The story of Varalakshmi vritha

The story  of Varalakshmi  vritha

 

Compiled by

P.R.Ramachander

 

Story  Of shyama

 

There was a king called  Badhrasrava  in saurashtra. His queen was called Karachandrika,

The king was  an extremely good person who used to talk only auspicious  things The queen was  educated , virtuous and pretty,. She never used  to get angry.They had seven sons followed by  a daughter  whom they named  as Shyama

 

Goddess Mahalakshmi was greatly please with queenKachandrika and on a Friday  with Dwadasi thidhi, she entered the palace as a old lady who  was a sumangali.At that time the queen had finished a   heavy lunch and was eating thamboola and she asked”Oh mother  , who are  you? And Why have you come here? .” Then Mahalakshmi replied”You are a very good lady but today is a holy day of Goddess Lakshmi.Is it proper for you to eat your lunch and take your thamboola,  without worshipping the Godess?”

The queen gotvery angry when her mistake was pointed out to her. And she slapped  Goddess on her cheek,  Mahalakshi with eye  eye full of tears went out of the  queen’s room,

  Shyama who wa playing outside saw the old lady who was crying and returning and Goddess  told her   as to what  happened, Shyama did pranams to her took her to her room and requested her  to teach  what has to be done on this special day to Mahalakshmi.Then the Goddess  Taught her what  has to be done on every Friday.Shyama followed her instructions and started  doing penance and pooja to Goddess  Lakshmi on all Fridays.

The wealth of the king started reducing. . He thought , that it is better to  Give Shyama in marriage to a  good king called  Maladhara . After marriage  king Maladhara became very rich ,

Shyama’s parents however lost their kingdom all properties and were driven out  .They lived in a forest  and  were starving and seeking alms .

Shyama came to know of this and sent food to them through a Palace  servant.Once she sent a box full of gold coins to them.V But when they opened they only saw charcoal pieces.

Shyama  met them and told her mother all that happened and taught her the method  of worshipping goddess Lakshmi and slowly become rich. They also  got back their kingdom .

Then both quens called  all sumangali ladies  of their  kingdom  and taught  them , the pooja of Lakshmi and all of them lived happily   with prosperity

 

On varalakshmi pooja days  , Sumangalis  should observe penance and do  Pooja to goddess Lakshmi  .After that  they  should call sumangalis nearby  to their home   and honour them  with auspicious presents  and Dakshina

They will become prosperous and lead a very happy life

 

 

 

Silence- many meanings

 Silence- many meanings

(This Word has  very many meanings)

 

Translated  from Tamil

By

P.R.Ramachander

 

When trying to reach an aim

Silence is power

 

When fighting with some one,

Silence is strength

 

When not  agreeing to  what you do not like

Silence  is fight

 

When you fall in a marriage hall

And then get up and sit

Silence is shame

 

When thinking about

People whom we have lost

Silence  is sorrow

 

When  we want to take revenge

On those who made  us suffer

Silence  is anger

 

When you are  using what you have learnt

Silence is joy

 

When we are tired and it is peaceful

Silence is sleep

 

When every one  thinks you are  sleeping

Whhen body does not move,

And neighbors  are  surrounding you

Silence is death

Rules of life by Anon in Malayalam

 Rules  of life  by Anon in Malayalam

 

Translated  by

P.R.Ramachander

 

Do not go to places  where you are  not respected

Do not sell “respect”  to eat

Do not spit lying down with face up

Do not  cut branch  , you are setting

Do not sleep , when sun is rising

Do not walk  at improper times

Do not sleep in unknown people’s home

Do not wish for other’s property

Do not carry  family enmity  in mind

Do not forget  clan deity

Do not take oath  touching head

Do not fot forget while applying oil

Do not shake hand  while eating

Do not serve  food with bare  hand

Do not eat  food of miser

Do not serve like a miser

Do not keep  lamp facing south

Do not keep head towards north while  sleeping

Do not take broom during dusk

Do not throw out dirt at night

Do not  show laziness  in work

Do not  spend without knowing your income

Do not sleep without dinner

Do not eat ghee  during dinner

Do not disobey mother

Do not do bad  to mother

Do not forget  mother toungue

Do  not hate  mother land

Mother’s child does not know poor father

Mother’s child does  not know  poor father

 

