Rama Pattabhi shekam
1. Of the first boon, O queen, ask that instead of Rama her son Bharata be given the throne of Ayodhya, and,2. Of the second, ask for the banishment of Rama to the forest for fourteen years. (Bharata was not present in Ayodhya during all this period.)
The weakness of human nature is very nicely described in the original text. How a small ambition and love for the son takes control of the mind of Kaikeyi that leads to major upheaval later in her own life, and in the lives of her near and dear ones. She would become a widow! as the tragic separation from his most loved son Rama was sure to take life force away from the heart of the king Dasharatha.We must remember the first episode . where the old father of dying Shravana, mortally wounded by the arrow of the king, had put the curse on Dasharatha: "I send a curse to you, O king, that you shall also die experiencing the pain and suffering of separation from your son."
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Sita Rama Kalyanam
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Ramayana Balakanda
King Dasharatha had three wives, namely Kausalya, Sumitra, and Kaikeyi. The queens were beautiful, royal, graceful, and faithful to the king. Simplicity, selflessness, modesty, and willingness to sacrifice their everything for the king and the kingdom all such virtues, typical of Indian Womanhood, were embodied in them. They never complained about inconvenience, suffering, pain, and deficiencies any time, although such situations were rare in a royal house.However, despite a long married life, none of the queens was blessed with motherhood. Silently, as is every Indian woman's wont, they longed for their own son or daughter. The king was also aware of the undercurrent of gloom all around the palace and the kingdom. As was customary in those ancient times, the king was advised to perform sacrificial rituals (called Yagna). Accordingly, arrangements were made for the vast resources required for such Yagna. Due invitations were sent to the most learned and expert 'Pandits' and Brahmins who would perform such a Yagna. Many months passed by in these rituals, and at last the Yagna-Devata (The God) was pleased and the rituals and sacrifices bore fruits. Out of the Yagna-Kunda arose one Divine Form who said:
"O king, I am very much pleased with your deep faith and devotion in me. I offer you these four fruits which would fulfill the desires of the royal family. Your queens would bear sons in due course of time after ingesting the fruit."
The king, the queens, and for that matter whole of the kingdom of Ayodhya was agog with pleasure and joy that knew no bounds. Kausalya and Kaikeyi received one fruit each, and remaining two came to the lot of Sumitra.
In due course of time Rama was born to Kausalya, Bharata to Kaikeyi, and Sumitra gave birth to two sons--Laxmana and Shatrughna.
The palace was filled with joy and merriment. The queens were overjoyed with the arrival of these four lovely princes. Rama was born of the eldest queen and hence attracted special attention, as the eldest son always had the first claim to the royal throne.
The four brothers grew under the loving care of their parents and relatives in the royal comforts of the palace. There was no want nor deficiency of any kind. All the four princes were sharp, intelligent, brave, and healthy. They were obedient and respectful towards their parents and teachers; and the love amongst these four brothers knew no precedence.
As they grew up, the old king made arrangements for their best education in humanities, art, science, and expertise in war-games. They acquired all special skills in archery, etc. at the holy feet of their teachers: Vashishtha and Vishwamitra.
Years passed by and the children grew in lovable, bold, and brave adolescence. Their command over bow and arrow was not to be equaled by anyone on the earth. (Sri Rama was the incarnation of Lord Vishnu, the savior of the universe, who had come to the earth to eliminate the evil and restore Dharma - righteousness. But this divine play cannot be known to many. Only a few sages were aware that Divinity had taken birth on this earth. Rest (like us) including the king, the queens, the citizens of Ayodhya took Rama and his brothers as ordinary humans.)
Rama and Laxmana defeat the demons
Meanwhile the forest dwelling rishis and sages encountered great obstacles and difficulties in performing their rituals of Yagnas. The evil tendencies in the form of demons used to interfere in their practice and rites by way of beating up the rishis and their associates. Moreover, the demons used to pour blood and flesh in the sacrificial fire which made the Yagna 'impure'.
Therefore, a delegation of such rishis and sages led by the great sage Vishwamitra requested king Dasharatha to send Rama and Laxmana to their rescue. They convinced the king that although Rama and Laxmana were young and inexperienced, their bravery was unparalleled and unchallenged. These two brothers alone were capable of fighting the mighty demons and teach them a lesson for ever.
The tender heart of the Mother tried to resist this tough request. No mother wants her beloved son to take to such an arduous task at such a tender age. But the noble and dutiful king acceded to the just request of the rishis.
