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What is the distance between you and the God?
S. Nagarajan
Narada is a great sage. He is devoted to Lord Narayana who is the protector of Universe according to the Hindu religion.
All the scriptures says that Narayana resides at Vaikunda, a sacred place in the sky.
Once Narada went to Vaikunda, where Narayana is supposed to be dwells.
But to his surprise Narada did not see the Lord, there!
He started searching the Lord.
At that time one devotee came in front of him.
He asked Narada, “oh! Great sage, wherefrom you are coming?”
Narada replied to him that he is coming from Vaikunda. He also said that he did not see the Lord at Vaikunda and in search of him he is wandering:’
The devotee laughed at him.
“Oh! Great sage! You do not know where he is. He is at a calling distance,” said the devotee.
Narada was wonderstruck.
He told the devotee that he is not able to understand the meaning of his words.
The devotee said, “It is simple. He is at a distance to hear your call. When the elephant Gajendra called “Oh, the Origin of everything”, he heard that call and immediately came to the elephant’s rescue.
Actually, the elephant’s leg was grabbed by a crocodile in a river and at any moment it may be dragged into the river.
Similarly, the Pandavas Queen Draupadi called him, “Oh, my lord who is dwelling in my heart. Pl come and rescue me. The wretched Gaurav Dussasana is stripping my sari.”
On hearing Draupadi’s call he came immediately to her rescue and started supplying numerous saris.
Telling all these things the devotee asked Narada, “I hope now you understand where he would be. Go and find him in devotees’ assembly.
Narada accordingly found the Lord in a large gathering where devotees were chanting His name.
Narada finding the Lord there prostrated before Him.
Narada told the Lord that he is coming from Vaikund in search of him.
The Lord laughed at him and said the famous reply.
“I am not residing at Vaikunda nor at the yogi’s heart. Wherever my devotees are chanting my name, oh, Narada, you may find me there.
Narada understood the power of the devotion.
God is in your heart and that is the distance between you and the God!
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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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March 8 Sunday
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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Fanatic Christians burnt alive millions of women in Europe. To hide their atrocities, they published fake SATI (wives burning themselves in pyres of Hindu husbands) drawings to malign Hindus.
World “famous” historians in their world “famous” books never wrote a single line in their books about these atrocities. Now we can rate those historians as notorious scoundrels. Despite their secrecy, now and then we see a few books and articles about the Christian atrocities.
Fanatic Christian bishops burnt millions of non- Christians , particularly women, dubbing them as witches. They spread the rumour that catastrophes will happen if they are allowed to live. They conducted fake enquiries and burnt them alive. The whole world knew how Joan of Arc was burnt alive thanks to Bernard Shaw’s book St Joan (London Swaminathan has translated it into Tamil).
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On the other day, I walked into a library in Sydney, Australia and I got the August 2025 History Today Magazine .
I give below some interesting points from the article, with my inputs.
In one French city alone, they interviewed more than 5000 people during the Great Inquisition of Toulouse.
Toulouse is in Southwestern France, known as the “Pink City” (La Ville Rose), it’s France’s fourth-largest city .
(Imagine if you are one of them who will be burnt alive. Also imagine how much fear would have been spread in the small town)
Spanish Inquisition is known to many. But it started even centuries before that.
Hersey is believing Non-Christian worship. The heretics were described as a big infectious disease. 12th century Augustinian William of Newburgh referred to a group of foreign heretics that arrived in England in 1163 as a pestilence. And another person dubbed it as cancer.
The largest of the investigations in the Middle Ages was held at the vast Romanesque abbey of Saint-Sernin in Toulouse between May 1245 and August 1246. More than 5000 men and women from 100 villages were interviewed by the clergy.
Typical questions in the interview
Did you see any heretics?
Where, when, and who else was there ?
Did you eat and drink with them and did you give them anything ?
Did you ever swear to keep silent about all of this ?
Did you ever conceal the truth?
Use of torture
Torture was not practised in the early stage. Pope Innocent IV allowed torture methods in 1252.
Punishments
Excommunication
Pilgrimages to far flung places
Those who are found guilty must wear yellow crosses
Guilty and unapologetic will be executed.
Burning heretics began in 1022
The first case of heretics being burned occurred in 1022 at Orleans, but death by burning became a more common punishment from the 13th century. Burning heretics brought great joy to the faithful. Killing people and Violent deaths were enjoyed by thousands and thousands which people saw during French Revolution and executions of queens in the Tower of London in Britain.
