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SHODASI : SECRETS OF THE RAMAYANA
ENGLISH HINDI AND TELUGU
ORIGINAL
AUTHOR : SESHENDRA
SHARMA
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Ramayana,
a replica of Vedas
S.
VARADARAJAN
There
are several versions of the Sri Ramayana, one of the two greatest epics.
Following Sri Valmiki Ramayana several editions have been published in various
languages, besides scores of commentaries written across centuries.
Late.GunturuSeshendra Sharma, scholar poet of 20th Century unearthed secrets of
the Ramayana through his popular Telugu book \u201cShodasi\u201d.
The
novelty of nomenclature Shodasi , called Sri Vidya is reflected , in the 16th
Chapter . Sharma\u2019s intellectual depth comes forth in analyzingSundara Kanda specially
through KundaliniYoga . The author highlights hidden truth in Valmiki\u2019s thought
that is similar to Vedas and says that Trijata\u2019s dream in Sundara Kanda
reflects Gayatri Mantra of 32 Syllabi in 4 lines. Sharma pays rich encomiums in
the description of Lanka surrounded by three impregnable borders. He compares
these three borders with Trikuta viz... Shakti ,Kaamaraaja , VagbhavaKutas with
those of Sri Vidya in Kundalini . A staunch believer of Vedas, the author feels
that Ramayana is a replica of Vedas and oriented towards the character of Indra
. He concludes that in Ramayana the mentioning of the supreme God is Indra and
not Vishnu, as the presiding deity of valour in Vedas. Utterances of the word
Vishnu were considered to be imaginary overstatements in the author\u2019s view.
This
book lends a new perspective to the Ramayana by adding the dimension of
KundaliniYoga .
The
foreword by VishwanathaSatyanarayana adds credibility to the book. The current
work is an English translation of the original by GurujadaSuryanarayanaMurthy ,
a scientist by profession . His proficiency in the subject is evident in the
translation throughout that doesn\u2019t swerve from the original\u2019s purport.
The
Hindu
(Friday
Review: 2nd October 2015)
A
Resplendent Icon of all Arts
This
is an exemplary book which elevated the status of Indian Literary Criticism to
the peaks of the world literature. Shodasi is a name associated with a great
hymn. The title suggests that it\u2019s a book on spiritual discourse. A reading of
this book suggests that the spirit of scientific temper is critical to
comprehend Valmiki\u2019sSrimad Ramayana. Besides this, command on Vedic or
Scriptural knowledge is essential. What does a layman has to say when a
towering personality like ViswanathaSatyanarayana himself extolled the critical
acumen and serious scholarship of Seshendra Sharma.
Sharma
has made it crystal clear that unless one has an apparent understanding of the
plot\u2019s context, psyche of the characters, and the milieu of the bygone days
supplemented by extraordinary scholarship, sound knowledge of phonetics and
awareness on contemporary issues; one cannot easily comprehend the poetic
diction of Valmiki. The debate on the phrase \u201cNetraturaha\u201d is a fitting
example. The uniqueness of the title, Sundarakanda, Kundalini Yoga, Gayatri
Mantra secretly hidden in Trijata\u2019s dream sequence, considering The Bharatha as
an image of The Ramayana.... this book is a repository of many such critical
discourses. It is replete with inconceivable and unfathomable issues. This
magnum opus is an invaluable gift to the Telugu literature.
-
VIPULA, Viswa Katha Vedika: May 2014
(An
exclusive Telugu Monthly Magazine for stories)
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Valmiki
Ramayana \u2013 Greatest Medicine for Mankind
The
story of Ramayana is prescribed as textbook for students. Sita and Rama are
worshiped as prime couple. No need to mention about reciting it. Whether
Valmiki was satisfied with simple narration of the story? Seshendra Sharma
denies it.
He
analyzed it mentioning that to understand the inner meanings of Valmiki
Ramayana, the scientific knowledge is essential.
The
underlying secret of the sage\u2019s mind will be known through the knowledge of
science.
It
is the firm opinion of Seshendra that the argument that \u201cthe sciences are for
scholars only\u201d is a conspiracy hatched by Selfish scholars and lazy uneducated
persons.
Seshendra
who has democratic ideology and conviction on science and literature informs
the public about the secrets of Ramayana expounded by Valmiki. He explains that
Valmiki dedicated ambrosia (The Greatest Medicine) named \u201cKundalini Yoga\u201d to
the mankind. The poetry in the metre of AnushtupSloka is the honey coating to
the medicine. It was explained with great introspection and exemplary
scholarship. He concludes that the Ramayana is older than the MahaBharatha and
it is another form of Veda. Valmiki introduced the system of meditation in
Ramayana. The Introspection and research bent of mind of Seshendra are spread
over in the book in two streams. The exuberant fragrance of scholarship is
experienced throughout the book.