Thus the first encounter was on cards where fight between the good and bad tendencies was to occur. Of course the truth and good always prevails. And as such the young princes defeated the demons and returned to Ayodhya in due course of time. The fame and glory of Sri Rama and his brothers spread all over Ayodhya as well as to far off places.
The mighty demon king Ravana in far off Lanka also learnt about this upcoming force, a challenge to his supremacy.
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Once during his youth, this king Dasharatha went for hunting. He was expert in archery. He had also acquired a peculiar gift of hitting the arrow even in the dark or blindfolded at the sound of the movement of the target or the prey.
On the fateful day, as it happened, the king could not hunt any animal. He was tired and was bit dejected and irritated at this failure. Just then, from a distant pond there arose the sound, as if some animal were drinking water. The king could not directly see who was there, but he guessed that it must be some animal- his hunting prey! The usually well balanced mind of the king thought for a while to reach the pond and then hunt down the prey. But the king was so much tired that he decided to use his skill of hitting the arrow at the sound and finish his job. He put the arrow on the bow, waited for the next sound to reach his ear, and hit the target in a flash.
And what a tragedy! The arrow did hit the target, but the cry which tore the peace and tranquility of the jungle was not of an animal, but of a young boy! The kind heart of the king melted like the butter over fire.
Disturbed, he rushed to the pond and saw, as feared, a young boy fatally wounded with his arrow in the chest. Tears flowed down the eyes of the king. He took the boy in his lap, put a few drops of water in his mouth to wet his drying lips, and inquired: "O, young one, what brought you to this lonely place? Are you alone or, are there any co-travelers with you? What a grave mistake I have committed! How can I rectify this now?"
On hearing the king spoke thus, the boy pacified the king and said:
"O, King, I am a Brahmin boy. My name is Shravana. My parents are old and blind. I am taking them to pilgrimage all over this noble land of Bharata (India). I carry them on my shoulders in huge baskets attached to the bamboo with the ropes (kawad in our dialect). My parents are waiting at some distance for me. I was here to fetch water for them. I am their only support. Now I am worried that they may not survive after hearing the news of my death. I am also not sure whether you can help them because sooner or later they would come to know that you are responsible for all this. O, noble king, please take me to them as I am afraid my life-force may leave the body any time now."
With these words of great remorse and pathos, the young Shravana died in the lap of the king.
Confused and with heavy heart, tortured by the thought of the ignoble deed for which his impatience and indiscretion were responsible, the king slowly went to the old parents. He put the body of the Shravana in front of them. The sensitive ears of the father immediately guessed that something was amiss.
Said the old man: "Who is there? Surely these heavy steps are not of son."
The king replied, "O, noble Brahmin, you are right. I am king Dasharatha."
"Where is my son, O king. What has happened to him?", inquired the mother.
With great sorrow and heavy heart the king narrated the unfortunate event that led to the sad death of their son. Hearing this tragic news the mother collapsed there only, never to come back to life again. The father, under great agitation and distress, thus cursed the king:
"O King, you have indiscriminately killed a Brahmin boy. Our sorrow cannot be described in words; our son was our only support. You have left us with no choice but to die. You have separated us from our most beloved son. I send a curse to you, O king, that you shall also die experiencing the pain and suffering of separation from your son." Soon the old man also left his body for good.
What could the king do, but shed tears and return back to his palace! Years passed by and the king started forgetting this sad incidence in his life about which he did not mention to anyone including his three wives.
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Global warming: A concern for all
We do not need big projects or meetings to discuss this issue. Instead it is something that can be put into immediate action.
India is a country where people are used to buying their food from open markets or bazaars. I have grown up seeing my parents going to the market with a cotton or nylon bag but this trend seems to have died a slow death with the introduction of plastics.
Ironically, even though plastics make you feel more sophisticated and modern, they are the single largest contributor to pollution and other health hazards.
Pollution and global warming are inter-related. People building houses no longer believe in having a front space and a backyard. They cover every open space with cement. Have we become so greedy about space? A housing colony in India is a case in point to illustrate how illegal extension of space to accommodate more plays havoc with our environment.
Parks and open spaces in various housing complexes often get compromised upon. The end result is that trees were chopped, two-three bedroom flats are turned into five bedroom flats, rooms turn into pigeon holes and even in a sunny country like India one is forced to use electric light during the day.
We can stop global warming at our doorstep. No fancy projects or huge sums of money can do what awareness can. So let's all resolve to do our little bit to save our environment.
12:13 AM | Labels: Environment News |
Gurgaon: Salesgirl allegedly stabs man
The incident took place late last night in the Delhi suburb. The girl has been detained and the man she reportedly stabbed is in hospital.
