Doer an instrument of the act! — A newfound amusement on reading a passage in passive voice. The excessive “kena” “tena” seemed like a kenopanishad. The doers and actors become mere instruments.. The bhava and karma.. The act and the message gains precedence. Very much like the legal parlance, the scientific statements, where the act and intent…

Statement of Work and the Encoding style.. — As a communication engineer, I often felt that chandas is like the train tracks.. It allows carriage after carriage of payload to be transmitted with stability and ease. Like the FM frequency for radio, like the 4G and wireless wireless scheme for sending data, chandas is like a carrier of…

Diction and Patterns — A few interesting cases of लोट्. मपु. एक from popular works. In a conversation between two people, this form supports a tone of advise, instruction, or blessing.. and hence widely used. गच्छ.. धाव.. Go.. Run.. When verses can melt and reveal grammar topics.. A quick scan of the diction. Thanks…

Inspirations that leave imprints.. — During my spoken Sanskrit workshop some ten years back, I was enchanted by the songs.. Could only catch a few words here and there, and hoped to relish every bit someday.. Celebrating once again with these songs.. Gratitude to Sai Susarla ji, who sparked this interest in his students. चटका, चटका, रे चटका चटका…

Musings on Exposure, Focus & Whitebalance.. — Beauty lies in the Eye of the Beholder! Like an Artist, like a Poet, the eye of the modern camera insanely captures magic, and paints a million hues. How does it do it? Well.. Continuous adaptation of Exposure, Focus & White-balance.. Exposure, the amount of time, exposed to the Object…

Revisiting Chapter Three of Gita almost after four years. Earlier it was about words.. This time decoding the weave of words. And what better means than familiarity through illustrations.. Credits: Repository of detailed anvaya analysis from Nivedita bhagini. https://nivedita2015.wordpress.com/chapter-3-bhagavad-gita/ Previous Post: https://myriadpatterns.medium.com/gita-decoding-karma-yoga-3ea26546ad7

I was listening to this intense grooving, Arabic and Sufi like free style music by Vasu Dixit and team. Mullu Koneya Mele.. Muuru Kereya Katti Starting from a tiny little thorn, Purandara Dasa spins the world of metaphors ranging from lakes, architects, bulls, gold, city, potters, pots and all the…

As heard from Dr Sampadananda — There are battles and conflicts all the time.. dharma-kshetre kuru-kshetre.. Be it in the cells, in the mind, in the outer world, they are unavoidable. At times, we are robbed away from our serenity due to fear, reduced outlook and kArpanya dosha. Mahabharata is not a story of just two…

Lyrics from the movie — Was listening to the the songs from this musical Kannada movie. There is a briskness, and a distinct freshness in the music and lyrics. So many layers of emotions and meanings pickled in the lyrics. Saptasswara shruti seride My Kannada is patchy. I could only catch the gist.. Gita’s ‘sheet-ushna-sukha-dukha’.. One should endure…