Translated by

P.R.Ramachander

Have seen mother cry

Have not seen father  crying

Have obeyed mother

Have disobeyed father

Have known pain of mother

Has not known pain of father

Have learnt mother-toungue

Have not learnt  father-toungue

Have talked about greatness of mother

Have not  talked about  greatness of father

Have  seen mother sleep

Have not seen father  sleep

Have known Mother’s troubles

Have not known father’s troubles

Have lived in mother’s world

Have not lived in Father’s world

Money is a monkey

Money  is a monkey

 

Translated  from Tamil

BY

P.R.Ramachander

 

When money is not there,

To fill up his stomach  , he goes in cycle

 

When Money is there

To reduce his stomach, he goes in cycle

 

When money is not there,

Though  he works in a hotel

He comes  home  , to take  his food

 

When money is there

Though  food his  cooked in his home

He goes  to hotel to take his word

 

When money is not there

He wanders for food

 

When money is there

He wanders for wealth

 

When money is not there,

He  acts like a rich man

 

When he has  money,

He acts like a poor man

 

When money is not  there

To be peaceful,

He searches  for  money

 

When money is  there

He searches  for peace

 

Problem if money is not there

Problem if money is there

Beyond limit  , even nectar  is poison

 

 

Sruthivani abut award to Ramachander

Sruthivani  a great magazine, brought out by Trichur chapter of “Kerala Brahmin association   Said this in its april 2024  issue

P.R.Ramachander set record in India books of records

P.R.Ramachander who has translated 75 minor Ramayanas , apart from Valmiki Ramayanam(Sanskrit), Kamba Ramayanam (Tamil)  and Adhyathma Ramayanam(Malayalam) has got a position in “India book of records”:Apart from this he has also translated 175 prayers addressed  to Rama, though he is 84 years old,

REcord of translating maximum Rama literature

 My dear Friends,

My work on translations of Ramayanas and stotras on Rama

Has been recognized as a record by “Indian book of Records”

After getting the facts examined by a committee of Learned men.

They have said

“The record for translating the maximum number of Books and prayers of Lord Ram,

To English was set by P.R.Ramachander, Of Bengaluru, Karnataka.He translated 3 Ramayanas,

Valmiki(Sanskrit) , Kamban(Tamil) and Adhyatma Ramayanam(Malayalam), 75 minor Ramayanas written in Sanskrit, Tamil , Malayalam and Hindi(Which give the entire storyin summarized form) and 175 prayers translated in to english, at the age of 84 years 1 month 2 days as confirmed on February 12, 2004 , P.R.Ramachander aka Raja Thatha

Saptha varnangalaal(Malayalam)

 Saptha varnangalaal(Malayalam)

By the seven colours

 

Translated by

P.R.Ramachander

 

1.Saptha  varnangalal  shobhithamaayoru,

Maanathe   mazhavillinnu  yendhu chandam

Kodakar  varnande mauliyil choodiya

Varna mayil peelikku yere chandham

 

What a prettiness  to the  rainbow in sky

Which shines  in several different colours

The coloured  peacock  feather  tucked,

In the head of he  who is colouredin summer cloud

 

2.Manja  pattu udayaada chuthri  nilkkunnoru

Mukkuthi   poovinnu   yendhu  chandham

Amma yesodha jnori vechu  uduthiya

Peethambara pattinnu   yere chandham

 

What  a prettiness to the  Mukuthi flower

Which stands   with yellow  silk tied to it

The mother yasoda  wearing  a  yellow silk

Which she has tied  tucked in properly  is more  pretty

 

3.Moovanthi nerathuputhulaninjidunna

Muthathe  mullakku  yendhu  chandham

Mandasmitha pozhiyumaa kannande

Muthuari pallukal yere  chandam

 

The  jasmine  plant of the  home courtyard

Which  makes torrential floweing in the dusk  is pretty

That Krishna  who showers  smiles, showing

Teeth  like  white  pearls is more  pretty

 

4.Thulli  kalichu aadi odi nadakkunna

Kathra kidaangalkku menthu  chandham

Paimpal  kidavine mathikudikkunna

Bala gopalannanere  chandam

 

The   pretty calves  which   move about

Jumping , playing  and running    are  pretty

But  the boy bala gopala  who drinks  milk,

Keeping away the calves of  cow is more pretty

 

Euology on my 80th bithday

 Euology on my 80th bithday

Written on my  eightieth birthday  

by

TAMBRAHM GNANA PARIVAR

Vasu Iyengar  · 18 January 2021 

 

TGP is blessed to greet

Shri P.R,Ramachanderji

 

an erudite scholar par excellence, on his 80th Birthday today

Our pranaams and best wishes to a great personality on this yet another milestone in Sirs's life

