पापं प्रज्ञा नाशयति क्रियमाणं पुनः पुनः ।
नष्टप्रज्ञः पापमेव नित्यमारभते नरः ॥
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One loses the discriminating intellect (prajna) by committing errors (pApa) again and again and one who has lost that ability keeps on repeating the same errors.
पुण्यं प्रज्ञा वर्धयति क्रियमाणं पुनः पुनः ।
वृद्धप्रज्ञः पुण्यमेव नित्यमारभते नरः ॥
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One’s store of merit (punya) increases by doing good deeds again and again and one who is blessed with discriminating intellect keeps on doing worthy things.
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who has the capacity to describe the merits of Lord SubraHmanya;
Dedicated to Lord #Subrahmanya, sixth day (#Shashti thithi) of the sacred lunar month #Margasira maAsa is known as #SkandaShashti or #SubrahmanyaShashti.
It is believed to be the day Lord Subramanya was born. As such He becomes the presiding deity of Shashti tithi. ++
If there is khanda (broken) thithi [<Panchami (+) >Shashti] and the day is coinciding with Sunday or Tuesday + Satabhisha Nakshathra + Vaidruthi Yoga it is known as #ChaMpaShashti. +
As per Padma Purana, Thulasi has emerged from aAnandaAsru (AanandaBhaashpa - Joyous tears) of Lord Vishnu that fell on the divine Amrutha during KsheeraSagara Mathana.
Thulasi is Lakshmi Swaroopa and is beloved to Lord Vishnu; +
Where #Thulasi is, there Lord #Vishnu resides and such place is considered as a #Theertha (sacred place).
Those who perform ceremonial bath, stipulated worship, perform japa, daana (charity), meditating upon Janārdhana on this day (#Prabhodhini) shall get infinite merits. +
staying awake all night on Kārtika Ēkādaśi (#Prabhodhini) by following scriptural injunctions one’s sins accumulated from many previous births shall B burnt just like mountain of cotton is burnt by fire+
This is a famous composition of Sri #VijayaDasaru made during his yatra 2 Tirumala Kshetra. When he could not get darshan of Lord Srinivasa, he went into meditation sitting far away from temple for a call from Lord.+
Incidentally that time Bramhotsavam festival was going on at Tirumala & that day it was Rathotsavam. The chariot of Lord Venkateswara did not move in spite of deploying the services of Elephants. +
Finally on intervention of Daivagnyas people rushed to Sri Vijayadasaru for help when he composed this famous song that made the chariot to move effortlessly.+
Those were the auspicious words uttered by none other than... +
Aparoksha Jnaani - Bhrigu Amsa Sambhotha Sri VijayaDasaru when he saw divine picture inside Moola Brundavana of Sri GuruRayaru having visesha sannidhana of Supreme God Hari Sarvottama in the form of,
Rama, Krishna NaraHari, VedaVyasa, Sri Madhvacharya along with Sri GuruRayaru+
Perhaps Sri VijayaDasaru might be the only one who could get the fortune of witnessing such a divine scenario inside Moola Brundavana of Sri Guru Raayaru; +
As per Lunar calendar there R 16 thithis (Lunar days) out of which 14 gets repeated twice in a cycle of 30 days starting from Prathipada ending with Chaturdasi. Other 2 thithis that occur once in a month R Pournami & AmaAvaasya. +
A lunar month ending with Poornima is called #PoornimaAnta & the one ending with Amavasya is called #AmaAnta.
Chaturdasi overlapping with AmaAvaasya is called #Sinivaali & Amavasya overlapping with Prathipada is called as #Kuhu. Both are astrologically considered as malefic. ++
AmaAvaasya is also known as #Darsha thithi. Darsha (Darshana) means the day AmaAvaasya is visible. On this day of Darsha when Amaavaasya thithi is prevailing around afternoon time (#Aparaannah vyaapini) Thila tharapana is given to forefathers. ++