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Quotes from the Mahabharata 4

Posted in Books, Goddesses, Mahabharata on July 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

Prayers to Goddess Durga.
Goddess Durga is always in my heart and mind, so these quotes particularly appealed to me.
As the Pandavas completed their 12th year of exile and were on their way to Virata to complete the 13th year of their exile in hiding, Yudhisthira stopped outside the city gates to pray to Goddess Durga.
“Seeing [...]

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Draupadi- is she passionate?

Posted in Books, Goddesses, Women on July 2, 2007 | 3 Comments »

 
I just read this article on Dandavats.com.  It would have been amazing to see the show.  I’m on my second translation now of the Mahabharata.  The first I read was a short translation by RK Narayan that I picked up in a second hand book store.  Once my FIL heard I was reading it, he kindly [...]

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Happy Mother’s Day

Posted in Goddesses on May 13, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

This is Bhuvaneshvari, Mother of the Universe. Full of compassion and kindness.  Speaker of the Devi Gita to Himalaya.  A name for Goddess Laxmi and also one of the ten Mahavidyas.

Happy Mother’s day to all the mothers, grandmothers and all the women out there who are caretakers of others.   For me, becoming a mother has [...]

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