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Aura so GOATed, rage baiting misogyny since 3000 years straight.
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Aura so GOATed, rage baiting misogyny since 3000 years straight.

She's probably praying for the souls still desperate to somehow malign her, well who's gonna tell em in all her losses she stays the most virtuous, most validated, most revered,

In all her losses she stays unyeilding,

That's precisely what rage baits misogny today, having grown up seeing women subjugated, the idea one can ensure your end if you opress her or attack her dignity might be too disturbing for patriarchal minds to hold together without getting sore.

Only ends up exposing the backgrounds of such peeps and how they look at women, the sickness in blaming the victims assuming desperate twisting of narrative would actually work if they devotedly dump WattPad ff here,

Am not adding reference of her being declared as Shree by Vidura, Indra, and is revealed to be flawless laxmi at the end,

Or the words of Vyasa she was born from fire to cleanse the land of adharma explicity stating that she was born to bring about the ruin of the CORRUPT KSHATRIYAS

Or her righteous anger and demand for justice being validated as just by Krishna himself besides Vyasa

Or even her humanity, her humility being praised by duryodhan himself about her eating at the last after every needy is fed,

When Dhritarashtra offered her blank-check boons, a power-hungry queen would have demanded the Kuru throne; instead, she only asked for her husbands' freedom and explicitly rejected a third boon to reclaim their empire, declaring she would not cross the boundaries of Dharma.

She didn't cling to his power because he had none—she voluntarily chose 13 years of starvation and working as a maid over abandoning him for the luxury of her father Drupada’s palace

If Draupadi just wanted power, she would have agreed with Yudhishthira's political maneuvers, she blasted him through the exile for choosing the exile, she didn't want a kingdom by following flawless politics, she wanted justice. If she just wanted a bloodbath, she would have let Bhima slaughter everyone in King Virata's court

Whenever Draupadi complains to Krishna or Yudhishthira in the forest, she never complains about losing her jewels, her palaces, or her status as an Empress. She names her perpetrators with laser precision.

She didn't let go Jaydartha, She didn't let go of Kichka,

That's refusal to accept injustice, while still abiding by absolute dharma,

When Yudhishthira tried to regain political power by settling for just "five villages," she wept in disgust, rejected his political compromise, and demanded Dushasana’s severed arm instead.

She never wanted a throne; she wanted criminal accountability, and she relentlessly roasted Yudhishthira’s gambling and cowardice throughout their exile to force him to deliver it

She explicitly states that if her husbands are too cowardly and willing to accept a shameful peace, she doesn't need them. She declares that her father (Drupada), her brother (Dhrishtadyumna), and her five sons will march against Dushasana to get her justice.

And what happens later on,

She Spared Her Father's Murderer

She spared Ashwathama after he kills HER CHILDREN HER FATHER, HER BROTHER

She says "O Bhimasena! You have paid off the enmity... The guru's son is worthy of my reverence, as much as the guru himself. I only wished to avenge the enmity. Let the king bind this upon his head."

She does not let blind vengeance cross the boundaries of Dharma.

So much for glory as she is blamed to be fighting for.

Not once does she ask the Pandavas to conquer the half of Panchala that Drona took from her father. Her speeches are 100% focused on holding Dushasana, Duryodhana, Karna, and Shakuni legally and physically accountable for dragging her by her hair and trying to strip her

Yet throughout she was the last to go to sleep and the first to wake up, avoided evil company, suppressed her anger, and worked tirelessly for her family’s prosperity.

Lived a life of such pure devotion and sacrifice,

Only understandable the soreness of those who attack her, how do you attack someone just so grand, so let's hallucine and abuse.

She let her father's murderer live to uphold Dharma. She wasn't power-hungry; she rejected a kingdom for justice. And her end wasn't pitiful; she survived the apocalypse, outlasted the entire Kuru dynasty, and returned to the heavens as the Supreme Goddess.

The haters aren't reading Vyasa; they are reading their own misogyny

All this to protect few faces of convicts of her SA or maybe just pure misogny overtaking the frontal cortex.

Fact that these elements are needed to validate her as a human, and justify her ache and righteous demand for justice as a SA victim against the literal perpetrators, it proves the argument is futile for the soul the argument is with, is dead.

Har kisi ko do jaha nahi milta kisi ko zameen to kisi ko aasman nahi milta,

Tehel lete hain adharmi dushkarmi dwaparyug main hi,

Unke apologists ko kalyug tak sukoon ka aashiyaan nahi milta.

Bichare.

u/TruthNyaseni — 1 day ago

How Western Culture Ruined My Common Sense

Right from childhood, being influenced by Western culture, I somehow never felt inclined to wear or do anything Indian.

