
the evil (which will result from his acts) in the future, is quick in forming
resolutions for the present, and understands the consequences of past
(actions), will not be conquered.
Gist of Political Wisdom
7-180. Let him arrange everything
in such a manner that no ally, no neutral or foe may injure him; that is the
sum of political wisdom.
181. But if the king undertakes
an expedition against a hostile kingdom, then let him gradually advance, in the
following manner, against his foe’s capital.
7-182. Let the king undertake
his march in the fine month Margasirsha, or towards the months of Phalguna and
Caitra, according to the (condition of his) army.
183. Even at other times, when he
has a certain prospect of victory, or when a disaster has befallen his foe, he
may advance to attack him.
184. But having duly arranged
(all affairs) in his original (kingdom) and what relates to the expedition,
having secured a basis (for his operations) and having duly dispatched his
spies;
185. Having cleared the three
kinds of roads, and (having made) his six fold army (efficient), let him
leisurely proceed in the manner prescribed for warfare against the enemy’s
capital.
186. Let him be very much on his guard against a friend who secretly serves the enemy and against (deserters) who return (from the enemy’s camp); for such (men are) the most dangerous foes.
Army Formations
7-187. Let him march on his
road, arraying (his troops) like a staff (i.e. in an oblong), or like a waggon
(i.e. in a wedge), or like a boar (i.e. in a rhombus), or like a Makara (i.e.
in two triangles, with the apices joined), or like a pin (i.e. in a long line),
or like a Garuda (i.e. in a rhomboid with far-extended wings).
188. From whatever (side) he
apprehends danger, in that (direction) let him extend his troops, and let him
always himself encamp in an array, shaped like a lotus.
189. Let him allot to the
commander-in-chief, to the (subordinate) general, (and to the superior
officers) places in all directions, and let him turn his front in that
direction whence he fears danger.
190. On all sides let him place
troops of soldiers, on whom he can rely, with whom signals have been arranged,
who are expert both in sustaining a charge and in charging, fearless and loyal.
191. Let him make a small
number of soldiers fight in close order, at his pleasure let him extend a large
number in loose ranks; or let him make them fight, arranging (a small number)
in the needle-array, (and a large number) in the thunderbolt-array.
192. On even ground let him fight with chariots and horses, in water-bound places with boats and elephants, on (ground) covered with trees and shrubs with bows, on hilly ground with swords, targets, (and other) weapons.
Soldiers from Four Countries
7-193. (Men born in) Kurukshetra,
Matsyas, Pankalas, and those born in Surasena, let him cause to fight in the
van of the battle, as well as (others who are) tall and light.
194. After arranging his troops,
he should encourage them (by an address) and carefully inspect them; he should
also mark the behaviour (of the soldiers) when they engage the enemy.
195. When he has shut up his foe
(in a town), let him sit encamped, harass his kingdom, and continually spoil
his grass, food, fuel, and water.
196. Likewise let him destroy the
tanks, ramparts, and ditches, and let him assail the (foe unawares) and alarm
him at night.
197. Let him instigate to
rebellion those who are open to such instigations, let him be informed of his
(foe’s) doings, and, when fate is propitious, let him fight without fear,
trying to conquer.
198. He should (however) try to
conquer his foes by conciliation, by (well-applied) gifts, and by creating
dissension, used either separately or conjointly, never by fighting, (if it can
be avoided.)
199. For when two (princes)
fight, victory and defeat in the battle are, as experience teaches, uncertain;
let him therefore avoid an engagement.
200. (But) if even those three
before-mentioned expedients fail, then let him, duly exerting himself, fight in
such a manner that he may completely conquer his enemies.
Worship god, honour brahmins
7-201. When he has gained
victory, let him duly worship the gods and honour righteous Brahmanas, let him
grant exemptions, and let him cause promises of safety to be proclaimed.
202. But having fully ascertained
the wishes of all the (conquered), let him place there a relative of the
(vanquished ruler on the throne), and let him impose his conditions.
203. Let him make
authoritative the lawful (customs) of the (inhabitants), just as they are stated
(to be), and let him honour the (new king) and his chief servants with precious
gifts.
204. The seizure of desirable
property which causes displeasure, and its distribution which causes pleasure,
are both recommendable, (if they are) resorted to at the proper time.
205. All undertakings (in) this world depend both on the ordering of fate and on human exertion; but among these two (the ways of) fate are unfathomable; in the case of man’s work action is possible.
Triple Fruits of War
206. Or the king, bent on
conquest, considering a friend (ally), gold, and land to be the triple result of
an expedition, may, using diligent care, make peace with his foe and return to
his realm.
207. Having paid due attention to
any king in the circle (of neighbouring states) who might attack him in the
rear, and to his supporter who opposes the latter, let (the conqueror) secure
the fruit of the expedition from (the prince whom he attacks), whether (he may
have become) friendly or (remained) hostile.
208. By gaining gold and land a
king grows not so much in strength as by obtaining a firm friend, (who), though
weak, (may become) powerful in the future.
209. A weak friend (even) is
greatly commended, who is righteous (and) grateful, whose people are contented,
who is attached and persevering in his undertakings.
210. The wise declare him (to be)
a most dangerous foe, who is wise, of noble race, brave, clever, liberal,
grateful, and firm.
211. Behaviour worthy of an
Aryan, knowledge of men, bravery, a compassionate disposition, and great liberality
are the virtues of a neutral (who may be courted).
212. Let the king, without
hesitation, quit for his own sake even a country (which is) salubrious,
fertile, and causing an increase of cattle.
213. For times of need let him
preserve his wealth; at the expense of his wealth let him preserve his wife;
let him at all events preserve himself even by (giving up) his wife and his
wealth.
214. A wise (king), seeing that
all kinds of misfortunes violently assail him at the same time, should try all
(the four) expedients, be it together or separately, (in order to save
himself.)
215. On the person who employs
the expedients, on the business to be accomplished, and on all the expedients
collectively, on these three let him ponder and strive to accomplish his ends.
216. Having thus consulted with
his ministers on all these (matters), having taken exercise, and having bathed
afterwards, the king may enter the harem at midday in order to dine.
217. There he may eat food,
(which has been prepared) by faithful, incorruptible (servants) who know the
(proper) time (for dining), which has been well examined (and hallowed) by
sacred texts that destroy poison.
Every day schedule
Wear gems, Test food for
poison
218. Let him mix all his food
with medicines (that are) antidotes against poison, and let him always be
careful to wear gems which destroy poison.
219. Well-tried females whose
toilet and ornaments have been examined, shall attentively serve him with fans,
water, and perfumes.
220. In like manner let him be careful
about his carriages, bed, seat, bath, toilet, and all his ornaments.
221. When he has dined, he may
divert himself with his wives in the harem; but when he has diverted himself,
he must, in due time, again think of the affairs of state.
222. Adorned (with his robes of
state), let him again inspect his fighting men, all his chariots and beasts of
burden, the weapons and accoutrements.
223. Having performed his
twilight-devotions, let him, well armed, hear in an inner apartment the doings
of those who make secret reports and of his spies.
224. But going to another secret
apartment and dismissing those people, he may enter the harem, surrounded by
female (servants), in order to dine again.
225. Having eaten there something
for the second time, and having been recreated by the sound of music, let him
go to rest and rise at the proper time free from fatigue.
226. A king who is in good health
must observe these rules; but, if he is indisposed, he may entrust all this
(business) to his servants.
Tamil and Vedas 