It was discovered recently that even plants exhibit feelings and emotions. We generally grow pet animals like dogs , bullocks etc. We get some utility from them. Dogs exhibit gratitude and
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Columns by Devotees
The Betel Leaf
Once a well educated botanist approached Kanchi Maha Periyava and out of ignorance, asked ‘Why is betel leaf called ‘Vettrilai’ in Tamizh. Maha Periyava non-challantly replied, ‘The betel
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What is Mahabharata?
The Epic Mahabharata has been given to us, the people of Kali Yuga, as the fifth Veda. Why has this fifth Veda been named ‘BhArata’? The epic does not refer merely to the one lakh slokas
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What is Dharma?
The following is an excerpt from Bhishma Parva of Mahabharata: Sri Bhishma narrates an incident in the Devaloka where many Gods and Sages are assembled. One of them puts forth the question, ‘What
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Sundara Kandam
What is the greatest ‘phala’ of Sundara kanda ‘parayana’? One receives the ‘phala’ of having performed the ‘parayana’ of the whole Ramayana. How is this? In Sundara Kanda (a section
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Ramayana – nectar droplets 3
Why did Sri Hanuman burn the city of Lanka? Sri Hanuman had an ‘amsa’ (characteristic) of Sri Rudra who is the embodiment of the destructive power and thus He burnt
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Ramayana – nectar droplets 2
While so many other monkeys were present, why did Sri Rama choose to send Sri Hanuman alone as a messenger to Sri Lanka? When Sri Rama and Lakshmana came to Kishkinta in search of Sita devi,
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Ramayana – nectar droplets 1
In Ramayana, we see that Ravana took the form of a Sadhu to take away Seeta. The brave and powerful king that he was, Ravana could have come in his original form to take Seeta away, as Seeta was
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Sridhareeyam
About 18 commentaries are available for Srimad Bhagavatam. One of the most popular and widely accepted commentaries is that of Sri Sridhara. The commentary is popularly known as
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A lesson from Ajamila Charitra
Srimad Bhagavatam narrates the story of Ajamila in the sixth canto. It says that Ajamila came from a traditionally orthodox family and did not possess any bad habits. The story has it that the moment
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Saravana Bhava
Lord Subrahmanya also has a name ‘Saravana Bhava’ . What does ‘Saravana’ mean? ‘Sara’ in Sanskrit means dried grass (‘dharba’ grass). So ‘Sara vana’ refers to a forest of dharba
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Lord Subrahmanya
There are umpteen names for Lord Karthikeya or Lord Muruga. One of them is “Subrahmanya”. In Sanskrit, “su” denotes anything good natured. “Brahmanya” refers to a person who has had the
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