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Mount Stuart 💛
Chestnut tiger butterfly.
Kyoto, Japan.
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moth
lush.
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Stars over Seabeck, WA
a tale of spring time
saw this picture on pinterest and i all but fell in love 🤍
saw this picture on pinterest and i all but fell in love 🤍
मत्त: परतरं नान्यत्किञ्चिदस्ति धनञ्जय ।
मयि सर्वमिदं प्रोतं सूत्रे मणिगणा इव ॥ ७ ॥
There is nothing higher than Myself, O Arjun. Everything rests in Me, as beads strung on a thread.
रसोऽहमप्सु कौन्तेय प्रभास्मि शशिसूर्ययो: ।
प्रणव: सर्ववेदेषु शब्द: खे पौरुषं नृषु ॥ ८ ॥
I am the taste in water, O son of Kunti, and the radiance of the sun and the moon. I am the sacred syllable Om in the Vedic mantras; I am the sound in ether, and the ability in humans.
पुण्यो गन्ध: पृथिव्यां च तेजश्चास्मि विभावसौ ।
जीवनं सर्वभूतेषु तपश्चास्मि तपस्विषु ॥ ९ ॥
I am the pure fragrance of the Earth, and the brilliance in fire. I am the life-force in all beings, and the penance of the ascetics.
बीजं मां सर्वभूतानां विद्धि पार्थ सनातनम् ।
बुद्धिर्बुद्धिमतामस्मि तेजस्तेजस्विनामहम् ॥ १० ॥
O Arjun, know that I am the eternal seed of all beings. I am the intellect of the intelligent, and the splendor of the glorious.
~ Bhagvad Gita, Chapter 7, verses 7-10)
[Shubh Gita Jayanti. May Lord Krishna bless us all with divine wisdom]
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Photographer: Johan Karlsson
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Subh Sita Navami 🪷
I bow down to the lotus feet of Bharateswari Mata Sita who is the mother of everyone, whose sole name is enough to bring peace to your wandering soul 🪷
Krishna
महिषासुरनिर्नाशि भक्तानां सुखदे नमः ।
रूपं देहि जयं देहि यशो देहि द्विषो जहि ॥४॥
Mahissaasura-Nir-naashi Bhaktaa-naam Sukhade Namah |
Ruupam Dehi Jayam Dehi Yasho Dehi Dvisso Jahi ||4||
Meaning:
4.1: Salutations to Devi Durga Who Destroyed (to the very root) the Demon Mahishasura; Salutations to Her Who Gives Great Joy to the Devotees.
4.2: O Devi, Please Grant me (Spiritual) Beauty, Please Grant me (Spiritual) Victory, Please Grant me (Spiritual) Glory and Please Destroy my (Inner) Enemies.
~ 4th Slokha from Argala Strotam
Red Crowned Flight Switching it up from the more complicated paintings with something simple and relaxing. It's nice to let my mind go blank and let the thoughts flow like water~
Durga Statue - Ubud, Bali, Indonesia
Durga ✨ symbolizes the divine Shakti (feminine energy/power) that is used against negative forces.
(via Instagram: @bailey.w.photography)
Draupadi as a Feminist
Draupadi is not just a character in an epic. She is the embodiment of resistance in a world built to silence women. She speaks where others remain silent. She questions when others bow down.
Her marriage to five men was not an act of submission. It was a reflection of her will. In choosing her path, she challenged the belief that a woman's role is only to obey.
In the court where her dignity was gambled away, she did not beg for mercy. She demanded justice. She did not cry. She confronted. She did not collapse. She stood.
Draupadi challenged the very foundation of patriarchy. She asked what no one dared to ask. She forced power to look at itself. Her voice was not an echo. It was an eruption.
She did not wait to be saved. She saved herself with courage sharper than any weapon. Her strength was not divine. It was human. It was hers.
Draupadi is feminism before it was named. She is the fire that refuses to go out. She is every woman who questions, who resists, who rises.
Naoki Ito: Urban Nature (2009)
