Education Section - 03 May 2024

FACTS ABOUT BHARAT
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The old name of Delhi is Indraparastha according to Mahabharata era. Pandavas used to live in indraprasta. In due course eight more cities came alive adjacent to Indraprastha: Lal Kot, Siri, Dinpanah, Quila Rai Pithora, Ferozabad, Jahanpanah, Tughlakabad and Shahjahanabad. After independence in 1947, New Delhi was officially declared as the Capital of India.

VEDIK GYAN

Why is Gayatri Mantra Chanted?

It is believed that by chanting Gayatri Mantra, you achieve success and happiness in your life. With regular chanting of the Gayatri Mantra, one can firmly establish and stabilize the mind. The mantra is a declaration of appreciation, to both the nurturing sun and the Divine.
Who is Gayatri?
Goddess Gayatri is additionally called “Veda-Mata” or the Mother of the Vedas – Rig, Yajur, Saam and Atharva – in light of the fact that it is the very premise of the Vedas.

Gayatri Mantra meaning

O, Divine mother, our hearts are loaded up with darkness. Kindly make this darkness distant from us and advance brightening inside us.

According to Vedas, time has three qualities: satva, rajas, and tamas. (Purity, passion and inaction)
4 am to 8 am and 4 pm to 8 pm have the satvic quality
8 am to 4 pm are rajasic
8 pm and 4 am are tamasic
Satva is the best time to chant the Gayatri Mantra.

LEARN Sanskrit
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भवान् /भवति कुतः आगच्छति? –
आप कहासे आ रहे हो ? (where are you coming from?)

अहं विद्यालयतः आगच्छामि – मैं विद्यालय से आरहा हु
(i am coming from school).

आज का पंचांग

29 – अप्रैल – 2024
दिन – सोमवार
संम्वत् – २०८१
युगाब्द – ५१२६
मास – वैशाख
पक्ष – कृष्ण
तिथि – पंचमी
नक्षत्र – पूर्वाषाढा
योग – सिद्ध
करण – तैतिल गर
सूर्योदय – ५:४२ सूर्यास्त – ६:५२
राहु काल ७:३० से ९:०० बजे प्रातः काल।
।। सुभाषित।।
योगरतो वाभोगरतोवा,सङ्गरतो वा सङ्गवीहिनः।
यस्य ब्रह्मणि रमते चित्तं,नन्दति नन्दति नन्दत्येव॥
अर्थात् – कोई योग में लगा हो या भोग में, संग में आसक्त हो या निसंग हो, पर जिसका मन ब्रह्म में लगा है वो ही आनंद करता है, आनंद ही करता है ।