Saturday, January 30, 2016

namam no. 337) purandarah (पुरन्दरः) (పురందరః)

aum purandaraaya namah (ओं पुरन्दराय नमः) (ఓం పురందరాయ నమః)

This namam and the next 3 names describe further the meaning of the earlier namam, vaasudevah.

pura = body.

The word pura here refers to the various types of pains the body undergoes. As the paramatma removes those pains of the body, He is called purandarah.

aum namo bhagavate vasudevaya!



PS: For the meanings of the other namams published earlier on this blog, please find them at the link given below:

Friday, January 29, 2016

namam no. 336) aadidevah (आदिदेवः ) (ఆదిదేవః)

aum aadideavaaya namah (ओं आदिदेवाय नमः) (ఓం ఆదిదేవాయ నమః)

aadi = one who is the cause
devah = one who plays and entertains. 

He is called aadidevah as He caused the creation of the universe, and it was a child's play for Him.

In essence, the whole universe is meant for His play and entertainment.

aum namo bhagavate vasudevaya!



PS: For the meanings of the other namams published earlier on this blog, please find them at the link given below:

Thursday, January 28, 2016

Thought of the Day (129): Your treatment matters a lot to others and reveals a lot about you.

“At the end of the day, people won't remember what you said or did, they will remember how you made them feel.”
Maya Angelou


"How people treat you is their karma; How you react is yours."
Wayne Dyer

Treat people right. Treat people important. Treat people as valuable whether they matter to you or not. The way you treat people does not reveal what or who they are. But it certainly tells a lot about you. By treating people good, you would do a world of good to this world. You can help people and make a difference in their just by treating them well. 



 To your continued SUCCESS,
With love,
Siva
PS: For success thoughts published earlier on this blog, please find them at the link given below:
http://value4value.blogspot.in/search/label/Success%20Thoughts

namam no. 335) bruhadbhaanuh (बृहद्भानुः) (బృహద్భానుః)

aum bruhadbhaanave namah (ओं बृहद्भानवे नमः) (ఓం బ్రుహద్భానవే నమః)

This namam bruhadbhaanu reveals the meaning that He shines with an eternal glow that was referred to in the earlier namam, vaasudevah.

As the abode of god, the vaikuntha, is bright with the glow of 10 million suns and His divine swaroopam has the eternally bright rays (bhaanu's), He is called bruhadbhaanuh.

aum namo bhagavate vasudevaya!



PS: For the meanings of the other namams published earlier on this blog, please find them at the link given below:

Wednesday, January 27, 2016

Sales Secret (48): Sales is a great profession. Isn't it? Here it is why.

Hi,
What do you think of selling as a profession and sales as a career? An ordinary work or an extraordinary profession? It is important to be successful in sales to learn and believe that sales is a great profession. How? 

Imagine the kind of benefits it could offer you. It has the power to get you unlimited wealth, name, fame, and power. You can make a significant impact on the society with your power of selling. After all, the world moves forward only when sales people bring new products, services, ideas, concepts, and thoughts and help people see and enjoy their benefits.

Go for it wholeheartedly. It is a great profession. You are bound to make a significant impact on your own life and that of many others with your success in selling. And that would be possible only when you treat sales as a great profession and selling an essential activity of everyone. 



To your sales success,
With love,
Siva
PS: Sales Secrets published earlier can be found at the link given below:

Thought of the Day (128): Here is the very definition of SUCCESS

"Success in life can be defined as the continued expansion of happiness and he progressive realisation of worthy goals"
Deepak Chopra


"Success is 1) the fact of getting or achieving wealth, respect, or fame; 2) the correct or desired result of an attempt; 3) someone or something that is successful : a person or thing that succeeds."
Merriam Webster Dictionary

What is your definition of success? Success for one does not and need not mean success for someone else. Success is something you gotta define for yourself and work towards achieving it and enjoying it. It is you who should decide what you want to do and how and when you will do it. Only then, you will know whether you achieved success in getting that or not. Go for it starting today. You are born to succeed.



 To your continued SUCCESS,
With love,
Siva
PS: For success thoughts published earlier on this blog, please find them at the link given below:
http://value4value.blogspot.in/search/label/Success%20Thoughts

namam no. 334) vaasudevah (वासुदेवः) (వాసుదేవః)

aum vaasudeavaaya namah (ओं वासुदेवाय नमः) (ఓం వాసుదేవాయ నమః)

This namam vaasudevah has two names in it: vaasuh and devah.

The word vaasu means universe. The second name deva means the one who plays, wins, glows, gets praised, and all-pervasive.

