Belong to God but never claim him as yours

Belong to God but never claim him  as yours

By

P.R.Ramachander

(Based on a   folk story  I heard from my daughter)

One day   lord  Krisbna’s    wife’s  Bhama   and Rugmani,

Met  Draupadhi    wife   of Pandavas in the   forest,

With curiosity  they asked, “How come   our husband

Loves  you more  “ and with   a smile   she replied,

“To you  both , Krishna  is yours, But   I always   think,

I belong to him   as a great  devotee   and a friend

Varalakshmi pooja iis on 31st- manthras for doing pooja

Varalakshmi pooja iis on 31st

Vara Maha Lakshmi Pooja

Compiled by
P.R.Ramachander

(Slightly simplified version mainly for ladies knowing only english , especially for those who stay abroad.If by chance in that country Banana leaf is not available, paddy can be spread on a plate. Mango leaves are only decoration material and not essential)

The materials needed for pooja
Turmeric powder to make Ganesa ,Banana leaf with tip, rice ,Paddy, coconut , lime fruit , Kumkum . Sandal paste, Flowers, betel leaf , Betel , fruits, camphor , Agar bathi , SAmbrani , Akshatha , cloth, Turmeric threas , Panchamritham , lamp , wick, Gingelly oil , match box , Brass plate, Pancha Pathram , Uddarani , Brass cup,Camphor plate SAmbrani plate, bell etc, Mango leaf bunch

For Naivedhya
POngal, Payasam . Appam , Vadai , kozhukattao , Laddu Curd, milk, ghee , honey ,sugar candy( Kar kandu)
Fruits
Orange , pomegranate, wood apple , Mango fruit , grapes
Arrangements
On the east side of the house on the easanya corner , clean it, Set up the stage for worship and decorate it .Below the stage spread banana leaf with tip.Over that spread the paddy and over that keep the plate with rice, Over that keep the Kalasa pot. Fill the kalasa with rice , gold gems etc , (Some people put palm leaf , Karuku mani and lime fruits also)Decorate the top with mangoes leaves bunch and coconut ,Spread new cloth Keep with statue of Mahalakshmi made of silver/gold (face of Mahalakshmi also can be kept) .Decorate statue/face with flowers. Keep Nonbu thread with nine knots in the pooja

The worship should be done before 10.30 Am and if not possible in the evening

Welcoming Vara Lakshmi to our home

Spread some rice on a brass plate , keep kalasa on that , offer fruit , betel leaf and betel to that at just outside our door.Show camphor and bring it with faith and devotion to the stage of worship and chant prayers of Mahalakshmi, sing songs on her .IN many homes Lakshmi is brought in by wife and husband together
The famous song which is normally sung during the occasion is “Bhagyadha Lakshmi Baramma”

Bhagyadha Lakshmi Baramma

By

Sage Purandara dasa

Translated by

P.R. Ramachander

(This song is normally sung during the Vara Lakshmi Pooja in South Indian homes)

Ragha Madhyamavathi
Tala Roopaka

Pallavi

Bhghyada Lakshmi Barama, nammamma nee
Subhagyada Lakshmi Baramma

Oh mother who is goddess Lakshmi of luck, please come,
Oh my mother come, Oh Lakshmi of great luck come.

Charanam

1.Hejjaye mele hejjaya nikutha,
Gejje kalugala dhwaniya thorutha,
SAhjjana sadhu pujaya velege,
Majjigeyolagina benneyante

2.Kanaka vrushtiya kareyuta bare,
Manakamaneya sidhiya tore,
Dinakara koti tejhadhi holayuva,
Janaka rayana Kumari vega

4.Attittagalada bhakthara maneyali
Nithya mahothsava nithya sumangala
Sathyava toruva sadhu sajjanara,
Chithadi holeva puthalli bombe

4.Sankhyayillade bhagyavu kottu,
Karikana kaiya thiruvauta bare,
Kunkumankitha pankaja lochane ,
Venkataramanana birikada rani

5.Sakkara thuppada kaluve harisi,
Shukra varada poojaya velage,
Akkarayulla Alagiri Rangana
Chokka purandara vittala rani

English Translation

Pallavi

Oh mother who is goddess Lakshmi of luck, please come,
Oh my mother come, Oh Lakshmi of great luck come.