We pray to Lord Guruvayurappan to bless the couple with health, wealth and happiness all their life

அனந்த கோடி நமஸ்காரங்கள்

ஆயிரம் பிறை கண்டவர்

முதிர்ந்தவயதிலும்

முதுமைகொள்ளாத இளைஞன்

முன்றின்று காரியங்கள் நடத்திட

நல்லதலைவன்

மக்களுக்கு சிறப்பாய்

சேவைசெய்த அறிஞன்

சிறந்த பணிகள் இவர் வாழ்க்கை பணிகள்

அப்படியான இவர் பணிகள் தொடர வாழ்த்தி நிற்போம்

வாழ்க வாழ்க வளமுடன் பல்லாண்டு

 

Endless  crores  of Namaskarams

He has seen 1000 full moons

A young man not  becoming old

Even at  ripe old age

A good leader

Who will stand first  to get things done

A wise man who is there to do service to people

His life’s works  are good works

Let us grett him to continue  , more and more good works

Livi, live, long live with prosperity

 

குருகடாக்ஷத்துடனும் ஸ்ரீ மஹா பெரியவா ஆசிர்வாதத்துடனும் பரிபூரண தேக ஆரோக்கியத்துடன் சிறப்புடன் வாழ பிராத்திக்கிறோம்.

இந்த நாளும் வரும் எல்லா நாட்களிலும் அவர் மகிழ்ச்சியுடன் இருக்க எல்லாம் வல்லவனிடம் பிரார்த்தனை செய்து கொள்கிறேன்

 

We pray him to live long healthy life with aseervadams  of Maha Periyava

I am praying that he should live happily today  and all days

Convergence of Science and Sanatana Dharma.

Convergence of Science and Sanatana Dharma.

By

Rajeswari  P Ranganathan

On 18 January 1940 , a multifaceted genius was born in Palakkad district.Originally from Puducode Agraharam in Palakkad district, he spent his childhood and teenage years in both Hyderabad and Chelakkara (adjoining Palakkad&Trichur) before moving to Tamilnadu for pursuing higher studies.Completed his post-graduate degree in Mathematics in 1960 and obtained Professional Statisticians’ Diploma in Agricultural Statistics from the Indian Agricultural Statistical Research Institute, New Delhi, in the year 1963 and continued Statistics/Economics from Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata.

His biography says << He has carried out 37 years of scientific research in four different, premier agricultural Institutes as Head of the Section of Statistics. His specialized areas of interest include statistical applications to perennial crops, biometrical genetics, insect ecology and epidemiology. Some of his major achievements are his contribution to seedling selection technique in areca nut using Selection Index (which has since been included in the recommended package of practices for this crop), identification of suitable climate for growing extra-long-staple cotton, studies on statistical applications to insect ecology, development of software, for the first time in India, for comprehensive guidance of horticultural farmers and, also, several computer applications including systems analysis and modelling. He has published over 150 research papers, five popular articles and two books while in service.

He is a multi-faceted personality with hobbies such as cartooning, astrology, anthropology and history.

He was recognized as the ‘Fellow of Indian Genetic Society' in 1967 by Indian Genetic Society, New Delhi, and as `International Man of the Millennium’ and one of '2000 Outstanding Scientists of Twentieth Century ' by International Biographical Center, Cambridge, England, in 1999>>

Coming to the Dharma part, Puducode Rama Iyer Ramachander] blogs in the name Raja Thatha (grandfather in Palakkad Tamizh) Ramachander mama has been a regular contributor to Hindupedia, Celextal.org, Stotra-Ratna and has been rendering a great service to uphold the spirit of Sanatana Dharma.He has thousands of translations (sholkas.stotras.ashtakams,bhujangams,sahasranamas,...) to his credit. An endless list, I must say. Besides, Mama has published books on Rudram, Lalita Sahasranama etc. As on today, Mama has so far translated 2000 stotras and equal number of Krithis and hundreds of pieces on Kerala temples.

Shri Ramachander Mama neither brags about the greatness of our Dharma nor he laments about the inability of the younger generation to follow our tradition. No chest-thumping either. Mama continues to engage in his passion irrespective of the outcome. I have admired his prowess to take nuanced stance in traditional practices. His proficiency in at least half a dozen languages is a boon and we are blessed to get access to his works in a single click!! Treasure trove apart, Ramachander mama is an inspiration and icon for the younger generation. I am sure, many among us are enjoying the fruits of his hard work. His FB timeline speaks volume about his commitment and colossal contribution to Sanatana Dharma.

