Inviting volunteers for translating Gurvashtakam to English.

Inviting volunteers for translating Gurvashtakam to English. There are lot of word-to-word translations available which I think are not so serving the purpose. Hence this request.

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  1. Sambamurthi BalachanderOctober 15, 2016 at 4:52 PM

    I am a retired professor in Botany and Env Sciences.I do not know Sanskrit.Yet,am good at English.How can I be involved?
    ecobalu@gmail.com

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  2. Anantha NarayananOctober 15, 2016 at 9:08 PM

    Sambamurthi Balachander Many thanks sir. The many translations i have seen of this text is a mere word to word one. I am looking for a translation that conveys a more deep philosophical meaning understandable by common man.

    For example this is a translation available in ramakrishna mission website. http://www.rkmdelhi.org/videos/guru-ashtakam-of-adi-shankaracharya/

    Though this serves the purpose of translation, its hard to understand the real reason which Adi Shankaracharya would have intended. Your opinions are welcome as to what format the translation should be.

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  3. Sambamurthi BalachanderOctober 15, 2016 at 9:49 PM

    Ok I will give it a try and get back

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  4. Anantha NarayananOctober 16, 2016 at 9:20 AM

    Sambamurthi Balachander Oh Thank you

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