(Joan of Arc was executed on May 30, 1431. At approximately 19 years old, she was burned at the stake in the Vieux-Marché (Old Market) in Rouen, France. She was condemned for heresy following a politically motivated trial by English-allied French clerics)
In the 1230s the chronicler and the inquisitor William of Pehission recounted an episode in the city of Alibi in which inquisitors condemned the heretics Peter of Odiumperditum and Peter Bomacip to be burned- this execution terrified many other heretics and brought great joy to the faithful, according to William.
Historians called the heretics Cathars, a Greek word, meaning pure. But it is not found in the available manuscripts.
Doctors were heretics !
Even practising medicine was dubbed as anti-Christian. There was a rumour that heretics can have a book of medicine. Heretics Arnauts and Pons Faure were sought out be one deponent because they were the ‘best doctors’. Records show many heretics were doctors. People were banned going to doctors. Relatives brought the sick family members to the so called heretics in the hope that they would be cured.
And in the manuscripts showed only pro clergy approach. It also reported street corner debates between the heretics and the clergy.
The statements of the people were translated into Latin, far removed from the vernacular dialects of Occitan that the deponents spoke.
The 13th century chronicle of William of Puylarns captures the general feeling of people of Toulouse towards heretics with this anecdote; a knight when asked by the bishop of Toulouse why he and his comrades had not attempted to expel the heretics from their territory replied,
“We cannot; we were brought up with them, there are many of our relatives among them, and we can see their way of life is a virtuous one”.
The article in the magazine was written by Josua Rice of Britain. I have included my comments in the article.
–subham—
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When they say Music is a universal language, they mean it can communicate with all the human beings irrespective of the languages they speak. But Hindus go one step further and say that it communicates with plants and animals as well. We see it in Kalidasa’s Shakuntala, Divya Prabandham and Periya Puranam.
Periyalvar sang about the effect of music on humans, animals and plants. One of the 63 Nayanmars (naayanmaar) Aanaya Nayanar also showed us the effect of his music on the living beings. Both Lord Krishna and Aanaya Nayanar ( aanaaya naayanaar) played on their flutes and did this remarkable feat.
Periyalvar (periyaalvaar) while describing the effect of Krishna’s flute music he exclaims, I have found a wonderful thing. Listen to me!
Listen to a wonderful thing!
275. O beautiful girls who live in this Jambhudvipa,
listen to a wonderful thing!
When Thirumaal who has a white valampuri conch in his hand
plays the flute with his divine lips,
the cowherd girls who have young breasts
hear the sound of the flute, get excited
shiver and run away from their houses
where they are guarded,
untying the ropes that they are tied with.
Putting the ropes on their necks as if they are garlands,
they come, shyly and surround him.
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276. When Govindan takes his flute in his hands,
bends his eyebrows, blows the air bending his stomach and plays,
the young girls who are beautiful as peacocks
and have doe-like eyes, listen.
Their hair decorated with flowers becomes loose,
their dresses become loose.
Holding their falling dresses
they stand looking at him out of corners of their eyes.
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Effect on Heavenly Apsaras Women
277. He is the prince of the sky.
He is the little one of Vaikuṇṭam. He is Vasudeva.
He is the king of Madhura.
He is the princely son of Nandagopan.
He, Govindan, is the little child of the cowherds.
When he plays his flute the young Apsarases
come down from the sky and approach him.
Their hearts melt and their flower-like eyes shed tears.
Their hair swarming with bees becomes loose.
Their foreheads sweat
and they close their ears to everything else
and hear only the music of his flute.
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Effect on Ramba, Urvasi, Menaka, Tilottama
278. He fought, conquered and destroyed
the evil Asuras Dhenuhan, Pilamban and Kaliyan.
When that small dark child plays his flute
wandering about in the forests,
Menaka, Thilothama, Ramba,
Urvasi and other heavenly Apsarases,
fascinated as they hear his music, become speechless.
They come down from the sky, dance, and sing with joy.
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Effect on Singers in the Sky
279. The kings of the three worlds are afraid of the god.
He came in the form of a man-lion and killed Hiraṇyan.
