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Festival Days- March 03 Tue Lunar Eclipse, Holi, Masi Magam, Full Moon Day; 08 Sun International Women’s Day; 14 Sa Karadaiyan Nonbu; 15 Sun Ekadasi Fasting; 19 Thu New Moon Day, Ugadi New Year Day; 21 Sat Ramadan; 27 Fri Rama Navami; 29 Sun Ekadasi; 31 Tue Mahavir Jayanthi
Auspicious Days March 5,6, 8, 15 16, 25
Kumaresa Satakam is an 18th-century Tamil literary work consisting of 100 poems (stanzas) praising Lord Muruga (Kumaresan), often attributed to the poet Gurupatha Dasar. It is a didactic text that offers profound insights into life, human nature, and morals through maxims and proverbs. Following is a rough translation of the Tamil verses.
March 1 Sunday
Benefits to mankind: The rain giving clouds, Generous/kind hearted king, The water from the lake in the country, The shade of the tree where people gather, The agriculture of the farmer.
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March 2 Monday
Benefits to mankind: The tree bearing lots of fruits that grow in a place beneficial for the people. Free Drinking Water distribution centres in public places. The spring that has water flowing like the river Kaveri.
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March 3 Tuesday
The rays of the Sun and the Moon, The gentle breeze, the wealth in the hands of a wiseman, all of above-mentioned things will benefit many in the country.
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March 4 Wednesday
Effects of Kaliyuga (Iron Age): Children not following the advice of their mother. They fight with their respectable father; their guru is being insulted. People don’t think about the real God.
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March 5 Thursday
Effects of Kaliyuga (Iron Age) : Ghost like people are hailed as Gods. People hear to the wife shouting and scolding them. Words of the wise people are neglected.
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March 6 Friday
Effects of Kaliyuga (Iron Age) : Great people are being denigrated and mean and useless people increase. Cowards are honoured as war heroes.
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March 7 Saturday
Goddess of Wealth Lakshmi sticks to those who are truthful ; they will shine in life. They will be compassionate.
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Those who are devoted to God will be a terror to their enemies. They will be the source of compassion and justice.
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March 9 Monday
Gods are those who provide food for the poor; teacher is god for the pupils; those who shelter to the refugees.
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March 10 Tuesday
Husbands are Gods for wives; kings are gods for the people; fathers are gods for their sons.
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March 11 Wednesday
Gods are their relatives for those who are born in high castes; devotees of Lord Siva are gods for the faithful; Lord Skanda is god for the people in the heaven; Brahmins are gods for the low-class people (This last line is found in old versions; but Dravidians has changed it now).
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March 12 Thursday
Saints always think about liberation (Moksha); wise men think about Dharma/rules and regulations; ruler think about the welfare of the people.
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March 13 Friday
Sex maniacs always think about women; frauds think about cheating the public; businessmen think about gains; farmers think about their fields; prostitutes target the wealthy; students think about their education; honourable people expect respect. I (author of the verse) always think about Lord Kumara/Skanda.
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March 14 Saturday
Prostitutes lack truth; thieves have no relatives; poor never think about prostitutes; rude people lack love and affection.
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March 15 Sunday
Rulers lack gratitude; mlechas/foreigners lack character. Lovers lack shyness; good hearted devotees don’t care about rules for worship; poets lack enemies (all are their friends).
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March 16 Monday
A ruler is the one who follows the Raja Dharma (established rules); a minister is the statesman who gives proper advice; a hero is the one who does not care about his life.
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March 17 Tuesday
A poet is the person who knows the prosody and old literature; a doctor is the one who has learnt the medical books and the anatomy; a wiseman is the person who has full control over his five senses.
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March 18 Wednesday
Better to have intercourse with your wife twice a month; and that woman should have black hair (don’t go to bed with her when she becomes grey haired) one should have oil bath twice a week.
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March 19 Thursday
Take laxatives to clean your stomach twice a year.
Have curd, butter milk, ghee, hot milk and tender coconut water every day.
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March 20 Friday
Murderers, and those who left their parents in a miserable state also go to hell. Cowards who let their kings down in the battlefield go to hell; so do students who violated teacher’s command.
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March 21 Saturday
Those who have illegal intimacy with others’ wives, and those who show ingratitude to the people who provided them food fall in hell.
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March 22 Sunday
Those who denigrate gods and saints fall into hell; so do who insult the devotees of Lord Siva.
Liars and the people who covet others’ properties fall into hell.
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March 23 Monday
Qualities of Great men are like Gold which does not change even when it is melted; lie sandal wood which gives fragrance even when it is rubbed hard; they are like white conches which remains white even when it is burnt.
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March 24 Tuesday
Qualities of Great men are like milk which tastes good even when it is heated and they are like iron weapons which shine even when they are put in grindstone.
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March 25 Wednesday
Daytime shines because of sun; Night time becomes bright due to moon; land becomes fertile due to rain; in the same way husband becomes great because of his wife.
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March 26 Thursday
A horse gets appreciated because of its speed; citizens are protected by the king; character makes one beauty; music becomes perfect with tuning box; human body becomes beautiful because of healthy food
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March 27 Friday
Sweet words are the sign of compassion; giving makes one famous; flowers are liked because of its fragrance; happiness makes face bright; Yagas are made great by Vedic chanting; truth makes the words respectful.
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March 28 Saturday
Place of birth is immaterial; it won’t make one great: even when crows are born in beautiful gardens, they could not become cuckoos; even when weeds are grown in flowerpots, they are not considered flowers.
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March 29 Sunday
Place of birth is immaterial; it won’t make one great: when rabbits are born in forest, they are not equal to calves of elephants; even if snails have shells, they are not used as conches; even when dullards born in a wiseman’s family he is not considered wise. White salt produced by the vast sea does not become sugar
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March 30 Monday
Best in each category: sandal among the trees; Ganges among the rivers; Kashmir among the regions; Chidambaram among the shrines; Vasishtha among Rishis; Narada among the Munis.
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March 31 Tuesday
Best in each category: Ruby among Gems; Arundhati among women; Airavata among elephants; Kamadhenu among cows; Meru among the mountains; Agaththiyam in Tamil; Milky ocean among the seas; Pranava among the Mantras.
–Subham—
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