"I Am Astonished..."

"I Am Astonished..." (English Translation) I am astonished to think— why did no woman ever raise her voice against Tulsidas, the one who wrote: "The drum, the ignorant, the Shudra, the animal, and the woman— all deserve to be disciplined." I am astonished— why did no woman burn the Manusmriti, the text that placed the chains of slavery upon women. I am astonished— why did no woman condemn that Ram who, even after demanding proof of Sita's purity, banished his pregnant wife from his home. Why did no woman curse those who treated a woman as property and staked her in a game of dice? Why did the entire womanhood endure Draupadi's public humiliation before powerless warriors in the Mahabharata? I am astonished to think why no woman opposed the daylight abductions of Samyukta, Amba, and Ambalika. And I remain astonished— after all this, why do my mothers and sisters still worship them, revering them as gods? I am astonished by their silence. Should I call it patience, blind faith, or the highest form of mental slavery? I remain astonished... — Attributed to Mahadevi Verma

*All Fused Bulbs are the Same!*

*All Fused Bulbs are the Same!* A senior executive retired and shifted from his palatial official quarters to the housing society, where he owned a flat. He considered himself big and never talked to anyone. Even while walking in the society park every evening, he ignored others, looking at them with contempt. One day, it somehow transpired that an elderly person sitting beside him started a conversation, and they continued to meet. Every conversation was mostly a monologue with the retired executive harping on his pet topic, “Nobody can imagine the big post and high position I held before retirement; I came here due to compulsions”; and so on, and the other elderly person used to listen to him quietly. After many days, when the retired executive was inquisitive about others, the elderly listener opened his mouth and said, “After retirement, we are all like fused bulbs. It does not matter what a bulb’s wattage was, how much light or glitter it gave, after it gets fused.” He continued, “I have been living in this society for the last 5 years and have not told anyone that I was a Member of the Parliament for two terms. On your right, over there is Vermaji, who retired as General Manager in Indian Railways. Over there is Singh Saheb, who was a Major General in the Army. That person sitting on the bench in spotless white dress is Mehraji, who was the chief of ISRO before retirement. He hasn’t revealed it to anyone, not even to me, but I know." “All fused bulbs are now the same – whatever its wattage was – 0, 10, 40, 60, 100 watts – it doesn’t matter now. Neither does it matter what type of bulb it was before it got fused – LED, CFL, Halogen, Incandescent, fluorescent, or decorative. And that, my friend, applies to you too. The day you understand this, you will find peace and tranquillity even in this housing society.” "The rising sun as well as the setting sun are both beautiful and adorable. But, in reality, the rising sun gets more importance and adoration, and is even worshipped , whereas the setting sun is not given the same reverence. It is better to understand this sooner than later”. Our current designation, title and power are not permanent. Keeping lot of emotions with these things only complicate our life when we lose this one day. Remember that when the Chess game is over, the king and the pawn go back in the same box. _*Enjoy what you have today . Have a fabulous time ahead ...*

❇YogaVasistha - pg1❇- Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

❇YogaVasistha - pg1❇ Sage Sutiksna asked Sage Agastya: Which one of the two is conducive to liberation, work or knowledge? Sage Agastya: Birds are able to fly with their two wings; even so both work and knowledge together lead to liberation. ⭕STORY 1⭕ There once lived a holy man Karunya who son of Agnivesya. Having mastered holy scriptures, Karunya became apathetic to life. Agnivesya demanded why Karunya had abandoned due performance of daily duties. Karunya replied: Do not the scriptures declare that one hand one should fulfill scriptural injunctions and on the other immortality can be realised by abandonment of action. What should I do? Agnivesya then narrates this story to his son. ⭕STORY 2⭕ A royal sage by name Aristanemi entrusted his kingdom to his son and was engaged in breath taking austerities. When he was sent for by Indra to be escorted to heaven, he wanted to know merits and demerits of heaven. To this he was told that, in heaven, the best, middling and the least among pious mortals receive appropriate award and once the fruits of their merits get exhausted, they return to the world of mortals. The sage on hearing this refused to accept the invitation to heaven. Indra requested the sage to consult Sage Valmiki before turning the offer down. He asked Valmiki,"What is the best way to rid oneself of birth and death." In reply, Valmiki narrated to him the dialogue between Rama and Vasistha. Jai Gurudev! 😊

What is the dark side of falling in love?

What is the dark side of falling in love? Love is a pure thing. But It has many dark sides. In this days, love is nothing but talking to someone till midnight, having s*x, kissing and attraction. … Let me share my story here, on November 2022 a guy started talking to me on Instagram. He was my classmate and we went to same tutions… I was kinda depressed in those days so I put a story on Instagram about not being first priority to people. .. He replied me, “you are wrong. There is a person who sees you as his 1st priority” I asked “who's that? “ He replied “me” We were close friends.. And I had a li'l feelings for him. When he said this, I was shocked , confused, happy, sad everything at the same time. He finally confessed and I got my first relationship.. He used to drop me home walking . He inspired me to study hard. He helped me to get out of depression. I was changed by him. He never wanted anything like kisses, hugs knowing my insecurity…I was in madly love with him… My parents even knew about us.. Because of him I scored highest in the exams.. In 2023, he proposed me to be friends again and stopped replying my messages, as we has same tuitions, I tried to talk to him but he denied… And after 9 months of relationship, we broke up…. I felt at sea when he left. He made me strong. He was everything. I was down again.. The Biggest tragedy was my parents were quite sad about it. Now, I'm again in the darkness.. I still can't move on. I miss our memories. I'm depressed again. Love, a pure word, drowned me. I still don't know the exact reason why we broke up.. I still can't look at him after what happened..

