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Aarsha Vani (Voice of Sanatana Dharma) Aarsha Vani (Voice of Sanatana Dharma) March 2019 Volume: 5 Issue: 02 GURUVĀṆI ‘Bharatiya Dharma did not teach philosophy only. It has propounded valor to vanquish evil forces surrounding oneself. The Rudradhyaya of Yajurveda spelled this quite distinctly. Siva shall perform chivalrous dance in every soldier driving enemies out. Else, we can't stay safe. Many forces attempting to destabilize the country are again coming to the forefront. We all should standby the brave soldiers and pronounce our moral support at this hour of need. – Samavedam Shanmukha Sarma. INSIDE THIS ISSUE Dear Readers, Namaste. With your patronage, Title Page# 1 Bhava! Harā! Mṛḍā! Śivā! 1 ‘Aarshavani’ is in its fifth year. We take 2 Siva Padam - Hē Viśvanātha! Kāśī patē! 2 this opportunity to express our 3 nīlakaṇṭhēśvara - kāntārthāmala mūrti! 2 gratitude for your continuous support. 4 Traditions – Fulfilments – March 2019 – Maha 3 Maha Sivaratri is one of the major Sivaratri Special festivals celebrated across the Hindu 5 Garuḍa Mahā Purāṇa 5 diaspora all over the world. This issue 6 Major Festivals in This Month 6 features interesting articles about Siva 7 Śiva Himself is ‘Pan̄cāyatanaṁ’ 7 Tattva and Kalyana. Along with regular 8 The Eternal - Ālayas – Attacks by Invaders 8 series such as 'Garuda Mahapurana' and 9 Śrī Sūktam 9 'Sri Adi Sankara Jnana Yagnam', this 10 Śiva jñānaṁ - Bāla Śiva 10 year's 'Rushipeetham Puraskaram' is 11 Spectacular Moments In Śiva Pārvatī Kaḷyāṇaṁ 12 announced. We request our readers to 12 Śrī Ādi Śaṅkara Jñāna Yajñaṁ - Bhaja Gōvindam 13 13 Hindu Dharma – Form, Nature and Effect 14 encourage children to read/participate 14 Sanatana Dharma Around the World 14 in 'Children's Corner', as this has been 15 Children’s Corner – Bala Siksha 15 started for them to inculcate spirituality, Vedic Mathematics - Sūtrās 16 arouse passion about the vast treasure 16 The Mahabharata True Story from Sage 17 of knowledge present in Sanatana Veda Vyasa - Siva Leelas in Mahabharata Dharma and Bharatadesa, and instill 17 Readers Question(s) 17 pride in their roots of Sanatana 18 Announcements 18 Dharma. 19 Photo Gallery 20 To express your views about this e- magazine, please write to [email protected] with the subject line ‘VIEW’. Thanks & Namaste, Aarshavani Team. Aarshavani FaceBook Copyright © 2019 | Rushipeetham Charitable Trust. All Rights Reserved. ‘Samanvaya is San tana – S marasya is Bh rat yata’ Aarshavani Vol. 5 March | 2019 ā ā ā ī Bhava! Harā! Mṛḍā! Śivā! SĀMAVĒDĪYAṀ Pushpadanta’s (also known as Vararuchi or (QUINTESSENCE OF SANATANA DHARMA) Maharshi Katyayana) Siva Mahimna Stuti is “Practice DHARMA. Take refuge in one of the very efficacious stotras on Lord ESWARA. This is the gist of all Sastras. Siva. It is pregnant with many intricacies of Practice while taking refuge. Take refuge mantra, yoga, and tattva of Siva. Following while practicing. Practice of apt Dharma sloka illustrates the four very venerable names of Siva, who orchestrates the entire without any confusion is possible only universe with the three dominant qualities with the grace of Eswara” of Sattva, Rajas, and Tamas and also - Brahmasri Dr.Samavedam Shanmukha Sarma. propounds His true nature of ‘Supreme Upcoming Pravachanams Bliss’, which is beyond the three qualities Date: Mar 4, 2019 6:30 PM that is devoid of any quality. Topic: “Sivāradhana” Venue: Kshipra Ganapati Devalaya, bahula rajase viśvotpattau bhavāya namo namaḥ । Saket Hindu Dharmika Samajam prabala-tamase tat saṃhāre harāya namo namaḥ । Saket, Hyderabad jana sukhakṛte sattvodriktau mṛḍāya namo namaḥ । Contact: C.A.R Gopalrao 9849612957 KVL Ramesh 8247884291 pramahasi pade nistraiguṇye śivāya namo namaḥ ।। Devi Prasad 9347565075 ‘Salutations to You in the name of ' bhavā' in as much as You create the world Date: Mar 7 - 29, 2019 by taking the `rajas' as the dominant quality; salutations to You in the name Venue: New Zealand of `harā' in as much as You destroy the world by taking the `tamas' as the Contact: Govardhan Mallela 0064-96245922 Email: [email protected] 0064-211455708 dominant quality; salutations to You in the name of `mṛḍā', in as much as You maintain, protect and grant joy to the world by taking `sattva' as the Date: Mar 30 – Apr 3, 2019 dominant quality. Again, salutations to You in the name of śivā in as much Venue: Singapore Contact: Ratna Kumar 0065-91735360 as You are beyond the above-mentioned three qualities and are the seat of the Email: [email protected] supreme bliss.’ Date: Apr 8 - 12, 2019 6:30 PM This sloka depicts the Lord as the Creator, One who gives happiness, and Topic: “Srimad Bhagavatam” Vanquisher of the universe along with His true nature of Ever Venue: Zilla Parishad High School, Kalindi Auspiciousness. Contact: NV Narasimha Raju 9490642168 bhavā – Creator; śivā in the form of Brahma is known as ‘bhavā’. When the Date: Apr 14 - 22, 2019 6:30 PM quality rajas is abundantly overriding within, creation of universe and the Topic: “Sundara Kanda Visesha Arthaalato” creatures within happens at the behest of śiva. Venue: Smt. Velagapudi Durgamba Prabhutva Mahila Degree Kalasala, mṛḍā – One who gives delight; śivā in the form of Vishnu is known as Nidadavolu . ‘mṛḍā’. When the quality of Sattva is presiding, all the creatures in the Contact: Sitarama Kalyana Mahotsava universe are overjoyed at the behest of śiva. Committee 9440879685; 9908425940 harā –Destroyer; śivā in the form of Rudra is known as ‘harā’. When the (For details visit http://rushipeetham.org/ Event Calendar) quality of tamas is exceedingly exposing, entire universe is destroyed and Traditions-Fulfilments merged at the behest of śiva. Chanting of following sloka ensures These three denote the three syllables of Aumkara ‘A’, ‘U’, and ‘M’. The last the availability of food and water state ‘Turiya’ represented by an effulgent halo of blissful light, which is without any suffering beyond the three states and three qualities, is denoted by ‘śivā’. Hence, śivā ādityaścha upēndraśca is that supreme consciousness which is serene, exa lted, aberrationless, cakrapāṇirmahēśvaraḥ | emotionless, and devoid of guna. Everyone willing to reach that supreme daṇḍapāṇiḥ pratāpīsyāt state should inevitably worship śivā. –Samavedam Shanmukha Sarma. kṣuttrḍ̥ bādhā na jāyatē || (Adapted from ‘Siva Mahimna Stotram’ Pravachanam) vasurvaruṇa sōmau ca Sadhu Vachanam sarasvatī ca sāgaraḥ | "Be like a tree. The tree gives shade even to him who cuts off its boughs.” pa n caī t ā n sansmar ē dyastu ṣ̥ - Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. tr ātasya na bādhatē || Those who reminisce Aditya, Upendra, Bharateeyam Chakrapani, Maheswara, and "The apparent multiplication of gods is bewildering at the first glance, chivalrous Dandapani shall not suffer but you soon discover that they are the same