When Madhusudanan plays the flute,
Narada who plays the veena,
those who play the Kinnaram,
the Midunam and other string instruments,
hear his music, forget their skills and say,
“We won’t touch our musical instruments
because we can’t compete
with the lovely music of Madhusudanan.”
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Effect on Gandharvas 280. He is the small son of Devaki,
who has large beautiful eyes and strong arms.
He is our highest god and a lion among the gods.
When he plays his flute,
the Gandharvas who wander in the sky,
fascinated by the nectar-like music,
say, “He, our highest god, is playing the flute,”
and they feel ashamed because they can’t play like him,
and they stand folding their hands and worshipping him.
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281. Listen to the wonders that I have seen on this earth.
When the god who sleeps on Adishesha plays his flute
in the middle of a crowd of young cowherds,
the music is heard in the gods’ world
and all the sky dwellers forget to eat their sacrificial food
and enter the cowherd village.
Their ears are filled with the sweetness of the music
and they follow happily wherever Govindan goes
and do not leave him at all.
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Effect on Birds and Cattle
282. When Govindan plays the flute
holding it in his small fingers, his beautiful eyes close,
his red cheeks puff out
and his brow sweats with small drops of water.
The flocks of birds leave their nests,
come and surround him.
The herds of cattle leave the forest
where they graze, come near Govindan,
and lie down holding their legs apart.
They bend their heads, listening to the music of the flute
and move their ears as if they are dancing.
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Effect on Herd of Deer
283. His body is dark like a cluster of clouds,
his face is beautiful like a red lotus,
and his dark curly hair is the colour of the bees.
When he plays his flute,
a herd of deer, fascinated with his music, forgets to graze.
The grass that they have eaten
hangs from their mouths
and, unmoving from side to side,
they stand motionless as if they were painted pictures.
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Effect on Trees and Plants
284. Our god, the matchless one,
the chief of the cowherds
decorated with dark-eyed peacock feathers
and a silk garment tied tightly and beautifully
on his handsome body plays the flute.
The trees stand without moving,
flowers pour honey-like rain
as if to bow and worship him.
Their straight branches bend to hear the music.
They all turn towards wherever the beautiful god Thirumaal is
because that is their nature.
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285. Vishṇuchithan, the chief of Puduvai,
composed poems about
how the music flowed like a flood of nectar
from the holes of the bamboo flute
in the beautiful hands of Govindan
who has curly hair and a tuft on his head.
Those who know Tamil well
and recite these poems of Vishṇuchithan
will be among the devotees of the god.
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Above verses are from Project Madurai website; translated by Kausalya Hart.
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Kalidasa on the feelings of Plants and Animals
Periyalvar must have mastered Kalidasa’s work. We see in Shakuntalam ,
Priyamvada says to Shakuntala
“The bitterness of parting is not yours alone; look around and see how the holy grove grieves, knowing the hour of parting from you is near:
The doe tosses out mouthful of grass
the peacocks dance no more
pale leaves flutter down
as if their vines are shedding their limbs.
Shakuntala also reacts to the feelings of jasmine climber and deer.
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My Old article
Music Route to Heaven! Story of Saivite saint Aaanaaya Naayanaar also depicts the effect of music on cattle and birds.
London Swaminathan Post No.983; Dated—16th April 2014.
There are different ways to reach God. Jnana route, Bhakti route, Karma route and Yoga route are some of the ways. Hindus popularised another route to heaven—Music route which is part of Bhakti route. That is the simplest and easiest route. It is like a high speed motorway. Anyone can follow it even without knowing music. You simply join a Bhajan group and ‘shout in your coarse and harsh voice’, but with sincerity and purity in heart. God answers immediately. Even in the music route, there are some short cuts. One devotee just played a flute and reached God!! This interesting story is found in the Tamil Purana called Peria (Great) Puranam.
Peria Puranam in Tamil gives the history of 63 saints who were devotees of Lord Siva. It is in verses. It was composed by Sekkizar in the twelfth century CE. This work tells the story of the lives of Tamil Saivite saints who lived at least 1200 years ago. The enthralling stories of the 63 Nayanars (Saivite saints) speak of the matchless devotion and fathomless love for god.
