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.
Shanno devirabhishtaye
Shanno devirabhishtaye शं नो॑ दे॒वीर॒भिष्ट॑य॒ आपो॑ भवन्तु पी॒तये॑ । शं योर॒भि स्र॑वन्तु नः॥ शम् । नः॒ । दे॒वीः । अ॒भिष्ट॑ये । आपः॑ । भ॒व॒न्तु॒ । पी॒तये॑ ।शम् । योः । अ॒भि । स्र॒व॒न्तुः॒ । नः॒ ॥ अथर्ववेद प्रथमं काण्डम् ६ १ सिन्धुद्विपोऽथर्वाकृतिरृषि:, आपोदेवता, गायत्रीछन्दः śaṁ no̍ de̱vīr.abhiṣṭ'ay.a āpo̍ bhavantu pī̱taye̍ । śaṁ yor.abhi sr'avantu naḥ॥ śam । naḥ̱ । de̱vīḥ । a.bhiṣṭ'aye । āpaḥ̍ । bha.va.ntu̱ । pī̱taye̍ । śam । yoḥ । a.bhi । sra.va.ntuḥ̱ । naḥ̱ ॥ atharvaveda prathamaṁ kāṇḍam 6 1 sindhudvipo'tharvākr̥tirr̥ṣi:, āpodevatā, gāyatrīchandaḥ दिव्य गुणों वाले जल अर्थात् उपकारी पुरुष हमारे अभिष्ट सिद्धि के लिये एवं पान व रक्षा के लिये सब के दुःख की निवृत्ति और सुखदायी बनने को प्रयत्नशील हों। तथा हमारे रोग की शान्ति के लिये, और भय दूर करने के लिये चहुं दिशाओं से वृष्टि करें| May the water with divine properties - water means the good personalities which help us in our life, for fulfillment of our wishes , potability and protection, and for the removal of pain of...
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?
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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.
ReplyDeleteFor 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.
Ok I will give it a try and get back
ReplyDeleteSambamurthi Balachander Oh Thank you
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