GOD. There is always one from hunger. Those who reminisce uttermost God who defies personification. This makes Hinduism the Vasu, Varuna, Soma, Saraswati, and most tolerant religion in the world, because its one transcendent God Sagara shall not suffer from thirst. includes all possible gods." - George Bernard Shaw, Irish playwright. Spiritual Quest (Answers by Sri Samavedam Shanmukha Sarma) I don’t know how to chant Rudra Namakam. I worship a silver Śiva Linga daily. Off late, some are saying that Śiva should be worshipped only with Rudram and Śiva Linga should not be kept at home. Are these statements true? What you heard is not true. Having a Śiva Linga at home and performing worship grants holistic affluence. Abhishek need not be performed with only Rudram. Abhishek can be performed reciting the names of Śiva or Astotra namas. If nothing is possible, Abhishek can be performed just chanting ‘Śivāya Nama:’ Regular worship of Śiva at home is very auspicious. Everyone can perform worship of Śivā, though more stipulations are prescribed for Bana Linga, Sphatika Linga, Salagrama etc. Those should only be taken under guidance of proper Gurus. Still, worship of silver Śivā Linga is good. Copyright © 2019 | Rushipeetham Charitable Trust. All Rights Reserved. ‘Samanvaya is Sanātana – Sāmarasya is Bhāratīyata’ Aarshavani Vol. 5 – March | 2019 1 Siva Padam Hē Viśvanātha! Kāśī patē! Śrī viśālākṣī patē! Namōstutē! Gaṅgātīra nitya vihāra! Śr̥ṅgārita himakiraṇa kiśōra! Aṅgajabhaṅga! Yamāntaka! Dhīra! Bhr̥ṅgi nandi parivēṣṭita! Bhavahara! Maṇikarṇikādi tīrtha niṣēvita! Ghr̥ṇilōlārkādi divija vandita! Ghr̥ṇākara! Bindumādhavārcita! Gaṇanāyaka ḍhuṇḍhidēva mōdita! Dhanurākārānanda vanē ghanē Click to listen Vinatāmaranuta mōkṣanagarē Anupamāvimuktē umayā saha kāntārthāmala mūrti! nī yeḍala Aniśam khēlasi ṣaṇmukha janaka! śrṅ̥ gāram'mu paṇḍen, sudhā This ‘Siva Padam’ composition extolls Sri Kāśī Viśvanātha. All the kāntul cindu śaśāṅka puṣpamunu principal deities of Kāśī are venerated here. Sri Viśvanātha, decorated siṅgārin̄ci, vairāgyamā with a crescent moon, always enjoys wandering along the banks of river pontan, nippulaboṭṭu, kāṭipoḍi Ganga. He is the chivalrous who fired Manmatha, the God of love, and restrained Yama, the God of death. He is residing in this Kṣētra as one maipūtal, gaḷam'mandu sai who grants liberation vanishing the mundane containing desires and rintal nalladanam'mu kanpaḍe time bound death. Entire retinue of Nandi, Bhrungi and others are smarārī! nīlakaṇṭhēśvarā! living here serving the Lord. O embodiment of beauty! You know the sharpening in decoration. You are ‘Kāntārdhamalamūrtī’ i.e. one who gave half of His body to His wife; You have decorated Yourself with ‘Śaśāṅka puṣpaṁ’ i.e. the moon flower radiating the hues of nectarine; Meanwhile, Your third eye radiating fire, pyre ashes smeared all over the body, poison in the In this city of Varanasi which is the abode of teerthas such as throat, and burning Manmatha, the god Manikarnika and others, Adityas such as Lolarka and others, Vishnus of love are indicating His renunciation. such as Bindu Madhava and others, Ganapati such as Dhundhi and One can clearly see the signs of complete others are living happily bestowing joy to others. Shakti Visalakshi is renunciation in You, without even a trace the Empress here. Thus, this city of Viśvanātha is flourishing as the the of mundane.
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