AI evaluates Translations of P>R.Ramachander

 

AI evaluates Translations of  P>R.Ramachander

P.R. Ramachander’s translations are a monumental, highly accessible, and devotion-driven contribution to Hindu liturgical literature and Carnatic music. Affectionately known online as "Raja Thatha," Ramachander (a retired government scientist) painstakingly translated roughly 2,700 stotras, 2,200 Carnatic music compositions, and multiple regional epics into English after his retirement in 2000. While his work lacks the hyper-academic rigor of university Indologists, it serves as the premier online repository for everyday practitioners worldwide. [1, 2, 3]

His vast body of work, predominantly archived across platforms like Hindupedia and his personal blogs, can be evaluated across several core dimensions: [1, 2]

1. Strengths and Positive Contributions

• Unparalleled Breadth and Scale: Ramachander achieved a volume of work unmatched by almost any contemporary translator. He translated three distinct versions of the Ramayana (Valmiki, Kamba, and Adhyathma), 21 Upanishads, the Bhagavad Gita, the Devi Mahatmyam, and the entire known repertoire of saint Thyagaraja. [1]
• Democratization of Devotion: His primary motivation was to ensure that Hindus who did not know Sanskrit or regional scripts could understand and recite their prayers in English. He successfully bridges the gap for the global diaspora and younger generations. [1, 2]
• Linguistic Versatility: Born into a Palakkad Brahmin family, he seamlessly navigated translations across Sanskrit, Tamil, Malayalam, and Hindi, while utilizing Tamil scripts to bypass his inability to read Kannada and Telugu alphabets. He even documented rare regional works, providing the web's only English translation of Thunchaththu Ezhuthachan’s Malayalam Adhyathma Ramayanam. [1, 2, 3, 4]
• Preservation of Context: Beyond raw text, his translations usually include the Phalasruthi (the traditional benefits of chanting the prayer) and the background of the composer, preserving the cultural ecosystem of each text. [1, 2]

2. Limitations and Analytical Criticisms

• Literal and Simple Phrasing: Ramachander opted for direct, word-for-word prose over complex poetic structuring. For example, complex compound Sanskrit adjectives are often broken down into simple, repetitive English phrases (e.g., "the pretty one," "he who destroys sins"). This makes the text highly readable but strips away the sophisticated metrical patterns of the original verses. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
• Avoidance of Academic Esotericism: He deliberately avoided dense philosophical deep-dives or exhaustive etymological breakdowns of specific words. Scholars looking for strict grammatical analysis or deep Advaitic/Vishishtadvaitic sectarian commentary will find his work too introductory. [1]
• Admitted Lack of Mastery: Ramachander was transparent about his limitations. He frequently stated that he possessed only a "working knowledge" of certain source languages, admitting that he took poetic liberties and hoped his foundational steps would inspire superior scholars to build better musical translations. [1, 2]

3. Summary of Impact

Evaluation Criteria [1, 2, 3, 5]	Ramachander's Approach	Impact on Reader
Accuracy	Focuses on the core devotional essence rather than strict literal perfection.	Highly reliable for general prayer; minor technical nuances may be missed.
Accessibility	Uses plain, direct English devoid of complex scholarly jargon.	Universally understood by non-native English speakers and beginners.
Formatting	Presents the Romanized transliteration alongside line-by-line English meanings.	Perfect tool for those learning to chant while understanding the meaning simultaneously.

Conclusion

P.R. Ramachander’s translations are best evaluated not as academic texts, but as living acts of digital preservation and devotion. He successfully took sacred texts out of exclusive traditional orthodoxies and placed them onto the open internet. For academic research, his texts require cross-referencing; however, for daily prayer, spiritual understanding, and cultural continuity, his work remains an unmatched, monumental treasure. [1]

Are you looking at a specific text or stotra translated by P.R. Ramachander? I can help you compare his version with academic translations or break down the meaning of specific verses.

