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| Ramayana |
| Menial work was done by the shudra caste. They were the servants and slaves. Theirs was to perform the lower functions. It was the duty of their masters to ensure that they did not live in conditions of privations. |
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| Mahabharata |
| The company of sinners tempt one to sin too. |
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| Upanishads |
| But the senses are blind inwards. So Man cannot see the Spirit with his senses and thinks that it does not exist. |
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| Hinduism |
| Who can know Him without contemplation? |
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| Universal Prayers - From Vedas |
| Om. O Gods, may we hear with our ears what is auspicious. O Ye adorable ones, may we see with our eyes what is auspicious. May we sing praises to ye and enjoy with strong limbs and body the life allotted to us by the Gods. Om Peace, Peace, Peace. |
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| Sri Vishnu Sahasranama Stotram |
| Salutations to Him who is the protector of all created beings. |
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| Sri Lalita Sahasranama |
Om visukra - prana - harana - varahi - virya - nanditayai namah.
Salutations to Her who appreciates the prowess displayed by Varahi in the destruction of Visukra. |
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| Sivananda Lahari - Of Sri Sankaracarya |
O my good mind! Worship the lotus feet of Siva that constitute the well-watered field yielding the valuable herbs of liberation desired by you - the field dor the attainment of which even Vishnu the husband of Sri (The Goddess of beauty and prosperity) and of Bhu (the goddess of earth), took the form of a boar.
(The allusion is to the Pauranika story of Brahma and Vishnu starting to find out the head and feet of Siva respectively. Brahma took the form of a Swan and flew up, while Vishnu took the form of a Boar and burrowed down. Both of them are said to have failed to find their goals.) |
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| Siva Sahasranama Stotram |
The Owner of six graces. Om bhagavate namah
He who is endowed with Jnanam (wisdom), Vairagyam (renunciation), Iswaryam (lordship), Veeryam (heroism), Sri (beauty), and Keerti (fame) is said to be the Bhagavan. |
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| Quotations from Sri Aurobindo and the Mother (Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry) |
| We surrender to Thee this evening all that is artificial and false, all that Pretends and imitates. Let it disappear with the year that is at an end. May only what is perfectly true, sincere, straight and pure subsist in the year that is beginning. |
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