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Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 6:31 PMA Book for Your LibraryChith Puram <krsnakrpaNamaste!

 

If you are interested in learning more about Puranas this book in English is strongly recommended.  Just for Rs. 1200 (less than USD 30) you can acquire 1500 pages of valuable information.  Please go to www.narayaneeyam.com and purchase this for your benefit or for the sake of your children and grandshiclren.

 

For more details please read the write up below.

 

Hari Aum!

 

Chith Puram

 

 

A Book for Your Library

 

Srimad Narayaneeyam is an immortal devotional hymn extolling the glory of Lord Guruvayoorappan, composed by Melpathur Narayana Bhattatiri, a great scholar-devotee who lived in Kerala in the 16th-17th centuries. Bhaktaranjini, a commentary on Srimad Narayaneeyam, was published in the 1930s, authored by Brahmasri Mahopadhyaya K.G. Vancheswara Sastry and Brahmasri Mahopadhyaya R. Viswanatha Sastry. This commentary was in Malayalam. In 2005, an English version of the commentary was published. This was authored by Shri K.V Gopalakrishna, son of Vancheswara Sastry, Shri G. Sankaran, Smt. Parvati Sankaran and Shri T.P Sivasubramani. Shri. S.N Sastri who had authored a commentary on Narayaneeyam earlier, has edited the work.  Major features of the book are as follows.

 

 

A preamble (wherever necessary) for the sloka.

The text of the sloka in Sanskrit in Devanagari script.

Transliteration to English.

The Anvaya (prose order) in Sanskrit. The difficult words have been broken with hyphens to make reading easier.

The word for word meaning tabulated to have the Sanskrit words on the left and the corresponding meaning in English on the right. Even those who are not well up in Sanskrit but would like to go through the Sanskrit text, could do so with a degree of comprehension, if they follow the words in the correct sequence.

A detailed commentary in English.

A glossary of terms, alphabetical index for the slokas, list of abbreviations etc.,

Sources given for quotations, with meaning in brackets.

Every dasakam ends with a prayer on the last line of the last sloka, There are a few exceptions where the prayer is not in the last sloka, but in an earlier one. Such prayer has been used as the “footer†for every page in that dasakam.

 

 

In his Foreword of this book, H.H. Pujyasri Swami Dayananda Saraswati wrote that he “found that does not leave much to be desired. In fact the material does not read like a translation; the fervour of the original, with the expanded vision provided by the Malayalam commentary, runs all through the pages.â€

 

 

The review of the first edition of the book that appeared in The Hindu has the following comment.

 

“The effort of the scholar-devotees in giving this English version of the excellent Malayalam commentary is highly commendable. They have taken pains to make available the rare material in the commentary to a larger audience and the devotees are beholden to them for this service.â€

 

 

The first edition of the book has been completely sold out. The authors are publishing a second edition for the benefit of devotees and the proceeds will go to a trust. This book will be a valuable addition to the library of anyone interested in Hinduism.

 

The following information is extracted from the website www.narayaneeyam.com on the pricing and delivery of this excellent book.

 

 

The Bhaktarajini Trust, in all its humility, wishes to announce the pre-publication offer of the 2nd edition of the book in 3 volumes, covering more than 1500 pages. The revision includes certain minor corrections of the first edition and the addition of some important stutis like the Rudra Geetham, Prahlada-stuti, Gajendra-stuti and other stutis for the benefit of the devout readers, and a masterly write-up on the most important event in the sportive activities of the Lord, i.e., Raasa-kreeda. contributed by our respected Dr. Chithrabhanu, popularly known as " Chith Puram. " . The book also contains a section with information on the metre of every verse in the book and a list of the frequency of use of the verses used by Sri Bhattathiri.

 

As the capital involvement is high, going beyond our expectations, the Trust plans to print only limited number of copies, based on customer demand, and any left-over copies after meeting the needs of readers responding to the Pre-publication offer may have to be handed over to bookshops, we request the readers to register their names with the Trust by e-mail, telephone or mail before 15th January 2010.

 

The MRP of the set of 3 volumes will be Rs.2000/- when sold in the bookshops. The Trust is offering a Pre-publication discount, offering it at the price of Rs. 1200/- per set of 3 volumes. Packing and forwarding charges will be extra.

 

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