Ranga Baaro....ರಂಗ ಬಾರೋ :-)

"Krishna nee begane baaro..."
I'm sure many of know this very sweet song written by Vyaasathirtha.

Purandara Dasa realized that he also need to call Krishna :-) and wrote an another beautiful song.
Check the video and links below.

From divine voice of Vidyabhushan

Nice Bhajan Style of this song.
Believe it or not, this one is from Tamil Nadu and singer explains the song in Tamil :-)

Lyrics:

ರಂಗ ಬಾರೋ ಪಾಂಡುರಂಗ ಬಾರೋ l 
ರಂಗ ಬಾರೋ ನರಸಿಂಗ ಬಾರೋ 
ಕಂಡ ಬಾರೋ ಎನ್ನ ತಂದೆ ಬಾರೋ l 
ಇಂದಿರೇರಮಣ ಮುಕುಂದ ಬಾರೋ 
ಅಪ್ಪ ಬಾರೋ ತಿಮ್ಮಪ್ಪ ಬಾರೋ l 
ಕಂದರ್ಪಣಯ್ಯನೆ ಕಂಚೀವರದ ಬಾರೋ 
ಅಣ್ಣ ಬಾರೋ ಎನ್ನ ಚಿನ್ನ ಬಾರೋ l 
ಪುಣ್ಯಮೂರ್ತಿ ಮಹಿಷಾಪುರಿ ಚೆನ್ನ ಬಾರೋ 
ವಿಷ್ಣು ಬಾರೋ ಉಡುಪಿ ಕೃಷ್ಣ ಬಾರೋ 
ಎನ್ನಿಸ್ತಮೂರ್ತ ಪುರಂದರ ವಿಟಲಬಾರೋ

Ranga baro panduranga baro l 
ranga baro narasinga baro ll 
kanda baro enna tande baro l 
indireramana mukunda baro ll 
appa baro timmappa baro l 
kandarpanayyane kanchivarada baro ll 
anna baro enna chinna baro l 
punyamurti mahishapuri chenna baro ll 
vishnu baro udupi krishna baro l 
ennistamurti purandara vitala baro l

Balleillakka!!!!

Original Song  and the lyrics with meaning!

http://janinthesky.wordpress.com/2011/07/29/balailakka-balailakka-lyrics-and-translation-with-end-notes/

Chorus:  In the order in which I like.

There are many more of such attempts by various people across the world.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUhMQYW-xmk

They enjoyed singing it and I too enjoyed.

Best out of all..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQWLqcNr9B8

Interesting chorus with dancing sequences!!

Austin School

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RLGLncZrA8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiNbmRFAcAM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqLRMbgGqPI

Ok Ok

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqbih1anzG8

Japan:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7wMpZg2bhQ

What a way to start this week....... Practice

Madhu Natraj Says,

"Over 2 decades of a 3 hour Dance & exercise regimen but miss my 'Riyaaz' for a week and it feels like my first day in Kathak class! NOTHING humbles me like Dance..."

Siva Says (this is from his first motivational seminar in Coimbatore..

"Motivation is also like brushing and bathing which is essential every day. I went on to add the words from the great musician Arthur Rubinstein (Pianist). 

When I don't practice for a day, I know it.
When I don't practice for two days, the orchestra knows it.
When I don't practice for three days, the world knows it.

Practice, Practice, Practice Motivation."

Gita 6.25 About Practice

"sri-bhagavan uvaca 

asamsayam maha-baho 
mano durnigraham calam 
abhyasena tu kaunteya 

vairagyena ca grhyate"

The Blessed Lord said: O mighty-armed son of Kunti, it is undoubtedly very difficult to curb the restless mind, but it is possible by constant practice and by detachment.

--paradeep

ಜಗದೋದ್ಧಾರನ ಆಡಿಸಿದಳೆಶೋದಾ......Hare Krishna!!

ಜಗದೋದ್ಧಾರನ ಆಡಿಸಿದಳೆಶೋದಾ
ಜಗದೋದ್ಧಾರನ (ಪ)

ಜಗದೋದ್ಧಾರನ ಮಗನೆಂದು ತಿಳಿಯುತ
ಸುಗುಣಾಂತ ರಂಗನ ಆಡಿಸಿದಳೆಶೋದೆ (ಅ ಪ)

ನಿಗಮಕೆ ಸಿಲುಕದ ಅಗಣಿತ ಮಹಿಮನ
ಮಗುಗಳ ಮಾಣಿಕ್ಯನ ಆಡಿಸಿದಳೆ ಯಶೋದೆ (1)

ಅಣೋರಣೀಯನ ಮಹತೋ ಮಹಿಮನ
ಅಪ್ರಮೇಯನ ಆಡಿಸಿದಳೆಶೋದಾ (2)

ಪರಮ ಪುರುಷನ ಪರವಾಸುದೇವನ
ಪುರಂದರ ವಿಠಲನ ಆಡಿಸಿದಳೆಶೋದಾ (3)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVrob_kRMow

Hare Krishna!!!!

Krishna Janmastami 2013 Aug 28th

Who is dear to him; in his own words........Krishna Says...

Who is dear to him  in his own words........

Krishna Says......

With no dislike towards anyone and surely friendly and kind, nonpossessive, and not identified, equal in distress and happiness, forgiving, peaceful and always devoted, self-controlled and with determination in mind and intelligence always fixed on Me - such a devotee of Mine is very dear to Me. 

 Anyone of whom the people are never disturbed and who is also not disturbed by the people; he who is free from ups and downs, fears and anxieties is very dear to Me. 

