Thursday, January 30, 2020

The ashtothara Garland of my translation and writings to my Lord and God Guruvayurappan


The ashtothara Garland of my  translation   and writings  to my Lord and God Guruvayurappan

By
P.R.Ramachander



( as a child  I was left in the temple of Guruvayurappan and my aunt brought me   from the temple to look after me. So I consider  myself  as the property of Guruvayurappan.
   All of you joined  in my celebration of my 80th birthday on 18th and made me extremely happy.
And I wanted to  make a great offering  to my lord  and God  Guruvayurappan,

Here  is the garland I of translation of 3 books,  89 stotras written in three  different languages,10  carnatic music Krithis   and 6   general tid bits which includes  one detailed write up of Guruvayur temple  , which I consider  as Ashtothara  garland which I am offering my Lord and God..I would bethere in Guruvayur on my star  80th birthday)


9.      Guruvayurappa  Namaskaram
18.   Vandhe vama pureshwara of poonthanam 
20.   Guruvayupureesa Stotram in Malayalam
22.   Hare Narayana (Oh Hari , Oh Narayana), Malayalam
24.   Srimad Narayaneeyamrutham from Tamil
26.   Pavana Puresa  Keerthanam
28.   Bhaghyam venam a prayer in Malayalam
30.   Guruvayur Vaazhum Bhagawane (Malayalam Bhajan)
32.   Kani Kanum Neeram - malayalam bhajan
34.   Solve all your problems by worshiping Lord Guruvayurappan
36.   Verses of salutation to Guruvayurappan in Malayalam
38.   Chethi Mandharam Thulasi
40.   Prayer to protect the son in Malayalam
42.   Vathalayesa nin nirmalya Vigraham (Malayalam)
44.   Guruvayurappande thiru nada thurannallo (Malayalam)
46.   Guruvayur vaazhum bhagawane (Malayalam)
48.   Guruvayrappa, Sri Guruvayrappa (Malayalam)
50.   Yennanthangam oru ambadiyakukil (A malayalam prayer)
3.Guruvayurappan Krithis
95.Karuna  CHeivan Endhu Thamasam , Krishna-  Iraviyamman THampi-  http://translationsofsomesongsofcarnticmusic.blogspot.in/2010/04/karuna-cheyvan-endhu-thamasam-krishna.html
,98.Kathu kondirukkiraar Guruvayur  kannan By Thangam Viswanathan

99.Bhooloka Vaikundam  by thangam viswanathan
100. Gurupura  vasane by  THangam Viswanathan
101.Kanakabhishekam kanden by Thangam Viswanathan
102.Guruvayur  thannil  by THangam Viswanathan

General
104.Raja thatha   writes his story  of KOchu Guruvayurappan  http://rajathathaskeralatemples.blogspot.com/2018/06/raja-thatha-writes-his-story-of-kochu.html
106.What is Nirmalya  Darsanam and Vaka Charthu in Guruvayur? https://rajathathablog.blogspot.com/2019/11/what-is-nirmalya-darsanam-and-vaka.html

Wednesday, January 29, 2020

Pulakottu Madams


Pulakottu Madams

Compiled by
Raja Thatha



(Pure recollection of a  very old man .Mistakes  might have been there.Please pardon)

Pulakkottu madams  are families who have  their original homes in Pulacode. Pulacode  is a very small village near Chelakkara About 5000  people  live in this village  with  nearly  1000 homes as of now .It must have been  very much smaller about 60 years back. At that time where 8 ? Brahmin houses  there. Brahmins of the eight houses  belonged to one clan  and the ninth  house was  an outsider  Vekiteswaran(referred to  as Kadangodan or Minor  Vekateswaran).His mother belonged to Pulacode   and was given in marriage to a person  from a Village outside(possibly Kadangode).His  father died early and his mother returned to her village.Because  he was rich and young , and was even  magistrate in the  Magistrate   court of Chelakkara
   Since one of the persons of that village was my father’s uncle  I used to visit  the village  very often.My father’s uncle was one Veeramani .There was   also another  Veeramani(referred to as Pothan Veeamani because he was fat), one Lakshmanan, One Krishnan(who was referred to asAnnadatha because he used  to repeat  Annadatha Sukhee bhava) , one Raman ?and two  more houses(I have completely  forgot about them),Adjoining the village  there is one Kathyayani temple    and a temple tank.Very near it there  was an ambala vasi family  of Varriars.
  In my village Chelakkara   there were  three  prominent families (Chamu mama, Pichu Mama  , Restral  Narayana Iyer and one Meppadam Ramachandran) ,Sri P V Veeramani of pulakott madam Puthucode was my co brother), There was one ammanchi family  and Plakottu Krishnan and his family  known to us In puthucode  .Possibly there may be more Pulakottu madams there,.