He is called vaasuh as He takes the whole universe into His lap and holds it like a mother embraces her baby. He is called devah as He won all the worlds, controls them, glows brightly, and present everywhere.

aum namo bhagavate vasudevaya!



PS: For the meanings of the other namams published earlier on this blog, please find them at the link given below:

Tuesday, January 26, 2016

namam no. 333) vaayuvaahanah (वायुवाहनः) (వాయువాహనః)

aum vaayuvaahanaaya namah (ओं वायुवाहनाय नमः) (ఓం వాయువాహనాయ నమః)

This namam gives an example of the earlier namam varadah that reveals the lord giving power to the devatas. 

The vaayu deva (god of air) is considered essential for life of the whole world. The paramatma is called vaayuvaahanah as He gives power and controls even that vaayu deva according to His will.

With this namam the description of the glory of koorma avatar concludes.

This namam vaayuvaahanah appears again as namam # 860.

aum namo bhagavate vasudevaya!



PS: For the meanings of the other namams published earlier on this blog, please find them at the link given below:

Monday, January 25, 2016

Monday Motivation for Success from Siva (65): Fulfilling a word of promise is indeed the truthfulness.

Hi,
We make commitments at home and workplace. We give words of promise to children when they demand and even when they don't ask for. We undertake projects at office and agree to meet their time lines. We sign MOUs with clients and accept to meet their terms and conditions. The question is how serious are we about fulfilling the words given, commitments made, or the terms accepted? Let us look at this incidence from The Ramayana and see if we have something to learn in this regard.
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Fulfilling a word of promise is indeed the truthfulness .

When Rama was going through his life in exile in the forest, the sages (maharishi's) came to him, explained the various difficulties they were facing from the raakshasas (the asuras), and requested him for his protection. Rama accepted their request and promised that he would protect them from the raakshasas.


Once the sages left, Sita Devi wanted to test Rama how determined he was to do what he told the sages. She warned him saying, "Is it necessary to develop enmity with the raakshasas and invite trouble for us for the sake of these sages?" Rama replied to her, "Yes, it is. I will sacrifice my life and, if need be, leave you and Lakshmana. But I will go to protect them."

Life is dear to everyone. Rama was ready to sacrifice his life for the sake of meeting his words of promise. Sita Devi was dearer to him than his own life. He was ready to leave her. Even dearer than Sita Devi was Lakshmana to him. Rama could live without Sita Devi when she was sent to the forest at the end. It was in the company of Lakshmana that Rama could survive and live after Sita's separation. But the moment Lakshmana gave up his life and left the world, Rama ended his avatar. That meant Lakshmana was the dearest of all to Rama. And, when Rama said he was even ready to leave that dear Lakshmana but not his word of promise, that showed his ultimate truthfulness.
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Being truthful is easier said than done. But once said, it is important at least to be conscious of what was promised to and do what is necessary to fulfil it to the best of one's abilities. But despite having the ability, not fulfilling it because of lack of seriousness about it is something that one should watch out and make amends to. Truthfulness brings credibility and builds trustworthiness that are essential for leading a successful career and a happy life.

To your continued SUCCESS,
With love,
Siva
PS: For "Monday Motivations" published earlier on this blog, please find them at the link given below:

namam no. 332) varadah (वरदः) (వరదః)

aum varadaaya namah (ओं वरदाय नमः) (ఓం వరదాయ నమః)

He is called varadah as He fulfilled the desires of all the devatas, who themselves were praised as the rulers of the world.

He is the one who blessed the devatas with the powers they needed to perform their activities. He is also the one who created and established them as rulers of the world.

aum namo bhagavate vasudevaya!



PS: For the meanings of the other namams published earlier on this blog, please find them at the link given below:

Saturday, January 23, 2016

namam no. 331) dhuryah (धुर्यः) (ధుర్యః)

aum dhuryaaya namah (ओं धुर्याय नमः) (ఓం ధుర్యాయ నమః)

dhur means weight.

As explained in the earlier names, the koorma swamy is known as dhuryah as He bore the weight of the ocean, the mandhara mountain, the devatas and the asuras, and the whole world by being under them at the time of the churning of the ocean.

aum namo bhagavate vasudevaya!



PS: For the meanings of the other namams published earlier on this blog, please find them at the link given below:

Friday, January 22, 2016

namam no. 330) skandadharah (स्कन्दधरः) (స్కందధరః)

aum skandadharaaya namah (ओं स्कन्दधराय नमः) (ఓం స్కందధరాయ నమః)

Thus, He is called skandadharah as He strengthened and protected Kumaraswamy, the General of the army of the devatas.

