सक्र जिमि सैल पर
अर्क तम-फैल पर
बिघ्ननकी रैल पर
लंबोदर लेखिये।

राम दसकंध पर
भीम जरासंध पर
भूषन ज्यों सिंधु पर
कुंभज बिसेखिये।

Metaphors of Bhushan are so beautiful and replete with references to our puraaNa-Itihaasa.

Very rarely I have seen Agastya referred to in a poem.
the story of Agastya (Kumbhaja - he was born in a pot/kumbha) drinking up ocean referred here.

Another poem which refers to this feat of Agastya is Savarkar's सागरा प्राण तळमळला.

"कथिल हे अगस्तीस आता रे
जो आचमनी एक क्षणी तुज प्याला
सागरा प्राण तळमळला.."
Furthermore, the number of times Indra defeating Vritra (Jrambha) or destroying 99 mountainous fortresses of vritra (Shaila) to release the water hoarded by the asura is referred to again and again.

Makes me wonder : When did this "excessive" browbeating Indra start?
The context of Indra's garva-haraNa by Giridhar or sheelabhanga of Ahalya by Indra et al is very well known. I am sure it was very well known during Bhushan's time too (like all kathas, this too has a context to it).

Yet, Indra is referred to again and again by this rooted poet
हर ज्यों अनंग पर
गरुड़ जो भुजंग पर
कौरव के अंग पर
पारथ ज्यों पेखिये

बाज़ ज्यों विहंग पर
सिंह ज्यों मतंग पर
म्लेंच्छ चतुरंग पर
सिवराज देखिये....

Again Shankara burning kāmadèva - oft repeating metaphor.

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If anyone wishes to start gayatri purashcharana, today is the day to start it.
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They have NEVER produced a king who could move out of Punjab & spill-over eastwards. Yet their arrogance is amazing

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It is sad. Time and again, Punjab does this, and then some Maurya/Gupta or Ghori comes and rules them for centuries
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Before Panipat, Sutlaj was de facto border. Within 2 months of Panipat, Abdali gave back all original maratha territories east fo Sutlej back to Marathas

Abdali and Afghans could never get over that debacle (until rise of Taliban)

Hindus were back in game in matter of months.
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Peshwa was en route to Delhi from Pune with another army.

So it was not a crippling blow to us militarily.

Afghans had only one army and now it was permanently crippled.
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But then that is it. It integrates very rarely. That is how most of our genome is a non coding junkyard of all previous viral infections (and other reasons too).
I cannot avoid viral infection. But if possible and if normal alternatives are available, why should I get infected by choice (even if it is a chimpanzee adenovirus shell carrying nucleotide string).
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India is nation of vaidik Hindus.

Bhagwā was never a state flag until 1640s. It always was flag of dharma.

Various Hindu states had their own flags

Tricolour is state flag of Hindus

Bhagwā is vishNu’s flag of dharma

State and dharma flag always have coexisted among Hindus.
Anything that happens or exists or will happen/exist in India - will happen because ordinary vaidik Hindus support it.

All other dhārmik sampradāyas are offshoots and dependent on main stem that is ārya-sanātana-vaidik Hindu dharma.

Non-dhārmik sampradāyas are visitors.
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