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Dear Sirs,

Thanks and wish you a very cherished day which marks the
beginning of uttarAyaNa puNya kAlam (as per tadition)  and
the year ahead.

Let us also take this oppotunity to peruse three verses (23-25) from
BhagavadgIt chapter 8 pertaining to months ahead.


ya-tra kA-le tva-nA-vR-ttim
A-vR-ttim chai-va yo-gi-nah |
pra-yA-tA yA-nti tam kA-lam
va-kSHyA-mi bha-ra-ta-rSHa-bha ||VIII-23||

ya-tra (where, whither)
kA-le (in time)
tu (but, indeed)
a-nA-vR-ttim (non-return, not turning back)
 A-vR-ttim (return, turning back)
cha (and)
e-va (indeed, even)
yo-gi-nah (disciplined/realized/liberated souls, yo-gis, knowers) |
pra-yA-tAh (departing)
yA-nti (they go, go to)
tam (that, this)
kA-lam (time)
 va-kSHyA-mi (I shall speak, I will tell, I shall declare)
bha-ra-ta-rSHa-bha (Bull  among the descendents of bha-ra-ta,
 O Best of the descendents of bha-ra-ta!) ||VIII-23||

Now I will tell you, O Best of the descendents of bha-ra-ta, at what 
times disciplined men (yo-gis),
departing(dying) go forth never to return or to return again.

(VIII-23)


a-gni-rjyo-ti-ra-hah shu-klah
SHa-NmA-sA u-tta-rA-ya-Nam |
ta-tra pra-yA-tA ga-chcHa-nti
bra-hma bra-hma-vi-do ja-nAh ||VIII-24||

a-gnih (fire, glow, blaze, brilliancy)
jyo-tih (light, bright)
a-hah (day)
 shu-klah (white, pure)
SHa-NmA-sAh (six months)
u-tta-rA-ya-Nam (upper going of the sun, the northern phase of the sun,
during the apparent northward path of the sun, orthern solstice,
 six months following the winter solstice) |
ta-tra (there)
pra-yA-tAh (departing, dying)
ga-chcHa-nti (they go, they attain)
bra-hma (bra-hman, the Eternal, God,  the Absolute)
bra-hma-vi-dah (bra-hman knowing, knowers of bra-hman,
the realized souls, who know the Eternal, knowers of God,
 knowers of the Absolute, self-less souls)
j ja-nAh (people, men) ||VIII-24||

Realized souls who depart (die) during the six months following winter 
solstice
(u-tta-rA-ya-Nam six months), symbolic of fire,light, day and white 
(blazing white
daylight) go forth to bra-hman (reach the Absolute).

(Note: Our on eyear is one day of devAs. The u-tta-rA-ya-Na six months 
is equivalent to
day time of a deva day)

 dhU-mo rA-tri-sta-thA-kR-SHNah
SHa-NmA-sA da-kSHi-NA-ya-nam |
ta-tra chA-ndra-ma-sam jyo-tih
yo-gI prA-pya ni-va-rta-te ||VIII-25||

dhU-mah (smoke, fog)
 rA-trih (night)
ta-thA (also, thus, so, and)
 kR-SHNah (dark, black)
SHa-NmA-sAh (six months)
da-kSHi-NA-ya-nam (the southern path of the sun, during the apparent 
southward path of the sun,
southern solstice, six months following the summer solstice)
 ta-tra (there)
chA-ndra-ma-sam (lunar)
jyo-tih (light)
yo-gI (yo-gin, the yo-gi, disciplined/realized/liberated soul, knower)
prA-pya (having attained/reached)
 ni-va-rta-te (he returns, he turns back, he is born again) ||VIII-25||

A yo-gi who departs (dies) during the six months following summer 
solstice (da-kSHi-NA-ya-nam six months),
symbolic of smoke, dark and night (hazy dark night), attains the lunar 
light and he is born again.
(Note: This may sound discriminatory, but looking it from another 
angle,  this plan assures that there will
always be some realized souls around to guide others).

dAsan

K.S tAtAchAr

-----Original Message-----
From: Ramanbil@xxxxxxxxxxx
To: SriRangaSri@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sun, 14 Jan 2007 4:03 PM
Subject: [SriRangaSri] HAPPY PONGAL & MAKARA SANKRAANTI

   Dear Bhagavatas:
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and Sri Ranga Sri (SRS), its Electronic journal and on our own behalf,
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Sankraanti Greetings to you all and wish a happy, healthy, peaceful and
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months and years ahead.

DasO Vayam
Anbil Ramaswamy
Madhava Kannan
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