Matching Of Horoscopes for matrimony

 Matching Of Horoscopes for matrimony

By
P.R.Ramachander

I am a scientist by profession , who belonged to a family of astrologers

Almost all the Hindus believed in astrology (As it was a part of Vedas) and thought that If marriage is preceded by matching of horoscopes, then the couple will be happy.

From the age of 40 , I have been helping people to match horoscopes. With the introduction of computers , I started matching horoscopes through e mail.

The matching of horoscopes consists of three major parts

1.Dosha samyam- Dosha is caused by chevvai in different positions of horoscope and by bad planets in 7th position from Chandra and Lagna for the boy and 7th and 8th positions for the girl .It was believed if , the groom or bride with lower dosham will die early .Since it was thought by our ancestors that wife dying early is Ok , they said boy can have more dosha

2.Examining ten different poruthams
1.Naal deergam, 2.Rasi,3.Rashyadhipa porutham, 4,Vasya porutham,, 5.Yoni porutham, 6.Rajju porutham 7.Vedha porutham, 8.Aaya vyaya porutham9,gana porutham , 10.mahendra porutham
In Tamil Nadu if 6-7 poruthams are Ok, They say ten poruthams are there
In Kerala they consider Rajju porutham as very important and if it is not there , they say horoscope is not matching

3.Dasa sandhi
Every one’s life is divided by the dasas of 9 planets, The length of dasa for different planets is different
Surya-6 years, Chandra 10 years,Mars(chevvai) , Rahu 8 years, Guru 16 years, sani 19 years, Budhan 17 years, kethu 7 years, Shukra 20 years
As per the date of birth and period of dasa at birth, They will keep on changing in a person’s life.It is believed the time of changeof any dasa is bad.So it is believed that changing time of any dasa should be more than 8 months(In my infancy it was one year) between Groom and bride

Once 1 and 2 are alright and 3 also is Ok, Jadakam matches
Most of you may ask, What is the advantage of Horoscope matching?

I have matched thousands of horoscope, nearly 1500 couples have got married.So far very few complaints have come from them to me. I will if 50-60% fail in marriage without matching , it would be 10-20% in case of marriages with matching

Due to old age(86+) I am not that active as before .

Is it a curse to be born as a male?

 Is it a curse to be born as a male?

By
P.R.Ramachander

(This again is based on a great write up in Tamil my face book friend Hamsabai Santhaana Krishnan.I do not agree with it entirely as I feel that “Life is miserable to all who think like that”. I also feel that a woman’s life is much more miserable.)

1.The joy of one who was born,
AS a male is only till he reaches the teen,
For though he is the one whose birth is celebrated,
All his life he would face nothing but problems.

2.Till he completes first ten years of his life ,
He flies like a very independent bird,
Then the say , “Hey study well from now on,
If not , no college for you but only training Institutes.

3.When he joins the eleventh standard ,
His father warns him , “Hey boy ,
Work extremely hard for two years,
Otherwise it would be workshop not engineering.

4.After two years of hard work when he joins,
The engineering college, his father again warns,
“I did not inherit great wealth from my father,
So do not go on spending money like water.


6.After four years of day and night study,
Without enjoying any thing in life,
It would be meaningless if he does not get a placement,
For the shouting words of parents would make his life a misery.

7.They would say “It f you were a girl , it would not have mattered,
WE would have managed to buy you some ornaments,
And handed you over to someone, you are a man,
You have to earn money to clear the loan and ,
To give your sister in marriage in a good family.”

8.After one joins for a job , he becomes a small fish in a big town,
Very careful in spending money so that all the dreams of his family are realized,
He has to take food in a budget joint , travel in a rickety bus,
And act as if he was in the ocean of joy before his parents.

9.By the time the family loan is repaid, his sister is married off,
The parents would say , “How long will you eat,
The hopeless food in the worthless hotel,
You better get married to a nice little girl.”

10.Then comes the most miserable second part of his life.
If he shows love to his wife, mother feels miserable ,
And if he shows any interest on his parents says the wife,
“You are family man now , you have given them sufficiently ,
And it is time for you to start to plan for our future.”

