O INDRA, Vṛtra-slayer, none is better, mightier than thou: Verily there is none like thee. Like chariot-wheels these people all together follow after thee: Thou ever art renowned as Great. Not even all the gathered Gods conquered thee, Indra, in the war, When thou didst lengthen days by night. When for the sake of those oppressed, and Kutsa as he battled, Thou stolest away the Sun's car-wheel. When, fighting singly, Indra. thou o’ercamest all the furious Gods, thou slewest th

In Ṛg Veda, 1st maṇḍala, 101st sūkta, 5th mantra, Indra is considered as the Supreme Being, Supreme reality, Absolute Truth. There it is said that Indra is the Lord of the Universe, he is the first among creators, who appeared in the vast empty space and he is the creator of mind, senses and worlds for living creatures. In the same Ṛg Veda in the 2nd maṇḍala, 12th sūkta, which is famous as the "Indra-sūkta", in the first mantra itself it is mentioned - O ! men, he, the Indra

सृष्टि स्तिथि लयात्मकं निग्रहानुग्रह कारकं । सर्व तत्त्व सार परं श्री गुरुं प्रणमाम्यहं ॥ नृसिंहं अदि पुरुषं लक्ष्म्याश्लिष्ट कलेवरम् । ब्रह्मऽवाणीं रूद्र चण्डीं प्रार्थयितवा सा दिव्यौघं प्रणमाम्यहम् ॥ नारदं सनत्कुमारं च प्रह्लादं अत्रि सुतम् । तप ज्ञान सिद्ध्यर्थे सिद्धौघं प्रणमाम्यहम् ॥ महद्वीर्यस्य कमलाकान्तं जगन्नाथस्य महा मनुम् । अनुग्रहार्थे प्रार्थयित्वा मानवौघं प्रणमाम्यहम् ॥ सर्व शास्त्र प्रवक्तारं तप सिद्ध महाबलम् । पुरातनं परेशानं वन्दे गुरु परम्पराम् ॥ sṛṣṭi

Extravagant worship, huge chantings, rituals and big mantras recitations are unimportant and unyielding as long as the seeker has not understood the nada (sound), spanda(vibration/ energy), swaroopa (true form) and praroopa (approachable form) of the mantra & devata. One needs to connect to the devata and mantra mentally and emotionally to achieve it's physical results. Visual contemplation of the mantra, devata and other secret kriyas is very important while chanting. Purit

Hello friends, From the upcoming pure month of margashirsha, we are starting a service called "iccha purti prayoga". This service will be dedicated to the people who want any of their wishes to be fulfilled. Wish can be absolutely anything. For eg. Marriage, child birth, success in competitive exams, black magic removal, curing a disease, getting a desired job, love, attraction, enemy destruction, ishta devata krupa, buying a house/ property, clearing debts etc .. and so on.

अहमेव च सा गौरी गौर्यैवाहं महाफ़णिन्। उमाया यान्ति मद्भक्ता उमाभक्ताश्च मे पदं।। उमया मे चाभेदेन धृतस्त्रीनरवेषयोः । उभयोर्भेद मुक्त्वा तु प्राप्नुयान्नरकार्णवम्।। ... (Vrihad Padma Purana) ahameva ca sā gaurī gauryaivāhaṃ mahāpha़ṇin| umāyā yānti madbhaktā umābhaktāśca me padaṃ|| umayā me cābhedena dhṛtastrīnaraveṣayoḥ | ubhayorbheda muktvā tu prāpnuyānnarakārṇavam|| Lord Vishnu said: Oh, the great serpent (Shesha), I am Gauri, and Gauri is me. The devotees of Uma are my ow

महासंकर्षण तत्त्व निरुपण​: ॐ नमो भगवते नारसिंहाय सर्गे ब्रह्मा स्थितौ विष्णुः संहारे च तथा हरः | वरुणो वायुराकाशो ज्योतिश्च पृथिवी तथा || दिशश्च विदिशश्चाऽपि तथा ये च दिगीश्वराः | आदित्या वसवो रुद्रा भृगवोङ्गिरसस्तथा || साध्याश्च मरुतो देवा विश्वेदेवास्तथैव च | अश्विनौ पुरुहूतश्च गन्धर्वाप्सरसां गणाः || पर्वतोदधिपाताला लोका द्वीपाश्च भार्गव | तिर्यगूर्ध्वमधश्चैव त्विङ्गितं यश्च सत्तम || सच्चाऽसच्च महाभाग प्रकृतिर्विकृतिश्च यः | क्रिमिकीटपतङ्गानां वयसां योनयस्तथा || विद्याधरास

