Wise sayings of Sarvadnya

Sarvadnya or Sarvagna a Kannada saint-poet lived in 16th century and his contribution to Kannada literature is in valuable his Shubhashitas or VachanagaLu as they’re called in Kannada are in the form of triads or three lined quotes have an indelible effect on the minds of people and also teach some valuable lessons of [...]

Don’t drink and….

We always get to see some of these cautions like:
DON’T DRINK AND DRIVE
DON’T DRINK AT WORK
So this holds true even here
Don’t DRINK and BLOG!!

yes its true!! and now everybody should get used to read this caution note while blogging also.

image credits: blaugh.com

Thought for the day-’Hello Doctor’!

VaidyaRaja namastubhyam YamaRajsahodara
Yamastu harati praNaan Vaidyo praNaan dhananincha

This shubhashita taunts those doctors who do not treat their patients in a proper way and who’ve made the profession of Doctors’ a way to suck money from people.
The Shubhashita says: O Doctor I salute you for you are a distant cousin to Yamaraja-the God of Death,the only [...]

Thought for the day-testing times

GhrushTham ghrushTham punarupi punashchandanam charugandham
Chinnam chinnam punarupi punaH swadu chaivekshukaNDam
dagdham dagdham punarupi punaH kanchanam kantvarNam
PraNantE pi hi prakritivikrtirjayatE nattomanam
Sandalwood when rubbed against a stone (repeatedly) produces a paste of sandalwood giving out fragrance; Only when sugar cane is crushed between stone/metal you get the sweet tasting sugarcane juice. Gold when heated in fire and beaten [...]

Has this happened to you??

Ever since Internet banking evolved its popularity grew up exponentially but at the same time we do have problems with it……here’s a take on Internet banking from a cartoonist’s point of view
Has this happened to you??

The pic says it all

(image credits: boloji.com,cartoonist Ashok Dongre)

Samudra Manthana

LakshmiHi KautubhamaNi, Parijatak-SuRa,dhanvantari chandramaH
GavaH KamdrumaH SUreshwarogajo Rambhadi devangaNaH
AshwaH SaptamukhaH Visham Haridhanu,Shankoamrutam ChambudhEH
RatnaniH Chaturdasham pratidinu kurvantu Vo mangalam
The fourteen jewels obtained from Samudra-Manthana(Churning of ocean) are listed below. These jewels obtained were to do good for all.
1 Lakshmi-goddess of wealth(Abundance)
2 Kaustubha maNi- A very rare and huge jewel which adorns the chest of lord Vishnu
3 [...]

Thought for the day

Shrotram shrutenaiva na kunDalena,daanena paNirna tu kankaNena
Vibhati kayaH karuNaparaaNam paropakaraina tu chandanena
This shubhashita simply implies that your ears assume importance by hearing and not by ear-rings similarly hands are for charity and not for bangles. Your appearance(body) is for doing good deeds,helping others and showing compassion and not just for applying sandal-paste i.e not simply [...]