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Sakala kalaa vallavan
Jul 4 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
A good rationale that can be given the benefit of doubt.

However, a few questions linger...
1. How did Raama Katha endure all these millennia w/o any of this dating nonsense?
2. How did it survive even at the peak of Drav movement?
3. Are these attempts to actually cover up our ineptitude or are children genuinely clamoring head over heels to know the exact date?
4. If scientific rationale is used for dating, is it also being used to explain many of the events in the epic that involve supernatural forces and superhumans abilities?
Sep 5, 2023 • 11 tweets • 3 min read
I don't expect those who confer UNESCO awards to themselves and those who wish seeing women paraded naked to understand Saastra.

In fact, this braindead arivuilladha arivalayam pavadai doesnt realize these words were actually said by a Sudra only. Here's the context ... First one should know what the Vedantic purport of the word Sudra is. Everyone is a born Sudra. The word Sudra is not the same as modern day political Dalit. There's no terminology of Dalit in Sastras. I've detailed that here 👇🏼
Aug 30, 2023 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
Point 1 is not true. Most major scientific instrumentation always capture images in monochrome whether it is a CMOS/CCD or a PMT. This is because of several reasons.
a. Color requires using a Bayer Filter that assigns the RGB to each pixel. Bayer uses an additional G since the retina is sensitive to green at a typical daytime white balance of 5500K or a D65 correlated color temp (CCT) of 6500K. Each pixel, though it can absorb all wavelengths, can only transmit the color it is intended to. That means, a pixel for Red will lose information from G and B
Jun 20, 2023 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
Clarified this with elders. Apparently, the Haritha varna is contemplated by some upaasakas to indicate that He removes doshas and kalmashaas and confers auspiciousness. This is also why one of the mukhas i.e. Garuda in the Panchamukha Aanjaneya murthi is depicted in green. as He removes all poison, physical and metaphysical, plaguing seekes. So, although the haritha varna is legit, Sastras primarily describe Hanuman as golden. Tulsidas says, Kanchana varana viraaja suvesa.
Kanchanabha is one of the names of Hanuman as well.
Mar 29, 2023 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
This is one of those movies where artistic brilliance clouds factual history in a way that subtly vilifies the viewer.
That said, there was indeed a vigraha of Govindaraja Swamy that was being shifted from Thillai to Tirupati by Sri Ramanuja. However that developed a crack and hence was deemed unfit for worship. Because the muhurtam for consecration was approaching, Sri Ramanuja ordered one to be made immediately of chalk, which is the present Govindaraja Swamy in Tirupati. This is the reason why there is no jala or ksheera abhishekam to this murthy.
Mar 28, 2023 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
What's wrong with Ph.Ds here? Your doc is absolutely right. Endometriosis can result in significant dips in ovarian reserves with potentially low antral follicle counts and AMH levels. To the point that formation of new eggs might not be sustainable even with IVF. The treatment from your German doctor is wrong. Contra pills aren't the solution to manage endo. Definitely not if the pill has estrogen in it. It will only add to the inflammatory microenvironment around the endo lesion. The Indian doc should be commended here actually.
Sep 26, 2022 • 19 tweets • 4 min read
Part 2.

One of the Amurtha ganas are sons of a Prajapati named Viraj and hence are called Vairaajaas. They live in the Brahma loka. They have a maanasa putrika called Menaka Devi. It is the same Menaka Devi who is the wife of Himavan and the mother of Aparna (Paarvati Devi). Subsequently, Menaka Devi's sisters also bore Sita Devi and Radha Devi as per the Devi Bhagavatam. This is because bearing the Divine Mother in a wombi is no ordinary task and only those from exalted divine lineages can bear Her.