Aanaayar was a cowherd. He lived in Tirumangalam of Melmazanatu, part of Choza territory. He played ‘panchakshara’ mantra (NAMA SIVAYA) on flute and God came and gave him Moksha! Here is the beautiful story of Aanaayar from two English translations:–
“Aanaayar used to drive his herds to the uncultivated land, and protect them from diseases and wild beasts. He also led them to lush pasture and clear water, so that their number rapidly increased. Like Lord Krishna he carried a flute (Vamsi) with him and used to play divine music. He used to play Lord’s Five Letter Prayer (Pancha Akshara = Na-Ma-Si-Va-Ya), with each of the seven notes accurately pitched. He poured forth a stream of such sweet and graceful sound that the whole world stood still to hear.
One day Aanaayar set out to drive the herds of cattle and their calves to pasture. The blue peacocks called; the beetle sang their forest songs among the creepers; the white jasmine buds smiled seductively. Her waist slender as the lightning, her breast swaying gently as she moved, the maiden TIME drew near to dance in the wide amphitheatre of the world.
The herdsmen, staff in hand drove the cattle out to graze over the cool pastures, and when their leader drew near, they gathered round to greet him. Nearby there stood a cassia tree (Kondrai in Tamil, Siva’s favourite tree), its branches swinging low and its flowers hanging down in clusters, like garlands made by human hands, or like Siva’s matted locks. When he saw the tree, he stood and gazed upon it spell bound, his mind wholly centred on the Lord. Then from his heart he began to pour out his love without restraint.
As his love welled up within and overflowed, he took up his flute and played as he was wont in praise of the Lord’s Five Letter Prayer, with music sweet as nectar that melted the very bones of every living creature!
Herd of cows ceased to chew the cud, Fell into trance and gathered around him, Calves with milk-froth ringed mouths Ceased to suckle at the teats of their mothers, Bands of bulls with spreading horns Deer and other forest fauna All with hairs on their hides a tingle, Gathered around.
Dancing flocks of peacocks Ceased their strutting and gathered around him, Coveys of birds, their hearts filled with the music Which entered through their ears, Roosted around him, with roosted senses, The hefty herdsmen Working in the neighbourhood Gathered around him, Leaving aside half finished jobs.
Denizens of the underworld of snakes Debouched through underground passages Mountain-dwelling maids Many many massed around Mazed in their minds Vinjayas, Saranars, Kinnaras, Amaras, Heaven-dwellers all of undiminishing luminance All in daze, on the beautiful sky above, In their chariots in the clouds crowded they.
As the tormentors and the tormented Enjoyed with the same emotions, The snake of mouth with full of pearly teeth Swooned and fell on the peacock; the lion of unflagging ferocity And the massive elephant sat together; Beside the jaws of the tiger, The delicate mouthed deer bedded.
The music of the fluting Of the hollow reed, Filling the world and capturing the heavens, Rose in volume vast enough To reach the holy ears Of the out of reach-of deceitful devotion Sire Who dances in the Golden Hall.
On graciously hearing The music of the flute of Anayar, The creator of the music, the Lord With an eye on the forehead Accompanied by the Willowy Dame of Austerities, Whose heart was compassion incarnate Mounted the bull An appeared on the aerial highway With his matted locks, the Nursery of the Moon Trailing behind him.
The heavenly hosts came too, jostling with the gods and crowding round. No other sound was heard but the soaring music of the flute, praising the Lord in the Five Letter Prayer.
Wishing to enjoy such music for all eternity, the Lord then said to Aanaayar, “Come just as you are, and live with us”.
The Lord then returned to the golden court. As he went, the earth shone bright with the flowers that rained down from on high. Countless sages chanted from the Vedas in his praise, and Aanaayar went with him, still playing on his flute.
Source: The History of the Holy Servants of the Lord Siva by Alastair McGlashan, Trafford Publishing, Oxford,2006 & Peria Puranam by G. Vanmikanathan, General Editor Dr.N.Mahalingam, Sri Ramakrishna Math, Madras, 1985
—subham—-
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Proverbs on Doctors- 4
Disease is quick in coming, but slow in departing.
If you despise doctor, despise the sickness also.
When the clever doctor fails, try one less clever.
A doctor’s bill is easier settled where he has got some relatives (He whose father is judge goes safe to the trial)
A doctor bald to the nape of his neck is not likely to cure anybody of baldness.
He who eats jackal’s flesh is better than a hundred doctors (jackal’s flesh is considered to have much medicinal value.
African proverbs
Of the doctor, the poet and the fool, we all have a small portion.