Charanam

1.Moving one feet followed by another,
Showing the sound of anklets,
Come during the worship by good people,
Like the butter coming in the curd.

2.Come fast the daughter of king Janaka,
Come along with the rain of gold,
Fulfill all wishes of the mind,
With the light of crores of Suns.

3.Oh Goddess wearing golden bracelets.
Show in the homes of your great devotees,
Daily festival , daily happenings of good,
In a true manner , Oh Goddess who shows truth
In the hearts of saints and good people.

4.Come granting uncountable luck,
Come with shaking of your hands,
Oh goddess with lotus eyes and Thilaka of saffron,
Oh Goddess who is the queen of Venkatramana

5.Come the queen of Purandhara vittala,
Who is the Alagiri Ranga who is interested,
During the time of worship on Friday,
With showering of mixture of Ghee and Sugar.

First you have to do worship to Lord Ganesa

Worship of Ganesa.

Make a cone with water mixed with turmeric powder to represent Lord Ganesa and keep it on a small plate

Chant “Shuklam baradara, Vishnum, Sasi varnam chathurbhujam,
Prasanna Vadanam dhyayeth Sarva Vighna upa santhaye”

Then say
Mamapatha samastha Duritha Kshaya Dwaara , Sri Parameswara preethyartham ,
Karishyamana Karmana Nir bighnena pari samapthyartham AAdhou Sri Vighneswara poojaam Karishye”

Worship Ganesa made out of turmeric powder by offering flowers

1.Om Vakra Thundana nama
2.Om Eka danthaya nama
3,Om Krishna pingalakshayai nama
4.Om Gaja Vakthrayai nama
5.Om Lambodharaya nama
6.Om Vikataya nama
7,Om Vighna rajaya nama
8.Dhoomra varnaya nama
9.Om Phala CHandrayai nama
10.Om Vinayakaya nama
11.Om Ganapathyai nama
12.Om Gajananayai nama

Show Agarbathi be waving it around the image
Offer Naivedya to image.Normally only Banana fruit , Betel leaf and Betel nut is offered
Pour little water in a cup kept for thepurpose saying “Amruthopastharanamasi”
Say “Om Pranaya swaha, Om Apanaya SWaha , Om vyanaya swaha , Om Udhanaya swaha, Om Samanaya swaha , Om Brahmane swaha”
Pour little water in cup again and say “amruthopi dhanamasi”
Show camphor light to the Ganesa to complete the worship of Ganesa
Then pray
“Vakra thunda maha kayam , Soorya koti sama prabham,
Nirvignam kuru may deva , sarva karyeshu sarvadhaa

2.Start pooja of vara maha Lakshmi

Shubhe shobhane Muhurthe , aadhya brahmana , dweethya parardhe,

Swetha varaha kalpe , vaivaswatha manwanthare,ashta vimsathi thame ,

Kali yuge , prathame padhe, jambu dweepe , bharatha varshe , bharatha khande ,

Meror dakshine parswe , sakhabdhe asmin varthamane vyavaharike ,

Prabhavathi sashti samvathsaraanaam madhye vilamba nama Samvathsare ,

Dakshinayane , varsha ritho, kanya mase , Krishna pakshe trayodasyam (up to noon )

Punya thidhou Shukra vasara yukthaayaam , uthrashada nakshatra yukthaayaam , shubha yoga,

shubha karana , sakala viseshana vishitaayaam asyaam shubha thidhou

Mamopartha samastha duritha kshya dwara sri parameshwara preethyartham

Asmaakam saha kudumbaanaam , kshema sthairya veerya , vijaya , ayur aroghya aiswarya abhivrudhyartham

Samastha durithopa santhyartham

Uchitha kale ayushmath suroopa ,suguna puthra avapthyartham, Deerga saumangalya avapthyartham, aroga , dhida gaathra sidhyartham

Sri vara Lakshmi Prasada sidhyartham

Sri Vaalshmi poojaam Karishye

Put one flower on Ganesa
Say “Sri Vighneswaram Yatha sthanam prathishtapaymi”

Dhyanam
Offer flower to the Kumbha and say “Sri vara Maha Lakshmyai nama”

Tie a flower in the thread with nine knots and keep it on the kumbha
Then offer flowers chanting the ashtotharam of Varamaha Lakshmi

