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Friday, January 3, 2020

Looking back for my translation effort for the last 20 years


Looking back  the last   20 years



I started  my translation of stotras in 2000.One of the first   translation I did   was  Vishnu  Sahasranamam. And my first  online posting  , with the  blessing Swamy  Jayendra Saeawathy  was in 2002  in a tripod   web site created by  my daughter  in law Smt  Sangeetha Narayanan .(It  still exists)  http://members.tripod.com/english_stotras/
I had posted  few of my translations there. I would like   to quote  a small verse  addressed to Lord  Guruvayurappan  in that  drowned in tears

When will my ears,
Drench in sweetness,
Of thy name, Lord Krishna

After hearing thy name,
When will I drown  in ecstasy,
In my tears, my Lord.

I   think   the time has   come. Twenty   years after  starting   my  great attempt, I would like  to review   what  all  I have done in front  of my friends  in face book.

A,Translations based on languages   done so far

1.Tamil prayers          236   books   1
2.Malayalam prayers 132  books   3
3.Hindi    prayers         133
4Sanslrit                     1500  books  109

B. Type   of Stotras    that  I had translated

Translations   based   on type  of stotra 

Gayathri  manthra  slokas  ( for meditation   on a particular god)                          86      
Dhyana slokas     ( Help to  bring   the shape  of God  before us)                            32
Dwadasa  namam      (prayer   with 12 names)                                                             8
Shodasa  namam     (Prayer     with sixteen names)                                                     3
Ashta  vimsathi  (Prayer   with 28 names)                                                                      3
Prartha   smaranam   (morning  prayers)                                                                       7
Panchakam/Pancha rathnam  (five stanza  prayers)                                                  25
Shatkam  (six stanza  prayers)                                                                                          6
Sapthakam  (seven  stanza  prayers)                                                                               3
Ashtakam   (eight   stanza    prayers)                                                                          168
Navakam  (nine stanza  prayers)                                                                                      2
Dasakam    (ten stanza  prayers)                                                                                    15
Sahasrranamam (1000 names)                                                                                       13
TRisathi    (300    names)                                                                                                    1
Suprabatham   (Prayer  to wake up God)                                                                     20
Dandakam   (Lines   with limitless   length )                                                                    7
Panjaram   (Making a net to  catch the God)                                                                 4
Gadhyam   (Prose  Prayers)                                                                                               4
Bhujangam (The lines  progressing like a snake)                                                         13 
AShtotharam (108  names    of God)                                                                             75
Kavacham   (Prayer  to protect us completely)                                                            83
Stotram, sthuthi , sthavam  (Prayers  praising God )                                                 500
From BHagwatha (Prayers   from Bhagawatha puranam)                                          40
Prayers   by    Durgai   chithar                                                                                           27
Prayers by  poonthanam                                                                                                   50 

And there  are  several type of prayers   which do not fall  in to this category)

God bless you my dear  friends  for reading all  this

With  Hands  Saluting you and praying  Him   to bless   all of you

Puducode  Rama Iyer  Ramachander /P.R.Ramachander/Raja  Thatha                     

1 comment:

  1. Incredible achievement mama.
    May God almighty give you continued strength and longevity to pursue such noble endeavours.

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