Sea Monster in Ramayana & Bhagavatam

Sea Monster is Ramayana is Surasa, who tries to block path of Hanuman during his travel to Lanka. Also, Bhagavata Purana mentions Sea Monsters along with their living places, sizes etc. In Sanskrit ‘Makara‘ means ‘sea dragon’ … Read more

Bhagavad Gita Facts, Dates and Original Author

The Bhagavad Gita (श्रीमद्भगवद्गीता), means the Song of God is found as a 700 verses (solkas) text in the Bhishma Parva of the epic poem Mahabharata. Many historians claim that Gita was not part of original Mahabharata … Read more

Mantras, Science of Sound and Vibration

Mantra (मंत्र) means a self advise. ‘Mananat trayate iti mantrah‘ is how Mantra is defined in Sanskrit. It means that by repetition (mananat) of which, you overcome/protected (trayate) [overcoming or protection from bondage/troubles/cycles of birth and death] … Read more

Size of Soul (Spirit) mentioned in Svetasvataropanisad

None of us have seen actual soul(spirt) that lives in our body with our naked eye. The Svetasvatara Upanishad (श्वेताश्वतरनोपनिषद् or Śvetāśvataropaniṣad) explains the actual dimension or size of soul. Śvetāśvataropaniṣad is associated with the Krishna Yajurveda … Read more