The
present generation can understand the scholarship of Seshendra in Vedas and
Mantra Sastra. Seshendra is a poet who has composed unique RuthuGhosha (Cry of
the Seasons: Metrical Poetry) and revolutionary free verse \u2013MandeSuryudu (The
Burning Sun).
-
Andhra Prabha (Telugu Daily), 24th August 2014.
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Two
Great Peaks in the world literary criticism and research
Shodasi:
Secrets of The Ramayana and SwarnahamsaHarshanaishada from the mighty pen of
the great Telugu poet, GunturuSeshendra Sharma are considered to be the two
great peaks in the world literary criticism and research. This is a truth most
contemporary Telugu writers and readers aren\u2019t aware of. The way Seshendra
could discover Kundalini Yoga, Gayathri Mantra in Shodasi, he could discern the
treasure trove of mantra yoga, Sri Mahatripurasundari, Chintamani mantra in
Swarnahamsa.
At a
time when our universities which are mere Degrees production Units, churn out
\u201csolid waste\u201d in the name of research; Seshendra even while attending to his
job as a Municipal Commissioner created research oriented critical volumes like
a sage.
Though
Shodasi was published in 1967 and Swarnahamsa in 1968; Swarnahamsa was created
by him much before Shodasi was conceived. The concepts that Srinatha, Nannayya
and Mallanatha, the Telugu Classical poets couldn\u2019t decipher,
Seshendra
could. He humbly submits that he is most fortunate that the triumvirate had
left behind some pertinent concepts only to be discovered by him at a later
stage.
These
two great kavyas were serialised under the editorship of late
NeelamrajuVenkataSeshaiah in Andhra Prabha Daily, Sunday Literary Supplements
from 1963 to 1967 and Seshendra\u2019s poems and non-fiction were published in the
book forms (6) only after they appeared in serial form in Andhra Prabha.
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GunturuSeshendraSarma,
the well-known poet, critic and scholar of unfathomable depth, has to his
credit quite a number of books in Telugu as well as English. A keen intellect
and a lucid exponent of the intricacies in Samskrit literature, the author
brought out a treatise on Ramayana. The book also reveals the symbolism in our
epics and shows the spirit behind.
According
to the author, Sage Valmiki has observed Ramayana as though it is a story of a
dynasty in its outward appearance. But when the story part is kept aside, the
hidden secrets of the Mantrasastra come out. Valmiki\u2019s Ramayana is full of
Vedic literature, language and usages. Ramayana can be appreciated from three
angles. The poetic beauty, the historicity and the secret meaning of mother
Parasakti. Later Upanishads have taken Valmiki Ramayana as the way to the
Mantrasastra. Rama\u2019s wife Sita is considered as Parasakti. In Devi
BhagavathamSita is described as Goddess Gayatri. The author has taken unusual
pains and quoted Vedic dictations which are literally taken by Valmiki in his
Ramayana. Thus it has been a product of Vedas and the usages in Ramayana and
the words used therein and the similies adopted by Valmiki speak inexplicably
the secret of Mother Lalita in his stories.
The
author has given and attached a very great significance for Sundarakanda in
Ramayana. The author has quoted numerous quotations from Smrithis and Srithis
to establish that Sundara dkanda is beautiful because Anjaneya the Jeeva has
seen Sita the Parasakti. Hence this canto is so styled as Sundara. According to
the author \u201cSita\u201d means \u201cKundalini.\u201d Hanuman has seen Sita while she was
sitting on the ground. Ground means Earth. Earth denotes Mooladharam. The
serpent Kundalini stays in this. Thus it is symbolised as Sita sat on the
ground. Hanuman the Yogi has the vision of Kundalini in Sita. With the aid of
Ida and Pingala, Kundalini travels in Sushumna through spinal cord crossing the
six fluxes, and finally reaching Sahasraram. This again speaks of \u201cShodasi.\u201d
Rama is a beautiful man. He is having a Sundari in Sita (a beautiful woman).
The descriptions are beautiful in this canto. Thus it is synonymous with
\u201cSoundarya dlahari\u201d of Sankaracharya.
The
author expressed that Mahabharata is a reflection of Ramayana in all the cause,
origin and delivery. Innumerable similarities are quoted from both Valmiki and
Vyasa to prove that the usages, style and similies are almost similar in both
the epics. He compares Vyasa\u2019s \u201cNalacharitam\u201d with Sundarakanda of Valmiki in
the vision of Srividya.
The
author further argues that Kalidasa\u2019s \u201cMeghasandesam\u201d is only an imitation of
Valmiki. The flight of Anjaneya in search of Sita is the basis for Kalidasa\u2019s
\u201cMeghasandesam.\u201d Both Sita and the Yaksha\u2019s wife are described as \u201cSyamas\u201d \u2013
meaning in the middle of youth. The duration of separation is one year in both
the cases. Ultimately the author said that \u201cMeghasandesam\u201d is the offspring of
Ramayana, with yearning to see Parasakti.