Now it makes me think how stupid I was.

Almost everyone around you makes you feel like you're the most fashionable and updated person if you wear the tightest T-shirt, jeans, or eat a burger or pizza, although it looks like the most unaesthetic way of eating food.

Food is treated as something very sacred and we bow down to it before consuming it in this culture. A bottle of Coke and eating pizza became a cool thing because of the way it's projected.

If I put my hands together and bowed down to my food before eating, people would think I'm doing something very outdated and orthodox.

But in our culture, we bow down to everything that is a source of our lives.

Whether it's food, water, sky, animals, or anything we see, we bow down to it. It is to recognise the divinity in everything.

If you see a snake, they say snake god. If you see a mountain, they talk about mountain god. If you say Bharat, they say Bharat Mata, Mother India.

Rivers like Ganga, Yamuna, Cauvery, and Godavari are all worshipped.

I used to feel ashamed to speak in my own mother tongue. If I spoke in English, people thought I was highly knowledgeable or educated.

Even today in India, people think you are really great if you speak English. But it's just a language. That's got nothing to do with one's knowledge and knowing.

This is one of the biggest cripples because it'll make one lend a deaf ear to all the great people just because they don't speak a particular language.

We are all trained in an education that's structured to make clerks, not to free our minds and think independently. This education that we're going through is largely British-made.

The education in India wasn't like this at all.

Not just education, but for every stage in life, what needs to be done, everything was structured and thought of for the wellbeing of a human being and to make a human become a full-fledged life.

In childhood, information and knowledge was not given because the brain and body should grow.

Until the age of 8, education wasn't given. This was known as Balyavastha, a stage where the body and mind are still in the growing stage.

If a child is burdened with information and knowledge at this stage, it only does more harm than good.

Later years were known as Brahmacharya, where children went through extreme discipline because this is the age where it's most needed.

Along with this, education was given only after the child utters Aham Brahmasmi, to say that my identity is not with myself or my family, caste, creed, gender, or nationality, but I'm cosmic.

If a person whose identity is limited gets empowered, it leads to destruction.

No wonder why so much is spent on arms and armaments. It's only because of me vs you.

If my identity was cosmic, who do I fight with?

Then comes Grihastha Ashrama, where people chose to get married, fulfil their needs and responsibilities, handle material aspects, and raise children. Or if they wish, they can be a lifelong Brahmachari.

And finally, Vanaprastha or Sanyasa, where one focused on living in solitude or stepping away from family.

It's unfortunate to see people hang on with family till the last moment they die. It's painful for elders and also the family.

But if a certain detachment arose out of fulfilment of life, naturally a person likes to withdraw and leave gracefully.

These days, due to media and the internet, young adults are seeing everything on screens and they think they know everything already.

No more excitement about life.

This is one of the major reasons why they fall into psychological ailments so early.

The history of this nation has been made to be looked at as just mere mythological stories.

Whether it's Mahabharat, Ramayan, or Puranas, these were not stories but real happenings expressed in dialectical ways so that they remain relevant for every generation.

The calendars also have changed.

Sadhguru states that the modern Gregorian calendar is a numerical convenience which ignores the larger geometry of the cosmos entirely. He further adds that it ignores how this human system is a reflection of the larger cosmos, especially the sun, moon, and earth.

Whereas the Eastern calendars devised by mystis, particularly Hindu luni-solar ones, were made thousands of years ago to map cosmic geometry and align human physiology with the sun, moon, and earth.

If one learns to align with it, life shall become blissful and a dance.

The Indian calendar goes according to celestial happenings, but we're following something that was created as a numerical convenience.

The word "calendar" originates from the Roman term Calendae, the day taxes and debts were due.

Whatever happens to the celestial bodies happens to our bodies too.

But all these aspects are missed in the calendar we follow.

And somewhere along the way, all these things started to feel outdated and orthodox to me simply because they were Indian.

I didn't realise then how much of my own culture I was dismissing without even knowing what was behind it. Grateful to Sadhguru and several other great masters of the past who made me realise about my own culture which I was ignorant of despite being born in it.

TL;DR: I grew up thinking many aspects of Indian culture were outdated because of Western influence. As I learned more, I realised there was much deeper wisdom behind our culture that I had dismissed without understanding.

