Request for Divya Prabhandam book and cassettes

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Dear Sri Jai Simhan,

 

Please refer to the comments embedded.

 

>I have been looking for a first class version of the full Divya Prabhandam

>for a long time. Can anyone recommend or better still send a copy to me. I

>will post the money in return.

>

 

There are many renderings on the Divya Prabhantha. Last year

TTD (Tirumalai Devastanam) has released a set, a total of

70 cassettes, complete recital of 4000 Divya Prabhantha. Iam

told that K. J. Yesudas has another collection on 4000

produced by TTD.

 

There is also one by Sri Velukkudi Swami and his son Sri Velukkudi

krishnan.

 

>I am looking for an encyclopaedic edition that has got the original Tamil,

>modernised Tamil, and English, together with word explanation and

>commentaries of the Acaryas.

>

 

This is absolutely vast and difficult to obtain. Sri Periyavachchan

Pillai, known as the King of Commentators, had written commentaries

on all 4000 paasurams (verses). These publications are difficult

to get and is published only by Sri Krishnaswamy Iyengar in

Trichy. English translations are difficult to come by. To my

knowledge, only Tiruppavai, Nachchiyar Tirumozi and Tiruvaymozhi

has been translated to English.

 

1. The Poems of Andal - by P. S. Sundaram

publishers: Ananthacharya Indological Research Institute

G. D. Somani Memorial Building

Cuffe Parade, Mumbai 400 005

 

2. Tiruvaymozhi - by V. N. Vedanta Desikan

English translation based on Sri Pillans commentary

publishers: Sri Visistadvaita Research Center.

66, Dr Rangachari Road, Chennai 600 018

 

You can also search the Bhakti List archives for translation

of Tiruvaymozhi and tiruppavai by many members of this group.

All of the articles on these topics are very insightfull, in

particular, the series by Sri Madhavakannan on Tiruvaymozhi,

the other by Sri Sampath Rengarajan on Tirppavai, and

Smt Kalyani Krishnamachari's translations of Nacchiyar Tirumozhi.

 

Regards,

 

 

 

 

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Dear Vaishnavas.

 

Hare Krishna.

Please accept my humble obeisances at all of your lotus feet.

 

I have been looking for a first class version of the full Divya Prabhandam

for a long time. Can anyone recommend or better still send a copy to me. I

will post the money in return.

 

I am looking for an encyclopaedic edition that has got the original Tamil,

modernised Tamil, and English, together with word explanation and

commentaries of the Acaryas.

 

Also, I am looking for good full-series cassette tapes of the Prabhandams.

I have 2 copies recited by Sevilimedu Srinivasacarya and party. They are

very nice. But I am also looking for the musical version, with the proper

tune, ragam, etc - ie. in the song format. I also have Andal Naciyar's

Tirupaavai sung by the late M.L. Vasanthakumari.

Thevaram and Thiruvasagam are usually sung in a certain raga etc. What

about the Prabhandams ? Are they also sung in that manner ? I would like to

obtain a full set in the song form and recite them. They are really

beautiful - the Prabhandams and compared with all other devotional

literature in Tamil including the Saivite Thirumurais, I find the

Prabhandams' conclusions far superior. The Nayanmars, many of them, sang in

praise of Lord Shiva and very often we see some demands or favours

associated with them. Appar sang for the removal of his stomachache,

Sundarar brought a dead child back from the crocodile's mouth, Sambandar

sang for the temple door to open, etc. of course, the devotee may demand

the Lord for the spiritual welfare of the general populace but we do see

more convaluted mysticism in Saivite literature vis-a-vis Vaishnava

literature. Vaishnavism places more stress on simple totally unmotivated

pure devotional service to a personal God, often devoid of aspiration even

for siddhis, mystic power etc. In the compositions of the Alwars, we find

only pure devotional service to the Lord espoused. They are not interested

in anything else. They simply do not care less for these. This is my

realisation. Pure glorification without any demands ! This is just this

fool's realisation.

 

What do the Vaishnavas here think ? Please share with me your realisations

on this matter ?

 

 

 

Vaishnava dasan,

R. Jai Simman

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Sri Venkatesh Wrote,

 

There are many renderings on the Divya Prabhantha. Last year

TTD (Tirumalai Devastanam) has released a set, a total of

70 cassettes, complete recital of 4000 Divya Prabhantha. Iam

told that K. J. Yesudas has another collection on 4000

produced by TTD.

 

There is also one by Sri Velukkudi Swami and his son Sri Velukkudi

krishnan.

 

 

Sri. venkata Gurave nama:

Respected Sri.Venkatesh and other swamins,

 

To the best of my knowledge, There is no release of any cassettes on

prapandam rendering by Sri.Velukudi Swamy Or his son Sri.Krishnan Swamy.

 

However,there are upanysams rendered Both by Sri Velukudi swamy and his son

Sri.Krishnan released by chakkarika audio of triplicane , madras.

 

Chakkrika cassettes have infact released divya prapandam series rendred by

Sri.U.Ve.Venkata Krishnan Swamy and other swamis in Trivallikeni Divya desam.

 

this i am sure of an excellent quality and as exactly like temple rendering in

triplicane .

 

However, chakkarika has not released the full set of 4000. still Periya

thirumozhi and eyarpa are pending to be recorded and released.

 

Sri.Rajesh, who is also our member can give more inputs.(he runs the chakraika

casstte company)

 

 

Dasan

 

K.M.Narayanan

 

 

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Venkatesh Elayavalli wrote:

>

> >I am looking for an encyclopaedic edition that has got the original Tamil,

> >modernised Tamil, and English, together with word explanation and

> >commentaries of the Acaryas.

> >

>

>

> 1. The Poems of Andal - by P. S. Sundaram

> publishers: Ananthacharya Indological Research Institute

> G. D. Somani Memorial Building

> Cuffe Parade, Mumbai 400 005

>

> 2. Tiruvaymozhi - by V. N. Vedanta Desikan

> English translation based on Sri Pillans commentary

> publishers: Sri Visistadvaita Research Center.

> 66, Dr Rangachari Road, Chennai 600 018

>

>

 

I would like to add to this list with two others:

 

3. The Tamil Veda, PillAn's Interpretation of the

ThiruvAymozhi

by John Carman and Vasudha Narayanan

pubished by the University of Chicago Press

(the translation is of the koyil thiruvAymozhi

only)

 

and

 

4. ThiruvAymozhi English Glossary by S.

Satyamurthy Ayyangar

published by the Ananthacharya Indological

Institute

(this may be currently out of print)

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Dear Friends,

there is one set of cassettes published by Sri Jaggu Narasimhachar Swamy of

Melkote, quality of which I don't know.