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April 27 , 2012

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This issue carries information on a Trust in the name of a person dear to Kasarabadas namely Prof Bhavaraju Sarveswara Rao who scaled Academic and Professional heights. A profile of Prof Bhavaraju Sarveswara Rao is also added for information. This information is available at the links indicated above and the same are also carried under Trust

For Lovers of Sanskrit we have another variation.

It is normal for the writers to go overboard in their descriptions. If one looks at ‘ Fortune” or the “Lakshmi” , in our folk lore all of us would have gone through Bhartruhari subhashitaalu/ Vemana Satakam /Kabirs Dohas giving four lines on one aspect indicating how fortunate one can be "Acquiring" fortune or by staying away from "Fortune".

But finding all 'the misfortunes of having fortune' in one go would be like a ready script written for an NTR or MGR to deliver in ringing theatrical tones . That is what we come across in " Kadambari", a legendary Sanskrit Classic of “Bhasa”. It come out as part of an advice to an young prince . As usual we were tempted. Yes we are pleased to reproduce the paragraph on "Lakshmi" under 'one more thing' !!

Lest we lose track, the advice of Sukanasa to Chandrapida ( Characters in "Kadambari") goes from how difficult is "Fortune" to how "Fortune" may affect the attitude of a person. And all this is said not to dissuade the young prince from acquiring"Fortune" but to alert him to possible diversions and ask him to guard against the same !

This issue also carries the 85th Chapter of Dasama Skandha of Bhagavatam. This chapter is about Krishna's Parents Devaki and Vasudeva. And Devaki displays the natural trait of a mother's anguish. Having known that Balarama and Krishna brought back to life the son of Guru Sandipani as a Gurudakshina , Devaki bares her feelings for the seven children killed by Kamsa. She Asks Krishna to bring them back. Krishna acting as a dutiful son would brings them back to life. The chapter 85 covers that story.

What is on the kasarabada.org?

For the new visitors we thought of adding a few lines on navigation , so that they may know what is available on Kasarabada.org !

We now have 85 chapters of Dasama Skandha of Bhagavatam. All these chapters ( stories on krishna) are listed byname and are available on a link on the Bhagavatam page

Under Ramayanam we have listed all the old issues on the Ramayanam page itself. These include down loads of Sankshipta Sundarakanda in Devanagari , Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam. All other links to earlier issues on Hanuman etc are also listed on Ramayanam page. Ramayanam page also lists the Ramayana Role models ( five) being presented for the last couple of months.

One more thing page lists all the earlier stories on its page

To see what is available from the earlier issues you only need to visit the three pages of Ramayanam , Bhagavatam and one more thing . The earlier articles on one more thing are also listed on the home page.

Om Tat Sat

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Witty Wisdom !

- contributed by Kamaraju Turaga

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