In Vedic schools of thought moksha is considered as the highest goal of a living being. The Avaidika schools such as Bauddhas and Jainas also claim moksha/nirvana as their ultimate goal. However between Vaidika and Avaidika schools there exists a subtle difference in attitude towards worldly existence and moksha, the final liberation. Avaidika schools perceive world and what it offers as inherently full of misery ,worthless and shun the world with extreme disgust and repulsio

Throughout the Vedas, Indra - the lord of all devatas, is praised as one foremost in wisdom and as the highest sage. In Rig Veda Mandala 10 Sukta 112, sloka 9 it says: नि षु सीद गणपते गणेषु तवामाहुर्विप्रतमंकवीनाम | न रते तवत करियते किं चनारे महामर्कंमघवञ्चित्रमर्च || Lord of the hosts, sit down among us, they call thee the greatest sage among sages; without thee nothing is done in the distance; great, wondrous, Maghavan, is the hymn I sing for thee. (note: he is praised as G

ओम् आ ब्रह्मन ब्राह्मणो ब्रह्मवर्चसी जायताम आस्मिन राष्टे राजन्यः इषव्: शूरो महारथो जायताम् दोग्ध्री धेनुर्वेढाऽनड्वानाशुः सप्ति: पुरन्धिर्योषा जिष्णू रथेष्ठाः सभेयो युवास्य यजमानस्य वीरो जायतां निकामे निकामे नः पर्जन्यो वर्षतु फलिन्यो न ओषधयः पच्यन्तां योगक्षेमो नः कल्पताम्। समानी व आकूति: समाना हृदयानि व: समानमस्तु वो मनो यथा व: सुसहासति अर्थात = ब्रह्मन स्वराष्टृ में हों, द्विज ब्रह्म तेजधारी। क्षत्रिय महारथी हों, शत्रुविनाशकारी। होंवें दुधारु गौंएं, पशु अश्व आशुवाही। आधार

Indra is praised as the beloved/lover of Ahalya, but nowhere is Ahalya mentioned in the earlier texts as the wife of Gautama. The funny thing is, Gautama's son Vamadeva has also praised the great Indra throughout the Vedas. The term "Ahalya" means "unploughed", Indra being the God of rain and thunder is seen here as the lover of the unploughed land. Similarly in Rig-Veda he is also referred to as the husband of Seetha; Seetha means "furrow" and Indra being the God of rain is

As per the Vedas, the most ancient of Indian holy texts, the king of gods took his vow to defeat all evil and was declared the sworn protector of all the gods and men of all realms. So say the Vedas: Rig Veda, Mandala 8, Sukta 45: "As soon as the slayer of Vrtra was born, he seized an arrow and asked his mother "who are the wicked and who are the noble?" " आ बु॒न्दं वृ॑त्र॒हा द॑दे जा॒तः पृ॑च्छ॒द्वि मा॒तर॑म् । क उ॒ग्राः के ह॑ शृण्विरे ॥ ८.०४५.०४ प्रति॑ त्वा शव॒सी व॑दद्गि॒रावप्

The king of gods Indra slew the three-headed son of Tvashtri(the cosmic artificer) named Vishvarupa(aka Trishiras). Seeing his son slain, Tvashtri vowed vengeance and brought Soma(the elixir of the gods) that he had poisoned and refused to invite Indra for his Yajna. Indra drank the Soma by force and the poison weakened him severely, and his vitality flowed out through all of his pores and orifices. At that time Namuchi, the Asura lay hidden and bethought to himself, "He has