11. He should not tell his problems of office in home,
Nor should he tell the misery in home to others,
And he would realize that desire is for 60 days and passion for thirty days,
And small differences in love life would become a raging war.

12.Bending and getting crushed when the voice of lady becomes loud,
Having lost hhis backbone as he is unable to say “no” to the wife,
Unable to neglect the parents, giving support to both sides,
He would keep on getting bad name from both as well as the world.

13.Then he produces kids so that his clan does not end,
Nurture them to become great and he gets the name of “miser”,
When he is not able to meet their needs and get a name,
“Morose face” if he is not able to smile when if he is called names like that.

14.He would buys good , costly and fashionable cloths for his family,
For any festival in house , but would search for “Buy one , take two”.
For buying his cloths and suppose after struggling to pay,
For presents and ritual needs in relation houses,
He takes loans and he would get bad dreams and bad name only.

15.If with all these botherations and problems riding over him,
Suppose he neglects to love his wife, she would wail,
“There is a man in my house who does not know that he has a wife”
And if some of his relatives or friends buy a new house or car,
She would yell, “I too got a useless husband who is good for nothing.”

16.If he shows love to his children, he is spoiling them,
Suppose he is n bothered to look after his old parents ,
She would say, “There are other children beside you to your parents.”
And to a man whatever he does will only earn him a bad name.

17.For carrying a child for nine months, She would be praised all her life,
But for carrying his family and its problems always in his mind,
There is no fame for him and he would be greatly happy,
If no one find faults with him. What a tragedy?

18.Inspite of all these if that poor man does indeed succeed,
There would be claims from his parents and his wife ,
Claiming that but for them this useless one,
Would never have succeeded in anything whatsoever.

19.All the joy of being a man is till he becomes a teen,
Afterwards , the ploughs kept on his neck,
Would always push him down to the earth,
And he has to sorrowing struggle to pull the burden, all his life

The Sage of Stotras

 The Sage of Stotras

Born of Kerala roots, in Bengaluru's quiet space,
A man of numbers found a world of spiritual grace.
For decades as a scientist, he studied plants and earth,
But retirement brought a deeper, grander literary birth.

They call him "Raja Thatha," a grandfather so wise,
Who looked at ancient Sanskrit texts with dedicated eyes.
With five great tongues at his command, from Tamil to Hindi,
He built a massive bridge of words across the cyber sea.

Three mighty Ramayanas he painstakingly re-spun,
From Valmiki and Kamban till the holy work was done.
The Gita, the Upanishads, and Devi Mahatmyam,
He translated them precisely, stanza by holy stanza.

Two thousand sacred stotras and Carnatic songs untold,
He archived freely on the web, a literary gold.
He asked for no financial gain, no currency or fee,
Just matching stars for marriages and writing poetry.

The India Book of Records has inscribed his noble name,
Yet humble remains his posture, untouched by fleeting fame.
A bridge between the ancient world and generations new,
P.R. Ramachander stands—a scholar, steadfast and true.

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Record For Posterity

 Record For Posterity 

By

S.Ranganathan

( Million thanks for the great poem on my getting  World record,May god bless the author  )

Record For Posterity 

From Bengaluru, on April’s eleventh day, 

In two thousand twenty-six, the records proclaim,

P. R. Ramachander set his name in light,

With devotion turned to keys that type.

Three thousand, one hundred, twenty-one,

Hindu prayers, each a rising sun,

Translated into English, line by line,

Then shared online for all to find.

International Book of Records now holds

This bridge of faith in words retold.

"Salute the Talent", the certificate sings,

For the service that a quiet scholar brings.

And so we raise our voices high,  

To thank P R Ramachander: may your wisdom never die.