1.Om prakrutyi namaha-Salutations to the Goddess who is nature
2.Om Vikrutyi namaha-Salutations to the Goddess who is change
3.Om Vidyayayai namaha-Salutations to the Goddess who is knowledge
4.Om Sarvabhoota hita pradayai namaha-Salutations to the Goddess who does favourable acts to all beings
5.Om Shraddayayai namaha-Salutations to the Goddess who is trust
6.Om Vibootayai namaha -Salutations to the Goddess who is innate power
7.Om Surabhayai namaha -Salutations to the Goddess who is charming/sweet smelling
8.Om Paramatmikamayai namaha -Salutations to the Goddess who is the divine soul
9,Om Vache namaha -Salutations to the Goddess who is speech
10.Om Padmalayai namaha -Salutations to the Goddess who lives in lotus flower
11,Om Padmayayai namaha -Salutations to the Goddess who is lotus flower
12.Om Suchaye namaha -Salutations to the Goddess who is purity
13.Om Swahayai namaha -Salutations to the Goddess who is Goddess Swaha
14.Om Swathadayai namaha -Salutations to the Goddess who is goddess Swadha
15,Om Sudhaya Namaha Salutations to the Goddess who is nectar
16.Om Dhanyayai namaha -Salutations to the Goddess who is auspecious
17.Om Hiranmayiyai namaha -Salutations to the Goddess who is fully golden
18.Om Lakshmyai namaha -Salutations to the Goddess who is Goddess Lakshmi
19.Om Nityapushatayai namaha -Salutations to the Goddess who is forever healthy
20.,Om Vibhaavarayayai namaha -Salutations to the Goddess who is full of luster
21.Om Adityayai namaha -Salutations to the Goddess who shines like the Sun
22.Om Dithyai namaha- Salutations to the Goddess who answers prayers.
23.Om Deeptayai namaha -Salutations to the Goddess who is brilliant
24.Om Vasudaayai namaha -Salutations to the Goddess who is earth/who grants wealth
25.Om Kamalayayai namaha -Salutations to the Goddess who lives on the lotus
26.Om Kantayayai namaha -Salutations to the Goddess who is the wife
27.Om Kamakshayai namaha -Salutations to the Goddess who has passionate eyes
28.Om ksheerodasambhavayai namaha -Salutations to the Goddess who was born in the oean of milk
29.Om Anugrahapradayayai namaha -Salutations to the Goddess who grants blessings
30.Om Budhayai namaha -Salutations to the Goddess who is intelligence
31.Om Anughayai namaha -Salutations to the Goddess who is spotless
32.Om Harivallabhayai namaha -Salutations to the Goddess who is the consort of Hari
33.Om Asokhayai namaha -Salutations to the Goddess who is never sad
34.Om Amruthayai namaha -Salutations to the Goddess who is nectar
35, Om Deeptayai namaha -Salutations to the Goddess who gives out luster
36.Om Lokasokavinasinayai namaha -Salutations to the Goddess who destroys sorrow of people
37,Om Dharmanilayayai namaha -Salutations to the Goddess who is in Dharma
38.Om Karunayai namaha -Salutations to the Goddess who is merciful
39.Om Lokamatrayai namaha -Salutations to the Goddess who is the mother of the world
40.Om Padmapriyayai namaha -Salutations to the Goddess who likes lotus flower
41.Om Padmahastayai namaha -Salutations to the Goddess who has lotus like hands
42.Om Padmakshayai namaha -Salutations to the Goddess who has lotus like eyes
43,Om Padmasundrayai namaha -Salutations to the Goddess who is pretty like lotus flower
44.Om Padmodbhavayai namaha -Salutations to the Goddess who was born from lotus
45.Om Padmamukhayai namaha -Salutations to the Goddess who has lotus like face
46.Om Padma maladharayai namaha -Salutations to the Goddess who wears lotus garland
47.Om Ramaaayai namaha -Salutations to the Goddess who is the consort of Rama
48.Om Devyai namaha -Salutations to the Goddess
49.Om Padminayai namaha -Salutations to the Goddess who is the lotus
50.Om Padmagandhinayai namaha -Salutations to the Goddess who smells like lotus
51.Om Punya gandhayayai namaha -Salutations to the Goddess who smells like blessed deeds
52.Om Suprasannayai namaha -Salutations to the Goddess who is greatly pleased
53.Om Prasadabhimukhayai namaha -Salutations to the Goddess who looks at you with pleasing face
54,Om Prabhayai namaha -Salutations to the Goddess who is lustrous
55,Om Chandravadanayai namaha -Salutations to the Goddess who has moon like face
56.Om Chandrayai namaha -Salutations to the Goddess who is the moon
