Sri Rama Kirti Maha Kavyam

[Guest guest]

Namaste Richardji, congrats about your good works in designing the

website for Dr Satya Vrat Shastri, indeed Valmiki himself in this

incarnation. Also heartiest congrats that your son Jiva is a student

at the Thai royal palace, a mighty precedent and unheard of in Thai

royal courts till now.

 

Ommmmm

 

 

, Richard Shaw

Brown <rsbj66 wrote:

>

> Dear Friends,

>

> Namaste!!! Happy Diwali!!!

>

> For you Rama Bhaktas I have a dear friend and Guru in Delhi named

Prof

> Dr Satya Vrat Shastri, he is likely the most highly decorated

Sanskrit

> scholar alive today. But of all he is a very special Rama Bhakta.

Over

> 20 years ago, when Princess of Thailand (Princess Maha Chakri)

wanted

> to do MA in Sanskrit, the Thai Govt contacted Indian Govt who

deputed

> Prof Shastri to teach Her Royal Highness. Starting from when he

lived

> in Thailand over 19 years, and received the Kingdom's highest

> scholastic award from HM the King. This was for his rendition of

the

> Thai Ramayana (Ramakian) into Sanskrit on level of Valmiki

Himself. He

> was also awarded Padma Shree, etc etc., and universities worldwide

> taking turns awarding him PhD (H.C.) and every Sanskrit award

there is

> in India.

>

> During his work, which is named Sri Rama-kirti-maha-kavyam, and

which

> is already published in 5 different language translations of his

> Sanskrit, Prof Shastri found answers to certain mysterious

questions

> unanswered in Sri Ramayana and Charitmanas, and I bet you would be

> interested. If you hold Rama-katha with Prof Shastri you'll feel

ananda

> to the core of your heart. And so will he! Whenever he comes to

> Thailand he is treated as VIP by the Indian Ambassadors and the

Palace.

> There has never been an Indian ambassador to Thailand equal to Prof

> Shastri; and because of him alone Indian's are more respected here

in

> Siam.

>

> Actually, most every country in SE Asia has it's own version of

> Ramayana, and they all vary slightly, though the same story. Prof

> Shastri told that each version he found held answers to questions

from

> the others. His rendition of Thai Ramakien INTO Sanskrit prose is

> adbhuta; and is subject of so many Ph Ds theses by itself. It is

as if

> he created actual "Shastra" (and he's still alive today). The

reason

> the Princess wanted the Ramakien story written in Sanskrit is so it

> will be preserved better in Sanskrit for the long term future.

>

> I really feel blessed by Lord Rama to have his friendship. Because

of

> him our son is a Royal student in the King's Palace (its the first

time

> in Thai history that a Westerner's child went to the Palace

school).

> This is by mercy of Prof Shastri, who is Godfather to our son,

Jiva.

>

> He is now 76 years old and lives in Delhi in Defence Colony. I

> made a web site for him since 9 years ago that is:

> http://www.satyavrat-shastri.net

> He is really like a Rsi disguised as a scholar; a great Rsi. And

his

> humility is equal to his greatness! It might please Lord Rama if

you

> made friendship with him because he is an ocean of Rama-vidya. He

is

> also world authority on Kalidas. His web site pages have his

contact

> info. His wife is named Prof Dr Usha Satyavrat, and she is also

highly

> decorated Ph D.in Sanskrit and a retired professor. In all my 39

years

> of India I never met a couple like them. In fact, I would be

amazed if

> you all didn't know him or of him because any Ramayana conference

in

> the

> world would be presided over by him. If you ever felt like you

wanted

> to meet Valmiki himself, then this is almost as good, if not equal.

>

> I'm attaching a pic of the book cover. He also has MANY other

> books, specially on Kalidas.

>

> Best wishes for blissful Rama-smaran...

> Y/s

> Richard

>

> Richard Shaw-Brown, PG

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