As they say, behind the success of every man, there is a woman. Mama derives inspiration from wife, Smt Jayalakshmi. Pranams to both Ramachander Mama&Jayalakshmi Mami.

Poem –dead body

Poem –dead  body

 

Based on tamil poem by  Adhiths Karikalan

By

P.R.Ramachander

 

 

The  pretty  name  kept by our parents,

The  silly  name  kept  by college  mates

And the lovely  names kept  by our darling

Changes in to  “corpse”

 

The pretty dress worn  as  a baby

The  flamboyant dress  worn as lad

The loving dress  brought  by our  darling

Changes  in to  “rag”

 

Does   the  darling  wife  who loved,

The  friends  who spent time  chatting

And our  own kids whom we loved

Give   away the life   with us

 

Does the body as boy  that went to school

Does  the healthy   and lovely  body as youth

And  the body which limped  with  a stick

Not  give away  its soul  and lay there like a doll

 

The  siblings who told That  they will give their life,

The darling wife who said , “I will die before you”

And  the loving children  who said  they will not allow me to die,

Are  all  standing there but  dumb for  the moment

 

The relatives    who said  they were  my uncles

The lovely  ladies  who said   they were  my aunts

And hundreds of cousins who teased me and made  me giggle

Are  standing there saying they  are  no one to us

 

In this world  to which you have come,

In the body   that  was  given by HIM

Who  is  your relation now ,

Are  they those  who carry  us to cremate

Why was Gita told?

Why was Gita told?

 

By

Raja Thatha

(As told to his  grand children)

 

King Pandu the younger brother of King Drutharashtra was ruling over Hasthinapur. While King Pandu had five sons, King Drutharashtra had one hundred sons and a daughter.

 

Unfortunately King Pandu died early. Because of this all the 106 children were brought up together. Maithree asked, “Thatha, it means they need not go to school and school would come to them.” Raja Thatha replied, “That is true Maithree and that is what happened. These children were taught by a great teacher called Drona and also by another teacher called Krupa. Time passed. The sons of Drutharashtra always quarreled with the sons of Pandu. They all grew big .They all got married and had children.” Rohan replied, “Thatha, then one school would not be sufficient.”

 

Thatha replied, “That is true Rohan. But what happened was the eldest son of Drutharashtra, whose name was Duryodhana, wanted to become the king after Drutharashtra. But he was much younger than the sons of Pandu. So by deceiving them, he drove them away. Our God who was born as Lord Krishna decided to help the sons of Pandu. He went and requested Duryodhana to give at least five houses for Pandavas instead of a big country. The children chorused, “That is not fair Thatha. How can they be satisfied by five houses? If he did not give even that, he must be a very bad man.” But Duryodhana refused. So the Pandavas decided to go for a war with Duryodhana, The grandfather of Pandavas and Duryodhana as well as their teachers decided to fight for Duryodhana. This is because he was their king, On the day of the war both armies came face to face. God Krishna who was driving the chariot of Arjuna took the chariot in the middle of the armies. Suddenly Arjuna realized that he had to kill his grand father, teachers and cousins to win the war. This made him very sad. So he told God Krishna, that he will not fight. He told him that if he had to kill all of them, their children will not have father and they will suffer. “ Maithree jumped up, raised her hand and told, “I agree with Arjuna.” Rohan and Yamini also nodded their heads.

Then Krishna advised Arjuna that what he is thinking is wrong. Bad people whoever they are should be killed. If this is not done they would trouble more people. But Arjuna was not convinced. Maithree told, “Thatha I think I understand. The other day some body told me that our neighbor aunty was troubled by a robber. Suppose you simply keep quiet, these robbers will start troubling all of us.” Thatha said “Amen.” And concluded What Lord Krishna told and did to convince Arjuna is called the “Song of the God” .This is the meaning of its name “Bhagawad Gita”. This is possibly our greatest religious book. I would try to tell you what the book tells in the form of stories.

 

Ten acts which are undesirable

Ten acts  which are undesirable

 

Translated from tamil

By

P.R.Ramachander

 

1.Son should not see Father’s tears

2.Mother should not hear about bad name of her son

3.You should not shw off  6your wealth before siblings

4.There shuld not be suspicion between married couple

5.The winner   should not have pride

6.Even for a second a leader should not have instability

7.Should not  find fault  with a rich person when he  lost his wealth

8.Shoulld not be glad  of even your enemies death

9.Should not take food even when you are very hungry in a home who disrespect you

10.Should not stop  a person  from doing charity