57,Om Chandrasahodarayai namaha -Salutations to the Goddess who is the sister of the moon
58.Om Chaturbhujayai namaha -Salutations to the Goddess who has four hands
59.Om Chandraroopayai namaha -Salutations to the Goddess who has the form of the moon
60. Om Indirayai namaha -Salutations to the Goddess who is very pretty
61. Om Induseetalayai namaha -Salutations to the Goddess who is cool like the moon
62. Om Ahladajannayai namaha -Salutations to the Goddess who creates happiness
63. Om Pushtayai namaha -Salutations to the Goddess who is very healthy
64,.Om Sivayai namaha -Salutations to the Goddess who is auspicious/peaceful
65.Om Sivakartayai namaha -Salutations to the Goddess who makes things auspicious
66. Om Satayai namaha -Salutations to the Goddess who is the truth
67. Om Vimalayai namaha -Salutations to the Goddess who is pure
68.Om Viswajannayai namaha -Salutations to the Goddess who is the mother of the world
69. Om Thushtayai namaha -Salutations to the Goddess who is satisfied
70. Om Daridraynasinayai namaha -Salutations to the Goddess who is the destroyer of poverty
71, Om Preetipushkaranayai namaha -Salutations to the Goddess who is the pond of lov4e
72. Om Shantayai namaha -Salutations to the Goddess who is very peaceful
73. Om Sukla malyambarayai namaha -Salutations to the Goddess who wears a white garland
74.Om Sriyai namaha -Salutations to the Goddess who is prosperity
75. Om Bhaskaryai namaha -Salutations to the Goddess who shines like the sun
76. Om Bilwanilayayai namaha -Salutations to the Goddess who lives on the Bilwa tree
77.Om Vararohayai namaha -Salutations to the Goddess who is willing to give boons
78. Om Yasiswinyai namaha -Salutations to the Goddess who is famous
79.Om Vasundharaayai namaha -Salutations to the Goddess who is the daughter of earth
80.Om udaara angayai namaha -Salutations to the Goddess who has excellent limbs
81,Om Harinyai namaha -Salutations to the Goddess who is like a deer
82. Om Hemamalinayai namaha -Salutations to the Goddess who wears garlands made of gold
83.Om Dhanadhanyakartayai namaha -Salutations to the Goddess who is the lord of wealth and grains
84. Om Siddhyai namaha -Salutations to the Goddess who is always ready
85.Om Straina sowmayayai namaha -Salutations to the Goddess who has the feminine grace
86. Om Subha pradayai namaha -Salutations to the Goddess who grants auspiciousness
87,Om Nrupa vesmagataa nandanayai namaha -Salutations to the Goddess whois pleases to go in palaces of kings
88, Om Varalakshmayai namaha -Salutations to the Goddess who is Lakshmi who gives boons
89, Om Vasupradaayai namaha -Salutations to the Goddess who bestows wealth
90. Om Hiranyaprakrayai namaha -Salutations to the Goddess who is surrounded by gold
91.Om Samudra tanayai namaha -Salutations to the Goddess who is the daughter of ocean
92.Om Jayayai namaha -Salutations to the Goddess who is victorious
93. Om Mangaladevayai namaha -Salutations to the Goddess of auspiciousness
94.Om Mangalayai namaha-Salutations to the Auspiciousness
95.Om Devayayai namaha -Salutations to the Goddess
96. Om Vishnu vakshastala stithayai namaha -Salutations to the Goddess who is on the chest of Lord Vishnu
97. Om Vishnupatnayai namaha -Salutations to the Goddess who is the consort of Lord Vishnu
98.Om Prasannshiyai namaha -Salutations to the Goddess who has a pleasant eye
99,Om Narayana samasritrayai namaha -Salutations to the Goddess who dwells in Lord Narayana
100. Om Daridra dvamsakayyai namaha -Salutations to the Goddess who destroys poverty
101.Om Dayai vayai namaha
102.Om Sarvopradava nivrinayai namaha -Salutations to the Goddess who avoids all sort of troubles
103.Om Navadurgayai namaha -Salutations to the Goddess who is the nine forms of Durga
104, Om Mahakalayai namaha -Salutations to the Goddess who is the great Kali
105,Om Brahamavishnusivatmikayai namaha -Salutations to the Goddess who is the soul of Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva
106.Om Trikalajnana sampanayai namaha -Salutations to the Goddess who knows past , present and future
107. Om Bhuvaneswarayai namaha -Salutations to the Goddess who is the goddess of universe
108,Om Varalakshmayai namaha: - Salutations to the Goddess who is the Lakshmi who gives boons