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u/JourneyTowardsTruth — 1 day ago

Dilemma regarding eggs: Your advice

There are various reasons not to eat eggs:

  1. It is not saatvik.

  2. It cannot be offered as Bhog to Prabhu.

  3. It involves cruelty to animals.

But 1 and 2 are also applicable to onions and garlic. But eating onions and garlic are not sins until Guru Diksha. If cruelty-free unfertilized eggs are eaten then 3 is not applicable too. So cruelty-free unfertilized eggs are as good as onions and garlic and may be eaten atleast until Guru Diksha.

However, many Sants like pujya Shri Hit Premanand ji Maharaj say not to eat eggs. Also, Gita says that eating tamsik food makes one tamsik.

Having stopped eating eggs for a long time now, I noticed that my Bhakti increased. However, nutritional content of eggs seems irreplaceable (high protein to calories ratio).

Any inputs/advice would be appreciated.

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u/maxemile101 — 1 day ago

What should be done with kalasha water?

With Varalakshmi vratham approaching on the 21st, I'm wondering:

What is done with the water in the kalasham. In some temples I've seen them sprinkle the water on the devotees. Some people say that it should be poured into a tulsi?

Genuinely curious, what is to be done in the case of a home pooja

u/toastwithjamx1 — 1 day ago
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Sri RadhaRasbihari Jiu of Shantipur, WB

Sri Sri Radha Rasbihari Jiu is a revered traditional deity and household/community thakurbari located in the spiritual heritage town of Santipur (Nadia district, West Bengal), notably associated with local Vaiṣṇava traditions and figures like Sachinandan Das Babaji Maharaj. Santipur is widely celebrated for its rich Vaishnavite culture, age-old deity worship, and grand festivals.

u/PomegranateSafe295 — 2 days ago
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People celebrate religious festivals just for show no knowledge, no श्रद्धा, and no manners. Yet they call themselves educated.

u/BetterColSol — 3 days ago
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Kuldevi Beej Mantra and Gayatri Mantra

My kuldevi is Yogeshwari Devi, Ambejogai. I found her nama mantra, her Gayatri mantra and her mahamantra containing beejas. I found out all of this in Rudrayamal Tantra.

Do I have to take deeksha for Kuldevi beej mantra or can I chant that mantra?

Can I chant her Gayatri mantra?

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What's the need of all this?

I'm not saying God has put us here, but then how did we get here? God himself is part, creator of Maya.

What did we do to get here? I cannot find any answers.

In Gita, Krishna said to Arjuna “Never was there a time when I did not exist, nor you, nor these kings"

But it never explained how we got here, what was our fault? Were not all Atmans sinless before everything began, or we were doing crimes on different planets, eve if that so, what were we doing before that?

Please don't come up with "greed, desires" answers. Because that still doesn't explain anything. Simply don't answer anything if you don't know what you are talking about.

Thank you.

u/satoshiwife — 2 days ago
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Namaste | Tandava of Sacred Chants | PlayableThoughts Tribute To Lord Shiva | Lord Shiva Animation

Experience the cosmic energy of Lord Shiva through this high-energy animation set to the powerful 'Namaste' track by Anirudh Ravichander from the movie DC.

My friend tried making something. Would love for everyone to watch and share their thoughts

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u/spiritual-stock5469 — 1 day ago
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Meeting Ucchista Ganapati: The Gate Keeper of Muladhara Chakra

Anyone interested in tantric practices must first complete the Ucchista Ganapati Sadhana before undertaking any other tantra sadhana. This sadhana is described as the “essence of all tantras” and is known to satisfy all desires. 

(under some guru/mentor/sadhak)

HE is beyond the dimensions of time and space, omnipresent and omniscient. No muhurta or auspicious timing is required to begin his sadhana. Hastipishachi is the shakti of Ucchista Ganapati, she belongs among the highest class of beings, the same rank the word Mahapishachi carries when it's used for Maa Matangi herself.

Benefits of his Sadhaana:

  • Called the essence of all tantras, everything else in the path is said to be contained in this one sadhana
  • Brings victory in competitions of all kinds, including games of chance like dice, etc.
  • Delivers real material wealth, for those who reach actual siddhi of his mantra.
  • Tradition holds that his exact mantra is what made Kubera the treasurer of all riches
  • Same mantra credited with raising Vibhishana to the throne of Lanka.
  • Bless Child boons, Devoted spouse, Dutiful children’s, awards and achievement
  • Protection from natural calamities, relieve from fear of black magic, negativity
  • No Yaksha, Yakshini, Rakshas, Rakshasi, ghosts or any other powerful and much feared demi-god entities such as Shakini, Dhakini can undo or counter the protection offered by ucchista Ganapati.

To learn or study more about Ucchista Ganapati, save the document link - will share more about him on this document: https://www.reddit.com/u/Imjust_ahooman/s/zQOln4bTyC

u/Imjust_ahooman — 3 days ago

Can non South AsianHindus wear bindi?

