My fifteenth mile stone

My fifteenth mile stone

By

P.R.Ramachander

In 2010 (8 years   after  I started  my translation efforts)  I wrote that  I have completed  till then .I had  completed translation of 500 stotra rathnas  , 300  Carnatic music Krithis ,I also wrote   that it was all made possible  due to the unstinted   cooperation of my wife.

Some one unknown to me wrote  in a letter  addressed to me  (given below) ,

       Now   another   8 years later  when II count  , I find that  I have translated about 2000 Stotra Rathnas   which include   three  Ramayanas written in three  different languages ,Narayaneeyam, Bhagawad Gita , Jnapana   etc)  , about 2000  carnatic music Krithis, hundred of poems, nursery rhymes , short stories  etc etc  Ofcourse  everything  has been  made  possible   due  to great encouragement   and cooperation from my wife  . Manuscripts of rare   stotras  and Krithis simply came pouring  in from    every home I visisted, Without them all these  would have been impossible

    I do believe that  letters like this  and unstinted encouragement from   all of you friends have helpmed me do that .Thank you Ramu.Thank you friends

Dear Shri Ramachander (written in 2010)

Oh Sage !, You have released from the Cage (of printed media) many a Page of our holy scriptures by digitalising it and making it as a Webpage. Truly, the milestones are not made of 'concrete' or 'granite' but of 'diamonds' and 'pearls'.

From Shri Nandu's mail, I came to know about your great achievements. Man, You have truly "lived", and Swami Vivekananda would greatly be proud of you, as according to him : "Those who live for others alone live, the rest are more dead, than alive."


I Salute the thought, (of sharing, all the best with others)

I Salute the Feat, (ala a Bhagirathan),

I Salute the Feet,

and above all

I salute the nimble fingers, which made all this possible.

Such is the composition of great Souls, who position themselves in the service of others, at the appropriate time.

Thanks a million for sharing the compositions of all great works of all ever greats in the 'digital world', for which the whole world is Ever Grateful to you. This again shows what a determined Mind can achieve.

My pranams are also due to your dear Dharmapathni, who permitted you, supported you and made this all possible by maintaining a 'peaceful homefront', for the last 40 years happily with you, true to the role she accepted in your life. You two have given a new meaning to the word 'Together', which is the Key to a successful family life. Kalidasa's opening prayer in one of his great epics poems (Kumarasambhava ?), exemplifying Lord Shiva and Parvathi, starting with वाक् and its inseperable 'अर्थ्", comes to my mind. You two have proved it a fact.

It is all because you had your Priorities right and you treaded a right line. Truly your 'service' is Music to the digital world, going to ever reverberate like all the ever green krithis and keerthanas you have helped translate ad place it on the net. Your site has become a reference point for all the sthothras and is always one and also will remain the only one, which any devotee would like to sight.

May the blessings of the Lord be ever on you and your Great Family, so that you all can continue to bless the humanity in your own great way.

അനന്ത കോടി നമസ്കാരങ്ങളുടന്‍.

Ramu