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” நீ கபட சந்நியாசி பற்றி கேட்டிருக்கியா …” ?

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கபட சந்யாஸி”

“பெரியவா கேட்ட காளிதாஸன் கதை”

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சொன்னவர்-ராமகிருஷ்ண தீக்ஷிதர்

தொகுத்தவர்-டி.எஸ்.கோதண்டராம சர்மா

தட்டச்சு-வரகூரான் நாராயணன்.

ஸ்ரீ மகாப் பெரியவாளிடம் பொழுது போக்குகளும்

நிறைய உண்டு.

ஒரு தடவை சென்னை திருமங்கலத்திலிருந்து

அம்பத்தூருக்கு சென்று கொண்டிருந்தோம்.

வழக்கப்படி, ஸ்ரீ பெரியவாள், மூன்று சக்கர

சைக்கிளைத் தொட்டுக்கொண்டே நடந்து வந்து

கொண்டிருந்தார். நாங்கள் ஏழெட்டுப் பேர்கள்,

உடன் சென்று கொண்டிருந்தோம்.

“நீலகண்டா, நீ கபட ஸந்யாஸியைப்

பார்த்திருக்கியா?”

“இல்லே”

“நாகராஜா….நீ”

“இல்லே..”

ஸ்ரீ பெரியவாள் என்னைப் பார்த்து, ” நீ கபட சந்யாஸியைப்

பற்றிக் கேட்டிருக்கியா?” என்று கேட்டார்.

“கேட்டிருக்கேன்…ராவணன்,அர்ஜுனன்…” என்றேன்.

“அவ்வளவு தானா?”

நான் தயங்கியபடியே, “காளிதாஸன்…” என்றேன்.

“காளிதாஸனா?..அவன் எப்போ கபட சந்யாஸி ஆனான்?..”

“பெரியவாளுக்குத் தெரியும்..பெரியவா சொன்னா,

நாங்க கேட்டுண்டே..நடப்போம்.

“இல்லை..நீயே சொல்லு..”

போஜராஜன் சபையில் ஆஸ்தான வித்வானாக இருந்த

காளிதாஸன், ஒரு நாள், சற்று மரியாதைக்குறைவான

சொல்லைக் கேட்டதும், சபையிலிருந்து வெளியேறி

கால் போன போக்கில் நடக்கத் தொடங்கினான்.

போஜனுக்கு, காளிதாஸன் இல்லாமல் பொழுது

போகவில்லை. அவனை எப்படிக் கண்டு பிடிப்பது?

ஒரு செய்யுளின்,முதல் இரண்டு அடிகளை எழுதிப்

பூர்த்தி செய்பவருக்குப் பரிசு கிடைக்கும் என்ற

முரசறைவித்தான்.

ஒரு தாசியின் வீட்டிலிருந்த காளிதாஸன், பரிசு பற்றி

எதுவும் அறிந்திராவிட்டாலும், செய்யுளைப் பூர்த்தி

செய்தான்.போஜனிடம் அந்த வரிகளைக் காட்டினாள் தாசி.

பின்னர்,அவளிடமிருந்து விபரங்கள் பெற்று,மாறுவேஷத்தில்

போஜன் புறப்பட்டுச் சென்றான். ஒரு மரத்தடியில் ஒரு

சந்யாஸியைப் பார்த்தபோது, ‘இவர் காளிதாஸனோ’

என்ற சந்தேகம் வந்தது.

பரஸ்பரம் பேச்சு ஆரம்பமாயிற்று.

துறவி, மாறுவேஷத்திலிருந்த போஜனைப் பார்த்து

“நீங்கள் யார்?” என்று கேட்டார்.

“நான்,போஜனிடம் அடைப்பக்காரனாக இருந்தேன்.

அவர் இறந்ததும், எனக்கு இருக்கப் பிடிக்கவில்லை.

வெளியே வந்து விட்டேன்…”

“ஆ!…. என் போஜன் இறந்துவிட்டானா?”

என்று வருந்தி சரம சுலோகம் பாடியதும்,

வேஷக்காரன் கீழே விழுந்து உயிர் விட்டான்.

