Etymology of विराट्(virAT)

वृक्षः(vRkSaH) Tree.

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What is the definition of Inertia?

Inertia is a tendency to do nothing or to remain unchanged.

In Sanskrit Inertia is called कुण्ठता(kuNThatA)

 कुण्ठता(kuNThatA) also means Lassitude.

Now it gets interesting! What is the state in which inertia doesn't exists? 

Don't worry I am not going into physics here..its still very much just Sanskrit.

Just a small formula.

वै(vai)(without) + कुण्ठ (kuNTha)(inertia) = वैकुण्ठ(vaikuNTha)(without inertia)
Answer :  वैकुण्ठ(vaikuNTha)

The abode of Lord Vishnu is known as  वैकुण्ठ(vaikuNTha) where you got to Live It Up and be active!

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कौसल्या सुप्रजा राम पूर्वासन्ध्या प्रवर्तते ।
उत्तिष्ठ नरशार्दूल कर्त्तव्यं दैवमाह्निकम् ॥१॥

kausalya suprajA rAma pUrvAsandhyA pravartate|
uttiSTa narashArdUla karttavyaM daivamAhnikam||

Most of us are familiar with the verse above which is the first verse in the Shree Venkateswara Suprabhatam.

This stanza originates from the Valmiki Ramayana (Balakhanda) where Sage Vishwamitra wakes up the then teenage Lord Rama who was sleeping in the ashram.

There is an very interesting word which is used here.

 नरशार्दूल (narashArdUla) which is made up of two words

 नर(nara)  + शार्दूल(shArdUla)

 नर (nara) means man

शार्दूल(shArdUla)means Tiger.


The word शार्दूल(shArdUla) is at times also translated as panther,leopard  and lion too but the usage of it as lion is very rare.

The default meaning of शार्दूल(shArdUla) is Tiger.

In the poetical sense at times शार्दूल(shArdUla) is also used to mean Eminent person.

Now, let's have an eye of the tiger here.

Why is Lord Rama called नरशार्दूल(narashArdUla) which means a Tiger among men?

Why not call Him a lion among men?

Well, let's compare a Lion and a Tiger.

A lion has a pride and maintains a harem of lionesses.

A lion plays with its cubs.

A tiger on the other hand is a solitary animal and does not have a harem of tigresses and the male tiger does not play with its cubs and only a female tiger looks after the cubs.

Lord Rama was Eka Patni Vrata(One wife only) and Lord Rama had not looked after his sons when they were young because Sita was exiled and was staying at Sage Valmiki's ashram with both her sons.

Lord Rama led a solitary life mostly and never truly led a family life though He had a wife and two sons.

Therefore नरशार्दूल(narashArdUla), Tiger among men seems the most accurate description by Sage Vishwamitra who could surely foresee the future that Lord Rama's life would be more of that of a Tiger.

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विभूति(vibhUti) Omnipotence and Ash.



The word विभूति(vibhUti) has very interesting meanings.

Mostly we know it as holy ash that we apply on our foreheads.

विभूति(vibhUti) also means Omnipotence(having unlimited power).

One might wonder how come the same word is used for both  Ash and Omnipotence.

Well, Ash is the latent form of Omnipotence..so the next time when you apply  विभूति(vibhUti) to your forehead remember its not mere ash but the latent form of Omnipotence of God.

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पूजा(pUjA)

When we hear the word Puja it always rings a bell in our mind about doing a ritual worship for God.

There are many types of Puja and various ways of worshiping God.

But for whom is the worship actually?

Let's learn the meaning of the word पूजा(pUjA) today.

Etymologies of the word पूजा(pUjA) are

1)पूर्णत्वं जनयति इति पूजा (pUrNatvaM janayati iti pUjA) That which generates completeness (within you) is pUjA

2)पूर्णात् जायते इति पूजा (pUrNAt jAyate iti pUjA) That which arises out of completeness(within you) is pUjA.

Well, both definitions talk about Completeness.
To attain the state of Completeness is the goal of pUjA.

So from the very beginning it was never about God because technically we can NOT "worship" God as in to offer Him anything because all raw material are from God and we humans don't really create anything new.

All we can do is to reach a state of Completeness through pUjA.

pUjA is a journey of  Self from Incompleteness to Completeness.