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Aarsha Vani (Voice of Sanatana Dharma) May 2019 Volume: 5 Issue: 04 GURUVĀṆI “Right from the peak of Himalayas to the last leg into the oceans, the core of the soul, the method of perfection, and the style of thought across Bhārata is one; this sprouted tenderly in Vēdas, budded in Purāṇās, and fructified in Kāvyas, which is ingrained not only across all Bhārata, but later expanded worldwide demonstrating its universality. This is called the ‘Bhāratīyata’ or ‘Bhāratīya Sanskr̥tī’ i.e. the true culture of Bhārata.” – Samavedam Shanmukha Sarma. INSIDE THIS ISSUE Dear Readers, Title Page# Namaste. This month is a combination of 1 śambhōrmurtiścarati bhuvanē... 1 Chaitra & Vaisakha. Glorious personalities 2 Siva Padam –acala! aruṇa! aruṇācala! bhava! śiva! 2 such as Sri Adi Sankara and Sri Vidyaranya, 3 ‘Nandaka’ Amsa Sambhuta Annamacharya 2 whom every true follower of Sanatana Dharma 4 Traditions – Fulfilments – May 2019 – Narayana 4 should pay deep obeisance for their relentless Smarana - Remediation work and voluminous works, are born in 5 Garuḍa Mahā Purāṇa 5 Vaisakha. Hanuman Jayanti, whom Swami 6 Major Festivals in This Month 6 Vivekananda directed to be the role model for Bhārata, is also celebrated this month. 7 Prasnōttara Mālika - KA: PAṆḌITA:? 7 8 The Eternal - Vivāha Vyavastha 8 Articles on the ‘The Values of Life’ from the 9 The Values of Life - From Prahlada’s Character 9 character of Prahlada, Benguluru 10 The great personality who inspired many towards 10 Nagaratnammal who dedicated her life to the ‘Swadharma’ service of legendary composer Tyagaraja, and 11 Śiva jñānaṁ - Nīlakaṇṭhamaham Bhaje 11 Nandaka sword of Lord Vishnu taking 12 Hindu Dharma – Form, Nature of the Divine 12 incarnation as Sri Annamacharya are inspiring 13 Benguluru Nagaratnammal – Life dedicated to Sri 13 and educative. ‘Ancient temples in Varanasi’ Tyagaraja’s tradition mentions about the true history of Varanasi, 14 Hanuman - ‘The Supreme Parabrahman’ 14 temples destroyed by the invaders, and the restoration efforts being made in recent times. 15 Śrī Ādi Śaṅkara Jñāna Yajñaṁ - Bhaja Gōvindam 15 16 Ancient temples found in Varanasi 16 Also, the entire Hindu community in North 17 Sanatana Dharma Around the World 16 America is eagerly looking forward to 18 Children’s Corner – welcome Brahmasri Dr. Samavedam i. Student Stage – Brahmacharya 17 Shanmukha Sarma garu, whose visit every ii. Vedic Mathematics - Sūtrās 18 year invigorates and breathes fresh life 19 The Mahabharata True Story from Sage 19 motivating many towards Swadharma. Veda Vyasa - Siva Leelas in Mahabharata To express your views about this e-magazine, 20 Announcements 20 please write to [email protected] 21 News from Sri Vallabha Ganapati Mandir 21 with the subject line ‘VIEW’. 22 Rushipeetham Activities 22 Thanks & Namaste, 23 Photo Gallery 23 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 May | 2019 ā ā ā ī śambhōrmurtiścarati bhuvanē... SĀMAVĒDĪYAṀ (Siva Himself walking on earth as Sankaracharya) (QUINTESSENCE OF SANATANA DHARMA) Maharshi Veda Vyasa’s compassionate contribution towards the upliftment of humanity is incredible. As time is the biggest devourer of “Though entire world is immersed in everything, few centuries after His advent, around seventy-two different ajñāna, God always incarnates in Anti-Vedic schools of thought bhārata to establish dharma and appeared on the horizon. Vedas jñāna from time to time. Because, are thoroughly mis-interpreted bhārata is on the highest pedestal of suiting one’s convenience, and gurus that can disseminate dharma such propaganda reached its and jñāna to the entire world.” pinnacle. It’s like the gigantic - Brahmasri Dr.Samavedam Shanmukha Sarma. tree of Sanatana Dharma is encircled in poisonous creepers Upcoming Pravachanams producing poisonous fruits and Date: May 4 – 12, 2019 6:30PM covered by thorny bushes, which Topic: “Sri Krishna Katha” (Dasama Skandam) though are attributed to the tree Venue: Sri Krishna Mandir, Krushi Nagar, Sri itself. Chaos prevailed all over. Vishnu Sahasra Nama Kshetram, In such dangerous situation, Sanatana Dharma needed one who has Bandlaguda, Hyderabad clarity in direction, command in Vedas, conviction in Dharma, Contact: Smt. K Lakshmi 9866530254 control over senses, capacity to organize, and courage to establish J Lakshminarayana 9440023032 L Venkatarama Sastry 9849017903 truth. All the gods decided to seek the help of Lord Siva this time, as He is no different to Vishnu who incarnated multiple times to reestablish Date: May 13 - 15, 2019 6:30 PM Topic: “Bhaja Govindam” Dharma on this earth. They all went to Lord Dakshinamurti and said, “O (Sri Adi Sankara Virachitam) Lord! You are the one who gave Vedas to Brahma, and later restored them Venue: Veda Bhavan, Sankara Bhakti Sabha as Hayagreeva