அவன்தான் போஜன் என்பது சந்தேகமில்லாமல்

தெரிந்துவிடவே, அம்பாளைக் குறித்து,மனமுருகி

சியாமளா தண்டகம் பாடி, “இதோ,போஜன்

எழுந்துவிட்டான்!” என்ற பொருள்பட

இன்னொரு சுலோகம் பாடினான்.

உண்மையாகவே,போஜன் உயிர் பெற்று எழுந்தான்.

இந்தக் கதையை விளக்கமாகச் சொன்னேன்.

கடைசியில் “இந்த சந்தர்ப்பத்தில் தான் காளிதாஸன்,

சந்யாஸியாகக் கபட நாடகம் ஆடினான்…” என்றேன்.

பெரியவாள்,”ரொம்ப சுவாரஸ்யமா இருந்தது.

நடந்து வந்த களைப்பே தெரியல்லே!” என்றார்.

அம்பத்தூர் வந்துவிட்டது.

SOURCE:::: http://www.periva.proboards.com

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Image of the Day…Incredible Video of Dense Fog Over Dallas…

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Video capture by a drone of dense fog with zero visibility on Tuesday, December 9, in Dallas, Texas. Amazing visuals!

 

 

 

What happens when it’s so foggy outside, you can’t see anything? Simple. You grab a drone, fly it into the air and use it to capture some amazing video. Mike Prendergast posted an aerial view of today’s dense fog – December 9, 2014 – in Dallas, Texas. The footage is incredible. Check it out above!

On Tuesday, December 9, a dense fog advisory was issued for parts of the Dallas/Fort Worth area. Visibility was less than a quarter of a mile across a good bit of northeast Texas. According to observations at the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, visibility dropped to zero for three hours from 7 to 10 a.m. CST. In conditions like this, it’s nearly impossible to drive.

The fog continued after 10 a.m. CST, so the National Weather Service at Fort Worth extended the dense fog advisory until noon.

The fog was so dense that it affected flights out of the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. Several delays were reported as runway visual range showed airfield visibility down to 700-1000 feet.

Dense fog over Dallas, Texas. Image Credit: Mike Alvstad

Dense fog over Dallas, Texas. Image Credit: Mike Alvstad

Bottom line: What do you do when you have a drone and a ton of fog? If you do what Mike Prendergast did, you’ll capture amazing footage in high definition of a rare sight to see.

source::::  in http://www.earthsky.org

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Image of the Day…Martian Lakebed …!!!

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This evenly layered rock photographed by the Mast Camera (Mastcam) on NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover shows a pattern typical of a lake-floor sedimentary deposit not far from where flowing water entered a lake.

The scene combines multiple frames taken with Mastcam’s right-eye camera on Aug. 7, 2014, during the 712th Martian day, or sol, of Curiosity’s work on Mars. It shows an outcrop at the edge of “Hidden Valley,” seen from the valley floor.  This view spans about 5 feet (1.5 meters) across in the foreground.  The color has been approximately white-balanced to resemble how the scene would appear under daytime lighting conditions on Earth. Figure A is a version with a superimposed scale bar of 50 centimeters (about 20 inches).

This is an example of a thick-laminated, evenly-stratified rock type that forms stratigraphically beneath cross-bedded sandstones regarded as ancient river deposits.  These rocks are interpreted to record sedimentation in a lake, as part of or in front of a delta, where plumes of river sediment settled out of the water column and onto the lake floor.

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, manages the Mars Science Laboratory Project for NASA’s Science Mission Directorate, Washington. JPL designed and built the project’s Curiosity rover.  Malin Space Science Systems, San Diego, built and operates the rover’s Mastcam. For more information about Curiosity, visit http://www.nasa.gov/msl and http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl.

SOURCE::::www.nasa.gov/msl

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” Making Of a Musical Legend …” … M.S Subbulakshmi @ Music Academy !!!