 Anyone prepared for alternatives [neutral], who is pure, capable, unworried, untroubled and does not consider mundane endeavoring, such a devotee of Mine is very dear to Me.

 One who never rejoices nor hates, never grieves nor craves and remains detached for better or for worse - one who is such a devotee is dear to Me. 

 Equal to foe and friend, in honor and dishonor, in heat and cold and in happiness and distress and the same in absence of company; not different in infamy and repute, quiet and satisfied with anything, free from his home and fixed in his determination as a devotee a man is very dear to Me.

Those who but cherish the nectar of this nature and as said fully engage themselves with faith in the sublime of Me - those devotees are most dear to Me.'

Online Database course from Stanford University......Starting from today

A bold experiment in distributed education, "Introduction to Databases" is being offered free and online to students worldwide, October 10 - December 12, 2011. 

 

http://www.db-class.org/course/auth/index

 

Thank you Professor Jennifer Widom.

Don't Worry I Say........

Are you missing something in life.....? Dont worry. Enjoy what you have....read on.....

A father and his son went fishing on a small boat, hungry.

The father helped his son reel in his first fish, and it was a beauty. "Great catch, son," the father said.

"Yes, but I'm worried I'm missing out on better fish," the son said. "What if I could catch a bigger, tastier fish?"

"Maybe you should try," the father said.

And the son did, catching an even bigger fish an hour later. "A real beaut," the father said.

"But what if there are better fish out there?" the son asked.

"Maybe you should try," the father said.

And the son did, catching a bigger fish, then wondering if there were better fish, catching another, and so on.

At the end of the day, the son was exhausted. The father asked, "How did the fish taste?"

The son hesitated. "I'm not sure. I was so busy looking for better fish that I didn't taste any of them."

The father smiled contentedly, patted his belly. "Don't worry. They were delicious."

—

We are all of us like the son. We all worry, at some time or other, that we're missing out on things.

It's why we're so busy — we take on so much because we don't want to miss out. We take on dozens of goals and aspirations, because we don't want to miss out.

But here's the bare truth: we will miss out, no matter what. It's inevitable. We cannot do or try everything in the world, even with lives twice as long. We cannot see every town and city, read every interesting book, watch every important film. We will always, always miss out.

Here's the second, more important truth: if you always worry about what you're missing out on, you will miss out on what you already have.

Don't make a reading list a mile long — focus on the book in your hand. Don't pack your vacation itinerary with every highlight of the city you're visiting — walk around and enjoy what you find. Don't worry about traveling the entire world — be delighted with the world around you. Don't worry about what you're missing online, or in the news — what you're doing is good enough.

And let go of your long to-do lists and goal lists. They are a futile attempt to keep from missing out. You will miss out, but in striving to do everything, you'll miss out on the wonder of the thing you are doing right now.

What you're doing right now is all that matters. Let the rest go, and enjoy the fish you've already caught.

Krishna Janmastami.......Always a special day for me :-)

                                                                             All glories to Sri Krishna.
My association with K (I call him K :-)) started from my school days where the newly opened Iskcon (Hare Krishna Hill in Rajajinagar) near my school organized few inter-school quiz competitions.
In that, we were supposed to answer few questions related to past-times of Krishna. We were given few wonderful books with beautiful pics of Krishna for free as study material.
I always did well as I was very much interested in K and his pastimes :-P.
Every year, we were called to the temple in Rajajinagar for prize distributions [probably will upload few pics of them later] and I was mesmerized by the atmosphere there. Though this was back in 1994-97 ish and we did not have a big temple as it is now.
 And I was lucky enough to meet many true devotees of K and many are very very best friends of mine.

vasudevasutaḿ devaḿ kaḿsa-cāṇūra-mardanam

devakī-paramānandaḿ kṛṣṇaḿ vande jagadgurum 

This day Krishna Janmastami has always been very special to me...
2008: - I was in Iskcon at Orlando, Florida.
             That was a very wonderful experience. I believe that I went to US just to participate in those celebrations there.
2009: - I was in Krishna Temple at Katmandu, Nepal.
         - Awesome dance performances by nepalese. I realized very late that most favourite god in Nepal is Sri Krishna. You get to see his pic (kaalinga mardan) infront of every houseold, shop, office, vehicle in Nepal.
2010:
Obviously  2010 is very very special again.
I am gonna distribute sweets in my office today [it was pending from a long time though.....]
I am visiting the temple with my Love of Life. Even she is very excited about it.
Thanks to K. All glories to K.
Happy Happy Birthday.
I get to eat eggless cake [Cake=Radha :-P] today.

Hare Krishna Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna Hare Hare

Hare Rama Hare Rama, Rama Rama Hare Hare !!!!!!

Invoking Gayathri... Sharada Tilakam!!!

“ muktA vidruma hema neela davalachhAyai, mukhais tree kshanai,
yuktAm indu kalA nibaddha makutAm, tatvArtha varnAtmikam,
gAyatri vardAbhayAngusa kasAs, subram kapAlam ,gadAm,
sankam chakram atharavinda yugalam, hastair vahanteem bhaje"

Meaning:

I pray to the three-eyed Gayatri, her five faces tinged with shades of pearl, coral, gold, sapphire, and white, whose crown studded with precious stones is topped by the moon, the embodiment of utterances signifying the Supreme Truth, who wields the goad, the whip, the white skull, the mace, the conch and the discus (in six of her hands), and holding a pair of lotuses in each hand, displays with the other two the mudras conferring boons and fearlessness.