Show Agarbathi be waving it around the image
Offer Naivedya to image.Normally only Banana fruit , Betel leaf and Betel nut is offered
Pour little water in a cup kept for thepurpose saying “Amruthopastharanamasi”
Say “Om Pranaya swaha, Om Apanaya SWaha , Om vyanaya swaha , Om Udhanaya swaha, Om Samanaya swaha , Om Brahmane swaha”

Sprinkle water around all the things prepared for Naivedhya

Pour little water in cup again and say “amruthopi dhanamasi”

Show camphor light to the Ganesa to complete the worship to Goddess Varamahalakshmi

Tie the charadu kept on Kumbha (some families they take it top elderly sumangalis do namaskaram to them and ask to tie the charadu

The mile stone 5 is a personal one.-our fiftieth wedding anniversary

The mile stone 5 is a personal one.-our fiftieth wedding anniversary

(My given name is Rama and she is Jaya and today the victory of rama (rama Jayam) started fifty years back

This day (13-7-1970) , fifty years back , we got married to each other. Today after another 50 years we are again celebrating our anniversary surrounded by our son, daughter in law , daughter, son in law , two grand sons and two grand daughters .

. Taking in to consideration the fact that , it is my wife’s love and encouragement that makes me do what I do, I have already made her the silent partner of all that I do and achieve. Together we have raised a great son and a great daughter. As on today we have two very great grand daughters and two great grand sons.
By modern day standards , we are not rich but both of us think that whatever we have is all that we need. We both believe strongly in God and also believe that he knows what we need.
For the past twenty years I have been helping thousands of people all over the world with astrological consultation mainly on matching horoscopes. Several times we were offered huge amounts of money but we both decided that we will not take any money.
We do have differences in our likes, dislikes and priorities in life. But very early in married life we decided that these differences would not create even a small ripple in our married life. I am sure that God guides us even here and we both salute him and tell “Sir , a big thank you”, and I would like to say to her , “My wife, I consider you as the greatest blessing Of God to me.”
We are in a world of ecstasy and a poor poet like me felt that the best present I could ever give her was a poem dedicated to her..Hope you will all agree.

Poem dedicated to my life time companion

I am sure all but the young ones would agree with me that , the need for a wife is greatest when one becomes old , as a companion and a loving friend Without her by his side , he becomes miserable. Here is an ode written by me an old man to my wife:-

Wife mine , you came to my home ,
As a pretty , lovely lady companion to me,
Those were the days when I thought ,
That you were brought there to act as my slave,
To fulfill all the wishes that I had in my mind.

Slowly times changed , you became a lovely mother ,
And I found that your attention to me was halved,
And I too was very busy those days in the rat race ,
To earn more and more important positions and more and more wealth,

You were sweet Mummy to my kids , capable nurse to my parents,
Great manager of all my affairs including wealth ,
A wonderful cook , whom I could not miss even for a day,
And teacher and trainer to my kids when they grew up,
But I was just another scientist and nothing else .

Parents mine and that of yours bid farewell when their time came,
And the kids in our home developed wings and flew away,
Leaving both of us in the lonely hellish nest that we are in today,
And my office decided that this oldie is of no use and should retire.

The happy busy lovely home which was filled with laughter and smiles.
Was turned in to a grave of simple silence.
Whenever the little babies of children came to visit us,
Our faces were filled with smile and joy ,
But they too returned back to their homes,
Leaving the eerie , tasteless and suffering silence of loneliness.

My golden darling , you are my only companion now ,
And I feel like singing . “Jaya reme , Manorame , mama dehi Karavalambam*”.
And even without that singing , you knew that without you,
I was not even a big zero but a tiny , tiny nothing,
But you do not mind it as , for you are to me now,
Friend , nurse , guide , manager and a psychotherapist,
All which jobs you do with a smile and no frown in face .
For you want to be my everything till both of us part.

