Sri Badarayan Prapatti

Prapatti means surrender. In this shloka, while praising Lord VedVyasa Badarayana we offer complete surrender to him to help us attain liberation (moksha) from this birth-death lifecycle. विद्यावतां ज्ञानपरीक्षणे यत् स्थानं महाभागवतं पुराणं । तन्निर्मितं येन महर्षिणा तं व्यासं दयालुं शरणं प्रपद्ये ।।१।। vidyāvatāṁ jñānaparīkṣaṇe yat sthānaṁ mahābhāgavataṁ purāṇaṁ । tannirmitaṁ yena maharṣiṇā taṁ vyāsaṁ … Read more

Shri Krishnashtakam

रमारामरामं परमरमणीयम् मुरहरं । पुरारातींद्रादि प्रवरसुरसंप्रार्थितकरं ।।धरासंभारतिप्रवरसरवैरिक्षयकरं । भजे राधाकृष्णं जलधरशरीरं सुरवरं ।।१।। ramārāmarāmaṁ paramaramaṇīyam muraharaṁ । purārātīṁdrādi pravarasurasaṁprārthitakaraṁ ।।dharāsaṁbhāratipravarasaravairikṣayakaraṁ । bhaje rādhākr̥ṣṇaṁ jaladharaśarīraṁ suravaraṁ ।।1।। सदानंदं नंदात्मजमसुरसंदोहदहनं । सदानंदानंदार्चितचरणनागेंद्रदमनं ।। सदानंदानंदं वदनजितराकाशशधरं । भझे मायाकृष्णं कपटमनुजाकाररुचिरं ।।२।। sadānaṁdaṁ naṁdātmajamasurasaṁdohadahanaṁ । sadānaṁdānaṁdārcitacaraṇanāgeṁdradamanaṁ ।। sadānaṁdānaṁdaṁ vadanajitarākāśaśadharaṁ । bhajhe māyākr̥ṣṇaṁ kapaṭamanujākāraruciraṁ ।।2।। शिशुक्रीडाव्यापादितखलबकारिष्टशकटं ।अनायासायत्नाहतवृषतृणावर्तविकटं ।।अधारिं चाणूरप्रहरणयमं धैनुकहरं … Read more

Shri Badarayana Stuti

मंदहासमधुरं मनोहरं ।चंद्रिकासहितपूर्णचंद्रवत़् ।। तापहारि सुखदं च यन्मुखं । तं भजे मुनिपराशरात्मजं ।।१।। ma.mdahaasamadhura.m manohara.m |ca.mdrikaasahitapuur.naca.mdravata़ || taapahaari sukhada.m ca yanmukha.m | ta.m bhaje muniparaa”saraatmaja.m ||1|| यत्प्दांबुजभवा सुरापगा ।दर्शनादपि पुनाति मानवम् ।। पापमग्नमपि दोषपूरितं । तं भजे मुनिपराशरात्मजं ।।२।। yatpdaa.mbujabhavaa suraapagaa |dar”sanaadapi punaati maanavam || paapamagnamapi do.sapuurita.m | ta.m bhaje muniparaa”saraatmaja.m ||2|| वासवीसुतमजं दयाघनं । … Read more

Saraswat/Konkani Cuisine Recipe Books/Blogs

There is no dearth of resources on Konkani recipes online. Our recipes vary based on the region and have local influences in them. Some unique ones that are our favourites: Rasachandrika _ Saraswat Cookery book Published in 1938 in Marathi, this is the first book on Konkani cuisine. It has a very good list of … Read more

Personal blogs

Some elderly members of our community have taken great efforts to put forward their knowledge for the next generation. Listed some of them below: For some captivating pravachanas in Konkani/Kannada check out Bhavana Bhaskar Prabhu (Bhavana Mai’s) recordings on her blog http://bhavanaprabhu.com/ For devotional stories in Konkani narrated by Sangeeta Prabhu and family subscribe to … Read more