Aries
Pratyaksham – clearly «On the strength of my practice of meditation, I would see Śrī Jagadīśvara within and without, as if He were directly before me in all His various …
Pratyaksham – clearly «On the strength of my practice of meditation, I would see Śrī Jagadīśvara within and without, as if He were directly before me in all His various …
Avasthita- steady «In the midst of two, three, five or hundred villages he shall appoint an administrator of state supplied with a picket of guards» ((Manusmriti, 7.114). The term …
Krīdā – pastime «In the course of my playful wanderings, I arrived in Śrī Mathurāpurī, where I heard the recitation of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam and other devotional scriptures from the local …
Atmarakshana – taking care of oneself «One should first engage the Brāhmaṇa in honour of the gods, as a protection to these (offerings to) Pitṛs; for the Rākṣasas take away …
Navīkarana – renewal «If a boy, being deprived of his parents, or being abandoned by them without cause, offers himself to a man,—he is called the ‘self-offered son» (Manusmirti, 9.177). …
Bhāksha – gluttonous «And if (his Soma) were to meet with any mishap whilst being consumed, let him perform an oblation with, ‘To Bhaksha hail!’ for Bhaksha (drink) he then …
Cānantyāya kalpate – potentially infinite «The individual soul is as subtle as a hairpin divided and sub-divide hundreds of times. Yet he is potentially infinite. He has to be known» …
Karna – helm «Though such is the case, the man who masters these through his buddhi like a boatman regarding the boat immersed in the mire, or the elephant-driver regarding …
Kusumita – blooming «At a short distance stands the Queen of Vraja, and all around are Kṛṣṇa’s friends. Candrāvalī is standing right in front of Him, and Arisṭāsura is standing …
Shanti – pace «Om. May peace radiate there in the whole sky as well as in the vast ethereal space everywhere. May peace reign all over this earth, in water …
Bala – strength «Do you receive the mantras Bala and Atibala, and you will not feel fatigue or fever or undergo any change of look, and whether asleep or heedless, …
Manojalpa – imagination «Just as the fire produced by the wind (which increased the flame) can be extinguished by the same wind, even what is born of the imagination is …