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AlOchanaamR^itaM
AlochanaamR^itaMGod and KaliyugaGod always keeps for
himself a chosen country in which the higher knowledge is
through all
chances and dangers, ... continually
preserved, and
for the present, in this Chaturyuga at least, that country is
India.Whenever he chooses to take the full
pleasure of ignorance, of the
dualities, of strife and wrath and
tears and weakness and selfishness, ... of the play of the Kali
[not Kaali], he
dims the knowledge in India and puts her down into weakness and
degradation so that she may retire
into herself and not interfere with
this movement of his Lila. When he wants Narayana in man to
become once again mighty and wise and blissful, then
he once more pours out the knowledge on India and raises her up so that
she may give the knowledge with its necessary consequences of might,
wisdom and bliss to the whole world.
When there is the contracted
movement of knowledge, the yogins in India withdraw from the world
and
practise yoga for their own liberation and delight or for the
liberation of a few disciples; but
when the movement of knowledge again
expands and the soul of India expands with it, they come forth once
more and work in the world and for the world. Yogins like
Janaka,
Ajatashatru and Kartavirya once more sit on the thrones of the world
and govern the nations.
This webpage gives you a feel for sanskrit as a spoken language.
Here we present a collection of audio renderings of simple spoken sanskrit in
the form of short stories, speeches and other literature by various
people for your listening pleasure.
In general, people are accustomed to hearing sanskrit only in Hindu devotional
hymns (stotras). This webpage attempts to present another side of spoken
sanskrit.
If you have any recordings of sanskrit in spoken form (anything other than
stotras and devotional songs), or are willing to read out interesting
articles/stories and record them, please let me know.
We inaugurate this webpage on the auspicious occasion of makara sankranti,
Jan 14, 2002.