Prabhakar reflections

The body is defined as a "क्षेत्र" in the Bhagavad Gita. That which knows that "it's the body" (इदं शरीरं)is called the "क्षेत्रज्ञ" (that is the knower of the body) in the Bhagavad Gita.  The Gita says - इदं शरीरं कौन्तेयं क्षेत्रमित्यमविधियते। एतद्यो वेत्ति तं प्राहु: क्षेत्रज्ञ इति तद्विद:।। Without too much effort it becomes clear that "क्षेत्रज्ञ" has been used to refer to the soul popularly known as "आत्मा." Let's refer to a shloka that is in the 13 th chapter of this great text. It's— यथा प्रकाश्यत्येक: कृत्स्नं लोकमिमं रवि:। क्षेत्रं क्षेत्री तथा कृत्स्नं प्रकाशयति भारत।। ******************************************************* We all know that the great sun not only lights this earth but it also lights and warms the entire universe of which this earth is just a part.  The whole universe gets lighted by this self-energized,self-lighting great fireball that our sun is .  It's immeasurable-inaccessible-unapproacha...

Today image matters. It has become more important than who or what you actually are. A rogue or cruel or debauch or bungler or more so even a mafia has no need to worry if he has built an image that he is the one who has earned the reputation of being humble and benign. He poses himself to be someone who can relieve you from distress.  The point I want to emphasize is- one's real character is often far removed from the reputation that one enjoys.  It's the reputation or image, not the true character of a person, that determines your interest in him/her. That is why people employ a number of techniques to improve, build and construct their image. Some of these techniques include showing sympathy without actual help despite being capable of doing so,making donations, doing acts of charity aimed at building image and popularity.               In many cases posing as man of honesty & integrity while being otherwise in reality serves as a grea...

समय: अस्मभ्यम् महामूल्यवान: भवति. अस्य निरादरेण नरा: स्वभविष्यमेव हि उत्सादयन्ति. तर्हि अस्य उपेक्षा वयम् कथमपि न करणीयम्. इति विचिन्त्य वयम् सर्वाणि कार्याणि समयानुसार कर्तव्यम्. ****************************************************** विचारेण इति प्रतीयते यत् समयस्य निर्माण: क्षणसंकुलेन भवति.तर्हि प्रत्येक क्षणस्य आवश्यकता प्रकृत्या: विभिन्ना: वर्तते. एतदर्थ इति परम आवश्यकम् यत असौ क्षणविशेषस्य आवश्यकता वयम् स्व बुद्ध्या: शक्त्या:च पूर्ति करवाम:. क्षण विशेषस्य आवश्यकताया: पूर्ति कृत्वा वयम् सफलोऽस्म:नो चेत सफलताया: प्राप्ति: संशयागर्ते विद्धि. ******************************************************     इति स्मरणीयम् यत वैज्ञानिका: कोऽपि मिशन: सफलतायै: क्षणानुक्रम प्रक्रिया यो तकनीकी भाषायां काउंटडाउन (countdown) प्रक्रिया: इति कथ्यते,अनुसरणम् कुर्वन्ति. अस्यमूले एकमेव अस्ति यत् प्रत्येक क्षणस्य आवश्यकता पृथक-पृथक रूपेण अनन्य:(unique) वर्तते.यदि तस्य पूर्ति कर्तुम् ते समर्था: तदन्तरे  समस्ता: वैज्ञानिक प्रक्रिया: स्वयमेव सर्वतोभावेन सफलम् भवन्ति अन्यथा एका क्षणिकांशाया: त्...

