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Bharatavibhuti waswas written
written by Sri
by Sri Jatavallabhula
Jatavallabhula Purushottam.
Purushottam. Sri Sri
Purushottam
Purushottam waswas a modern
a modern Sanskrit
Sanskrit scholar.
scholar. He He waswas born born in Nadimpalli
in Nadimpalli village
village in
in East
East Godavari
Godavari in the year in the
1906.year 1906.
After After finishing
finishing his studies hishestudies
joinedheasjoined as lecturer
lecturer in at
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Government Government college,Then
Vijayawada. Vijayawada.
he became Thenthe he becameofthe
principal principal
Veda Sanskritof Veda
college in
Sanskrit college in Kovvur, West Godavari District. He
Kovvur, West Godavari District. He propagated the importance of Sanskrit language and propagated the importance
of Sanskrit
Indian culture. language and Indian culture.
He Hewaswas
and "Dharma
"Dharma
honoured
honoured
Kesari".Kesari".
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the the
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titles
titles
number
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of booksofinbooks
bushana
bushana
Telugu
Mahamahopadhyaya"
Mahamahopadhyaya"
in Telugu and Sanskrit.
and Sanskrit. His
and
His chitrasataka is a
up
chitrasataka is a famous work consisting of ten
famous work consisting of ten titles. Bharatavibhuthi is one among them. titles. Bharatavibhuthi is one among them.
The
Glory oflesson
Glory India: Bharatavibhuti
of India: ThisThisworldworld iswas
is the the
body written
body of by
of Lord LordSriMahavishnu.
Jatavallabhula
Mahavishnu. To To suchsuch a body
a body Bharat
Bharat is similar
Purushottam.
is similar
to the head. That to theSri
was Purushottam
head.
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ofthe
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this head. Invillage
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arrogance and alone
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at
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divine Thenlike
is this message
characteristics he became
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are treacherous. Thetreats the foreigners
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about thoughofthey
mobility are treacherous.
Mother India. The cool The Himalayas
Himalayas in in the
the North
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the volumes
tropical
deserts in the West resemble India's qualities like peace and valour. In ancienttropical
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India, eveninthe thecruel
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got transformed intolikenoble.peace and valour. In ancient
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Non-violence is not beinginto noble.even towards human
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beings. Even non-violence:
towards animals Non-violence
non-violence is notis being
observed practised
here. Why even towards
were Sri human
beings. Even
Ramakrishna, towards
Ramana animals and
Maharshi non-violence
others born is here
observed
alone? here. Why were
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Ramakrishna,
would arise only in Ramana
the skyMaharshi
and not on andtheothers
earth.born here spiritual
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