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1000 Diseases are cured by AI doctor!
Doctor AI will be ready soon.
A new Artificial Intelligence (AI) tool estimates a person’s risk of getting more than 1000 diseases- with the results served up in one go.
Researchers trained the model on 400,000 anonymized UK patient records to help predict people’s future health.
And they hope it will be in the hands of doctors in less than a decade, guiding decisions around prevention, diagnosis and treatment.
Delphi 2 M works by assessing the probability of whether and when, people may develop diseases such as cancer, diabetes , cardio vascular and perspiratory diseases and other disorders.
After being fed data, the tool looked for ‘medical events’ in people’s history, sucg as when illnesses were diagnosed, whether they were obese, smoked or drank alcohol, plus their age and sex.
From this it learned to forecast disease risk but was better at offering forecasts for conditions with clear and consistent progression patterns such as certain types of cancer, heart attacks and blood poisoning.
This research was done in the UK with experts in various fields in Europe.
–Metro UK Newspaper, 18-9-2025
–Subham—
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Satyavan-Savitri story from Vana Parva of Mahabharata continued…………………
Savitri
Near my husband no place can be too far.
Human beings do not trust even themselves as they trust the saints; it is from love trust arises and because the saints have love for all, people have trust in them.
Yama
Blessed one! What you have said that I have not heard before except from you. It gives me great satisfaction. excepting the life of Satyavan, ask for a fourth boon and go back.
Savitri
May I with Satyavan have hundred sons, who brave and courageous, will continue our family line. This is the fourth boon I seek from you, Lord of Death.
And the Lord of Death granted that wish of Savitri as well. You will have hundred sons, who brave and courageous, who will enhance your happiness. Now go back, he said to her.
Savitri
With the power of truth, the saints keep sun on its course and sustain the earth. It is from the saints that the present, the past and the future derive their support, being with the saintly, people do not suffer.
Given to the good of the others, selflessly, the saints do not look upon each other with narrow concerns of the self.
The blessings of the saints never in vain. Nobody feels reduced by the saints, nor anybody’s self-interest suffer. In the nearness of the saints the three get united: blessings, self-esteem and the self-interest. the saints are thus protectors of the world.
Yama
The more you speak, and say in words most elegant, the things that I have deep meaning and are agreeable to mind and heart, the greater grows my feelings of bhakti for you. Ask from me, some exceptional boon.
Savitri
You have bestowed upon me the boon of having a hundred sons of my own that cannot come true without my union with my husband, whose life you are taking away. Therefore, I seek from you this last boon that Satyavan restored to life, for without him I am like dead. Without my husband, I have no desire for the prosperities of the world, nor any desire for any heavenly existence. Without him I do not even with to live.
Saying THATHAASTU (that shall be so) Yama released from the cord of mortality.
The Mahabharata shows how one’s pain is because of the pain of the other; Satyavan’s pain at the pain of anxiety of his father and mother and Savitri’s pain for both. To reassure Satyavan wiping his tears, she spoke to him thus:
Savitri
If I have ever done Tapasya (penance) in its true discipline, then may this night be blessed both for my mother-in-law and father-in-law and blessed for my husband.
They reached home from the dark forest as fast as they could.
All the seers from nearby Ashramas including Suvarcha, Gautama, Bharadwaj, Dhalbha, Ghaumya praised Savitri’s victory over Yama.
—subham—
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HEAVEN
3. அகதிக்கு ஆகாயம் துணை. Heaven is the help of the helpless.
283. அரசுடையானை ஆகாயம் காக்கும். The heavens guard the king.
953. இடுவது பிச்சை பெறுவது மோக்ஷம். Alms-giving secures heavenly bliss
1947. கச்சற் கருவாடு மோட்சத்திற்குப் போனாலும், பிச்சைக்காரர் மோட்சத்திற்குப் போகமாட்டார்கள். Though dried fish may attain final emancipation-heaven-beggars cannot.
2387. காசிக்குப் போனாலும் கதி பெற வழி இல்லை. Although he may go to Kasi, he will not find the way to heaven.
2653. குப்புற விழுந்து தவம் செய்தாலும் குருக்களுக்கு மோட்சம் இல்லை. Though they may prostrate themselves and perform penance, religious teachers do not attain heaven.