Hope I flared this correctly, it's my first time posting in this sub.

My question is basically the title. I know about the spiritual meaning of the bindi, and was curious if white people who are Hindu can also wear it without it being considered appropriation?

Thank you!

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u/Redfawn666 — 2 days ago
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Lord Ram was exiled for 14 years and Bharat refused to become king. So who actually ruled Ayodhya during those 14 years? What did Bharata do all that time?

I’ve been wondering about this for a while, if Bharata refused to take the throne, how did Ayodhya actually function during those 14 years? Who governed the kingdom, and what was Bharata’s role in it?

u/VedicSage_108 — 3 days ago
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Kirateshwar avatar of Lord Shiva

Kirateshwar (Kirata) Avatar refers to Shiva appearing as a Kirata, meaning a hunter or forest-dweller. The best-known account occurs in the Mahabharata, when Arjuna is performing severe penance to obtain divine weapons before the great war. Shiva decides to test him and appears in the forest disguised as a powerful hunter, accompanied by Parvati in some traditions.

At that moment, a wild boar charges through the forest. Arjuna and the disguised Shiva both shoot arrows at it, and both claim to have killed it. Arjuna becomes angry when the hunter refuses to acknowledge his claim. The two then engage in a fierce combat, with Arjuna eventually realizing that this seemingly ordinary hunter possesses extraordinary divine strength.

Arjuna continues fighting despite being unable to defeat him. Realizing that the hunter must be no ordinary human, Arjuna creates a small image of Shiva and worships it with flowers. Miraculously, the flowers appear upon the hunter himself. Arjuna immediately understands that he has been fighting Mahadeva and bows before him, asking forgiveness.

Pleased by Arjuna's courage, determination, and devotion, Shiva reveals his true form and grants him the Pashupatastra, one of the most powerful divine weapons. The episode is important because Shiva does not simply reward Arjuna for praying—he tests his humility, courage, and perseverance first. The Kirata form therefore represents Shiva appearing in a seemingly ordinary disguise while concealing immense divine power.

u/Jalbwakkolnaji4756 — 3 days ago
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Bhairavnath Temple is located on a hillock roughly 500 meters uphill from the main Kedarnath Temple. This open-air shrine is dedicated to Lord Bhairukund Bhairav, the fierce guardian deity of the valley who is traditionally worshipped before the main temple opens.

u/Objective-Carrot-618 — 3 days ago

Is this considered sadhana ?

I offer water to Shivji 4 to 5 days in a week in morning and chant attempting chanting "Om Namo Bhagavate Rudraya Namah" 2 to 3 malas and Hanuman chalisha on tuesdays and saturdays.

Can these be considered sadhana in some form?

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u/Ok_Hat4658 — 1 day ago

Why do I always cry whenever I see lord Krishna?

I don’t know but whenever I see lord Krishna’s photos or reels of him while scrolling insta my eyes get watery. Does anyone else get tears in their eyes while seeing lord Krishna?

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u/HulksmashM8 — 2 days ago

Should VIP Darshan Exist in Hindu Temples?

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I want to start a genuine discussion about the growing practice of VIP darshan in Hindu temples.

In many major temples, devotees can pay extra for faster darshan, shorter queues, or special access. I understand the practical argument: temples receive enormous crowds, VIPs may have security concerns, and paid arrangements can generate revenue for temple administration.

But there is also a deeper question: Should money determine how quickly or closely a devotee gets to have darshan of the deity?

One of the things I find meaningful about Hindu traditions is the idea that the divine is not supposed to be restricted to the wealthy or powerful. A poor devotee who has travelled hundreds of kilometres, stood in line for hours, and come with genuine bhakti should not necessarily be treated as less deserving than someone who can afford a ₹1,000, ₹5,000 or ₹10,000 ticket.

At the same time, I don't think the issue is as simple as saying "all paid darshan is wrong." Large temples have massive crowds, security requirements, maintenance costs and administrative challenges. Some form of crowd-management or paid service may be reasonable.

So perhaps the real question is:

Where should we draw the line between reasonable crowd management and turning darshan into a privilege that can effectively be purchased?

Would it be better if temples offered paid facilities such as accommodation, prasadam, guided tours or special services while keeping the actual darshan experience broadly equal for everyone?

I'd especially like to hear perspectives from people who regularly visit temples and understand the traditional and practical sides of this issue.

What do you think—does VIP darshan violate the spirit of Hindu worship, or is it simply a practical system for managing huge crowds?

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u/BadeLandwale12 — 3 days ago