Quote of the week:
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Pirappadhellam irappadhundu paedhaimakkal therigilaadhu
irappadhillai enamagizhndhu engalungal sothenak
kuripupaesith thirivarendrik kondakolam ennavo
nirappumpondhi azhindhapodhu naesamamo eesanae.
- Sivavaakiyar
[Pirapp(u) - birth; ellam - everything; irapp(u) - death; paedhai -
foolish; makkal - people; therigilaadhu - ignorant; illai - not
happening; engal - our ; ungal - your; kurippu - claim; paesi - talk;
thirivaar - live; konda - possesing; kolam - form; nirappu(m) - fill up;
pondhi - stomach; azhindha - loose; naesam - bondage; eesanae - Lord]
[Ignorant of the fact that whatever is born in this world die one
day, thinking to last forever, these foolish people crave for wealth and
other things; when this body dies, the only thing that remains is the
bondage with Lord and nothing else.]
Kural of the work:
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Salathaar porulseidhae maarthal pasumat
kalathulneer peidhereei yatru.
[Salam - illegal way; porul - wealth; seidhu - make; pasu - wet;
man(t) - soil; kalam - pot; neer - water; pei - pour ]
[To earn money by bad means, is like storing water in a wet pot,
which will never remain.]
Thought of the week:
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The Prashnopanishat expounds the Hindu concept of the evolutionof
the physical world. Expressed concisely, Energy and Matter are at the
two ends of the cosmic scale. The Energy is dormant in pure Matter and
vice versa. The transformation of Energy into matter occurs in stages.
Energy to Reason to Conciousness to Life to Matter. The transformatio of
Matter into Energy traces its path backwards. The Universe itself is a
result of the interaction of Energy and Matter.
Infact, Prashnopanishhat goes so far as to declare that the
difference between Energy and Matter is only perceptional, not real. In
other words, Energy and Matter are fundamentally the same.
[Is this what Einstein 'invented' with his mass-energy E=mc2
relation in 20th century, while the Indian sages 'discovered' more than
2000 years ago ?? It's left to the reader to decide. ]
Site of the week:
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Know more about India - our rich history (from Sarasvati-Sindhu
civilisation to Indo Pakistan War), art & culture - (from Harappa to
fashion), science & technology (Nehru's dreams, ERNET, research info.,
Indian Space Missions, etc.) from the site of this week. A pretty nice
collection put together - organised and neatly maintained.
http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/4198/
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Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest
loss is, what dies inside us while we live.
- Norman Consins
The writings and the translations were made with the little knowledge, I had then and hence may not be exact.
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