The Dharma Dispatch

Here are Some Sanskrit Primary Sources of Maratha History A LAMENTABLE DEVELOPMENT in Indian history writing during recent years is the near total absence of utilising primary texts written in Sanskrit. These works contain valuable and firsthand historical information about the socio-political conditions of the period. By a careful study of all such works, it is possible to reconstruct an accurate history of both events and people. In this spirit, we take pleasure in presenting a list of some important Sanskrit primary sources narrating the history of the Maratha Empire. Hope you find this list useful! 🛕🪔 https://www.dharmadispatch.in/history/here-are-some-sanskrit-primary-sources-of-maratha-history

Salar Masud vowed to destroy the ancient sacred Sun temple near Bahraich as his piety for Izlam. https://youtu.be/yqCDeg8C3SE

Teaching Sanskrit to our Children will Save our Languages and Hindu Dharma https://www.dharmadispatch.in/culture/teaching-sanskrit-to-children-will-save-our-languages-and-hinduism

Bhartrhari’s work is also known as Subhashita. He himself seems to prefer that word: jirnam ange subhashitam — he says. Subhashita means “what is well spoken,” “a good saying.” https://www.dharmadispatch.in/culture/bhartrharis-profound-body-of-work

Maharashtra Elections: When Shivaji Trounced Afzal Khan Mega analysis by Sandeep Balakrishna of the recently concluded Maharashtra assembly elections in which the BJP-led Mahayuti scored a landslide triumph. This could well be a history-altering election in Maharashtra politics. It appears that PM Modi has learned the bitter lesson bitterly after the shock loss in the 2024 general elections: Sab ka Saath sab ka Vikaas is a slogan that can emanate only from the Hindu side. THE STORY OF how the BJP and its allies forged Hindu unity reads like a spiritual thriller. Its clue lies in the heartfelt thanks that Devendra Fadnavis offered to the Sant Samaj. ---- Read the whole brilliant piece! 😀😃🪔 https://www.dharmadispatch.in/commentary/maharashtra-elections-when-shivaji-trounced-afzal-khan

DVG’s Majestic Exposition of Bhartrhari This is the first of a multipart essay series carrying a masterly exposition of the immortal Sanskrit poet Bhartrhari, authored by D.V. Gundappa. An excerpt is given below. ----- AMONG WELL-KNOWN SANSKRIT POETS, Bhartrhari takes rank next after Valmiki, Vyasa and Kalidasa. Bhartrhari is an alembic artist. He has distilled for us the ethos of the Ramayana and the Mahabharata. Bhartrhari has summed up the messages of the ancients in his three Shatakas or Centuries of Epigrams. What Vyasa is to the elect, Bhartrhari is to the common man. Bhartrhari’s words come home to young people as well as to old. His appeal is so simple, so pointed and so direct. --- Read this phenomenal piece NOW! 🛕🕉🪔 https://www.dharmadispatch.in/culture/dvgs-majestic-exposition-of-bhartrhari

Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya: The Tyagamurti who Awoke Benares from Sleep THIS THEN IS THE BRAHMIN’S philosophy of life: “Shun not the world” as it has dwelling at its core, Brahman, the light par excellence. By the nineties of the 19th century, India was spiritually dead. Benares was asleep. Pandiitji raised his trumpet-tongued voice to call off sleep. THE HINDU UNIVERSITY is the monument of this selfless and dreamy Brahmin. It is his pet child. Beggared in worldly goods—this is his rich possession. Like the peak of Kailasa, he stands like the primaeval lotus which nothing can sully. -- A truly magnificent essay on the Mahamana. Do read and share widely! 🙏🕉🛕🪔 https://www.dharmadispatch.in/culture/pandit-madan-mohan-malaviya-the-tyagamurti-who-awoke-benares-from-sleep

In Gandhi's case the questions one need to ask are: to what extent was Gandhi moved by vanity and to what extent did he compromise his own principles by entering politics, which of their nature are inseparable from coercion and fraud? - George Orwell https://www.dharmadispatch.in/history/gandhi-was-our-man-said-the-british-george-orwells-devastating-critique

Urban Naxal T.M. Krishna Stopped from Hijacking M.S. Subbulakshmi’s Hallowed Legacy The explicit intent of T.M. Krishna targetting M.S. Subbulakshmi was not her per se. The intent was to vilify, soil and demolish what she truly represented — sanctity, which is inseperable from Carnatic classical music. This is a rather familiar subterfuge — to destroy Carnatic music by de-Hinduising it. After vilifying MSS for a decade, Krishna now wants an award for himself in her name! This is a classic communist tactic. Urban Naxals like T.M.Krishna start with scatology, follow up with incursion and end with usurpation. M.S. Subbulakshmi’s grandson deserves our heartfelt acclaim for preventing Music Academy and T.M. Krishna from sullying her honour. --- Read the whole brilliant piece! 📑😡🪔🕉 https://www.dharmadispatch.in/commentary/urban-naxal-tm-krishna-stopped-from-hijacking-ms-subbulakshmis-hallowed-legacy

Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya: The Super-Brahmin This 1932 tribute in honour of Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya authored by an ICS officer brings out the life of Malaviya, whom the author celebrates as a Super Brahmin. An excerpt follows. ---- PANDITJI ACQUIRED KNOWLEDGE according to the standards of that period, but unlike the contemporary English-educated Brahmin lawyers, he looked upon acquisition of wealth with the lofty scorn of a tyagi. Panditji recognises no fundamental rights but duties. The study of English language and literature has made the educated Brahmin a cosmopolitan. --- Read the whole brilliant piece! https://www.dharmadispatch.in/culture/mahamana-pandit-madan-mohan-malaviya-the-super-brahmin