Ten years back when we celebrated our 40th anniversary one friend wrote

“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 has become true all these ten years
Raja

Mile stone 4. I am a small time astrologer , poet and story teller

Mile stone 4. I am a small time astrologer , poet and story teller

As astrologer
I have been doing help to the human society as a small time astrologer , practicing it as a social service . I helped very large number of parents , grooms and brides by matching horoscopes. The credit must go to God and science of astrology , that most of those marriages were successful .
I have also helped people by analyzing horoscopes of people and suggesting them to chant proper stotras with faith .God helped many of them by answering to their prayers
Slowly due to lack of faith as well as easy availability of soft ware, the demand for matching horoscopes have very much reduced
Due to becoming a very old thatha, I get terribly upset when youngsters approach me with terrible and very sad problems, because I have great affection to all human beings .
I am seriously thinking of discontinuing this aspect of my work but my close friends , tell me that I should not, because I am helping people in need , who do not have any place to go
AS a small time poet

Right from age of 20 I have started writing English poems .For many marriages of my relatives, I used to write poems and present to them .Recently I was pleasantly shocked when a dear relation of mine , showed me a dilapidated paper, which contained a poem I had written at the time of her marriage.
When I started translating stotras , I was very particular that they should be translated as poems,. I have also written poems .You can see some of them in https://poetrypoem.com/cgi-bin/index.pl…
Once I saw that poetic translation of Bhagawat Gita by a foreigner was really horrible and I did a good translation of BHagawad Gita http://stotrarathna.blogspot.com/…/bhagawad-gita-in-english…
I have also written lots of English rhymes based on Indian themes for Indian school

As a small time story writer

Right from the age of ten “Raja anna(me) “ was a famous story teller in my village .I continued my story telling to all kids whom I saw, which include my children and my grand children. My dear daughter thought that my great skill should not go waste and with her affectionate help I put most of my kids stories that I know in to a web site http://raja-thatha-corner.bizhat.com/Stories.html. When attending marriage functions I am pleasantly shocked , that parents and grandpas call their kids ,
And introduce me to them as That Raja thatha , whose stories they read

AS a kid I liked the Vikramadhithyan stories and with lot of effort I translated the entire Vikramadhithyan stories for the first time http://vikramadhithya.blogspot.com/

One of my close scientist friends wanted me to illustrate Malayalam proverbs by stories.I did for 100 proverbs https://www.yumpu.com/…/malyalam-proverbs-raja-thathas-corn… and to teach proverbs a school in Coimbatore is using these stories and when they requested to do them help by writing stories for few tamil proverbs too

Mile stone 3 Informing Brahmins about rules and rituals as well as manthras for different occasions

Mile stone 3 Informing Brahmins about rules and rituals as well as manthras for different occasions

Some time in 2005, I started putting the tharpana sankalpams for every year as well the upakarma manthras for every year in yahoo groups .In 2008 one of my friends requested me to translate in to English, a tamil of rites and rituals called samkshepa dharma sastram. It was initially put in celextel .org and later I started my own blog . According to one of my yahoo group friends , I translated , a book in tamil called SAmkshepa dharma Sasthram and started my blog with this translation . I first put the manthras for doing , sandhya vandana, Tharpana and also Avaniavittam for those from the three Vedas separately. I then reviewed the iyer marriage procedure step by step and gave a detail write up , I also gave the procedure for doing pilgrimage to Rameswaram and Varanasi.

I started giving tharpana sankalpa manthras aand Avani avitta manthras every year in English .These were very helpful for people living in places, where priests are not available and became immensely popular.

Apart from them, I went on translating books on Iyer rituals , AS per the request of people , I have also put , Mahalaya paksha THarpana manthras and their sankalpa Manthras of every year

This blog became immensely popular and has become very useful in persons living abroad .Seeing them, many people contact me for clarification on certain rituals when no one is available to them .I have been continuing to take lot of interest in this activity .In the last 10 years about 20 lakh people have visited this blog.I think God has directed me to help people in safeguarding the rites and rituals of Iyer Brahmins

Mile stone 2 of Raja thatha-Translation of Carnatic Krithis written in 7 languages

Mile stone  2   of  Raja thatha-Translation  of Carnatic  Krithis written in  7 languages

 

I wrote  10 years back

 The second mile stone pertains to my translation of 300 Carnatic music Keetrthanas originally written in five different languages. I am not a musician and not a great pundit in any of the five languages. I am not a musician or  a musicologist.

