Soham

06/07/2026

27/06/2026

https://www.sohamvidya.in/post/putra-the-son-who-cares-for-parent-in-after-life

Various traditions have their own ways to rememeber the departed. These traditions should be respected and followed as in my view they were originally designed to be part of bereavement process to come to terms with the loss of the beloved parent. The example of Venu and Prithu Maharaja, goes a step further to remind us that we should not be clouded by the quality of the relation we may have shared as a parent and child and even if it was sour the child still has the responsibility to remember, respect and help the departed parent in the after-life.

There is a significant meaning behind the word "Putra". Let us look at the etymological origin of the word, as follows: Pu-nāmno narakāt trāyate iti putraḥ.Pu is a hell from which the son who saves the departed parent is called Putrah. While "Pu" refers to hell - "trāyate" means to save. In ot...

22/05/2026

One of the most comprehensive shlokas that gives the gist of Sanatana Dharma - cosmology (and the interplay of consciousness and creation), divine presence within all of us, all pervasive cosmic power and, yet beyond perception and comprehension. Memorize this, chant and teach.