The ultimate goal of life is to attain the eternal happiness (शाश्वतं सुखम् śāśvataṃ sukham )and eternal peace (शाश्वती शान्तिः śāśvatī śāntiḥ). Much has been said in the ancient Indian texts on how to attain to this state of fulfillment of the real purpose of life. It is in this…

|| मनुर्भव जनया दैव्यं जनम् || manurbhava janayā daivyaṃ janam ‘Become man and create a Divine race’. Rigveda (10.53.6) The ultimate goal of human life is to grow from the state of man-animal to man-human, and to become man-divine. For this the man must realize that there are many things…

Yogaḥ karmasu kauśalam — this indeed is a remarkable statement of the Gita that sets the premise of the karmayoga elaborately spoken in the Gita. But what does karmakuśalatā mean? Is it mere skilfulness in work, meticulousness, professionalism and excellence in work? What is it exactly? If this is the…

(Celebrating the Auspicious day of Gurupurnimā) Bhāratavarsha, the land of light, the land where the Gods feel happy to be born again and again, the land of countless seers and sages, is indeed the greatest land of festivals, fasts and feasts. Every single day here is associated with some celebration…

Here are four real life stories which I had penned few years back. I am sure you all will enjoy reading these. THE PARCEL “Parcel, parcel”, the Postman was shouting at our main door. My grandfather answered him and asked to handover the parcel. But the postman was helpless because…

Bhavānī Bhāratī is a short Sanskrit poem written by Sri Aurobindo sometime between 1904 and 1908. This is the only poem which Sri Aurobindo wrote in Sanskrit. It is patriotic in nature and contains 99 verses in three metres of eleven syllables (triṣṭubh) — Upajāti, Indravajrā and Upendravajrā. The poem…

Upanishads are a profound record of the deepest spiritual experiences of the Rishis who by the power of their tapas could attain to higher realms of consciousness and realise many aspects of the Supreme Truth. Sri Aurobindo, the Rishi of India’s Renaissance, observed that the Upanishads are “…documents of revelatory…

(Listen to the content of this write up HERE) मार्कण्डेयपुराणान्तर्गतं सप्तशतश्लोकसमन्वितं देव्याः महामायायाः चरितमेव देवीमाहात्म्यम् इति नाम्ना सुप्रसिद्धम्। अत्र त्रयोदश अध्यायाः सन्ति। एषु त्रयोदशाध्यायेषु सप्तशतं श्लोकाः सन्ति इति हेतोः एतत् सप्तशतीति नाम्नापि अभिधीयते। केचन केवलं चण्डीति कथयन्ति। अस्मिन् देवीमाहात्म्ये भगवतः विष्णोः शक्तिस्वरूपिण्याः देव्याः महामायायाः भिन्नभिन्नस्वरूपाणि वर्णितानि सन्ति। देव्याः महामायायाः माहात्म्यमिदं…

भवानी भारती — श्री अरविन्दविरचितं राष्ट्रभक्तिपरकं संस्कृतकाव्यम् [Listen to the entire content HERE] विंशशताब्देः प्रारम्भिकः कालः ईदृशः आसीत् यदा राष्ट्रशक्तिविषये, मातृभूमेः महत्त्वविषये उद्बोधनम् राष्ट्रहितसम्पादनाय एकत्वसूत्रनिबद्धाः भूत्वा अग्रे सरणम् एतदर्थं भारतवासीनां पूर्णजागरणम् च नितान्तम् अपरिहार्यम् आसीत्। स एव समयः आसीत् यदा अनेके देशभक्ताः स्वाधीनतासङ्ग्रामकारिणः कवयः स्व-स्वसृजनीशक्तिमवलम्ब्य साहित्यरचनाद्वारा देशवासिनां जागरणाय प्रयतन्ते स्म। तेषाम् एकमेव लक्ष्यम् आसीत् राष्ट्रशक्तेः अभ्युदयः, भारतमातुः…