    I started   these  translations because   , if a musician understands  the meaning, he can add  proper  bhava to his song, Also the person who hears   the song also  enjoys it better, Very large  number  of  great scholars and great  musicians  have  done a great job in this direction

But  today   after  10  years

Though by  now after  10 more years  I have translated 2000 songs(1700 more songs)I can be nowhere near them.Apart from transiting all Krithis (653)  of Thyagaraja , I have translated 69 krithis of  Muthuswamy Dekshithar  , 97 Krithis of oothukadu, 64 krithis  of Purandarqa Dasa, 41  Krithis  of  Panasam  Sivan , 16 krithis  of Narayana theertha  , 40 Krithis  of Mahakavi  Bharathi  , 32 Krithis of Muthaiah  bhagawather, 24  Krithis of Sadashiva Brahmendr, 32 Malayala m krithis  of Prabodha Chandran 17 Krithis of Neelakanda  Shivan, 52  Krithis  of  D.Pattammal  , 26 Krithis of annamayya. 65 Krithis  of  THangam Viswanathan   35 Krithis of Ambujam Krishna . 13 Abhangs of  THukaram , 57 Krithis  of B.Rama Murthy Rao   and many other  composers

  I have translated  the musical drama  ,  Nandanara charitham of  Gopala Krishna Bharathi  . Prahladha  Bhakthi Vijayam and Nauka  Charitham of thyagaraja  and Savithri  Puranam of Neelakanda Shivan

I am being  consulted   for  translation   of  Krithis   suitable  for dance drama  by various  Dance schools  of  USA.More than 24  lakkh  people have visited my web site

 I am a small  fry  in this field

All these  would not have been possible by me.Everything  is the work of God and me as his key board

Mile stone 1 stotras addressed to gods

Mile stone 1  -   stotras   addressed  to gods

I wrote  in july  month   10 years back  that 

The first mile stone is my completing the translation of 500th Stotram, I can publicly confess that I am not a great scholar and whatever I have done is by the express guidance from God. This great collection includes such gems like Bhagavad Gita, SundraKandam of Ramayanam, Devi Mahathmyam, Sri Krishna Karnamrutham ,Three great Sahara Namams(Vishnu, Lalitha and Shiva) The great Abhirami Andhathi from Tamil ,and Jnana Pana of Poonthanam. It also includes great works like Narada Bhakthi Suthra, Yaksha Prasna, Aprakshanubhuthi, Sri Ramo dhantham and so on. I would like to humbly bow before God and tell, “Lord, thank you for using me as your finger for typing in my computer using my fingers.”

During  the last  ten years , the God typed  much more  than  the previous 10 years  and  the above  milestone remains  Like this:-

I Stotras  written in different  languages

Hindi 133, Malayalam 135 , Tamil 250,  Telugu 2, Marathi  , 1  Sanskrit Sanskrit 1621 –total  2144 

II Stotras  addressed  to different gods

Ayyappa  259 , DAthathreya 23 , Ganesa 67, Guruvayurappan  91 , hanuman 24 , Krishna   96, Lakshmi 45 , Narasimha  39, Navagrahas 62 , Parvathy 231 , Rama 87 , Shanmukha 49 , SAi Baba 30, Shiva 139 ,Venkateswara 23 , Vishnu  183

III.Stotras Which  are wtitten in different  formats

a.Panchakam 35    Shatkam 6 ,    AShtakam 175    Navakam 2    Dasakam 16 ,

b.sthava  raja 7,   gayathri 87 ,   dhyana sloka  30 ,pratha smarana stotra 10, karavalambam 6, Vedic Sukthams 22, suprabatham 20, kavacham 83, bhujangam 13

c. dwadasa  nama 12 , shodasa  namam 3,Ashtothara namam 75 , sahasra namam13

d dandakam 5. Panjaram 3, gadhyam 4, Mangalam  32

Others

Apart from  three  Ramayanas   from three  languages,27 upanishads ,and   21  minor and major  books, have been translated  by me

I am thanking  God the author  of all  these  translations  for  getting   all these typed my fingers

          Om namo  Narayanaya Om namashivaya om Shanmukhaya, om  Ganesaya,