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  • M.S. Subbulakshmi gave her first public performance in Madras at a concert organised by the Indian Fine Arts Society on December 28, 1933
    The Hindu

    M.S. Subbulakshmi gave her first public performance in Madras at a concert organised by the Indian Fine Arts Society on December 28, 1933

Despite being a regular in the city’s concert circuit from 1933, earning a slot at the prestigious The Music Academy was not easy for M.S. Subbulakshmi

It was 81 years ago in 1933, when a 16-year-old M.S. Subbulakshmi moved from Madurai to the big city of Madras.

Madras city, up until then, unfamiliar with the young singer, witnessed her first public performance at a concert organised by the Indian Fine Arts Society on December 28, the same year.

Accompanied by T. Gururajappa on the violin and her mother on the veena, Subbulakshmi performed at Saundarya Mahal in George Town.

Despite receiving rave reviews and becoming a regular in the city’s concert circuit, earning a slot at the prestigious The Music Academy was not easy. M.S. had to prove herself before she could stake her claim to the Academy’s stage.

In 1934, M.S. enthusiastically participated in the theory sessions and lecture demonstrations during the Academy’s annual music conference. But, it was only in 1935 M.S. got an opportunity to showcase her talent at the Academy’s annual season.

The Hindu, on January 1, 1935, published a four-line listing of the concert in the ‘Engagements for tomorrow’ column on page 12 of the paper. It read, ‘5.30 p.m.–7.30 p.m. Sri Subbalakshmi of Madura – Vocal, Mr. Sankaranarayana Aiyer – Violin, Hamsa Damayanti – Mridangam…’

The performance proved to be a turning point for M.S., with even The Hindu’s ‘hard-to-please’ music critic K.V. Ramamchandran being impressed.

In a picture of the group of musicians who participated in the music conference, published days after the concert on January 3, 1935, one can spot the adolescent M.S. wedged innocuously between two female artistes.

At the time, the 18-year-old aspiring singer was probably oblivious to the fact that in the years to come, she would become one of the most celebrated cultural icons in the nation.

Therefore, being featured by The Music Academy during the Margazhi season, for the first time in 1935, may have seemed to the young girl, her biggest achievement yet, at that point of time.

Keywords: M.S. Subbulakshmi, Music Academy, Carnatic Music

SOURCE:::: http://www.the hindu.com

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Good Bye 2014 !!!…Few ” Good Times ” and Inspirational Stories of 2014 !!!

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Ladakh’s first female tourist guide

A top cardiac surgeon who didn’t let his humble roots come in the way of his success

A mother who has gone back to school for the sake of her daughters

Two young men who quit high-paying jobs in the US to fix India’s garbage problem

We look back at some of the most inspirational stories featured on Rediff Get Ahead in 2014.

As the year draws to a close, it seems an apt time to look back at some of the stories that brought a smile to our faces and inspired us to look beyond ourselves.

1. Sheetal Jain

Twenty-year-old Sheetal Jain is the daughter of a bar dancer and grew up in Mumbai’s red light district.

But she isn’t letting that define her identity.

Even as you read this, Sheetal is pursuing a course in drumming at the Levine School of Music in Washington DC.

Jain is part of Kranti, an NGO that earlier helped another young lady Shweta Katti to travel the US for further studies.

From being a victim of sexual abuse at the hands of her stepfather to being locked up for months because she had a boyfriend, Sheetal Jain has come a long way.

This is her story!

Photograph courtesy: Kranti

2. Thinlas Chorol

When tourism companies in Ladakh refused to employ her services as a travel guide because she was a woman, Thinlas Chorol decided them a suitable answer.

In 2009, when she was all of 27, Chorol started her own company, the Ladakhi Women’s Travel Company and became Ladakh’s first female tourist guide

Thinlas Chorol has been awarded by the Ladies’ Wing of the Indian Merchants’ Chamber and only employs women in her company.

Read the fascinating story about a young lady breaking traditions here!

Photograph courtesy: Ladakhi Women’s Travel Company

3. Dr Ramakant Panda

The biggest challenge was to keep away from getting astray,” Dr Ramakant Panda says as he recalls his childhood in Damodarpur in Odisha’s Jashpur district.

Panda, who would walk 7 km every day to and from school for six years, has done well for himself.

But being serious about studies in a village in the ’60s where education wasn’t necessarily on top of everyone’s mind was a challenge.