The
author has taken the readers in his book to that sublime beauty where there is
no further argument, than to enjoy the flow of citations with their intrinsic
meaning and full of scientific vision. His unsurpassed knowledge in Mantrasastra
has enabled him to pass dictums vivisecting the symbolic mysticisms into
splinters and handing the kernel of truth under each word, usage, and
application. He deserves all praise for this meritorious contribution to our
literature.
Visionary
Poet of the Millennium
An Indian poet Prophet
Seshendra Sharma
October 20th, 1927
- May 30th, 2007
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Seshendra
Sharma is one of the most outstanding minds of modern Asia. He is the foremost
of the Telugu poets today who has turned poetry to the gigantic strides of
human history and embellished literature with the thrills and triumphs of the
20th century. A revolutionary poet who spurned the pedestrian and
pedantic poetry equally, a brilliant critic and a scholar of Sanskrit, this
versatile poet has breathed a new vision of modernity to his vernacular.Such
minds place Telugu on the world map of intellectualism. Readers conversant with
names like Paul Valery, Gauguin, and Dag Hammarskjold will have to add the name
of Seshendra Sharma the writer from India to that dynasty of intellectuals.
Rivers and poets
Are veins and arteries
Of a country.
Rivers flow like poems
For animals, for birds
And for human beings-
The dreams that rivers dream
Bear fruit in the fields
The dreams that poets dream
Bear fruit in the people-
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The sunshine of my thought fell on the word
And its long shadow fell upon the century
Sun was playing with the early morning flowers
Time was frightened at the sight of the martyr-
-
Seshendra
Sharma
B.A: Andhra Christian College: Guntur: A.P: India
B.L : Madras
University: Madras
Deputy Municipal Commissioner (37 Years)
Dept of Municipal Administration, Government of Andhra
Pradesh
Parents: G.Subrahmanyam (Father)
,Ammayamma (Mother)
Siblings: Anasuya,Devasena
(Sisters),Rajasekharam(Younger brother)
Wife: Mrs.Janaki Sharma
Children: Vasundhara , Revathi (Daughters),
Vanamaali ,Saatyaki (Sons)
Seshendra Sharma better known as
Seshendra is
a colossus of Modern Indian poetry.
His literature is a unique blend of the
best of poetry and poetics.
Diversity and depth of his literary
interests and his works
are perhaps hitherto unknown in Indian
literature.
From poetry to poetics, from Mantra Sastra
to Marxist Politics his writings bear an unnerving pprint of his rare genius.
His scholar ship and command over Sanskrit
, English and Telugu Languages has facilitated his emergence as a towering personality of comparative literature in the 20th
century world literature.
T.S.Eliot ,ArchbaldMacleish
and Seshendra Sharma are trinity of world poetry and Poetics.
His sense of dedication to the genre of art
he chooses to express himself and
the determination to reach the depths of
subject he undertakes to explore
place him in the galaxy of world poets /
world intellectuals.
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GunturuSeshendraSarma: an extraordinary poet-scholar
One of the ironies in literature
is that
he came to be known more as a
critic than a poet
HYDERABAD:
An era of scholastic excellence and poetic grandeur has come to an end in the
passing away of GunturuSeshendraSarma, one of the foremost poets and critics in
Telugu literature. His mastery over western literature and Indian
`AlankaraSastra' gave his works a stunning imagery, unparalleled in modern
Indian works. One of the ironies in literature is that he came to be known more
as a critic than a poet. The Central SahityaAkademi award was conferred on him
for his work `KaalaRekha' and not for his poetic excellence. The genius in him
made him explore `Kundalini Yoga' in his treatise on Ramayana in `Shodasi'
convincingly. His intellectual quest further made him probe `NaishadhaKaavya'
in the backdrop of `LalitaSahasraNaamavali', `SoundaryaLahari' and `Kama Kala
Vilasam' in `SwarnaHamsa', Seshendra saw the entire universe as a storehouse of
images and signs to which imagination was to make value-addition. Like Stephene
Mallarme who was considered a prophet of symbolism in French literature,
SeshendraSarma too believed that art alone would survive in the universe along
with poetry. He believed that the main vocation of human beings was to be
artists and poets. His `Kavisena Manifesto' gave a new direction to modern
criticism making it a landmark work in poetics. Telugus would rue the
intellectual impoverishment they suffered in maintaining a `distance' from him.
Seshendra could have given us more, but we did not deserve it! The denial of
the Jnanpeeth Award to him proves it
The Hindu
India's National Newspaper
Friday, Jun 01, 2007
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