Featured Literature: Commentary by Shri Lakkaraju Ananta Rama Rao on Valmiki Ramayana Recounts an Epic of Ancient India
New Delhi: Valmiki’s Ramayana has been translated in many languages since the dawn of civilization. However, nothing matches the precision and accuracy done by the Indian scholar Shri Lakkaraju Ananta Rama Rao. He has compiled a massive work in the field of epic historical/mythological study: Ramayana. The book is not a tell-a-tale account of Ramayana saga, neither a sholak-to-sholak translation. In all capacity, it is an evident commentary on the entire Ramayana. The work of Lakkaraju Ananta Rama Rao delves deep in the epic saga and draws a readable and accessible vividly honest account of all chapters through segments called Kandas.
This work of commentary is classified in three volumes shedding light on important Kandas: Bala, Ayodhya, Aranya, Kishkindha, Sundara, Yuddha, and Uttara Kanda. The author vividly paints the splendor and opulence of courts of kings but also pays a special attention to pain and suffering of forest exile of lord Rama for fourteen years. The commentary often compares the wars, battles, and situations of Ram Rajya with Western sagas originating from Greek mythology. The objective of this combined volume is to augur the promotion of ancient Indian epics like Ramayana. It comes out that Valmiki’s Ramayana was guided and interfered by celestial powers and Gods from the universe as Lord Rama did realize his powers almost at the end of the epic.
In India, it’s a ritual to read epics like Ramayana and Mahabharat, thus, this volume must be read and enjoyed slowly like honoring the worshipping of god. In absolute conduct, Lakkaraju Ananta Rama Rao’s commentary is simple, clear, and close to of the original text.
“The translation admirably succeeds in pursuing its ‘twin goals of accuracy and readability.’ The closest thing [readers] could get to what the original taste and texture of the text must have been. This is a remarkable achievement.”
― ibooksta, reader and book blogger.
The book is available to buy from Amazon
About the Author:
Sri Lakkaraju Ananta Rama Rao was born in 1911 in Kathevaram near Tenali in Guntur District. He graduated from A.C. College, Guntur and obtained his Law Degree from Banaras Hindu University. He then practiced at the Tenali and Guntur Bars, and later moved to Hyderabad to practice at the High Court. He came from a pious Brahmin family, was well read and had developed a flair for reading Hindu epics like the Mahābharata, Bhagavata and the Rāmāyaṇa.
He had also taken a keen interest in Homeopathy, and had prepared a Compendium of Homeopathic Medicines for the cure of different diseases.
He wrote this commentary on Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa with vivid descriptions of the various incidents, in style. In this effort, one can find a novel approach in his comparison of the Rāmāyaṇa epic with Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey in a very elaborate manner, which is unique.
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The author’s family is thankful to the publisher, INDEX INTERNATIONAL for their efforts in bringing this second and improved volume into reality.
Sri Lakkaraju Ananta Rama Rao, the author of this work Valmeeki Ramayana A Commentary, was born in 1911 in Kathevaram near Tenali in Guntur District in the state of Andhra Pradesh. He graduated from AC College, Guntur and obtained his Law Degree from Benares Hindu University. Hailing from a pious and well-read family, provided the impetus to him to reverently study Classical Indian and Western Literature.
His readings were diverse, and his literary knowledge was indeed commendable. He was immensely fond of English Literature. The current work depicts his knowledge of the works of the writers of the Victorian and the Elizabethan times intertwined with his commentary on the epic of Ramayana. The author approached this work with great devotion, for the character of Sri Lord Rama.
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