Dr Panda has come a long way from there.

He has performed more than 18,000 heart surgeries including one on the former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is the vice-chairman and managing director at Mumbai’s Asian Heart Institute, of one of India’s best cardiac care hospitals.

Do read his story!

Photograph courtesy: The Asian Heart Institute

4. Mani Vajipey and Raj Madangopal

The general filth and squalor in India deeply disturbed Mani Vajipey who was pursuing a doctorate in electrical engineering at the University of Delaware.

Along with Raj Madangopal, a friend with whom he bunked classes, Vajipey returned to his homeland and formed Banyan Nation, an organisation that aims to address the garbage crisis in India through technological innovations, better practices and grassroots activism.

Their inspirational story has been documented here!

Photograph courtesy: YourStory.com

5. Malvika Iyer

When she was 13, a freak accident cost Malvika Iyer both her hands and severely damaged her legs.

No one knew if she would ever be able to walk again.

But young Malvika braved the odds and emerged victorious.

She graduated in economics from the prestigious St Stephen’s College in New Delhi, met the then President, Dr APJ Abdul Kalam, went on to become a social worker and a motivational speaker.

Along the way, she also became a part of the Global Shapers Community, an initiative of the World Economic Forum.

If this story doesn’t inspire you, we really don’t know what will.

Photograph courtesy: Malvika Iyer

6. Pavithra YS

Vindhya E-Infomedia is a business processes outsourcing company based in Bengaluru.

With over 600 employees, Vindhya is probably just a speck in the booming BPO market.

What sets it apart is that everyone on its floor operations and most of its 600-plus employees are differently-abled.

Vindhya is the brainchild of Pavithra YS who started this unique company when she was all of 22!

This is her inspiring story!

Photograph courtesy: Vindhya E-Infomedia

7. Shadab Hassan

When he was a child, Shadab Hassan sold balloons and candies so he could go to school.

Hassan went on to complete his master’s course in business administration from the Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra.

But instead of taking up a plush corporate job in an MNC, he decided to start a school in his hometown in Ranchi where so no child would ever have to sell balloons and candies for their school fees.

More on that here!

Photograph courtesy: HH High School’s Facebook page

8. Jayashree Kanam

Seven years after the Mumbai floods of July 26, 2005 took her husband away from her,Jayashree Kanam decided to pick up the pieces of her life and move on.

So, she went back to school and started where she had left from more than 20 years ago.

If you thought your life was difficult, this story of a mother returning to school so she can give her daughters a better future is what you should be reading!

Photograph courtesy: Abishek Mande Bhot/Rediff.com

9. Mehvish Mushtaq

Information in Srinagar is difficult to come by.

Mehvish Mushtaq learnt it when she wanted to telephone a cousin’s school some years ago.

The school’s website was down.

She didn’t have a phone book handy and there weren’t any directory services that could help her with it.

After considerable search, that included calling up the cousin’s classmates, she finally got the number.

Then there were occasions when a hospital’s number wasn’t easy to come by.

Each time a situation arose, she would scramble for information.

So when Mehvish Mushtaq was asked to create an app as part of an online course in Android application development, she knew just what she wanted to make.

She created Dial Kashmir that lists out everything there is to know about Jammu & Kashmir — from phone numbers and addresses of essential services and tourist attractions to contact details of local business and prayer timings.

This is the story of Mehvish Mushtaq, the first Kashmiri girl to develop an Android app. Do read!

Photograph courtesy: Mehvish Mushtaq

10. Chitra Vishwanathan

Chitra Vishwanathan is better known to her readers as Chitvish.

On her eponymous app, Chitvish dishes out recipes, kitchen advice and handy tips for amateur cooks.

Chitvish, as you would have gathered from the picture above, isn’t your typical Internet wizkid.

How did this 75-year-old take her passion for cooking to the Internet and break a few hundred stereotypes along the way?

We leave you with this fascinating story of Chitra Vishwanathan, which will teach you that you are never too old to learn anything new.

Photograph: Sreeram Selvaraj

SOURCE:::: http://www.rediff.com

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Message For the Day…” What is Bhagavatha …” ?