2809. கூரை ஏறிக் கோழி பிடிக்கமாட்டாத குருக்கள் வானம் கீறி வைகுண்டம் காட்டுவாரா? If a guru is not able to go to the house-top to catch a fowl, how can he rend the heavens and show vikundam to his disciple?
3335. சுவர்க்கத்துக்குப் போகிற போது கக்கத்திலே மூட்டை ஆமா ? When on your way to heaven, do you carry a bundle under your arm?
3336. சுவர்க்கத்திலே போகிறபொழுது கக்கத்திலே ராட்டினமா? When on your way to heaven, do you carry a spinning-wheel under your arm?
3437. செல்வம் பரமண்டலம் செல்லாது, எல்லா மண்டலத்தும் செல்லும். Wealth goes any whither but to heaven.
3936. தெய்வப் புலவனுக்கு நா உணரும் சித்திர ஓடாவிக்குக் கை உணரும். To a heaven-inspired poet, the tongue, to an artist, the hand are skilful.
3937. தெய்வம் துணை கொள் தேகம் அநித்தியம். Secure divine help,- the body is transient.
4508. பத்தி கொள்பவன் முத்தி உள்ளவன். The devout attain heaven.
4511. பத்தி இல்லாத புத்தி அசேதனம். Reason without devotion is folly.
4512. பத்தி உண்டானால் முத்தி உண்டாம். If there be piety, there will be final happiness.
5247. மானத்தின் மேலே கண்ணும் மாப்பிள்ளை மேலே சிந்தையும். The eye is on the heavens; the mind is on the bridegroom.
5540. வயித்தியனுக்கு மோக்ஷம் இல்லை, உவாத்திக்கு மோக்ஷ வழி உண்டு. A physician does not attain heaven, a teacher may.
5674. வானமும் பூமியும் கொள்ளாதான் மரத்திலும் கல்லிலும் இருப்பானா? Will he whom heaven and earth cannot contain, dwell in wood and stone?
5675. வானமே ஈன்றது பூமியே தாங்கிற்று. The heavens produced, and the earth sustained.
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TEMPLE
6093. வைத்தீசுரன் கோவிலுக்குப் போயும் வயிற்று வலி தீர இல்லை. His belly-ache is not cured even after going on a pilgrimage to Vaidisvaran’s temple.
5310. முட்டுக்கு முட்டல்ல மூடக் கதவும் அல்ல, சன்னிதிவாசலுக்குச் சார்த்தக் கதவும்அல்ல. It is neither an obstruction, nor a door to shut, nor even mani screen to the temple gateway.
5027. பொன்னை வைக்கிற கோயிலிலே பூவையாவது வைக்கவேன்டும். Flowers, at least, must be offered in a temple in which gold is offered.
4756. பிள்ளையார் கோவிலில் திருடன் இருப்பான், சொன்னாலும் கோள். The thief has taken refuge in the temple of Pillaiyar, it would how-ever be a slander to mention it.
4456. படிக்கிறது திருவாய்மொழி, இடிக்கிறது பெருமாள் கோவில் To read Thiruvaaymoli, and to break down the temple of Vishnu.
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HELL
2190. கலகத்திலே புளுகாதவன் நரகத்திலே போவானாம். It is said that he who does not exaggerate when a tumult occurs will go to hell.
3100. சந்நியாசியைக் கடித்த நாய்க்குப் பின்னாலே நரகமாம் சந்நியாசிக்கு முன்னாலே மரணம். They say that the dog that bites an ascetic will go to hell eventually, the ascetic will die before.
3101. சந்நியாசியை நிந்தித்தவனுக்குப் பின்னாலே நரகமாம். It is said that hell awaits him who reproaches an ascetic.
4185. நாய் கோவிலுக்கு போவான் ஏன்? கோயில் காத்தவன் தெண்டம் இருப்பான் ஏன்? Why should a dog go to a temple, or why the keeper of a temple pays a fine?
3966. தேரோடே நின்று தெருவோடே அலைகிறான். He wanders along the street with the temple car.
3822. திரு வாசல் ஆண்டியும் ஒரு வேளைக்கு உதவுவான். Even a religious mendicant at the temple gate will be of some use at times.
3505. சோற்றிலே கிடக்கிற கல் எடுக்கமாட்டாதவன் முகனைக்கல் எடுப்பானா? Can he who would not pick a stone out of the rice, lift up the stone lintel of a temple gateway?