While it is not yet clear what provoked the attack, a neighbouring shopkeeper says it was the man who first assaulted the salesgirl.
He says they abused her, beat her and even tore her clothes and that's when the girl picked up a knife and attacked him.
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Telugu Chandassu
sAdhAraNaMgA hrasvAlu laghuvulavutAyi.
I I I I
udA: ta, na, dvi, kla
guruvu: dvi mAtrA kAlaMlO uccariMca baDEdi guruvu. dIni gurtu "U".
sAdhAraNaMgA dIrghAlu guruvulavutAyi.
U U U U U
udA: kO, saM, kai, lA, yel
guru, laghu nirNayaM cEsETappuDu sAdhAraNaMgA pai udAharaNalalO
cUppinaTTu aksharAla paina vATi gurtuluMcutAru.
saMyuktAksharAlu (udA: tra, klu vaMTivi), dvitvAlu (udA: tta, ppu vaMTivi)
muMdu vunna aksharAnni guruvunu cEstAyi.
udA:
"mitra" anE padaMlO viDigA cUstE "mi" ni laghuvugA gurtiMcinA
"tra" anE saM yuktAksharaM muMdu uMDaTaM valana adi guruvavutuMdi.
alAgE "tappu" anE padaMlO "ppu" anE dvitvAksharaM muMdu uMDaTaM
valana "ta" guruvu avutuMdi.
I sUtrAniki kAraNaM "mitra", "tappu" anE padAlanu uccariMcETappuDu
"mit ra", "tap pu" gA vinipiMcaTaM kAvaccu.
U I U I
aMduvalla mitra tappu ani gurtiMcAli.
gaNAlu:
prati padya rItikI oka viSishTamaina laya vuMTuMdi. A layanu guruvu,
laghuvula #pattern# tO sUciMca vaccu. ayitE I layanu sulabhaMgA
sUciMcaTaM kOsaM konni sAmanyamaina guruvu, laghuvu #combinations#
ni "gaNAlu"gA ErparacAru. sAdhAraNaMgA oka gaNaMlO mUDu aksharAlu vuMTAyi.
ya: I U U bha: U I I va : I U (dInini lagaM ani kUDA aMTAru)
ra: U I U ja: I U I ha : U I
ta: U U I sa: I I U la : I
ma: U U U na: I I I ga : U
ee gaNAlani gurtu peTTukOvaDAniki reMDu ciTkAlunnAyi.
1. ee nAlugu sUtrAlani kaMThasthaM ceyyaMDi:
a) Adi madhya aMtya laghuvulu - ya ra ta - lu
aa) Adi madhya aMtya guruvulu - bha ja sa - lu
i) sarva laghuvu - na - gaNaM
ee) sarva guruvu - ma - gaNaM
modaTi reMDu sUtrAlanu ilA an&vayiMcukOvAli:
Adi laghuvu ya gaNaM : I U U
(aMTE modaTi aksharaM laghuvu - migatA reMDU guruvulani arthaM)
madhya laghuvu ra gaNaM : U I U
aMtya laghuvu ta gaNaM : U U I
alAgE
Adi guruvu bha gaNaM : U I I
madhya guruvu ja gaNaM : I U I
aMtya guruvu sa gaNaM : I I U
2. inkoka paddhati EmiTaMTE
"ya mA tA rA ja bhA na sa la gaM"
anE #phrase# ni kaMThasthaM ceyyaTaM.
iMdulO ippuDu E gaNaM kAvAlaMTE A aksharaM daggara modalu peTTi
mUDu aksharAlanu tIsukoni laghuvu guruvulu gurtiMcAli.
udA: ya gaNaM : "ya mA tA" aMTE I U U
alaagE sa gaNaM : "sa la gaM" aMTE I I U
mIku E paddhati tElikagA anipistE A paddhatini anusariMca vaccu.
yati - prAsa:
telugu kAvyAlalO upayOgiMcE padya rItullO cAlA varaku saMskRtaM
nuMci digumati cEsukonna vRtta rItulE. "utpalamAla", "caMpakamAla",
"mattEbhaM", "SArdUlaM" vITilO pramukhamainavi. ayitE teluguku
pratyEkamaina padya rItulu lEka pOlEdu. accaMgA teluguku ceMdinavi
"kaMdaM", "sIsaM", "gIta padyAlu : tETagIti - ATaveladi".
ayitE ilA saMskRtaM nuMDi grahiMcina vRttAlanu kUDA, telugu tana
pratyEkatalanu ApAdiMcE svIkariMciMdi. saMskRta vRttAlaku telugu
cErcina viSEshAlu "yati", "prAsa" niyamAlu.
yati:
yati aMTE virAmaM ani arthaM. layabaddhamaina padya naDakalO sahajaMgA
vaccE #pause# (virAmaM) ni yati sthAnaM aMTAru. telugu padyAlalO I yati
sthAnaMlO uMDE aksharaM pAdaM modaTi aksharaMtO "yati maitri" lO
uMDAlanEdi niyamaM.
ee kriMdi akshara vargAlalO oka vargaMlOni anni aksharAlU parasparaM
yati maitrilO uMTAyi.
