Fwd: KAtakam & Projects for the year 2003

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At 10:27 AM 1/9/03 +0530, you wrote:

>PranAms to all bhaktAs.

>Recently I purchased Audio CDs ( Twin CD pack ) titled KAtakam, a vedic

recitation, from Andavan Ashram, Sripuram, Bangalore, rendered by Sh

Rajagopalan & party. But due to lack of sanskrit knowledge, I coult not

understand the actual meaning of the content. I was told hearing of

KAtakam on dwAdasi (especially on Kaisika dwAdasi ) day equals KOti gAyatri

japam on a single day itself. The CD quality is excellent and fortunately I

could hear it on Kaisika DwAdasi day.

>

>Can members throw more light on KAtakam, its significance and meaning.

>

>Adiyen

>

>Balaji K

 

Dear SrIman Balaji:

 

Thanks for the Information .It is good to know that KAThakam

has been recorded by SrImath Andavan Asramam at Bangalore

and is available to us all .

 

KAThakam is known as AruNa KAThakam and is indeed recited in

Ahobila Matam and elsewhere . If some one can get me a copy of

these tapes from India , when they return from their visit to

India , adiyEn can try to assemble the meanings of this important

Vedic texts .

 

AsvamEdham and Achidram are indeed recited on EkAdasi days

at AhObila Matam and elsewhere and it takes little more than

twice the time to recite compared to KAThakam recitation.

AdiyEn will also try to give the gist of these two sacred

Texts in consultation with Vedic scholars .

 

If our MadhvA friends can tell us whether the Rg Vedic

recitation is done on EkAdasi and DwAdasi days at

Uduppi SrI KrishNan sannidhi , it will be very valuable.

 

Similarly , the news from Thiruppatthi residents on

the recitations on AtharvaNa Vedam Purusha Sooktham

will be welcome . You might recall that in the west

PrAkAram, there are recitations by students of the four

Vedams at Thiruppathi PerumAL Koil .

 

In this year of 2003 , there would be number of Vedam related

projects underway to expand the Educational material on

Source texts in Sanskrit and Tamil Vedams. One of the projects

would be to record Purusha Sooktham as housed in the four

VedAs. The other is to have selected recitation of Saama

Vedic passages . If we can succeed in getting help from

GanapAThis ,we would also like to capture the Ganam way of

rendering and other variations like Reka , JaDai et al.

 

All of these efforts will be additions to the monographs

on Upanishads by Dr.N.S.AnantharangAcchAr Swamy following

the VisishtAdhvaidhic intrepretation by SrI RangarAmAnuja

Muni of the 16th century . By copy of this note , adiyEn is also

requesting Dr.AnantharangAcchAr Swamy to bless us with

essays on the essence of KAThakam , AsvamEdham and Achidram

as a aprt of these efforts to advance the eternal Vedic

message .

 

The MadhurAnthakam Schools have Vedic experts and it will

be wonderful to involve the teachers and the students in

this engagement .MadhurAnthakam being the Dhvayam ViLaintha

Thiruppathi can not but be the best choice as focus for

such a project .adiyEn request the Honorary Secretary

of the MadhurAnthakam schools to comment on the possibily

of such help.

 

We will also look for expertise from SrIrangam , Thirumalai,

KumbakONam RaajA PaatasAlai ( for Rg Vedam ) , Kaanchi

PaatasAlai(SrIman SaThakOpa TatachAr ) and elsewhere

for authentic renditions and explanatory notes to be translated

into English .

 

AtharvaNa ,KrishNa and Sukla Yajur Veda , Rg Veda and Saama

Veda smhithAs in their full form have been recorded by the Delhi Vedic

Trust earlier under the able leadership of SrIman A. KrishNan of

SrIrangam. Our effort will confine itself to specifics pasages

from Samhithais and Saakais to have these powerful Veda

manthrams ( Pancha Sookthams , Achidram, AswamEdham and

KADakam )reverberate and resonate in the homes of all

VedAbhimAnis with serious interest in Vedams , Upanishads

and dhivya prabhandhams (AzhwAr CD ROM projects --Audio

and Multimedia).

 

It will take time , effort , and funds from a team of

aasthikAs to realize these projects and adiyEn looks

forward to working with all interested resource people

from India and overseas to advance the goals of these

interrelated projects .

 

By the way , SrIman Balaji referred to the recitation of

KAThakam as being equivalent to Koti Gayathri Japam.

adiyEn will also share some thoughts on the power of

Gaayathri Manthram and thrikAla sandhyAvandanam later.

 

Those of you who are interested in working with adiyEn

on these projects are requested to send me a private note .

 

Please also free to share any information that you

deem appropriate for dissemination in the list(s)

based on your judgement .

 

There is indeed a lot of work to be done as Makara SankarAnthi

approaches . Completion of the RathnAngi Kaimkaryam for

Lord DevanAtha PerumAL of ThiruvahIndhrapuram during

this year's PurattAsi SravaNam , ThuUppul NithyArAdhana Kaimkaryam ,

Digitalization of the 60 year issues of Nrusimha PriyA ,

support for the MadhurAnthakam schools will be focus items

this year.

 

As an auspicious request at the feet of ThiruvEngadamudayAN /

ThiruviNNagarappan ,SrI Haresh Balasubramanyan of Singapore

and adiyEn in close consultation with Dr. Mutthu Bhattar

--the expert in VaikAnasa Aagamam and Professor of Sanskrit

at my alma mater,VivEkAnandha College of Mylapore-- will release

the Updated version of SrInivAsa Vaibhavam home pages

containing new materials on Makara SankarAnthi day.

 

Finally, on the same day , a new site (Home pages) will

be created for recording the songs that sparkle with Raama

Bhakthi of Saint ThyagarAja , the krithis of Saint AnnamayyA

brimming with the bard's bhakthi for Lord VenkatEsa . adiyEn

will assemble few audio tapes housing the renditions of these

songs by the doyens of Carnatic Music going back to the past

fifty years .Plans are underway to conduct the second Jayanthi

Uthsavam for Saint AnnamayyA at SrI RanganAtha Temple

at Pomona , NY with the help of SrI Malolan Cadambi

during May 2003.

 

adiyEn's prayers to the Divine Couple and asmath AchAryan

are to keep these sathsangams together and grow the Kaimkarya

SrI of all participants.

 

NamO Veda PurushAya ,

V.Sadagopan/Oppiliappan Koil SaThakOpan