March 2024
अर्थशास्त्र में क्षात्र चेतना
चाणक्य ने गणतांत्रिक व्यवस्था में जो भी श्रेष्ठ था उसे अपनाते हुए साम्राज्य की अश्वमेध की अवधारणा को भी पुनः लौटाया। इन दोनों का मूल वेदों में है। जरा सोचिए कि हिन्दू वैश्विक दृष्टिकोण में यज्ञ की अवधारणा कितनी विशाल और दूरगामी है ! जो भी इस उदारवादी अवधारणा का विरोध करता है उसे निश्चितरुप से परेशानियों का सामना करना होगा। यह सत्य है कि दार्शनिक दृष्टि से आन्तरिक यज्ञ, बाह्य कर्मकाण्डयुक्त यज्ञ से श्रेष्ठ है किंतु...
But then, what is the use of lamenting over that? There is another side to this topic. We see this kind of admixture only among the rarefied urban population. Those who are wealthy or in prestigious positions or in seats of power are into mixed relationships for many reasons. These are the urban nouveau riche. If we leave them aside and look at populations of tribesmen and categories of poor people, we see resistance to the idea of this...
ಉಪಗುಪ್ತ ಮತ್ತು ವಾಸವದತ್ತೆಯರನ್ನು ಕುರಿತ ಕಥನಕವನವೊಂದರಲ್ಲಿ ಪೈಗಳು ವಾಸವದತ್ತೆಯ ಮೇಲೆ ಬಂದೆರಗಿದ ಕೊಲೆಯ ಆರೋಪವನ್ನು ಬಣ್ಣಿಸುತ್ತಾರೆ. ಈ ಪ್ರಸಂಗದಲ್ಲಿ ಊರಿನ ಜನರು ಗಾಳಿಸುದ್ದಿಗಳಿಗೆಲ್ಲ ದಿಕ್ಕುದೆಸೆಯನ್ನು ಕಲ್ಪಿಸಿ ಅವೆಲ್ಲ ಕಡೆಗೆ ವಾಸವದತ್ತೆಯೇ ಅಪರಾಧಿನಿ ಎಂಬತ್ತ ಬೆರಳು ಚಾಚುವ ಬಗೆಯನ್ನು ಹೀಗೆ ಕವನಿಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ:
ಸೂಚಿಸುತಿದೆಲ್ಲವೀ ಸುದ್ದಿ ವಾಸವದತ್ತೆ-
ಯನೆ, ಉದೀಚಿಯನೆಂತೊ ಸೂಜಿಗಲ್ಲಂತೆ (‘ವಾಸವದತ್ತೆ’, ಪು. ೨೭೦)
ಸ್ವತಂತ್ರವಾಗಿ ಇಳಿಬಿಟ್ಟ ಅಯಸ್ಕಾಂತ ತನ್ನಂತೆಯೇ ಉತ್ತರಮುಖಿಯಾಗುವ ವಾಸ್ತವವಿಲ್ಲಿ ಉಪಮಾನವಾಗಿದೆ. ಇಲ್ಲಿಯ ಅಯಸ್ಕಾಂತ...
समस्या – अन्धः पठति पत्रिकाम् ।
सुबोधैवेयं समस्या ।
परिहारः –
अहं च सर्वकर्तास्मि मत्समो नास्ति भूतले ।
इति नित्यप्रवृत्त्या गर्वान्धः पठति पत्रिकाम् ॥ (अवधानभारती, 39)
इहान्धशब्दस्य गर्वान्ध इति परिणामनेन परिहृताभूत् समस्या । मदमत्तस्य पत्रिकापठनं न खल्वनुपपन्नम् । तथापि आद्यास्त्रयः पादाः वृथैव पूरिताः सन्ति । यदीहावधानी तस्य पत्रिकापठने कमपि हेतुं न्यवेशयिष्यत् तर्हि परिहारोऽयं रम्योऽभविष्यत् । प्रकारश्चात्र समासाश्रितः शब्दच्छलः ।
समस्या...
Rāma’s messengers quickly conveyed the message to Sage Vālmīki. The maharṣi said, “So be it! A husband is a wife’s divinity. Sītā will act in a way that Rāghava is satisfied.” Rāma was happy to hear the maharṣi’s message. He declared that Sītā’s śapatha – test of purity would take place the next day and those interested in witnessing it may assemble.
Next morning all sages and kings assembled there. Vālmīki entered the place with Sītā and...
सनातन धर्म अगणित समस्याओं के श्रेष्ठ निदानों का अनमोल खजाना है। उदाहरण के लिए ‘संकल्प’ पर विचार करें जिसे हम अपने दैनिक पूजा पद्धति की एक क्रिया के रुप में करते हैं। इसमें हम वर्तमान दिन के साथसाथ ब्रह्माण्डिय काल को स्वीकारते है, अपने निवास स्थल के साथ साथ हम ब्रह्माण्डिय देश को भी स्वीकारते है। हम कहते है “शुभे शोभने मुहूर्ते आद्य-ब्रह्मणः द्वितिया-परार्धे” से लगा कर ‘कर्मकाण्ड़ करने के दिन तक। उसी प्रकार ब्रह्माण्ड से प्रारम्भ कर ‘...
Having now reflected upon the steps to attain the right level of eligibility, let us think once again about the four problems due to changing times.
1) The deterioration of the system of the four varṇas
The chief among the cardinal teachings of the Bhagavadgītā is to be established in one’s own dharma. One’s own dharma is determined by the four-fold varṇa system. Brāhmāna, kṣatriya, vaiṣya, śūdra - are all different varṇas. Their dharmas are...
Jinasena, the author of Pūrvapurāṇa, hailed from Karnataka. He composed this work in an age when the central tenets of literary aesthetics were taking shape, and so his observations merit close study. Let us examine a few relevant verses from Pūrvapurāṇa.
Jinasena held that poetry is a vehicle of religion. The foremost aim of poetry, according to him, is the dissemination of dharma:
त एव कवयो लोके त एव च...
Lakṣmaṇa described to Rāma the glory of the aśvamedha and narrated the story of Indra vanquishing Vṛtrāsura. Upon performing the aśvamedha to Bhagavān Viṣṇu, Indra got rid of his fear of brahmahatyā doṣa, which he had acquired upon killing the rākṣasa. Brahmahatyā then took residence in four different places – first, as froth in rivers; second, as latex in trees; third, as menstrual blood in youthful women; and fourth, in those who kill the...