3013. கோயிலையும் குளத்தையும் அடுத்து இருக்கவேண்டும். One should reside near a temple and a tank.
3014. கோயில் இல்லா ஊரிலே குடியிருக்கலாமா? May one dwell in a village in which there is no temple?
3015. கோயில் மணியம் என்று கூப்பிட்டால் போதும். It is enough to be called the manager of the temple.
3016. கோயிற் பூனை தேவருக்கு அஞ்சுமா? Will the temple cat reverence the deity ?
3017. கோயிற் பூனைக்குப் பயம் ஏன்? Why should a temple cat fear ?
760. ஆயிரம் பொய் சொல்லிக் கோயிலைக் கட்டு. Tell lies by the thousand and build a temple.
791. ஆலயம் அறியாது ஓதிய வேதம். The temple understands not the hidden meaning of the Vedas.
911. ஆனை துரத்திவந்தாலும் ஆலயத்தில் நுழையலாகாது. Though chased by an elephant, it is not right to enter a temple.
1449. ஊருக்கு இளைத்தவன் பிள்ளையார்கோயில் ஆண்டி. He who was too feeble for the service of the community became a devotee in the temple of Genesha. In Sanskrit a similar proverb exists : “The dancing girl being old has become a devotee”. It is a case not of breaking away from sinful habits, but the power of sinning is gone.
1471. ஊர் நஷ்டம் ஊரிலே தேர் நஷ்டம் தெருவிலே. Loss occurring in a village affects the community, injury occasioned by a temple car is apparent in the street.
1607. எலி தலையில் கோபுரம் இடிந்து விழுந்தாற்போல. As if the tower of the temple should fall on the head of a rat.
1787. ஐயனார் கோவில் மண்ணை மிதித்தவர் அத்தனையும் பிடாரி. Those who have trodden the ground of Aiyanar’s temple are so many Pidaris.
1788. ஐயனாரே வாரும் கடாவைக் கைக்கொள்ளும். Come, Aiyanar, and accept a goat, a sacrifice.
2053. கண்ட கண்ட கோயில் எல்லாம் கை எடுத்துக் கும்பிட்டேன். I worshipped with raised hands in every temple I visited.
2667. கும்பிடப் போன இடத்தில் கோயில் இடிந்து விழுந்தது. When I went to worship the temple fell.
2668. கும்பிடப் போன தெய்வம் குறுக்கே வந்ததுபோல். As the deity one went to worship came to meet one cross wise.
2669. கும்பிட்ட தெய்வம் குலதெய்வம். The deity I worship is my hereditary deity.
2739. குழந்தை பட்டினியும் கோயில் பட்டினியும் இல்லை. Infants and temple servants do not suffer from hunger.
2954. கொட்டிக்கிழங்கு வெட்டுகிறவளுக்குக் கோயிலில் வந்து ஆடத் தெரியுமா? Can the woman who digs up roots dance before a temple idol?
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3081. சத்தியத்திலே சாமி சாட்சி என்கிற சத்தியம் பெரிது. To say God is the witness of what one testifies, is the highest of all forms of oath.
3167. சாக்கும் போக்கும் ஏற்காது ஐயன் முன். Excuses are of no avail before God.
3203. சாமி வரம் கொடுத்தாலும் பூசாரி இடம் கொடுக்கமாட்டான். Though God may bestow the gift, the priest will not suffer you to enjoy it.
3325. சுய காரிய துரந்தரன் சுவாமி காரியம் வழவழ. He who is intent about his own affairs will not mind the things of God.
3338. சுவாமி வரம் கொடுத்தாலும் முன்னடியான் வரம் கொடான். Though God may grant a boon, the devotee in his presence will not.
3373. செங்கோல் ஓங்குவன் திரித்துவ தேவன். He who holds the sceptre is the triune God.
3478. சொல்லுக்கும் பொருளுக்கும் எட்டாதான் சோதிக்கும் சாதிக்கும் நடுவானான். He whom neither language nor wealth can influence, has come between God and man.
3679. தன் வாய்ச் சீதேவி முன்வாயிலே. The presence of the goddess of prosperity, will be evinced in the speech.
3758. தானாக வந்த சீதேவியைக் காலால் உதைத்துத் தள்ளலாமா? When the goddess of prosperity unsought visits you, is it right to kick her out?