Having bowed to the one sleeping atop the coils of the snake of time we salute the greatest of his weapons. ll Om urugaayaaya hum phat ll That supreme emanation of the shakti of Vishnu manifested with a predominance of it's tejas, is as bright as many millions of suns, moons and fires in profusion. It pervades the tryambaka vidya of the 7th mandala of the Rugveda. It is described as the supreme udyama, foremost praana and all weapons and shaktis of the hordes of Vishnu and Vi

The powers of great god, who envelops the universe with his 3 strides, dwelling in the ocean of existence, sleeping on the snake of time, watched upon by the epitome of the female kind, are put forth as deadly 105 astras. The head of the vaishnav astra vyuha is the chakra known as sudarshana: dhyaatam sakrud bhagavaaneka kottyaghaugham haratyaram | sudarshanasya taddivyam bhargo devasya dheemahi || Astras of the great god are divided into 2 categories viz. 1) offensive or ini

What is there in a Brahmin that all The world is after Brahmins. The answer is as follows. Goswami Tulsidas in Ramcharitmanas has written that Lord Shri Ram told Bhargav Parshuram that - "देव एक गुन धनुष हमारे। नौ गुन परम पुनीत तुम्हारे।।" "deva eka guna dhanuṣa hamāre| nau guna parama punīta tumhāre||" Oh Lord, we are Kshatriyas, we have only one quality that is the bravery or fighting skills (dhanurved) but you are a Brahmin, in you there are 9 qualities. The most sacred

हरीः ॐ सृष्टि स्तिथि लयात्मकं निग्रहानुग्रह कारकं । सर्व तत्त्व सार परं श्री नृसिंहं प्रणमाम्यहं ॥ सर्व क्लेश निहन्तारम् वज्र देहम् महाबलम् । पुरातनं परेशानं वन्दे त्वाम् दितिसुतान्तकम् ॥ महाभीमम् महारौद्रं सर्वशक्ति समन्वितः I संसार दुःख त्राणाय दिव्य सिंहाय ते नमः II भक्तानुकम्पिनम् देवम् सद्धर्मप्रतिपालकः I स्मरणात सर्व दोषघ्नं नारसिंहाय ते नमः II सर्वज्ञाता सर्वकर्ता सर्वभोक्ता निरामयः I विशुद्ध तत्त्वबोधाय परमहंसाय ते नमः II सुराsसुर नमस्कृत्य ऋषि-सिद्ध सेवितः I प्रल्ह

Raseshwar sect and other Siddha sects say that there is no death upon attaining real liberation. According to them, Jivanmukti means physical immortality. They say, where is liberation from life without overcoming death? Dehasiddhi can be achieved by 1) Hatha Yoga, 2) with the help of Mantra Shakti after Kundalini awakening, and 3) through other methods like rasayan, aushadhi, rajayoga, tantra etc. But it has two directions. One of these is to purify the physical body and tra

Nowadays strange mob tradition is being observed in the religious circles or pilgrimages, temples etc. Relatives and family are given more importance in a temple or a pilgrimage site over traditions and rituals, but if one does not have the proper authority and right then how will one get the fruits of one's religious or austere actions. At many places, even prohibited acts are being performed by the priest as per the wish of the host. People perform anointment and touch the

।। श्रीराम ।। रं रं रं रक्तवर्णं दिनकरवदनं तीक्ष्णदंष्ट्राकरालं रं रं रं रम्यतेजं गिरिचलनकरं कीर्तिपञ्चादिवक्त्रम्। रं रं रं राजयोगं सकलशुभनिथिं सप्तभेतालभेद्यं रं रं रं राक्षसान्तं सकलदिशयशं रामदूतं नमामि॥१॥ खं खं खं खड्गहस्तं विषज्वरहरणं वेदवेदाङ्गदीपं खं खं खं खड्गरूपं त्रिभुवननिलयं देवतासुप्रकाश। खं खं खं कल्पवृक्षं मणिमयमकुटं मायमायास्वरूपं खं खं खं कालचक्रं सकलदिशयशं रामदूतं नमामि॥२॥ इं इं इं इन्द्रवन्द्यं जलनिधिकलनं सौम्यसाम्राज्यलाभं इं इं इं सिद्धयोगं नतजनसदयं आर्यपू