Kumaraswamy worked as a General of the devatas and destroyed taraka and other asuras. He is also called skanda. The paramaatma is thus called skandadharah as He blessed that skanda with the power and caused the destruction of the raakshasaas (asuras).


aum namo bhagavate vasudevaya!


PS: For the meanings of the other namams published earlier on this blog, please find them at the link given below:

Thursday, January 21, 2016

namam no. 329) skandah (स्कन्दः) (స్కందః)

aum skandaaya namah (ओं स्कन्दाय नमः) (ఓం స్కందాయ నమః)

He is called skandah as He caused the destruction of those belonging to the raakshasa-clan (the asuras).

aum namo bhagavate vasudevaya!



PS: For the meanings of the other namams published earlier on this blog, please find them at the link given below:

Wednesday, January 20, 2016

Sloka no. 36) Sri Vishnu Sahasra Nama Stotram

aum namo bhagavate vasudevaya!
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skandah skandadharo dhuryo varado vaayuvaahanah I
vaasudevo bruhadbhaanuh aadidevah purandarah II
स्कन्दः स्कन्दधारो धुरयो वरदो वायुवाहनः I
वासुदेवो बृहद्भानुः आदिदेवः पुरन्दरः II
స్కందః స్కందధరో ధుర్యో వరదో వాయువాహనః I
వాసుదేవో బృహద్భానుః ఆదిదేవః పురందరః II
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This sloka no. 36 has 9 names of Vishnu described in it. They are listed below and their meanings are presented in the forthcoming posts:
329) skandah (स्कन्दः) (స్కందః)
330) skandadharah (स्कन्दधरः) (స్కందధరః)
331) dhuryah (धुर्यः) (ధుర్యః)
332) varadah (वरदः) (వరదః)
333) vaayuvaahanah (वायुवाहनः) (వాయువాహనః)
334) vaasudevah (वासुदेवः) (వాసుదేవః)
335) bruhadbhaanuh (बृहद्भानुः) (బృహద్భానుః)
336) aadidevah  (आदिदेवः ) (ఆదిదేవః)
337) purandarah (पुरन्दरः) (పురందరః)

aum namo narayanaya!
PS: For the meanings of the other namams published earlier on this blog, please find them at the link given below:

Tuesday, January 19, 2016

namam no. 328) pratishthitah (प्रतिष्ठितः) (ప్రతిష్థితః)

aum pratishthitaaya namah (ओं प्रतिष्ठिताय नमः) (ఓం ప్రతిష్థితాయ నమః)

At the time of the churning of the ocean, He became the anchor and supported the mandhara mountain the devatas, the asuras, and the water. Everything depended on Him. One may ask then where was He standing or on whom did He depend?

This namam pratishthitah answers that question. He did not depend on anyone or anything. He did not require any external support. He could stand on his own with his own strength. That was His mahima.

aum namo bhagavate vasudevaya!



PS: For the meanings of the other namams published earlier on this blog, please find them at the link given below:

Monday, January 18, 2016

Monday Motivation for Success from Siva (64): Disrespect determines doom, while respect reaps rewards.

Hi,
The old adage says, "Give respect and take respect." Irrespective of who the other persons are and who you are, it is important to first give respect to others. When you give it, you don't have to ask for it. You get it back naturally. But, thinking of oneself being in positions of higher status whatsoever it is, if one demands respect from others as a right, it would only lead to disappointment. And in the process, if others are disrespected, it could lead to disastrous results. Let us look at this story from Srimad Bhagavatam to reinforce our thought process in this fundamental aspect that we got to deal and live with in our day-to-day life.
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Disrespect determines doom, while respect reaps rewards.

In treta yuga, there was a king by name Sagara who was well trained in vedas as well as in the use of weapons and war. Sagara married Keshini and Sumati, but was childless. Upon performing penances to Shiva, Sagara had 60,000 sons by Sumati and a son named Asmanjas from Keshini. All the sons were born strong, cruel, and violent and were capable of flying at will. Asmanjas was so violent as a child that he would mercilessly choke or drown other children who bullied him and would take pleasure in those cruel acts. However, Asmanjas's son, Amshuman, was a stark contrast and was a very kind hearted person.