when the demon Somaka stole them. Lord Vishnu Trust, 58-59, Road #1, Chandragiri incarnated as Krishna, destroyed all the demons in the form of kings, Colony, Neredmet, Near Safilguda Mini taught Bhagavad Gita to establish Dharma, and demonstrated at every Tankbund, Hyderabad. Contact: Sriram Ghanapati 04027227669 stage of His life how to conduct life in a righteous way. Later, He also 9963888870 incarnated as Maharshi Veda Vyasa and restructured all the Vedas and other scriptures into many Puranas and Upa Puranas. His other forms of Date: May 22 – July 28, 2019 Maharshi Kapila, Lord Dattatreya etc. also did immense work in this USA TOUR direction. Till now, You have been catering towards the intellectual Contact: Dr. Ravi Jandhyala community only, which is not sufficient. Of course, to come down to earth, +1 9493076457 You have to hide two hands and third eye.” Lord Dakshinamurti adhered [email protected] to the request of gods. He hid His two upper hands and left the bottom two For schedules please refer page # 20 hands that contain the book and chinmudra i.e. the symbol of Self- (For details visit http://rushipeetham.org/ Event Calendar) knowledge. He sent His third eye backward. Thus, Lord Dakshinamurti Traditions-Fulfilments came down to earth as Sankara Bhagavatpada. Sage Vidyaranya described this as below. (Contd.. Page3) On the day of Akshaya even little japa, homa and tarpana yields Sadhu Vachanam enormous results. Akshaya Trutiya is "Parameswara and Sriman Narayana are one and the same in reality. the observance of vow during the They are not two. This is the conclusive view of all the sastras. Names night. This night goes by the name differ, forms are different, occupations vary, but the reality which is ‘Dāruṇā rātri’. Worship of Divine within Them is one and the same.” - Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswathi. Mother on this night removes all (Sri Chandrasekhara Paramacharya was born on May 20, 1894) agonies. Hence, the worship of Bharateeyam Jagadamba on this day is very "The fundamental tenet of the Vedanta school consisted not in efficacious. Especially those initiated denying the existence of matter, that is solidity, impenetrability, and into Srividya should chant the mantra extended figure (to deny which would be lunacy), but in correcting the and devoutly read Sri Lalita popular notion of it, and in contending that it has no essence Sahasranama at the time of Sandhya independent of mental perception; that existence and perceptibility and during night. This immensely are convertible terms”. – William Jones, Philologist and Judge. bestows the grace of Mother. Spiritual Quest (Answers by Sri Samavedam Shanmukha Sarma) After Lord Sri Krishna, Sri Sankara Bhagavatpada attained the status of ‘Jagadguru’. Still, it is very sad that some people criticize him. Please elaborate on how this nation can repay the debt of Sri Sankara? As mentioned by you, only those few aiming to create differences, criticize and derogate Sri Sankara. That is their fault due to the lack of discrimination in them. It is normal for people of evil character to deride great personalities. You mentioned ‘After Sri Krishna…’. Even that very Lord Krishna faced many ridicules and criticisms during His own lifetime and later also. While those imbibed with samskaras of punya praise and venerate them, those ridden with evil samskaras derogate and become sinners. Repaying the debt of these great personalities is only by reading their life history and preachings, and practicing what they preached. Jagadguru Sankara is one such great personality who propounded great philosophical truths that are beyond any religion and are applicable universally. Copyright © 2019 | Rushipeetham Charitable Trust. All Rights Reserved. ‘Samanvaya is Sanātana – Sāmarasya is Bhāratīyata’ Aarshavani Vol. 5 – May | 2019 1 Siva Padam acala! aruṇa! aruṇācala! bhava! śiva! acara cara jagaccālaka! māmava... analaliṅga! ādyantarahita! hita! kanadārdrōtsava kalita vaibhava! vinatadaiva! vidhiviṣṇvarcitapada! praṇavajyōtiḥ svarūpa! śaṅkara! anaghāpītakucāmbārādhita! anupamayōgijanāśrayatattva! vinamitamunijanavēdya! ramaṇīya! ghanaṣaṇmukhavākkamalamaranda! This ‘Siva Padam’ composition extolls the manifestation and philosophy of Lord Śiva in the form of Aruṇācala along with His consort āpīta kucāmbā in Aruṇācala kṣētra. Annamayya is also venerated as Acharya due to his unparallel accomplishment of composing innumerable compositions. His compositions not only extoll Lord Venkateswara and His efficacies, but also detail out the greatness of Tirumala kshetra. Also, they contain with many inherent intricacies about the paths
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    Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Writings & Speeches Vol. 4

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