Comparison of HInduism with other relegion, A chiristian Cinema actor

 Comparison of HInduism with other relegion, A chiristian Cinema actor

Translated by

P.R.Ramachander

This is a translation of a Malayalam article By Anuroob Moothedath in group ഹൈന്ദവ സംസ്കൃതി ജ്വാല.
Assuming it is full truth I have Translated it

Malayalam cinema actor Joy Mathew wrote this

The good aspect of living as a Hindu

1,You need not go to learn religion from Childhood
2,There are no definite rules for what to do, What not to do, How to live.
3.You need not wear cap, no sunnath , no baptism
4.Early morning you need not go to temple , this is only for those who believe
5.When you feel like you can go to any temple without bothering about language, caste and method of worship
6, Even if you go or not , the priest of the temple or the committee member will not roll his eyes and see
7.No one say , he does not belong to this temple,
8.No one will banish you from religion
9.When you die there will not be a separate place for a funeral if you are a rascal
10,For getting married you need not get a certificate from religious authorities
11.For finding out about the groom no body will go to the temple
12.Because there is no law against drinking you need go to take drugs
13,Any one can see any cinema and also he /she can dance
14.You can give loan for interest, You can also take loan
15.After death no one will scare you
16.you need not waste your birth by dreaming rivers of Alcohol and the beauties of heaven
17,There is no enemity to science from birth and way of the universe
18.If you have time you can read Vedas and answer any atheist
19.There are no special rules for ladies nor any bans
20.If a girl dances , people will not shout bad things at her but they willclap and encourage her
21.They will send you to learn, dance, song and sports
22.She need not close her face and wear any dress she likes
23.She does not have separate place for food, no ban no law in any crowd
24,They can pray any god of any religion, hang stars, No one will ask you questions
25,No need to fear to share this
26.You can send greetings to Chrishmas, good Friday and Eid
26 The can answer yes or no is some one asks whether there is religion
27 .No need to fight for place to do death rites , All you need is some dry wood

