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Vedic Reflections - Shri VishnusahasranAmam (Stanza 61) The first line in the stanza describes The Lord as His sixth incarnation ( avatāra ) that is Paraśurāma while the second line depicts Him as Vyāsadeva सुधन्वा खंडापरशुर्धारुणो द्रविणाप्रदः | दिवास्प्रिक  सर्वद्रिग व्यासो वाचस्पतिरयोनिजः ||   sudhanva khaņďa paraśur dāruno draviņa pradah diva spŗk sarva-dŗg vyāso vāchaspatirayonijah sudhanva The One Who carries the positive bow ( dhanush ) as Rāma and Paraśurāma khaņďaparaśuh The One Who was merciless towards Kshatriyas in His sixth main avatāra of Paraśurāma . In this avatāra Lord always carried a paraśu or axe as His weapon dārunah The One Who was very merciless towards those who are on the wrong path of dharma draviņapradah The One Who gave ( pradānam ) the entire Earth to brāhmanas in charity after killing all Kshatriyas during His Parasurāma avatāra divaspŗk The One Who touched the sky sarva-dŗgvyāsah The One Who spreads the knowledge of everything. ...

Cricket World Cup, 2011 - Pakistan vs India, Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, 2nd Semi Final Match Result: India beat Pakistan by 29 runs Man of the match: S Tendulkar (IND) Series Status: India play Srilanka in Mumbai on April 2 2011 in the ICC Cricket World Cup Final Toss won by: India Status : Match Ended Batted First : India Batted Second : Pakistan India: 260 for 9 in 50.0 overs R/R: 5.2 India Batsman Status R B 4's 6's Virender Sehwag lbw b Wahab Riaz 38 25 9 0 Sachin Tendulkar c Shahid Afridi b Saeed Ajmal 85 115 11 0 Gautam Gambhir st Kamran Akmal b Mohammad Hafeez 27 32 2 0 Virat Kohli c Umar Akmal b Wahab Riaz 9 21 0 0 Yuvraj Singh b Wahab Riaz 0 1 0 0 MS Dhoni (C) (W) lbw b Wahab Riaz 25 42 2 0 Suresh Raina not out 36 39 3 0 Harbhajan Singh st Kamran Akmal b Saeed Ajmal 12 15 2 0 Zaheer Khan c Kamran Akmal b Wahab Riaz 9 10 1 0 Ashish Nehra run out (Kamran Akmal) 1 2 0 0 Munaf Patel not out 0 0 0 0 Extras :    18  (b...

Vedic Reflections - Shri VishnusahasranAmam (Stanza 60)   Mildly this set of names has touched upon the scientific realm of polarity and dual nature of matter. The name sahishņuh translates as The One of Dual nature. Dan Brown in his Lost Symbol had written something about Heisenberg or Pauli crediting Lord Kŗshņa for preaching the Great Bhagavad Gītā . Let’s read what Bhīshma has to say about Our Dear Lord in these नामस भगवान भगाहानंदी  वनमाली हलायुधः | आदित्यो ज्योतिरादित्यः सहिष्नुर्गतिसत्तमः ||   bhagavān bhagahānandi vanamāli halāyudhah ādityo jyotirādityah sahishņurgatisattamah bhagavān The One Who is containing all the six qualities- aiśwarya (riches), dharma (righteousness), yaśas (glory/fame), śri (wealth, remember that Goddess Lakshmi or śri in His heart. Lakshmi is the goddess of wealth ), vairāgya (dispassion) and mokśa (salvation). Since He knows all of these, He is bhagavān Bhagahā The One Who destroys all riches and glory at the time of destru...

Cricket World Cup, 2011 - New Zealand vs Sri Lanka, R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, 1st Semi Final Match Result: Sri Lanka beat New Zealand by 5 wickets Man of the match: K Sangakkara (SRI) Series Status: Toss won by: New Zealand Status : Match Ended Batted First : New Zealand Batted Second : Sri Lanka New Zealand: 217 for 10 in 48.5 overs R/R: 4.44 New Zealand Batsman Status R B 4's 6's Martin Guptill b Lasith Malinga 39 65 3 0 Brendon McCullum (W) b Rangana Herath 13 21 1 1 Jesse Ryder c Kumar Sangakkara b Muttiah Muralidaran 19 34 2 0 Ross Taylor c Upul Tharanga b Ajantha Mendis 36 55 1 0 Scott Styris lbw b Muttiah Muralidaran 57 77 5 0 Kane Williamson lbw b Lasith Malinga 22 16 3 0 Nathan McCullum c Kumar Sangakkara b Lasith Malinga 9 9 0 1 Jacob Oram c Mahela Jayawardena b Tillakaratne Dilshan 7 9 1 0 Daniel Vettori (C) not out 3 3 0 0 Tim Southee c Kumar Sangakkara b Ajantha Mendis 0 3 0 0 Andy McKay b Ajantha Mendis 0 2 0 0 Extras :    12 ...