इदानीम् अस्माकं देशे नवदिल्यां G-20 नाम्न: अंतरराष्ट्रीय संगठनस्य शिखर सम्मेलनं आरभते.  अमेरिकाया: राष्ट्रपति: जो बिडेन महाभाग:, इंग्लैंडस्य प्रधानमंत्री ऋषि सुनक: महोदय: सहित: विंशति: देशानाम राष्ट्राध्यक्षा: शासनाध्यक्षा: च अत्र आगतवान. चीन देशस्य राष्ट्रपति: जिनपिंग अत्र नागत:.  कारणोऽपि स्पष्ट:. कदाचित चीन देशस्य दशकाभि: व्यवहार-संव्यवहारादि अस्माकं प्रति निर्दोष:नास्ति.  सम्मेलनस्य प्रेरणावाक्यास्ति– एका पृथ्वी एक: विश्व: एक: परिवार:(one earth, one world,one family). असौ प्रेरक वाक्य अस्माकं सुप्रतिष्ठित प्राचीन दर्शनस्य "वसुधैव कुटुम्बकम्" उक्ते: अनुप्राणितोऽस्ति. सम्प्रति संगठनस्य सर्वे नेतार: गूढ़गम्भीर विषयेषु चिंतनम् विमर्श: च कर्तुम् सभा स्थल भारतमंडपे एकत्रोऽभवन. ************************************************** सम्मेलने भारतमंडपम स्वागतमंचस्य नेपथ्यभित्तिचित्रौ (background image) नालंदा विश्वविद्यालयस्य(Nalanda University)चित्रम् समस्त बिहारवासिन: नालंदा जिलावासिन:च गौरवान्वित अकरोत्. चर्चा-परिचर्चायां सम्मिलित प्रधान विषयेषु मुख्यतया आतंकवाद: भ्रष्टाचार:प...

It has been very aptly observed by experienced ones that life has only 3 real teachers who teach evidently better than anyone else on this earth. These teachers are- 1.Hungry stomach. 2.Empty Pocket. 3.Broken Heart. **************************************************           Apart from the above real teachers I, on the Teacher's Day, bow my head in respect to all teachers who by profession or otherwise have taught me to follow that which is not only inspiring & emulating but has been also helpful in rectifying & reforming myself.                    Their teachings have brought me this far.                    But I know I have not come this far to remain this far.                   Let their teachings & blessings help me to move farther and farther with faith along that path of self-rectification. *********...

Very often by default we tend to interpret Dharma from the viewpoint of religion that we profess.  Dharma is far from it. If we make an attempt to understand Dharma we are led to the conclusion that it epitomises the righteous code of conduct which remains the same across all religions. It is useful to make a distinction between Dharma and its English translation Religion.                           Whereas Dharma seeks to emphasise the substantive aspect of one’s personality,religion is interested in focussing the formal part of it by delineating the methods of observing the precepts through various forms of worships. Dharma has nothing to do with worships and its paraphernalia. In fact these are the core concerns of religion. Religious scriptures say that which is agreeable to our conscience is Dharma.   In A.S Narayana Deekshtulu Vs. State of Andhra Pradesh, AIR 1986 it has been explained as follows: ...

A few years back I was posted in Darbhanga where my elder sister lives.She is a permanent resident of that district.  So long I remained during my posting there she would come to me to tie Rakhi on every Raksha Bandhan. The photograph below reminds me of those moments. While tying Rakhi on my wrist she would utter the famous shloka that reads as follows: येन बद्धो बलि राजा दानवेन्द्रो महाबल:। तेनत्वाम प्रतिबद्धनामि रक्षे माचल माचल:।।  (यह बहुत ही सुन्दर एवं प्रसिद्ध श्लोक है. रक्षाबंधन के दिन राखी बांधे जाते समय इसे लोग उत्साहपूर्वक पढ़ते हैं. पूजादि समापन के पश्चात भी अपने यजमान को रक्षासूत्र बांधते समय पंडित जी इस श्लोक को पढ़ते हैं.) अर्थ इस प्रकार है-    हरिप्रिया लक्ष्मी ने अपने भाई महाबली दानवेन्द्र राजा बलि की कलाई को जिस सूत्र से बांधा था उसी सूत्र(रक्षा सूत्र) से आज मैं तुम्हें बांधती/बांधता हूॅं; संकटापन्न मार्गों, व्याधि तथा दुष्टादि खलमंडली से यह रक्षासूत्र तुम्हारी रक्षा करे.) *******************************************************       ...

Chandrayan-3 success story is a lesson for those who get flaccid at finding their very first attempt meeting with failure.  We can draw lesson from it that no defeat is final until we stop.  It makes us feel that the taste of success is uniquely different when it is setback driven. Chandrayan-3 story is the beautiful example of the right to bounce back to the position one deserves by hard work, determination and perseverance. Chandrayan-3 mission success has shown that blessings of all who love you matters to help get success amidst of course a few ones who may be waiting to see you fail. *************************************************** Chandrayan-3 mission has underlined the importance of Failure Model of Success(FMS).   The nomenclature abovenamed though may appear to be an oxymoron of sorts, it's true that it is this model that ISRO adopted and the rest is history. I don't know what exactly this model is in terms of scientific research methodology or how this m...

