As The Sun Starts Northward Journey – Uttaraayana – May He Bring All The Happiness To You And Your Family Throughout This Year. May the Sun radiate Health, Happiness and Harmony into the lives of one and all.
I Wish You And Your Family A Very Happy Makar Sankranti/Pongal.
Sankraanti/Pongal is celebrated generally on January 14. It is time when Sun enters the zodiac sign of Capricorn (makara) and hence it is called makara-sankraanti (sankraanti – samyak kraanti iti sankraanti – proceeding well).
The celebration of harvest and crop is unanimous with the Sun, being the originator of the entire food chain! Without Him, there would be no energy for the plant sources and without plant sources, there would be no energy transmission to the carnivores either. The Sun being the sustenance for the very life on earth, is worshipped and thanked on this day.
Many people throw away old clothes and buy new ones, marking the beginning of good times. Sharing til-gud (mixture of sesame seeds and jaggery) is customary among people who celebrate this festival. Since the festival is celebrated in mid-winter, food prepared for this festival is such that it keeps the body warm and gives high energy. The combination of til-gud is not only mouth tickling, but very enticing as well. In today’s Subhashita, the poet beautifully wishes that kind of enticement into spoken words and relationships of everyone! When there is harmony in mind, thoughts, actions and words, then there is no stopping, the un-abounded happiness one can attain in his very being. What better can one wish for his near and dear ones!
In the major cities the skies appear filled with thousands of kites as people enjoy two full days of Uttarayan up on their terraces. You Can Easily Tell Others To “Go Fly A Kite” today without offending!!!
तिलवत् स्निग्धं मनोऽस्तु वाण्यां गुडवन्माधुर्यम्
तिलगुडलड्डुकवत् सम्बन्धेऽस्तु सुवृत्तत्त्वम् ।
अस्तु विचारे शुभसङ्क्रमणं मङ्गलाय यशसे
कल्याणी सङ्क्रान्तिरस्तु वः सदाहमाशम्से ॥
tilavat snigdham mano.stu vaaNyaam guDavanmaadhuryam
tilaguDalaDDukavat sambandhe.stu suvruttattvam |
astu vichaare shubhasankramaNam mangalaaya yashase
kalyaaNee sankraantirastu vah sadaahamaashamse ||
May the mind be affectionate like sesame seeds, may there be sweetness in thy words as in jaggery.
May there be goodness in thy relations as is in the relation of sesame and jaggery in a laddoo.
May there be in thy thoughts a concurrence towards auspicious glory.
I always wish that may the festival of Sankraanti prove to be blessed and auspicious for one and all.
Kalpana 