1. a, A, ai, au, ha, ya, aM, a@h
2. i, I, e, E, R
3. u, U, o, O
4. ka, Ka, ga, Ga, ~na, ksha
5. ca, Ca, ja, Ja, Sa, sha, sa, ~ma
6. Ta, Tha, Da, Dha, Na
7. ta, tha, da, dha, na
8. pa, pha, ba, bha, ma, va
9. Na, na
10. ra, r''a, la, La
hallula yati maitri pATiMcETappuDu vATitO kUDina acculaku kUDA yati
maitri pATiMcAli. aMTE: "ca", "ja" okE yati maitri vargaMlO unnA
"ca" ki "ji" tO maitri kudaradu.
saMyuktAksharAlu vaccina cOTa, yati kOsaM E aksharAnnainA gaNiMcavaccu.
udA: "kro" modaTi aksharaM anukOMDi. yati maitri kOsaM deenni "ko" gA
gAnee "ro" gaa gAnee bhaaviMca vaccu.
prAsa:
padya pAdamlOni reMDO aksharAnni prAsaaksharaM aMTAru. telugulO vRttAlalO,
kaMda padyaMlO anni pAdAlalO prAsAksharaM okkaTE uMDAlanEdi niyamaM.
prAsAksharaM anni pAdAlalOnU okE guNiMtaMlO uMDanakkaralEdu.
muMdu muMdu vivariMcabOyE padyarItula udAharaNalalO ee niyamAlanu
gamaniMca vaccu.
9:21 AM | Labels: Telugu telusuko |
In addition, certain collections of tales come to be widely known in popular life, especially from these two great epics. Ramayana tells the story of Rama, the ideal Hindu man and king, whose wife Sita is abducted by Ravana, the king of Lanka. There is subsequent hilarious journey of Rama to Lanka to conquer the demon king and recapture Sita.
Both the epics are filled with educative tales, edifying poems, and fables. It is probably through their constant retelling in the villages over centuries that Hinduism is most efficiently disseminated from generation to generation.
However, India's beautiful spiritual mythology can constitute a serious obstacle to the Westerner who is developing an interest in Vedanta if he takes this mythology too literally (as many people do). He draws back in amazed disbelief when he discovers that there is no good historical evidence for India's favorite divine incarnations, Rama and Krishna.
He is further taken aback when he encounters India's many gods; some beautiful, some strange, and some grotesque! He can be so shocked that he may lose interest in India's great spiritual tradition before he has investigated it.
Therefore, people with superficial knowledge of Indian mythology may conclude that these epics contain mere fictitious folklore (and superstitions) rather than true religious or spiritual truths.
All the same, without any suggestions to rectify such misconceptions at this stage, I still feel it is worthwhile to read this wonderful story of Rama
1:15 AM | Labels: Children Page |
Every new movie promises something new and refreshing. That’s what every other movie maker tries to do. Only a few get it right is the fact.
Now a new film is being planned with a name that itself means- refreshingly, rejoicingly.
The film titled ‘Ullasanga… Utsahanga’ having Yashosagar as the hero and Sneha Ullas as his heroine is going to be directed by A.Karunakar.
The director himself claims that it’s going to be a very fresh experience watching the new movie. The music is scored by parakash who is A.R.Rehman’s nephew.
Aditya Music is releasing the audio on April 17.
The film is prosuced by B.P.Somanath and G.S.Ranganath.
Wish the director has really come up with something new as the title suggests.
1:09 AM | Labels: Tollywood News |
Indians most employed group in Britain
''The proportion of working-age people living in workless households in the UK was highest for the Chinese ethnic group, at 25 per cent, and lowest for the Indian ethnic group, at 10 per cent, while 11 per cent of people in the White ethnic group lived in a workless household,'' the 2008 edition of 'Social Trends', a publication released by the Office for National Statistics yesterday said.
