About Me

I am Gorty Venkata Surya Subrahmanyam, a citizen of India residing in the city of Hyderabad in the State of Andhra Pradesh. I am son of late Sri. G. Narasimham and Smt. Bapanamma, Srivatsasa Gotram. I am a retired Deputy Transport Commissioner of the Government of Andhra Pradesh. I have a Bachelor's degree in Philosophy and a Master's degree in Sanskrit.

My favourite pastime is to undertake free translation of some of the great works in Sanskrit in a condensed form into English. As a start, I have translated the Sundara Kanda of the Epic Ramayana in an abridged form. The translation has been divided into several parts with an appropriate title. Each week one part of the translation will be published through this Blog. I hope and trust that the readers will enjoy the episodes.

Lastly, I feel it is my duty to point out that it is not easy to translate a great Sanskrit work of a great poet like Valmiki into another language. I have studied the original Ramayana and the Telugu translation by a highly respected and great Sanskrit scholar, Dr. Pullela Sriramachandrudu garu. This background has helped me in my free translation of the work into English. Dr. Srirama Chandrudu garu has authored more than a hundred books, some original ones, and some translations and commentaries. All of his translations and commentaries greatly illuminate the originals. I recommend that all those who know Telugu read his translation and commentary of the entire Ramayana to gain a proper comprehension of the work and benefit from it.

This first post is an introduction to the Ramayana.