Then we have the third form called Barhishads
Sep 26, 2022 • 24 tweets • 5 min read
Ayyo!! Didn't know they intro'd genetic engg in inner engg syllabus. This is like you want to inherit your grandfather's wealth but don't want to inherit his baldness. That's not possible

Some of the replies here suggest a lack of understanding about our own systems of knowledge People write all sorts of nonsense like humanity is the only religion bla bla. They fail to realize that SD is the only philosophy that is humane to the core. No other system has both the present/afterlife in mind & no thought process lays so much emphasis on honoring the manes.
Aug 24, 2022 • 20 tweets • 4 min read
The Maandukya Upanishad from the Atharvana Veda is one of the very few treatises that deals with this paradigm below. The answer for your question lies in understanding the difference between what is real, what is unreal, and what is "perceived" to be real @neiltyson Sri Krishna says in the Bhagavad Gita,

Naasato vidyate bhaavo naabhaavo vidyate sata: |
Ubhayorapi dristho antastvanayos tattva-darshibhi: ||

The unreal is transient, the real is eternal. Great Rishis, after studying the nature of both real and unreal, have concluded thus.
May 8, 2022 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Jaya layapavanatva-rajitvarasyandana-spandana-cchandasama-ekadhaama-triyaamaatamovraata-paathalakeli-triyaadaksharaksho-bhujangavrajakhoba-krudvaasaraakaara-patreeshvaro-praahruthaswarna-peeyushapaatree-bhavanmandaloddhanda-Maarthanda-chandetaraaloka-sambhaavitaana-anekavandaaru- vrudaaraka svaccha velaathigasvacchave |
May 8, 2022 • 23 tweets • 4 min read
Aasthaam taavadiyam prasoothisamaye durvaarashoolavyathaa
Nairuchyam thanusoshanam malamayee sayya cha samvatsaree |
Ekasyaapi na garbha-bhaara-bharana-klesasya yasyaa: kshamo
Dhathum nishkruthimunnathopi thanaya: tasyai janyai nama: || 🙏🏻 Yashoda with Sri Krishna. Painting by Raja Ravi Varma To that mother, who, at the time of giving birth to me suffered unbearable pain, became weak due to distaste, who slept beside me on the bed made dirty by my urine and feces, and above all for bearing me in her womb for 9 months and the distress she suffered as a result, to that
May 6, 2022 • 43 tweets • 7 min read
Gurupungava pungava ketana te
Samataamayitaam nahi ko pi sudhi: |
Sharanaagatavatsala tattvanidhe
Bhava Shankara Desika me sharanam || 🙏🏻

Sri Totakaacharya says, Oh Master Shankara! I take refuge in Thee. You're the greatest and wisest of all Gurus with no equal, You're verily the One who has the Bull (Nandi) as His banner. You're compassionate towards those Who have taken refuge in You, the treasure trove of Truth.

Adi Shankara Bhagavatpaada Jayanthi wishes to all. Shankara Jayanthi is important because it is the Jayanthi that has sustained all other
May 5, 2022 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
Chaaturvarnyam mayaa srustam gunakarmavibhaagasa: |
Tasya kartaaram api maam viddhyakartaaram avyayam ||

This is a moot question. Varnas were created by Paramatma for a work-based hierarchy, though He Himself is above them. That means they are eternal. There is no ancient/modern nonsense here. While there is an occupation-based hierarchy, no Sastra says varna isn't birth based. It comes via birth too depending on the jiva's past vaasanas.

The same BG also says,
Apr 10, 2022 • 33 tweets • 6 min read
Vaamaankastitha Jaanaki parilasath Kodandadandam Kare
Chakramchorbhakarenabaahu yugale Shankham Sharam Dakshine |
Vibraanam Jalajaathapatra Nayanam Bhadraadri moordristitham
Keyuradi vibhushitham Raghupathim Soumithriyuktham Bhaje || I propitiate Sri Rama, Who has Jaanaki seated on His Left Lap, Who has the Bow and Arrow, One Who has switched the positions of the Shankha (Dakshina Hastam) and Chakra (Vaama Hastam), One Who has Lotus-like Eyes, One Who has situated Himself on the Shiras of Mount Bhadraadri,
Apr 3, 2022 • 38 tweets • 7 min read
A little late, but here goes:

Andhariki hrudayapurvaka Shubhakrit naama Yugaadi Shubhkankshalu
Ellarigu hritpurvaka Shubhakrit naama Yugaadi habbada Shubhashayagalu
Sarvaana Gudipaadavyaaccha khupa khupa Shubeccha

May Srinivasa bless everyone with Aayu: Aarogyam, and Aishwaryam Ugadi isnt a mere start to a new year. As always with Bharatiya sampradayas, there's a lot of Rishi vignaana that brings together the physical, metaphysical, and the Absolute onto one plane for our overall material and spiritual growth. This thread talks about a few such aspects.
Jan 31, 2022 • 11 tweets • 2 min read
Lol. This is forced juxtaposition with no basis. Constitution is just a political document meant to help in running the state. It doesn’t tell you anything about janma marana samskaras or about Atmagnaana or Paramatma. Smriti is primarily concerned with memory or smara Right memory or recollection at the right time is an aspect of Paramatma as well. Which is why we pray for Prachodayaat in any form of Gayatri. In fact, Salya tells Karna when the latter forgets the invocatory chants for his weapons that Paramatma is none other than Spurana.
Dec 5, 2021 • 36 tweets • 6 min read
Nithyananda ji is correct from an academic perspective no doubt. But such an approach seriously limits the scope, reach, and actual purport of the Mahabharata and all such Vaidika resources. Most academicians seem to have begun their "research" with the assumption that it is not humanly possible to write 100,000 slokas. They view it in the same PoV as other Western epics such as Iliad and Odyssey and also subconsciously assume that they are on the same pedestal as Vyasa. However, this is just pure disregard to the greatness of both
Nov 6, 2021 • 9 tweets • 2 min read
This is a good question and as I had explained in that same thread, it is a function of Maya. Now, Paramatma, Jivatma, and Maya are always existent. There is no beginning, middle, or end for them. That's why Krishna says in the Gita, Na tvevaham jaathu naasam na tvam neme janadipa: |
Na chaiva na bhavishyaama: sarve vayamata: param ||
(Arjuna) Never there was a time when I, you, or these kings did not exist and never in the future shall any of us cease to be.
Nov 5, 2021 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
This is not true. The problem with Indology is that while it seeks to discover our past, it does so from a myopic Western lens, thought, timing, and a naysayer perspective. If this is the case, then Markandeya worshipping the Siva Linga, the Ikshvakus worshipping Ranganatha, Rukmini Devi worshipping Kaatyaayani, and countless such examples that abound in Puranas should be false. Also, many of the swayambhu kshetras and important teerthas today were all present since several yugas forget about IVC, with some as old as this Kalpa itself.
Nov 4, 2021 • 36 tweets • 6 min read
Haha. Fool. On the day of Deepavali Amavasya, abhyangana snaana, pitru tarpanam, deepa daanam, ulka darsanam, and Lakshmi puja are performed. Deepa daana is not some Buddhist creation. The concept of even the wicks in a Deepam is highly Vedic, so it is impossible that what is essentially a naasitka vaada will even promulgate something about Deepam, let alone Deepa Daanam. It is that time of the year again — an auspicious occasion of Deepavali marked by festivities, exchange of pleasantries, sumptuous food, crackers! and of course, Bhagavan's blessings
Oct 16, 2021 • 15 tweets • 10 min read
Compilation of threads and tweets on Sanatana Dharma. Will keep this pinned and add to this as and when possible. Do have a read.

1. Importance of Pinda pradhaana


2. Nothingness as a form of Brahman
3. What "zero" means from a Vedantic perspective


4. What Shudra actually means and why sanctum entry is restricted


5. Importance of Dharbhaasana


6. Sri Krishna Karnaamrutam - 1