Guest guest Posted May 14, 2006 Report Share Posted May 14, 2006 Dear Narasimhan, Radhe krishna! " Dhanyosmi: Anugriheethosmi " . That is all I can say. Your kind words pass a streak of lightning through my spinal cord and I start wondering whether all this praise is really deserved. A book is written for the readers to enjoy and you are one who has great appreciation for it. I personally feel immensely thankful to Lord Guruvayoorappan to have prompted us to undertake the work of making an English version of the Bhaktaranjini Malayalam commentary, just to enable the non-Malayalam knowing devotees to get a chance to read it. I wish your kind words of appreciation will act as an inspiration to more number of devotees, so that the Bhakti cult will be spread far and wide. With warmest regards K.V. Gopalakrishna Narasimhan wrote: > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > Om Namo Narayanaya: > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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