       Pulacode  used to  grow luxurious   paddy crop.Possibly all the land were  owned  by few families in Puthucode(called  Pulakottu madams). For   cultivation under their supervision  eight families  migrated to Pulacode and 3-4  families  migrated to Chelakkara. Those in Chelakkara  and Puthudcode   were slightly well off and those living in Pulacode village   were  middle class families .All of them except one family have migrated  outside the village.When Pulakode visited it 20 years back, there  was just one Brahmin lady with her slightly retarded  daughter was living there.I understand that  now one person who  was working in Mumbai has gone back to the village and is living there

      I spent almost a day  in search of a  photo of  Kathyayani temple of Pulacode online.I could not get  .One member  of the great family lives near me  in Bangalore.He had a great photograph  of Goddess  Karthyayani.
I am posting it here  as the greatest gift for all people  of Pulakottu madams in the world.

Remote vs OTP-Wife vs Husband


Remote vs  OTP-Wife vs  Husband

By
P.R.Ramachander



Husband  said  , he was busy  to go for shopping,
As he   has  lots and lots  of work   at home,
As the one day   cricket  final   was going on.

She said Okay  went for shopping, with their  TV remote,
She   finished  the shopping  , took their  debit card to pay,

But   she was  unable   to pay as  it asked  for an OTP,
She blinked   as the phone   was  with her husband,
And with a remote  in hand , how   she can ask,
Then a message  came to  her phone along with OTP.
Hubby  also wrote,  you are more  important to me  than the remote to me ,
And 
I can operate  the TV  without  the remote.

Tuesday, January 28, 2020

வேண்டாம்---- Vendam

வேண்டாம்----
Vendam
Do not need it

Translated by
P.R.Ramachander



வருவது அறியாது செயல் புரிய வேண்டாம்
வஞ்சகர்தம் நட்பென்று நாட வேண்டாம்
கருவத்தால் பிறர் வருந்தப் பேச வேண்டாம்
கடமைகளைச் செய்திட பின்வாங்க வேண்டாம்

Varuvathu ariyaathu    cheyal  puriya vendam,
Vanchakar  tham natpendru Naada vendam
Karuvatha;  pirar   varuntha pesa  vendam
Kadamaikalai cheithida  pin vanga  vendam

Do not  do anything    without knowing   what is coming,
Do not seek that which is known as friendship  of evil person
Due to pride do not talk  making  others sad
Do not withdraw    from doing  your duties

மர்மமாய் பகையை உள்வாங்க வேண்டாம்
மற்றவர் வாழ்வு கண்டு மருக வேண்டாம்
தர்ம வழி விட்டு என்றும் நடக்க வேண்டாம்
தாழ்ந்தவரைத் துச்சமாய் பேச வேண்டாம்

Marmamai  pakayai   ul vaanga  vendam
Mathavar   vaazhvu kandu maruka  vendam
Dharma vazhi vittu yendruim nadakka vendam
Thazhnthavarai thuchamai  pesa  vendam

Secretly do not store enmity  in the mind,
Do not become sad seeing  other peoples lives
Do not ever leave   the path of Dharna   and live
Do not talk about poor people in a bad  way

பொறுமை எனும் பூஷணத்தைத் தொலைக்க வேண்டாம்
பொன்னுக்குப் போராடி மடிய வேண்டாம்
திருவளரும் தாய்க் குலத்தை வருத்த வேண்டாம்
தீனர்களுக்கு உதவி செய்யத் தயங்க வேண்டாம்

Porumai yenum bhoohanathai  tholaikka  vendam,
Ponnukku poradi   madiya   vendam,
Thiru valarum  thai kulathai varutha  vendam
Dheenarkalukku  udhavi   cheyya  thayanga   vendaam

Do not loose  the ornament called  patience,
Do not die fighting  for gold,
Do not make sad  our mothers  clan where prosperity grows
Dop not hesistate   to help  poor  people

உருவ மயக்கில் உள்ளத்தை இழக்க வேண்டாம்
சர்வ பரிபூரணனை மறக்க வேண்டாம்

Uruva mayakkil  ullathai  yizhakka  vendam,
Sarva  paripoorananai  marukka   vendam

Due  to attraction , do not loose  your mind
Do not forget  God   who has  every thing

சந்ததமும் சாந்தியுடன் வாழ வழி இதுவே.
Santhathamum santhiyudan  vaazha   vazhi ithuve
This is the way to live always with peace