आज तुलसी जयंती है.  इस पावन दिवस पर उनकी स्मृति में उनके व्यक्तित्व पर चर्चा करना हीं प्रस्तुत लेखन का अभीष्ट है. ******************************************************* तुलसीदास जी के बारे में कहा गया है कि वे बहुत अक्खड़ स्वभाव के व्यक्ति थे.          वही व्यक्ति प्रायः ऐसा हो पाता है जिसे संसार से कुछ खास लेना-देना नहीं होता है. जहाॅं आपको संसार से कुछ लेना-देना हुआ तो फिर आप अक्खड़ नहीं हो सकते. संसार से लेना-देना रखते हुए अक्खड़ता का मात्र स्वांग भर किया जा सकता है.                अक्खड़ को न पुरस्कार की कामना होती न ही तिरस्कार का भय. तुलसी इन्हीं लोगों में से एक थे.   तुलसी का काम अपने इष्टदेव श्रीराम को भजना भर था. शरीर की यात्रा जो कुछ मिल जाए उसी पर निर्भर था.            वे आजकल के संन्यासी या कथावाचक की तरह तो थे नहीं जो लाखों रुपए की धनराशि बतौर प्रवचन शुल्क एडवांस में वसूल कर और हवाई जहाज से यात्रा कर करके वातानुकूलित वातावरण में व्यासगद्दी पर बैठ कहते हैं कि पैसा ह...

***When you are alone----- control your thoughts. ***When you are with your friends-----control your tongue. ***When you are angry------------control your temper. ***When you are in/with a group-----------control your behavior. ***When you are in trouble-------control your emotions. ***When God starts blessing you-----control your ego. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- When you are in a crowd-----try to remove yourself out of it as early as possible.                                            ~R.R.Prabhakar.                                                 20.08.2023.

हम जै समय में मैट्रिक-इंटर के विद्यार्थी रही तहिया हमरा में एक टा प्रतिभा ई छल जे हम दोस-महिम(friend circle)के बीच हॅंसी लगाबऽ लेल तरह-तरह के गप्प खूब छॅंटैत छलहुॅं. आब ते स्वास्थ्य आदि सॅं लऽ कऽ बच्चा सबहक पढ़ाई-लिखाई वा चंद तरहक घरेलू समस्या सहित आओर नौकरी-चाकरी'क झंझावात में तेहन ओझराइल रहैत छी जे ओ प्रतिभा कहिया विलीन भऽ गेल से पते नै लागल.                आब ते घर में घरवाली'क उपराग,गज्जन(complain and reprimand) आओर आफिस में साहेब'क डांट सुनि-सुनि भरि दिन मुॅंह लटकले-बिधुवायल(depressed)रहय ये. ******************************************************* ओना सही कही तऽ इहो गप्प छॅंटैवला प्रतिभा हमर नैसर्गिक प्रतिभा नहिं छल.एकर कारण ई थिक जे हमर गाम'क दूरी हमर शहर'क घर सॅं मुश्किल से दसे-पन्द्रह किलोमीटर छै. ताहि समय में हम जहिया-जहिया गाम जाइत रही सब बेर अपन बच्चा भाई [हमर पितियौत(cousin)भाय] से किछु नै किछु गप्प सीख के ओकर पुड़िया बना कऽ अप्पन जेबी में राखि लैत रही.  यद्यपि बच्चा भाई हमरा सॅं बहुत जेठ छलाह तथापि ओ सबके अप्पन गप्प से हॅंसाबय मे...

