October 2019
Organizer of Society
One of the vows of DVG’s life was to infuse dynamism in society. He made one or the other attempt in this direction for about fifty or sixty years.
Around the decade of 1910, DVG lent his wholehearted support to numerous endeavours that encouraged widow remarriage. Chakravarthy Venkatavarada Iyengar who established the Abalashrama in Bangalore had DVG’s active participation that contributed to its growth. In several widow...
ಋತ, ಸತ್ಯ, ಧರ್ಮ
ಋತ, ಸತ್ಯ, ಧರ್ಮ – ಇವು ಪರಸ್ಪರ ಸಂಬದ್ಧ ಶಬ್ದಗಳು. ಋತ ಮತ್ತು ಸತ್ಯ, ಸತ್ಯ ಮತ್ತು ಧರ್ಮ – ಈ ಶಬ್ದಯುಗಳಗಳು ವೇದಸಾಹಿತ್ಯದಲ್ಲಿ ಅನೇಕ ಕಡೆಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಬಳಕೆಗೊಂಡಿವೆ. ನಿದರ್ಶನಕ್ಕೆ:
ಋತಂ ಚ ಸತ್ಯಂ ಚಾಭೀದ್ಧಾತ್ ತಪಸೋಽಧ್ಯಜಾಯತ ||
(ಋಗ್ವೇದ, 10.190.1)
ಸತ್ಯಂ ವದ | ಧರ್ಮಂ ಚರ |
(ತೆತ್ತಿರೀಯ ಉಪನಿಷತ್ತು, 1.11)
ಸತ್ಯ–ಧರ್ಮಗಳು ಶರೀರಿ-ಶರೀರಗಳಿದ್ದಂತೆ ಎಂಬ ಐಕ್ಯವನ್ನು ಬೃಹದಾರಣ್ಯಕೋಪನಿಷತ್ತಿನಲ್ಲಿಯೂ ಕಾಣುತ್ತೇವೆ (1.4.64). ಒಂದೇ ತತ್ತ್ವವು ಮಾತಿನಲ್ಲಿ ವ್ಯಕ್ತವಾದಾಗ ಸತ್ಯವೆಂದೂ ಆಚರಣೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ವ್ಯಕ್ತವಾದಾಗ ಧರ್ಮವೆಂದೂ...
பிராம்மண, க்ஷத்ரிய, வைஷ்யர்களிலுள்ள ஆடவர்கள் மாத்திரமே வேதம் பயில தகுதி பெற்றவர்கள் என்று நம் மூதாதையர்கள் பலர் கருதி வந்தனர்.[1] உபநயனம் என்பது வேதம் கற்பதற்கான சடங்காக அமைந்ததால் அனைத்து வர்ணத்தாரினது பெண்களுக்கும், சூத்திரர்களுக்கும் உபநயனம் செய்விக்கப்படவில்லை.[2]
இதற்கு சில விதிவிலக்குகளும் இருந்தன. உதாரணத்துக்கு பாதரீ ஆசாரியர் (Ācārya Bādarī) என்பார்[3], சூத்திரர்கள் உட்பட அனைவருக்குமே வேத யக்ஞங்கள் செய்வதற்கான தகுதி உள்ளது என்கிறார்....
ŚĀNTI-PARVA
After offering the jala-tarpaṇa and other funeral rites to their departed relatives, Dharmarāja, Dhṛtarāṣṭra, and the rest of the Pāṇḍavas and Kauravas spent a month on the banks of the Gaṅgā until their mourning period was complete. Yudhiṣṭhira was overcome with disgust and cynicism. He looked at Arjuna and said, “Arjuna! It would have been better for us to spend our days seeking alms in the kingdom of the Yādavas rather than attain...
Śri Ḍoṅgre Vīreśvara Śāstri who hailed from Maharashtra was Lakṣmīnarasiṃha Śāstri’s classmate during one of the batches. In later years, he served in various institutions in a number of capacities: in Andhra Pradesh, as professor of Vedic exegesis; in the Sanskrit section of Deccan College in Pune, as a senior scholar; and in the Pāṭhaśālā established by Svadharma-svarājya-saṅgha in Hyderabad, as professor. Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha based...
Around 1914-1915, when Visvesvaraya was the Diwan, Hariyanna, who was a trader in the wholesale market (Mandi), was appointed by the government to the Legislative Council.
In those days, I wasn't well acquainted with Mandi Hariyanna. I had heard that he was a big businessman and a very respectable person. I had also gone to him a few times seeking donations for some public cause. Then it was imprinted in me that he was a great man.
Once, when I...
Beauty in his Words
Even if a minor grammatical mistake in the English language fell on Sastri’s ears, he would react as though he was gravely wounded on his body. He was very particular about the right pronunciation of English words too. Suppose an English word has two to three syllables, there is going to be a stress on one of those and this is called accent. Sastri was always particular about getting the accents right.
Once, the Town Hall of...
When the world-renowned scholar, India-aficionado, and multifaceted expert on various art forms, Ananda Coomaraswamy was asked to deliver a message regarding India’s independence, this is the note he wrote from America: “Be yourselves. Tread on the path showed by Mahatma Gandhi, Kumarappa, D.V. Gundappa and Ramana Maharshi.”
Political Reforms in Mysore
DVG directly involved himself for several decades in the politics of Karnataka (then, Mysore...
ಪುರುಷಾರ್ಥಜಿಜ್ಞಾಸೆ
ಇಲ್ಲಿಯ ಸಂದೇಶದ ಅಂಶಗಳು ಗ್ರಂಥದುದ್ದಕ್ಕೂ ಅಲ್ಲಲ್ಲಿ ಬಂದಿರುವಂತಹವೇ ಆಗಿವೆ. ಮುಖ್ಯವಾದ ಸಂದೇಶ – ಜಗತ್ತಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಪ್ರಾಥಮ್ಯಕ್ಕೆ ಅರ್ಹವಾದ ತತ್ತ್ವವೆಂದರೆ ಧರ್ಮವು ಮಾತ್ರವೆಂಬುದು; ಧರ್ಮವು ಮಾತ್ರ ಅಂತಿಮವಾಗಿ ಜಗತ್ತಿನ ಸಂಸ್ಥಿತಿಗೂ ಸಂಕ್ಷೇಮಕ್ಕೂ ಕಾರಣವಾಗಬಲ್ಲದು – ಎಂಬುದು. ಸಾಮಾನ್ಯವಾಗಿ ವ್ಯಾವಹಾರಿಕ ಜೀವನದ ಸ್ತರದಲ್ಲಿ ಜನರ ಹೆಚ್ಚಿನ ಲಕ್ಷ್ಯವನ್ನು ಸೆಳೆಯುವವು ಅರ್ಥ ಮತ್ತು ಕಾಮಗಳೇ ಆದರೂ, ಭೌತಸಮೃದ್ಧಿ ಮತ್ತು ಕಾಮಪೂರಣಗಳೆಂಬ ಪುರುಷಾರ್ಥಗಳನ್ನೂ ಧರ್ಮವೇ ಸಾಧಿಸಿಕೊಡಬಲ್ಲದು – ಎಂದು ವ್ಯಾಸರು ಹೇಳಿರುವುದನ್ನು ಗಮನಿಸಬೇಕು...
Public Organisations
The public meeting that took place towards the end of 1919 was organized by D.V.G. In the South Indian Princely States Conference held in 1929 in Travancore, D.V.G was the secretary to its president, Sir M. Visvesvaraya.
In the People’s Conference of South Indian States held in May 1925 in Pune, in the All India States People’s Representative Conference held in December 1927 in Mumbai, and on numerous such occasions, D.V.G’s...