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ஆண்டவன் பிச்சை அம்மா

Brahmins of Chelakkara Village


Brahmins  of Chelakkara  Village

By
P.R..Ramchander





Though  you  see Puthucode (An agraharam  with nearly 400  houses)  in my surname, I actually  belong to a village  called  Chelakkara. (my grand father migrated  to that village) Chelakkara  means  “Pretty  Valley”  It had 120 otha madams (compounds) arranged  all around a Narasimha  Murthy   temple  belonging  to a Nambudiri  family,

   When I was  young kid(7 years old) most of the  Brahmins of the village    were   very poor. There   were   only  3-4   rich houses, Most of the people   were  cooks and   running  hotels  in different cities.
There  were a few middle class people   running commercial establishments

Provision stores 2
Ayurvedic Vaidhyan 1
Vessel merchant  1
Institute   teaching typing  1
Cloth store   1
Stationary  shop   with  agency for   magazines 1
Cinema theatre  1
Coffee  powder  shop 1
Rice  polishing mill 1

    There were two families of priests , 3 or  4 cooks and two  astrologers

Among the rich people  one was the Principal of the biggest college in Travancore state, His son was  head of department of mathematics  in  Private  college in Trichur, one who was secretary  in  the ministry  of shipping and transport, another  Joint secretary  of ministry of Petroleum, Assistant Director of Public Health of Tamil Nadu, A retired  Vertinary surgeon, one a retired Doctor from Army.There   was highly paid  employee  in one of Bangalore  public sector undertaking , one professor  in Indian institute  of science

    There were  also few  rich land lords..Few peopled had  retired as clerks  in Mumbai  and had one back. One widow’s son in law   was the secretary  of  Maharaja  of Patila.

When I was about 10  , every year  10-15 people   studied typing and went to Mumbai  and got employment as clerks/stenographers  and almost all families  lived  out of the money  sent by them, Some of them went to Calcutta  because there  was a highly paid employee  in Remington there  who helped people of his native place.Since there  was no college  in Chelakkara,  from poor families  very few  graduated,

   When  I completed  my post graduation , from the poor families  I was one of the very few to do so .
Suddenly  opportunities  in middle east  opened up .Large  number of children of chelakkara  clerks went to the middle east and their parents did not come back for living in chelakkara.. Two families  in Chelakkara   started  doing  Kadugu mangai business ,Interstingly thefamous thangam pickles  are also from Chelakkara.

  The children of the employed middle class  families started  studying . Now a days   very large  number  of well employed  people   are from this village

  Today  I came across  one of them. After  graduating from IIT , he went  to Harward   to study international law. About 1`5 years  back he met me and told that he would practice law but  wants to study Vedas. He  went to Benares  and studied Vedas. When I knew him , he was  teaching  Vedic applications  in science  and engineering .Today my another  friend informed  me that , he  is now a topmost lawyer in arbitration matters. He runs a Veda patashala at Chennai and a goshala near aarkonam and is  deeply involved in Vedic promotion.(Om Charitable trust )

Sunday, January 26, 2020

Widows


Widows 

Compiled by
P.R.Ramachander



I was   translating a prayer.

I n one place it has been told
If a widow   chants it, she will die quickly!

In another  place it has been told
If a widow   chants it,
In her  next birth   she will not become a widow

I was shocked.My mind went back to my   childhood.


When I think of  my child hood I remember some young ladies  with head shaved  completely  . After  growing up I came to know  that they were widows , I also remember a common word of abuse  among Brahmins  , which I much latter knew that it means “Widow”.Over time when I came to know  about of the plight  of those  fourth class  citizens of the community, I felt sad.When I was young my father told me that  they are not elegible for properties of their husband  or father.
   My uncle told me a Sanskrit sloka , which said, one widow  will destroy a family, two the street, three  the country
   Later  I read about  Easwar Chandra Vidhya Sagar of Bengal   who fought against society  for permitting them to get  married again,

    When I was a boy I came to know that  ladies of Brahmin families  considered  them as  ill omen.I also came to know that if they do not shave their head( ie give away  their beauty) they were kept  outside the society.I heard about  Matas of Hindus where such  widows are not permitted to enter

I then read my translation of Vamiki Rammayana  to see whether  the  widows of Dasaratha  lived a normal life.  In the chapter on Rama Pattabisheka the following  a verse occurs

Afterwards the  very joyful Kausalya   who loved her sons   made  auspicious decoration of  the wives of all monkeys  with   great effort.                                                                                                          128.18

Which clearly indicated that Kausalya  was alive when Rama returned  and had a honourable position.

    WE all know   About the role Kunti the widow of Pandu played in making her sons great.


Things have changed a lot  .I personally know  few widows in a family  known to me, who  had remarried and leading a happy  married life.

