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| Ramayana |
| A man desires progeny to carry on his line. He is not satisfied till he has own children. But once they are born, he waits impatiently for them to grow up. As he grows older, he longs for grandchildren to perpetuate his line. |
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| Mahabharata |
| Strategic alliances are well sealed by marriage. |
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| Upanishads |
| Satyameva jayate ... Truth alone shall triumph. |
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| Hinduism |
| When our eyes cannot see beyond their visual range, how can they see the Omnipresent? |
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| Universal Prayers - From Vedas |
| O Lord who art kind to the helpless, terribly afraid am I of the unbearable and dreadful woe that overtakes those who turn round and round in the wheel of existence. Bound though I be by the consequences of my actions, O most glorious one, when shalt Thou, being propitious, recall me unto Thy blessed feet that bestow salvation and protection? |
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| Sri Vishnu Sahasranama Stotram |
| Salutations to Him who is the indwelling Sprit sustaining the created universe conceived as the golden egg. |
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| Sri Lalita Sahasranama |
Om indra - gopa - pariksipta - smara - tunabha - janghikayai namah.
Salutations to Her whose calf - muscles resemble the quiver of the god of love with bright glow - worm - like decoration. |
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| Sivananda Lahari - Of Sri Sankaracarya |
| O Thou who hast as ornament the crescent moon in Thy matted locks! Thou master of creatures! Thou the Lord of all! Thou teacher of the worlds! Had I a thousand arms like the sun to offer Thee cloth; had I all-pervasiveness like Vishnu to worship Thee with flowers; had I the power of wafting fragrance like the air to wave incense before Thee; had I control over fire like Indra, the chief of Agni , to prepare cooked offerings for Thee; and had I origin in the Golden Egg like Hiranygarbha to worship Thee with the needed vessel - then I could have accomplished Thy service. |
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| Siva Sahasranama Stotram |
The Benefactor of the stars. Om nakshatra sadhakaya namah
All luminosity emanates from Him. |
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| Quotations from Sri Aurobindo and the Mother (Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry) |
| You have only to aspire, to keep yourself open to the Mother, to reject all that is contrary to her will and to let her work in you... |
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