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| Ramayana |
| Alliances can be formed by valuable transactions between two parties. One must do a favour or promise a favour in return. Mere promises which do not materialise can sour the warmest of relationships. |
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| Mahabharata |
| Whom the heart desires is the real lover. |
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| Upanishads |
| God is joy, unceasing joy. The joy of our senses is but temporal. |
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| Hinduism |
| Why do you pour fuel onto ashes instead of blazing fire? |
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| Universal Prayers - From Vedas |
| Nothing is beyond Thy ken, but Thou art not perceived by any. Nothing is unrealised by Thee, yet Thou art not realised by any. |
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| Sri Vishnu Sahasranama Stotram |
| Salutations to the King among the bestowers of the best gifts. |
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| Sri Lalita Sahasranama |
Om asvarudh aashisthit asva - koti - kotibhir - avrtayai namah.
Salutations to Her who is surrounded by a cavalry of several crores of horses under the command of Asvarudha. |
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| Sivananda Lahari - Of Sri Sankaracarya |
| O Lord! Thou beloved of Gauri! Deign to accept this - the maiden of my poesy - adorned with the ornaments of various figures of speech, charming by the gait of beautiful diction, possessing the virtuous conduct of excellent metres, having 'the bright complexion of sweet sounds, praised by the world of good men constituted of hly sages, endowed with the amorous sentiment of devotion together with the virtue of loftiness,planned with the suitor of Brahman as the objective, invested with the most auapicious marks of high literary qualities, endowed with numerous brilliant decorations of the literary art, revealing the modesty of poetic humility, bearing the 'wealth-line' of clear meanings, and possessing the virtue of working for the good of the readers. |
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| Siva Sahasranama Stotram |
Om saravangaya namah
Salutation to Him who has the entire universe as His limb. |
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| Quotations from Sri Aurobindo and the Mother (Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry) |
| O Lord! Grant that this year may be the year of Thy Victory. |
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