Monday, January 20, 2020

Golden words of advice

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Golden words of advice

Translated by
P.R.Ramachander

(I was charmed by the simplicity abd grandeur  of these advices  which were in Tamil. They were in whatsapp .I do not know   who is the author.I found a tamil video on it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5eV8UUi_9M  )

Some wounds  get cured by medicine
Others  by  forgetting

Luxury takes you to destruction
Health  gives you good life

Problems   for man,
Because of it worship to God

When poverty comes   you should not fade,
When  prosperity  comes   you should not   dance

A hero  never dies
A coward  never lives

It is better to go slow   on a right road,
Than going fast  in a wrong road

I do not have  beauty   for you to admire,
But I have  vacancy in my heart   for you to stay

Man knows ABCD but does not  know how to stand in Q
Ants do not know ABCD but they know how to go in G

Stand opposing 1000 people,
But do not stand expecting  one person

Take loan if you need,
But do not take  it, because  it is available

The blood  of Black Man is red,
The  shadow of red man  is black

If you  want to get married  it is desire,
But if you live forever  happy after that it is  great desire

Those   who worked hard  never went forward,
But  those whp  worked with concentration   went forward

Sweat  may be salty,
But  it would turn life in to sweet

Whether   it is loan or  it is love,,
Your greatness lies in returning it

Wich living relative is important  ,
Is determined  by lifeless  money

Gie loan, you will know  what a great  fool you are,
Ask for loan you will how the other man is wise

Give money   to others, they will praise you,
Ask  the given money back, they would throw mud at you

It is a lie  that people decieve  by going on talking,
It is true  that we  get deceived  by their talk

He who purchases everything his wife  desires is intelligent,
He who promises   to purchase and manages like that is efficient

Half the  worries are  imaginary
And others   are temporary

He who searches problems wthin himself   succeeds,
And he   searches problems in others is scandalized

There is a place in home for  cut off slipper
But there is no place  there    for the dead  body

Falling down is pain,
Getting up afterwards is  greatness

Sunday, January 19, 2020

Problems caused by Sani after Sani Peyarchi and what can be done


Problems caused by Sani after Sani Peyarchi and what can be done

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On January 24th Saturn is leaving the Dhanu Rasi and entering the Makara rasi .according to Drik Panchangams
This would mean that
1.It will not be ashtamathil sani for those born in Rishabha rasi (Karthikai 2,34, Rohini , Mreigaeersham 1,2 Padams)
2. It would not be Ezharai Sani (sade sathi) period for those who are born in Vruschiga Rasi ( Visagam 4th padam, Anusham and kettai)
3.It would not be Janma Sani for those born in Dhanu Rasi(Moolam, Pooradam, Uthradam 1padam) )
4.Ashtamathil Sani would start for those who are born in Mithuna Rasi (Mrugaseersham 3, 4 padam, THiruvadirai, Punartham 1,2,3 padam)
5.Ezharai sani (sade sathi) would start for those born in Kuumbha rasi Rasi (Avittam 3,4, Chadayam, pororattathi 1,2,3)
6.Janma sani would start for those born in Makara rasi (Uthradam 2,3.4. thiruonam and Avittam 1,2 padam) )
A general prediction would be
1. Those born in Rishabha rasi and vruschiga Rasi would get rid of all problems caused to them by Sani.(it is recommended that they do an archana to Lord Sani on 24th.
2. Those born in Mithuna rasi and Kumbha rasi would start facing problems due to Sani*
3. Those born in Dhanu rasi would find their problems to be of reduced intensity.
4. Those born in Makara Rasi would find their problems of increased intensity .
What type of problems and how intense etc would be decided by the position of Sani in their horoscope as well as power of Sani in their horoscope and these can only be predicted by an astrologer after thoroughly studying a person’s horoscope
I have been finding that those who with faith read the “Sani Vajra Panjarika Kavacham “ or hear it on Saturdays , would find that their problems becomes manageable as told in the Kavacham
If the son of Sun God is in eighth(ashtamathil sani ), twelfth, first or second house,(ezhara sani) m
By daily reading or hearing this Kavacham , no misery would ever be caused due to sani
This is true to a very large extent .
You can find the Kavacham with english translation in
http://stotrarathna.blogspot.in/…/sani-vajra-panjarika-stot…
Worship of Lord Hanuman or Lord Venkatachalapathy or Lord Ayyappa on Saturdays have also been found beneficial.
Reading of Kurma stotram (http://stotrarathna.blogspot.com/…/prayers-to-kurma-avathar… ) or chanting of Hanuman chalisa http://stotrarathna.blogspot.com/…/hanuman-chalisa-hindi.ht… or chanting Prayer addressed to Lord Narasimha by Sanischara (http://stotrarathna.blogspot.com/…/nrusimha-sthuthi-by-sana… ) on Saturdays by Sri Vaishnavites
P.R.Ramachander