Guest guest Posted May 13, 2006 Report Share Posted May 13, 2006 Dear Mr. Gopalakrishnan: Please accept my humble salutations to you. I had been closely following the completion of your " Narayaneeyam " book project for over an year, and had contacted you several times in this regard. I was very fortunate to purchase the book(s) last August. I have read all the three volumes of your book cover to cover and on Nov-12-2005, following the completion of the reading, I performed the recitation of a " Sampoornam " at my residence. I also spoke with you this January from Bangalore. I joined this group in May 2004, and it has been the highlight of my daily activities consistently for these past two years, and I expect it to continue...I have enjoyed your literary work and both myself and my wife send our warm regards to yourself and your family. Guruvayoorappa Sharanam! Narasimhan Nagan Shrewsbury, MA USA guruvayur , " K.V Gopalakrishna " <gopalakrishna.kv wrote: > > Dear Moderator, > Radhe Krishna! > > > Thank you so much for admitting me as a member. > > I would like to give my introduction to the group, as I am a new member. > > Born in Kerala (the erstwhile Travancore State) as the only son of a > Sanskrit scholar by name Mahopaddhyaya K.G. Vancheswara Sastry, I had my > formal education at Mavelikara and Trivandrum. My career was made > in Bombay when I joined the Esso Refinery (Stanvac at that time), had > 15 years of service in the operations and left to take up a more > senior job in Madras Refineries, Madras. Here also, I was in > Refinery operations, and retired as a Senior Manager in 1989. > > My father had co-authored a Malayalam commentary on Narayaneeyam, which > was published in the 1930s, and was very well-received at that time, and > had won appreciation of all intellectual giants of that era. It was > named " Bhaktaranjini commentary " and was an exhaustive commentary, the > like of which had not been attempted by anyone else in the past. > As the readership of this scholarly commentary was limited to the > Malayalam reading devotees, a few like-minded friends including me, > thought of creating an English version of the same and present it to > posterity. . Shri. S.N. Sastri, who had himself written a book on > Narayaneeyam in 1988 and published thru the Chinmaya Mission agreed to > edit the Vedanta aspects of this book also. After 6 years of toil on > our home pcs, we published the book in July, 2005. Swami Dayananda > Saraswati of the Arsha Vidya Gurukulam, who was deeply impressed by the > book, wrote the Foreword, and His Holiness Himself released the book in > Bangalore in July 2005. The book is a no-profit venture and aims only > at philanthropy if any profit accrues by chance. > > The literary review on the book in three volumes, running over 1500 > pages, appeared in the Hindu of the issue of 14th June 2005. The book > is moderately priced at Rs. 800/- for a set of three volumes. There > have been many buyers from India, United states and other countries, and > they all have appreciated the book. > > If anybody would like to see the commentary, he can access the web- site > www.narayaneeyam.com which gives all details of the book, and four > chapters of the commentary, dasakams 1, 34, 35 and 100, as specimens. > > I have settled at Bangalore. I actively participate in Bhagavatam, > .Narayaneeyam, Bhagavadgita, Vishnu Sahasranamam, etc., which is my only > preoccupation in life. Spreading the importance of Bhakti-yoga is my > ambition in life. > > Radhe Krishna! > Regards > K.V. Gopalakrishna gopalakrishna.kv > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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