***सरकार एवं विभाग का एक अत्यंत सराहनीय कदम*** ************************************************** प्रदेश की जनता को इसका समर्थन करना चाहिए. शिक्षा जगत का इससे भला होगा. लेकिन इतना ही पर्याप्त नहीं होगा. इस निरंकुश व्यवसाय को अच्छे से नियंत्रित करने की आवश्यकता है जिसमें इन्हें शिक्षा हित में बंद कर देना तक भी शामिल होना चाहिए.  अन्यथा गुणवत्तापूर्ण शिक्षा को हम अभिभावकों एवं शिक्षकों को इन्हीं नामाकूल कोचिंग संस्थानों के हवाले छोड़ आराम करना पसंद हो तो कोई क्या करे?  इनकी नजर गार्जियन के बटुए पर होती है. सरकारी स्कूलों में पढ़ाई न होते देख हालत यह है कि अब गरीब गुरबा तबका भी अपना पेट काटकर अपने बच्चों को इन्हीं कोचिंग में भेजने को मजबूर हैं. एक समय था जब सरकारी स्कूल हीं शिक्षण का मुख्य एवं महत्वपूर्ण केंद्र हुआ करता था जहां से बच्चे पढ़कर समाज के विभिन्न क्षेत्रों में अपनी पहचान बनाते थे. भले ही तब ये विद्यालय छतविहीन थे, पर्याप्त वर्ग-कक्ष की कमी थी, शिक्षकों का वेतन कम था, अभिभावक आज-कल जितने शिक्षित भी नहीं थे तब भी शिक्षक पढ़ाते थे और छात्र इन्हीं साधनहीन विद्यालय में पढ...

राजगीर में मलमास मेला-एक व्यक्तिगत विवरण। ******************************************** **** सनातन धर्म में मान्यता है कि मलमास के महीने में 33 कोटि (कोटि एक संस्कृत शब्द है जिसका अर्थ "प्रकार" और "करोड़" दोनों होता है) देवी-देवता राजगीर में निवास करने आते हैं।                        इस दौरान देश और राज्य के विभिन्न हिस्सों से लाखों श्रद्धालु पूजा-अर्चना करने और ब्रह्मकुंड में पवित्र स्नान करने के लिए राजगीर पहुंचते हैं। ******************************************** मलमास मेला हर 3 साल में आयोजित होता है। राज्य के भू-राजस्व विभाग ने मलमास मेला को राजकीय मेला का दर्जा दिया है.  जिले में अन्य अधिकारियों, विभागों और परिष्कृत साहित्यिक अभिरुचि के व्यक्तियों के साथ समन्वय में, जिला जनसंपर्क अधिकारी (डीपीआरओ), स्वयं और अपने विभाग के माध्यम से, इससे संबंधित सर्वोत्तम घटनाओं / क्षणों को लाने / निकालने की दिशा में अपना सर्वश्रेष्ठ प्रयास कर रहे हैं।  उनके इस तरह के नेक प्रयास से आम लोग भी सोशल मीडिया सहित प्रिंट और इलेक्ट्रॉनिक ...

"काकः कृष्णः पिकः कृष्णः का भेद: पिककाकयोः।     वसन्तसमये प्राप्ते काकः काकः पिकः पिकः।।" .  **************************************************  "कौआ भी काला और कोयल भी काली होती है. फिर दोनों में अंतर क्या है?  अंतर?  इसके लिए समय की प्रतीक्षा करनी होती है.   वसंत-ऋतु के आगमन पर हमें इनमें जो अंतर होता है, उसका ज्ञान सहज ही हो जाता है कि वास्तव में कौआ कौआ हीं होता है और कोयल कोयल.  इसी तरह विशिष्ट गुण वाले लोगों का पता भी समय आने पर ही लगता है।" ************************************************** It's the"time" that is occasion; not outer colour (outfit) that distinguishes one from the other in terms of good character or quality; for both crow and cuckoo are the same colour wise but their real quality or worth one gets to know only when spring comes whence one "coos" to please while the other still remains "cawing" that is annoying.. भावानुवाद:                  राजीव रंजन प्रभाकर.   ...