Once, the king Sagara performed a horse sacrifice (Ashwamedha yajna) to prove his supremacy over other kings. Lord Indra, the leader of the demigods, became fearful over the results of that yajna and decided to spoil it. He stole the horse and left it at the ashram of the great sage Kapila. The king sent out his sons to search for the horse and bring it back. They searched for it for several days and found it at the ashram of the the sage Kapila. They thought that he was the one who had stolen it, became angry, and scorned at him, "Now we know where the horse thief lives. Kill him, kill the sinner.' The sixty thousand sons of Sagara thus raised their weapons and approached him. They, being so much powerful in their numbers and strength, disrespected him with their words and behaviour. They humiliated the maharishi Kapila, who was actually in a deep meditation at that time. When he opened his eyes and looked at them with anger, all of them were burnt to ashes with the ascetic power of the maharishi.




As the sons did not return home even after several days, the king sent his grandson Amshuman in search of them and the horse. Anshuman also ultimately reached Kapila's ashram and found the horse there. Unlike his father and uncles, he was not arrogant. He folded his hands with utmost respect for the learned rishi, prayed to him, and requested him for the horse. The rishi was so happy with the conduct and character of Anshumaan, he not only returned the horse but also told him the means by which his father and uncles who were earlier burnt to ashes could be brought back to life. 
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Respect is something that can not be demanded. It has to be deserved. When you deserve it, you get it. But, at the same time, who does not deserve respect? Everyone deserves it. So, it is important for us to respect others FIRST, irrespective of who they are. We ought to respect everyone - be it a supervisor or a subordinate, a prince or a pauper, an younger or an older one, a learned or an illiterate person, a parent or an offspring, a doctor or a nurse, a professor or a pupil, a farmer or a farm worker, a minister or a monger, or anyone for that matter. The more you give respect to others the more you get it.

To your continued SUCCESS,
With love,
Siva
PS: For "Monday Motivations" published earlier on this blog, please find them at the link given below:

namam no. 327) apramattah (अप्रमत्तः) (అప్రమత్తః)

aum apramattaaya namah (ओं अप्रमत्ताय नमः) (ఓం అప్రమత్తాయ నమః)

pramatta means one who is prone to dangers or the one who is lazy without being alert. apramattah means the opposite of it. It means the one who is extra careful and cautious.

There was a serious risk of accidents occurring at the time of churning the ocean, even if there was a slight carelessness. As He stayed alert every moment through out the churning and prevented any such risks, He is called apramattah.

aum namo bhagavate vasudevaya!



PS: For the meanings of the other namams published earlier on this blog, please find them at the link given below:

Saturday, January 16, 2016

namam no. 326) adhishthaanam (अधिष्ठानम्) (అధిష్థానం)

aum adhishthaanaaya namah (ओं अधिष्ठानाय नमः) (ఓం అధిష్థానాయ నమః)

The paramaatma, in His form as a turtle in His koorma avatar, became the anchor (aadhaar) by staying under the mandhara mountain, which was used as a churning stick.

He is thus called adhisthaanam as he formed the base of the mount mandhara when the strong devatas and asuras were rotating it with vaasuki as a churning rope and prevented it from touching the ocean floor and getting stuck there.

aum namo bhagavate vasudevaya!



PS: For the meanings of the other namams published earlier on this blog, please find them at the link given below:

Thursday, January 14, 2016

Happy Sun-Kranthi!

Hi,
Sun is the very source of our energy and existence. He is the cause of who we are, what we are, where we are, and how we are. He is the closest star impacting our lives more than anyone else. He is at the centre of the solar system, making the planets including the earth revolve around him. He is the brightest one in the sky that we could ever see, or perhaps so bright that we could not even look at. He makes the days happen, nights occur, winters come, and summers go. He transforms water into clouds, and clouds into rains. He makes plants grow and also die. He brings warmth to the earth, and also makes it shiver with cold. He has the ultimate power that humans can never even think of. But….

But on the day of makar Sun-kranthi tomorrow the 15th January 2016, he transits from one phase to another. He moves into the zodiac sign of Capricorn on his celestial path. I wonder if he finds a reason to change his position and goes through such a transition, who are we to resist any kind of change in our lives?  This transition of him on the day of sun-kranthi indeed brings a lot of cheer and joy to us on the earth. The days become warmer and longer, the crops mature and yield, the farmers reap the crop and bring home the grain, the women beautify homes with rangoli, the children fly kites and the whole world celebrates this day, the sun-kranthi, the transit of sun into a new phase. 

Isn’t it time for us to stop resisting the change and start thinking about the change that we could bring about in ourselves and the way we are living our life. Let such a transformation bring cheer and happiness all around. 

May this Sankranthi bring greater peace and prosperity to you and your family!
To your continued SUCCESS,
With love,
Siva