3791. திக்கு அற்றவனுக்குத் தெய்வம் துணை. God in the help of the destitute.
3825. திருவிளக்கு இல்லா வீட்டில் பேய் குடியிருக்கும். Demons dwell in the house that is not illumined by a sacred lamp. To smear a room with cow-dung, especially on Friday, and to keep a lamp burning through the night, ale observances pleasing to the goddess of prosperity.
3826. திருவிளக்கு இட்டாரைத் தெய்வம் அறியும், நெய்வார்த்து உண்டாரை நெஞ்சு அறியும். The Deity knows those who place sacred lamps, and the mind knows who eats ghee and rice.
3849. தீதுறும் பாவச் செய்கை அற்றவன் தேவன். He who abstains from evil deeds is God.
3862. தீராத நெஞ்சுக்குத் தெய்வமே சாட்சி. God himself is the witness of the unquiet mind.
3863. தீரா வழக்குக்குத் தெய்வமே சாட்சி. God is the witness in an undecided cause.
image of Vishnu.
3935. தெய்வ சித்தம் இருந்தால் செத்தவனும் எழும்புவான். God being willing, even the dead may rise.
3956. தேடித் தின்றவர் தெய்வத்தோடு ஒத்தவர். He who earns his own bread is like god.
3972. தேவரைக் காட்டிப் பூதம் பணி கொள்ளும். Under pretence that gods require it, goblins exact service from men. Goblins or ghosts of the kind referred to, are employed by magicians. They are supposed to haunt grave yards, places of cremation, buried treasure &companies of them attend Siva, Ganesa &c.
3978. தேனும் தினைமாவும் தேவருக்கு அர்ப்பிதம். Honey mixed with tinai flour is offered to the gods.
4029. தெளவையின் மனதுக்கு ஒவ்வுதல் இல்லை. Nothing gives satisfaction to the goddess of misfortune.
4043. நடக்கிறது நடக்கட்டும் தெய்வம் இருக்கிறது. Let things take their course ; there is a God.
4046. நடந்தவன் காலிலே சீதேவி, இருந்தவன் காலிலே மூதேவி. The goddess of fortune dwells in the feet of the industrious, the goddess of misfortune dwells in the feet of the sluggard.
The goddess of prosperity or fortune, and the goddess of adversity or misfortune, two sisters, mentioned in this proverb, exercise a mysterious influence over the minds of the vulgar. These remarkable beings are said to have been produced when the celestials, in search of ambrosia, churned the milky ocean. The opinion expressed in the proverb is also contained in a stanza of Niti neri villakkam a poem on moral subjects, justly admired by the learned, for the terseness and beauty of its composition, as well as for the general purity of its moral sentiments. The poet says:-
“When the goddess of prosperity finds that her favours are not appreciated, she introduces her elder sister, the goddess of adversity, to the sluggard, and then takes her departure.”
The goddess of fortune, whose presence is a guarantee for happiness andprosperity, is said to dwell in the face of a horse of superior caste, -with the wise and good,-in all fragrant flowers,-in the tree of paradise that bestows whatever it’s votaries may desire,-in the beauty ofa good and obedient wife, -in the ocean,-in the portal of a house where a marriage is being celebrated,-in a well governed country,-in grain in brilliant lamps and flaming torches,-in the words of the great,-with truth-speaking men,-in the arrows of Cupid, -and in vessels of milk.
The goddess of misfortune is said to have her habitation with the glutton.-the irascible, – with liars and other abandoned characters, – with those clothed in rags,-with vicious women,-in a flock of sheep, and in the face of the dead.
4138. நா என்னும் அட்சரம் நாதன் இருப்பிடம். The letter நா is the seat of God.
4237. நான் நட்டேன் நாதன் பயிர் ஆக்கினான். I planted; god caused it grow.
4241. நிஷ்டூரன் கண்ணைத் தெய்வம் கெடுக்கும், நீதிமான் கண்ணைப் பரிதானம் கெடுக்கும். God will destroy the eyes of an oppressor, and a bribe will destroy the eye of an upright man.
4287. நீ பிறர்க்கு உதவி செய்தால் தெய்வம் உனக்கு உதவி செய்யும். If you help others, God will help you.
4370. நொண்டி நொண்டி நடப்பானேன் கண்டதற்கு எல்லாம் படைப்பானேன்? Why walk limping, and why offer oblations, to every god you see ?
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