दुर्योधन एवं दुशासन सिर्फ़ महाभारत काल में ही नहीं पैदा हुए थे. द्यूतकर्म से पराभव को प्राप्त सर झुकाए-छुपाए अर्जुन सरीखे बहुतो पांडव भी दिख हीं जाते हैं. ******************************************************* जुए में हारी रोती बिलखती सब महानुभावों के सामने अपने शील रक्षा की भीख मांगती चीखती चिल्लाती द्रौपदी का चीरहरण भी ऐसा नहीं कि सिर्फ महाभारत काल में हीं हुआ हो. ******************************************************* वह आज भी हो रहा है- बल्कि चीरहरण सहित शीलहरण भी. वह भी एकांत में नहीं बल्कि सर्वजन के समक्ष.  *******************************************************             राजधर्म की रक्षा हेतु वीर-धीर भीष्ण जैसे मर्द भी एक नहीं अनेक हैं जिन्हें राज की सुरक्षा, प्रतिष्ठा एवं विकास का पताका फहराने की प्राण से अधिक चिंता है. *******************************************************                       नहीं है तो बस कृष्ण. *******************************************************     ...

These days my daughter has come to stay with me only to spend a part of her summer vacation with me. While preparing to go to the office I don't mind keeping my shirt over my pants, unlike most of my colleagues, senior or junior who do what is usually called undershirting or trouser tucking the shirt. She asked me: why don't you do like others? She told me further that somehow she has had the notion since her childhood that one who is an officer wears like keeping his shirt trouser tucked inter alia. Though she is not incorrect,I didn't feel like answering this question. *******************************************************   In fact during this sultry weather to be dressed in this way provides me a bit of extra comfort. Though it's also not that I never do under-shirting, it's a fact that nowadays after spending years in the service I have come to attach more attention upon my work rather than on my attire. With regard to the latter all that I take care of is tha...

My daughter asked me: Father! Suppose a candidate qualified in the civil services examination. Doesn't s/he have the right to celebrate her/his success? I replied with great ease- Yes,of course. He or She has every right to celebrate. She asked me further-Does one have the same "right to mourn his failure" if one finds oneself out of the selection list in such a way that despite a great deal of preparation his/score failed to touch the cut-off marks in the merit list by a hairbreadth margin?                                       *** I began to think as to how I should respond to this question. For me the question so posed appeared to be a trap.   In line with the answer given in the first case I could have replied by that logic-yes, why not? But I took time to respond. After taking some time I prepared myself to give a considered reply. I said to her- In case one just couldn't touch...

Today I had the opportunity to offer Langot(Loincloth) and bow my head at the feet of the statue of Baba Maniram seated in the Shrine popularly known as "Baba Maniram Akhara".              Every year on the occasion of Ashadha Purnima better known as Guru Purnima the "Langot Mela"is organized with great fervor here at the Akhara to commemorate Baba Maniram. On this auspicious day of Guru Purnima,as per the tradition, the mela starts with the offering of 'Langot'(Loincloth) to the statue of Baba by the District Magistrate, Nalanda wishing for peace, progress and prosperity of the people of the District.  DM Nalanda Shri Shashank Shubhankar on the auspicious day of Guru Purnima offered Langot to the Baba and did all the rituals associated with the occasion on behalf of the people of the District. He prayed for the wellbeing, peace, progress and development of the District and its people. The mela continues for a week during which a great number of ...

****************************************************** Bridges collapsing and trains colliding have become a commonplace incident in the country.  To many it may be on account of large scale corruption in building of such infrastructure like bridges or ROB etc.or violation of protocol as regards running of trains on tracks.  In case of bridges and ROBs some hold these incidents occurring due to lapses on part of the agency which is awarded work to execute after tender finalization. While it is not untrue it's not the whole picture. Apart from above which is perceived to be the direct cause of such mournful incidents, I hold the present technical education equally responsible for such mishap or accidents in its own way. ****************************************************** A very close relative of mine (the son of my wife's sister) cleared JEE Advance a few days ago. But he is not very excited. The reason is he doesn't see any prospects of getting admission in computer scie...

During my childhood days I would not know that there happened a day specially assigned to or associated with one who is known as a "father". Even my father had no knowledge of it.  In fact it mattered little for me as well as my father about the necessity of knowing the existence of this day.  I am also not sure whether this so called father's day ever existed in the past in such popularity even in culture wherefrom it is presumed to have come in our society or country. ************************************************** In our times father had full liberty to take decisions on behalf of his son or daughter. It was he who took decision in all matters as to what and how his son/daughter should wear, study etc.   He would decide whom his son or daughter should marry.  Some parents even took decision not only on behalf of his son but son's son also. The son or daughter was supposed to accept a parental writ without the slightest compunction. We were duty bound to fu...