'Social Trends' provides an up to date and comprehensive description of society in 2007, drawing on statistics from a wide range of government departments and other organizations to show how society is changing, as well as some of the factors, which may be driving these trends.
According to it, Asians are the largest ethnic group in Britain constituting five per cent of the total population, while blacks make up three per cent of the population.
The study puts the number of Indian in Britain at 12,15,000 and also shows that the UK has become more ethnically diverse in the past few years as its population has grown from 56 million in 1986 to 60 million in 2006.
But 90 per cent of the population is still white, compared to 93 per cent in 2001.
The publication reveals that UK residents made a record 45.3 million holiday trips abroad in 2006. Nearly 3 per cent of these trips were to Asia, where common destinations were India and Thailand.
It also points that the UK population was aging and the number of people aged 65 and above in the UK is expected to exceed the number aged under 16 in 2021. The proportion of people living alone is also on rise.
11:42 PM | Labels: Education |
Pay hike: Now, cops want parity with the IAS
The IPS wing is extremely unhappy with the report of the commission for not giving them parity with the IAS personnel as far as the pay structure is concerned.
And in order to find a solution to their grievances, the IPS association met in Delhi on Thursday to discuss the recommendations of the Pay Commission.
Angry police officers have decided to take on the government. The salary hike in the pay commission is unacceptable, they say.
''We are extremely unhappy with the report. There is a huge amount of discontent within the police force, especially in the middle rung of DIG and Additional DIGs and the constabulary. We hope the government takes note of it,'' says says Manjari Jaruhar, General Secretary, IPS Association.
During the meeting, the Association discussed the main issues and put forward their demands which are as follows:
- They want a Group a Ministers (GoM) to look into the Pay Commission's recommendations.
- They want pay parity with other arms of the bureaucracy, especially the IAS.
- They want the government to recognise the role of the police in national security.
11:10 PM | Labels: News |
ICC officials in Pak to question Akhtar
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) may not confirm it, but two officers of the ICC's Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) are in the country to question banned pacer Shaoib Akhtar on his claims of being approached by match fixers during tours of India and South Africa.
Sources well versed with the working of the ACU confirmed to PTI on Tuesday that two of its officers are in Pakistan and Akhtar himself was keen to find out who they are.
Earlier a local channel here reported that an ACU official was in Lahore to probe the claims made by Akhtar. But, given the secrecy the ICC and its ACU maintain on match fixing, gambling and betting related issues, no one is willing to confirm or deny the report. The report said the unnamed officer interviewed Pakistani players Younis Khan and Umar Gul on Monday although manager Talat Ali was not available to confirm or deny the story. When contacted by PTI, PCB Chief Operating Officer Shafqat Naghmi said Colonel Nur, the ICC security officer in Pakistan, was the right man to speak on the matter. Nur, on his part, was adamant that unless he had clearance from the ICC he would neither confirm or deny the report on the television channel. The ICC has officially said that its officers would talk to Akhtar for his statements on a television show that he was offered money to under-perform in matches on several occasions but he turned them down. ICC Code of Conduct states that any player who fails to report an approach to fix games or under-perform to his captain, team manager, board or ACU officers may face a minimum ban of one year and maximum of five years. Akhtar never reported these approaches to any team official, the board or ACU officers.
7:40 AM | Labels: Sports |
Kalyan Ram's film titled Hare Ram
For the first time in his career, Kalyan Ram is doing a dual role. His new film Hare Ram, directed by Harsha Vardhan, will have Priyamani as the heroine. Though the title Okadocchesadu was considered first, they finally settled on Hare Ram.
Kalyan Ram’s production house, NTR Arts, is producing the film.
7:34 AM | Labels: Tollywood |
SIMI hideout busted in MP, 5 held
The five activists, identified as Ubeid Shah (25), Abdul Mubeen (28), Farid Khan (31), Mohammad Zaheer (22) and Abdul Qadir (18), have accepted their links with the banned organisation since 1999, Chanchoda police station in-charge L K Shrivas told reporters. He added that the arrested accused have also confessed to contributing money for carrying out activities of the organisation.
The police have recovered literature associated with SIMI, which was published from Ujjain, news reports about the organisation published in two newspapers, an identity card of a Narsinghgarh-based person identified as Sibbi Asgar and a cell phone having details of persons associated with SIMI, Shrivas said.
They were arrested on charge of indulging in unlawful activities and would be produced in court today for remand.
The arrested workers also admitted about being arrested in 2001 for taking part in SIMI activities. In Neemuch district, another suspected SIMI activist was arrested by the police after conducting raids at four places.
7:22 AM | Labels: News |