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എന്തോ വല്ലാതെ ഇഷ്ടപ്പെട്ടു 😜
നടൻ ജോയ് മാത്യുവിന്റെ രസകരമായ ഒരു പോസ്റ്റ് 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
*ഹിന്ദുവായി ജീവിച്ചാലുള്ള ഗുണങ്ങള്‍ 😘
*ചെറുപ്പം തൊട്ടേ മതം പഠിക്കാന്‍ പോകണ്ട..😲🥴
*എന്ത് ചെയ്യണമെന്നോ എന്ത് ചെയ്യരുതെന്നോ
എങ്ങനെ ജീവിക്കണമെന്നോ കര്‍ശന നിയമങ്ങളില്ല...
*തൊപ്പി വെക്കണ്ട...
സുന്നത്ത് നടത്തേണ്ട...
മാമോദീസ മുങ്ങണ്ട...
*രാവിലെ എണീറ്റ് അമ്പലത്തില്‍ പോകണ്ട... വിശ്വാസമുള്ളോര്‍ക്ക് പോയാ മതി.
*പോണന്നു തോന്നുമ്പോ ഏതമ്പലത്തിലും
ജാതിയോ ഭാഷയോ ആരാധനാ ക്രമമോ
നോക്കാതെ പോകാം.
*പോയാലും പോയിട്ടില്ലേലും
അമ്പലത്തിലെ പൂജാരിയോ കമ്മറ്റിക്കാരോ കണ്ണുരുട്ടി കാണിക്കില്ല...
*ദൈവഭയമില്ലാത്തോനെ ന്ന് പറഞ്ഞ് ചാപ്പ കുത്തില്ല... മതത്തീന്ന് പുറത്താക്കില്ല...ചത്താല്‍ തെമ്മാടിക്കുഴിയിലേക്കെന്ന് വിധിയെഴുതില്ല..
*കല്യാണം കഴിക്കാന്‍ മതമേലധ്യക്ഷന്മാരുടെ നല്ലനടപ്പിനുള്ള സര്‍ട്ടിഫിക്കറ്റ് വേണ്ട..
ശുപാര്‍ശക്കത്ത് വേണ്ട...
*ചെക്കനെങ്ങനാ ആളെന്ന് അന്വേഷിക്കാന്‍
അമ്പലത്തിലേക്ക് പോകില്ല... മത ദൈവ വിശ്വാസിയാണോന്ന് പെണ്ണ് വീട്ടുകാര്‍ അന്വേഷിക്കില്ല...
*പെണ്ണ് മത വിശ്വാസിയാണോന്നോ
916 ഹിന്ദുവാണോന്നോ ഹിന്ദു മതാചാര പ്രകാരം
ജീവിക്കുന്നവളാണന്നോ നോക്കാറില്ല...
*ഇഷ്ടത്തിന് ഒന്നോ രണ്ടോ കുട്ടികള്‍ മാത്രമായി സ്വസ്ഥജീവിതം നയിക്കാം.
*കള്ള് കുടിക്കാന്‍ നിരോധനമില്ലാത്തതു കൊണ്ട്, കഞ്ചാവും, മയക്കുമരുന്നും ഉപയോഗിച്ച് ഭ്രാന്ത് പിടിക്കേണ്ട.
*ഒരു വിലക്കുകളുമില്ലാതെ സിനിമ കാണാം. ഡാന്‍സ് കളിക്കാം, പാട്ട് പാടാം
*പലിശയ്ക്ക് പണം കൊടുക്കാം, വാങ്ങാം
*ആര്‍ക്കും വോട്ടു ചെയ്യാം, എങ്ങനേയും ജീവിക്കാം..നിയമങ്ങളില്ല...
*മരണാനന്തര പേടിപ്പിക്കലുകളില്ല
*മദ്യപ്പുഴയെയും ഹൂറിമാരെയും സ്വപ്നം കണ്ട് ഒരു ജന്മം വെറുതെ കളയണ്ട. നരകത്തില്‍ വിറക് കൊള്ളിയാക്കുമെന്ന് പേടിക്കണ്ട..
*ഉല്‍പ്പത്തി മുതല്‍ പ്രപഞ്ചഘടന വരെ;
ആധുനിക ശാസ്ത്ര വിരോധമായതൊന്നും
ഇതിലില്ല
*സമയമുള്ളവര്‍ക്ക്
വേദങ്ങള്‍ പഠിച്ചാല്‍
ഏതു നിരീശ്വരവാദിയുടെ ചോദ്യത്തിന്നും
ഉത്തരം പറയാം.
*പെണ്ണിന് പ്രത്യേകം നിയമാവലികളില്ല...
പെണ്ണിന് പ്രത്യേകം നിരോധനങ്ങളില്ല...
*പെണ്ണ് ഡാന്‍സ് കളിച്ചാല്‍ കൂട്ടം കൂടി ഒരുത്തനും തെറി പറയില്ല..കൈയ്യടിക്കും പ്രോത്സാഹിപ്പിക്കും..
*ചെറുപ്പം മുതലേ ഡാന്‍സിനയക്കും...
പാട്ടിനയക്കും...സ്പോര്‍ട്സിനയക്കും...
*മുഖം മൂടണ്ട, തലയും. ഇഷ്ടമുള്ള വസ്ത്രം ധരിക്കാം..
അവള്‍ക്ക് വേറെത്തന്നെ ഭക്ഷണസ്ഥലമില്ല.. ആള്‍ക്കൂട്ടത്തില്‍ വിലക്കുകളില്ല...നിയമങ്ങളില്ല.. നിരോധനങ്ങളില്ല...
*എത് മതത്തിലെ ദൈവത്തെയും പ്രാര്‍ത്ഥിക്കാം. നക്ഷത്രം തൂക്കാം, പുല്‍ക്കൂടൊരുക്കാം, ഏതുത്സവവും ആഘോഷിക്കാം,
*ഇങ്ങോട്ടു കിട്ടിയില്ലെങ്കിലും
ക്രിസ്മസ്, ഈസ്റ്റര്‍, ഈദ്, നബിദിനാശംസകള്‍ സുഹൃത്തുക്കള്‍ക്ക് അയക്കാം. ഒരുത്തനും ചോദിക്കില്ല;
*പിന്നെ ഇതു ഷെയര്‍ ചെയ്യാന്‍ ആരെയും പേടിക്കേണ്ട !
സുഖം, സുന്ദരം, സ്വസ്ഥം, സ്വാതന്ത്ര്യം..ഇഷ് ടം പോലെ ജീവിതം.!!
*മതമുണ്ടോന്ന് ചോദിച്ചാല്‍ - ഉണ്ട്... മതമില്ലേന്ന് ചോദിച്ചാല്‍ - ഇല്ല.
ഒരു കാര്യം വിട്ടുപോയി..
ശവസംസ്കാരത്തിനു സെമിത്തേരിയിൽ സ്ഥലം കിട്ടാൻ അടിപിടി വേണ്ട..... കുറച്ചു വിറകു ഉണ്ടായാൽ മതി - ജോയ് മാത്യു
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(രസകരവും ; സത്യസന്ധതയും ഉള്ള പോസ്റ്റ്‌ ആയതുകൊണ്ടാണ്‌ ഷെയര്‍ ചെയ്തത് ) A