Atal

Once Lata Mangeshkar and Atal ji were talking in a very light mood. Atal ji suddenly said to her, “Are you aware that you and me share same name”. Lata was perplexed and said, “I don't get you”. Atal ji said with a mischievous smile, “Just read my first name backwards”. ATAL~LATA Great presence of mind: Once during his Lahore visit, a lady Pakistani press reporter asked him about his unmarried status. She said that she is ready to marry him on a condition if he gives her ‘Kashmir’ as marriage gift. Without any hesitation, Atal ji replied, “Accepted, but only if you give me Pakistan in dowry.”

Ramayana

The opposite is a fact as of the Ramayana and also tenable for that will align with the vedas. Do not even aspire to commit that each one worships the other …never for purans are really stories unless vedas are considered. Shiva never worships Ram. Ram is not even a deity in the vedas how does he becomes such?* (*Both Rama and Krishna could have been herbs treating leprosy) Rama was a saintly king or a Vishnu’ s manifestation. Either way Rams worshipping is found in the stories of the Purans . That is a memory based bluff or deception made by some anti vedic community. In the vedas Ram was just a noble king how might He be God? Definitely not .. N.B., Upanishads as Rama Tapini or Rama Rashya, Mahopanishad..etc are not vedic Upanishads..these are attached to the vedas but not vedas. Yes, His greatness was such that as if He was a God! And we have every reason to pay obeisances to Rama . However not making a Mockery of Shiva, the sublime Brahmn Om. ( Shruti). The purans in the chapter of delivering have only created competitive faiths and divisions. Thus those stories of the Purans are made to appease the ego of a community who failed to conform with the righteous shruties. They had to create a habitat of living in the illusion to respect a deity they would worship. This is the negetive aspect of devotion in steadiness of a deity. Shiva is however the only truth of Sanatana Dharma! ( “Eko hi Rudra”* ….iti shruti) Purans can be contradicted against Vedas. Itihahasas and non-vedas are same too as opposition to the vedas are diversions in sanatan dharma. Mention of Krishna in Chandyoga Upanishad or in Taittariya Aranyaka ( if you may) does not place him as the Supreme God. It is sad that even today we have to believe in those fake literatures. (* we saw “Eko hi Narayana” in Mahopanishad but again this is NOT a Shruti or veda, in fact it eulogies Shiva in disguise!) Attribution: Pictures: copyright ©️ lies with the concerned authority and sources Newphvedans2

Why did Aurangzeb execute Guru Teg Bahadur,

Why did Aurangzeb execute Guru Teg Bahadur, not Chhatrapati Shivaji? Aurangzeb actually held both leaders captive. But while Chhatrapati Shivaji famously escaped his Mughal guards hidden in baskets of sweets, Guru Tegh Bahadur deliberately chose not to run. The divergence in their fates comes down to a mix of missed opportunities, the nature of their threats, and their ultimate goals. In 1666, Shivaji was invited to the Mughal court in Agra and placed under house arrest after a dispute over protocol. At that time, Aurangzeb severely underestimated the Maratha leader. Viewing him as a manageable regional rebel rather than an existential threat, the emperor intended to coerce Shivaji into serving as a Mughal vassal. That hesitation gave Shivaji the window he needed to orchestrate his legendary escape. Once Shivaji returned to the Deccan, he spent the rest of his life expanding his empire. Aurangzeb never got a second chance to capture him. Guru Tegh Bahadur’s confrontation with the empire was ideological. By 1675, Aurangzeb was aggressively enforcing Islamic orthodoxy and taxing non-Muslims. When a delegation of Kashmiri Pandits faced forced conversion, they sought the Guru’s help. By stepping forward to defend the religious freedom of another faith, the Guru presented a direct, intolerable challenge to Aurangzeb’s core political and religious project. The Guru was arrested and brought to Delhi. Unlike Shivaji, who used tactical evasion to build a state, Guru Tegh Bahadur’s mission was spiritual and moral. He did not seek to escape. Held firmly in Aurangzeb’s custody, the Guru was offered his life in exchange for performing a miracle or converting to Islam. He refused both. To make a definitive statement against imperial tyranny, Guru Tegh Bahadur embraced martyrdom and was publicly beheaded. Both men ultimately fractured the Mughal Empire—Shivaji by exhausting its military in a decades-long war of attrition, and the Guru by inspiring the creation of the Khalsa, which militarized the Sikhs into an unstoppable force.