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God assumes many forms and enacts many activities. The nameBhagavatha is given to the descriptions of the experiences of those who have realised Him in those forms and of those who have been blessed by His grace and chosen as His instruments. The great epic called Bhagavatha is a panacea that cures physical, mental and spiritual illnesses. By Bhagavatha we also mean those with attachment to God, those who seek the companionship of God. Being in the midst of such Bhagavathas fosters one’s own devotion. Unless you have a taste for God-ward thoughts, you will not derive joy therefrom. To create that taste, the Bhagavatha tells stories to the earnest inquirer that relate to incarnations. Then one develops the yearning to experience the thrill of God, through all the levels of consciousness. One who has this intense yearning can alone be a true Bhagavatha.   

Sathya Sai Baba

 

How ” X ” in ” Xmas ” Came about ….?

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The X in Xmas

There is an often expressed notion that “Xmas” is a relatively new non-religious name / spelling for “Christmas.” However, it turns out, this isn’t the case at all, at least not originally. The “X” originally indicated the Greek letter “Chi,” which is short for the Greek, meaning “Christ.” So “Xmas” and “Christmas” were equivalent in every way except their lettering.

So when did this substitution start?

Although writing guides today, such as those issued by the New York Times; the BBC; The Christian Writer’s Manual of Style; and Oxford Press, discourage the use of Xmas in formal writing, at one time, it was a very popular practice, particularly with religious scribes, who are thought to have started the whole “Xmas” thing in the first place. Indeed, there are documented instances of using the symbol “X” in place of Christ’s name amongst religious scholars going back about 1000 years.

Eventually, this shorthand trick spread to non-religious writings where nearly everywhere “Christ” appeared in a word, the Greek Chi would replace that part of the word. For example, in the 17th and 18th centuries, there are numerous non-religious documents containing instances of “Xine,” which was a common spelling for someone whose name was Christine.

Bonus Facts:

  • The “-mas” part on the end of Christmas and Xmas comes from the Old English word for “mass.”
  • Other classic common abbreviations for “Christ” were: “Xp” and “Xt,” again both an abbreviated form of the Greek for Christ.
  • The Greek letters “X” (Chi) and “p” (Rho) superimposed together was once a very common symbol signifying Christ and was called, somewhat unimaginatively, the Chi-Rho.
  • The Chi-Rho was also used by scribes in a non-religious sense to mark some passage that was particularly good, with it literally implying “good.”

 

SOURCE::::www.today i foundout.com

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Message For the Day….” Keep The Name of God Always Radiant in your Tongue and Mind …”

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Keep the Name of the Lord always radiant on your tongue and mind. That will keep the antics of the mind under control. When the lamp is burning, darkness will not spread its fumes around you. When the word for Brahman (Supreme Universal Reality), Om, is spelt with the last breath by the one dying, they attain the Divine. To make that final utterance of Om, just as the flower blossoms on the creeper of life, you need to dwell upon Om all through the years of your current life. The Geeta advocates the process of continuous meditation in a neat little formula: mam anusmara yuddhya cha! – “Keep Me in your memory and fight!” The cue here for you is to fight the battle of life, have God in your consciousness as your Charioteer at all times. This is not merely a direction for Arjuna; it is a prescription for all humanity.

Sathya Sai Baba

 

Message For the Day…” How to Attain Spiritual Wisdom … ” ?

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The Kaivalya Upanishad declares: “Not by means of works, not by means of human power, not by means of wealth, but by renunciation alone can immortality be attained.” The ‘works’ referred to are rituals like sacrifices, vows, charities, donations, pilgrimages, etc. Through such activities, one cannot achieve liberation; that is to say, one cannot get rid of the veil of ignorance. ‘Human power’ means acquisition of positions of authority, of skill and intelligence which can manipulate people and things, of fame and supremacy, of personal charm, of health and happiness, or of a large family with many children – these cannot confer liberation. The works mentioned above and the acquisition referred to can succeed only when one has ‘wealth’. But the Upanishad announces that spiritual wisdom is not related to riches. So liberation cannot be earned by means of wealth. Renunciation alone can confer immortality.

Sathya Sai Baba