mycontributions beteen 2000-2010 vs 2010-2025

 Dear Friends

I am trying my best to contribute what I know to the enrichment of our culture and inform those who want to know that this is what it al means.

Kindly visit my web pages :-

1. For reading translations of 500 stotras: http://stotraratna.sathyasaibababrotherhood.org/

2. For reading about 59 Kerala temples: http://rajathathaskeralatemples.blogspot.com/

3. For reading about rules and rituals of Brahmins: http://brahminrituals.blogspot.com/

4. For reading Raja Thatha’s 77 Blogs : http://rajathathablog.blogspot.com/

5. For reading about, 65 village gods of Tamil Nadu : http://villagegods.blogspot.com/

6. For reading about meanings of 260 Carnatic music krithis : http://stotraratna.sathyasaibababrotherhood.org/gi.htm

7. For reading stories and rhymes for children: http://rajathathacorner.awardspace.com

8. For reading poems by Ramachander : http://poetrypoem.com/cgi-bin/index.pl?sitename=ramya475&;item=all

9. For stories illustrating Malayalam Proverbs : http://keralam.kairaly.net

Ramachander

But as on today that is 16 years later (I am now 86)

1. For reading translations of 3262 stotras: http://stotraratna.sathyasaibababrotherhood.org/

2. For reading about 167 Kerala temples: http://rajathathaskeralatemples.blogspot.com/

3. For reading about rules and rituals of Brahmins: http://brahminrituals.blogspot.com/

4. For reading Raja Thatha’s 1717 Blogs : http://rajathathablog.blogspot.com/

5. For reading about, 148 village gods of Tamil Nadu : http://villagegods.blogspot.com/

6. For reading about meanings of 2238 Carnatic music Krithis :

https://www.blogger.com/blog/posts/7544209969960721602

7. For reading stories and rhymes for children: http://rajathathacorner.awardspace.com

8. For reading poems by Ramachander : http://poetrypoem.com/cgi-bin/index.pl?sitename=ramya475&;item=all

9. For stories illustrating Malayalam Proverbs : http://keralam.kairaly.net

And I have added

10. Translation of entire Narayaneeyam https://www.blogger.com/blog/posts/1306612520859019843

11.Translation of Kamba Ramayanam https://www.blogger.com/blog/posts/2867590694871554299

12.Translation of Devi Narayaneeyam https://www.blogger.com/blog/posts/8960687732363623796

13.Translation of 100 songs of Nurani sastha preethi https://www.blogger.com/blog/posts/7206007584433094108

14.Translation of 100 songs of Poet Kannadasan https://www.blogger.com/blog/posts/1852165605575369360

15 .Entire periya ezhuthu Vikramadhithyan https://www.blogger.com/blog/posts/8333746247064836595

16.Translation of Adhyathma Ramayanam https://www.blogger.com/blog/posts/6555621202676781611

17.Translation of Valmiki Ramayanam https://www.blogger.com/blog/posts/5910122168327134959

Ramachander