October 2019
Dharmarāja walked past all the women who were shouting at him, went to the old king Dhṛtarāṣṭra, and bowed down to him. The others too called out their own names and saluted the king. Dhṛtarāṣṭra embraced Dharmarāja without any affection. He asked, “Where is Bhīmasena?” His anger was getting invigorated by winds of rage and it seemed as though he would burn Bhīma to death. Kṛṣṇa, who knew Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s heart, was already prepared for such a...
In 1931, Lakṣmīnarasiṃha Śāstri joined the Pāṭhaśālā in this Maṭha for higher studies. He was then eighteen years of age. The background of this Pāṭhaśālā requires mention.
शुद्धाद्वैतपथस्य पालनकृते पूर्वं त्वया स्थापित-
स्थानेष्वन्यतमस्थशिष्यततिगस्तत्कार्यकृत्यक्षमः।
अज्ञानां धुरि कीर्तनीयचरितो नाद्यापि विद्यालय-
स्तस्मात्स्थानमिदं गुरूत्तम कृपावार्धे त्वमेवाश्रय॥
यद्वा दुर्मतभेदपाटववतीं मेधां नवोन्मेषिणीं
विद्यामश्रुतशास्त्रपाठनचणां...
Magadi Karanika Krishnamurthy is worthy of remembrance. He had a mind that was liberal, a heart that was generous, and an outlook that was progressive. The reward the world gave him was—to some extent—admiration and a bit of ridicule.
The Karaṇikas were descendants of a minister of the famous chieftain Kempegowda, who had apparently donated plenty of land and gold to him. Krishnamurthy’s ancestors were virtuous; they had utilized the wealth and...
The Tradition of Smārta-bhāgavata-s
It is easy to infer from his name that Sastri belonged to a family of Vaidikas. He beloned to a sub-community called the ‘vaḍama’ (northern branch) of the Southern brāhmaṇa community: his family were devoted to Viṣṇu and were smārta-s. There is a small sect of smārta-s who are called the Bhāgavata-s. Sastri belonged to one such sect. Men belonging to the smārta-bhāgavata community normally wear vibhūti on...
The Rule of the Maharajas
The situation in the states ruled by the Maharajas were not really praiseworthy.
Bhopal was a Hindu-majority state as long as it was under the suzerainty of the Gonds – until Mohammad Khan captured it. By the beginning of the 20th century, the situation had declined so badly that not even one percent of key administrative posts was in the hands of Hindus.
Only a handful of Princely States like Mysore, Travancore, Kochi...
ಪರಂಪರೆಯ ಚಿರಂಜೀವಿಗಳ ಪಂಕ್ತಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಸ್ಥಾನ ಪಡೆದುಕೊಂಡಿರುವ ಭಗವಾನ್ ವೇದವ್ಯಾಸರು ದ್ವಾಪರಯುಗದ ಪ್ರಮುಖ ಘಟನಾವಳಿಗಳನ್ನು ಜಗತ್ತಿನಲ್ಲಿಯೇ ಅತ್ಯಂತ ಮಹತ್ತ್ವದ್ದೂ ಅತ್ಯಂತ ವಿಸ್ತಾರವಾದದ್ದೂ ಆದ ಅನನ್ಯ ಇತಿಹಾಸಗ್ರಂಥವಾಗಿರುವ ಮಹಾಭಾರತದ ರಚಯಿತರು ಮಾತ್ರವಲ್ಲದೆ ಮಹಾಭಾರತದ ಪ್ರಮುಖ ಪಾತ್ರಧಾರಿಯೂ ಆದವರು. ಒಂದು ದೀರ್ಘಯುಗದ ಆಗುಹೋಗುಗಳ ಕಥನ, ನೇರ ಬೋಧನೆಯ ಮೂಲಕವೂ ಪ್ರೇರಣಾದಾಯಕ ಉಪಾಖ್ಯಾನಗಳ ಮೂಲಕವೂ ಸಾರ್ವಕಾಲಿಕ ಮೌಲ್ಯಗಳ ಪ್ರತಿಪಾದನೆ – ಇವು ಮಹಾಭಾರತವನ್ನು ಅತುಲ್ಯವಾಗಿಸಿವೆ. ಮೊದಲಿನಿಂದ ಕಡೆಯವರೆಗೆ ಹೆಜ್ಜೆಹೆಜ್ಜೆಗೂ...
STRĪ-PARVA
Starting from the first day of the war, Sañjaya went to the battlefield from the capital city every day and reported the day’s events to Dhṛtarāṣṭra. As the old king heard that Duryodhana was killed along with his entire army, he was engulfed in sorrow and sat motionless like a stone, unable to speak or think anything. He appeared like a huge tree that had lost all its leaves, branches, and fruits with only a part of its stump left...
The following incident happened in the 1930s, when Śrī Candraśekhara-bhāratī Mahāsvāmi adorned the Śāradā-pīṭha at Sringeri. The Mahāsvāmi’s liking for and support of scholarship is well known. He took great interest in the development of Gīrvāṇa-prauḍha-vidyābhivardhinī Pāṭhaśālā that is housed in the Bengaluru Śaṅkara-maṭha. Back in the day, this Pāṭhaśālā was one of the greatest centres of traditional learning. Rabindranath Tagore, who...
‘ಕರ್ಣಾಟ-ಭಾರತ-ಕಥಾಮಂಜರಿ’, ಕುಮಾರವ್ಯಾಸನೆಂದು ಬಿರುದು ಪಡೆದ ಗದುಗಿನ ನಾರಾಯಣಪ್ಪನಿಂದ ವಿರಚಿಸಲ್ಪಟ್ಟು, ‘ಗದುಗಿನ ಭಾರತ’ ವೆಂದೇ ಖ್ಯಾತಿ ಪಡೆದು ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದ ಹಳ್ಳಿಹಳ್ಳಿಯಲ್ಲಿಯೂ ಜನರ ನಾಲಿಗೆಯ ಮೇಲೆ ನಲಿಯುತ್ತಿರುವ ಮಹಾಕಾವ್ಯ. ಕನ್ನಡ-ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯ-ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರದ ತೃತೀಯ ನವೋದಯದಲ್ಲಿ ವೈಷ್ಣವಭಕ್ತಿಯನ್ನು ತನ್ನ ಕಾವ್ಯಗಂಗೆಯ ಮೂಲಕ ಪುನರುತ್ಥಾನಗೊಳಿಸಿದವನು ಕುಮಾರವ್ಯಾಸನೆಂದು ಅನೇಕ ವಿದ್ವಾಂಸರ ಅಭಿಮತ. ಕುಮಾರವ್ಯಾಸನ ಕಾವ್ಯದ ಬಗೆಗೆ ಬರೆಯಬಲ್ಲ ಪಾಂಡಿತ್ಯವಾಗಲೀ, ಭಾಷಾ-ಪ್ರೌಢಿಮೆಯಾಗಲೀ ಇರದಿದ್ದರೂ, ನನ್ನ ಆಯುಷ್ಯದ ಈ ಅವಧಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಕೃತಿಯನ್ನು ಮತ್ತೆ...
Daily Routine
V.S. Srinivasa Sastri's daily routine in Bangalore was as follows: He got up before 7 in the morning and visited Lal Bagh. He would sit on the shore of the lake or on a bench in the garden. If he had an article in mind, he would dictate it and it was my duty to write it down. This would usually go on for about half an hour or forty five minutes. There were deer housed in front of the place where we usually sat down. He was very...
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