Title: The Splendour of the Supreme
Mother - Devi Bhagavatham
Sub-title: A Compact condensed prose narrative Author: Dr. V.V.B.Rama Rao Publisher: Richa Prakashan (www.richaprakashan.com) ISBN: 81-87062-46-0 Genre: Devotional/Hindu Mythology Sai Ram. Sri Matre Namah. This book came to Shri K V
R Rao of www.telugubhakti.com for review and at his request, I accepted
this and took it as a command of Devi, The Supreme Mother. I also took
it as a blessing from Sri Mata since earlier too I got a chance to read
Her Glory in Telugu, and that too at the behest of His Holiness Sri Sri
Sri Sankaracharya of Sri Hampi Virupaksha Vidyaranya Peetham, Sri Sri
Sri Abhinavoddnanda Nrisimha Bharathi Swamiji around 1999 or 2000. At
Swamiji's command, I read a fairly elaborate form of Sri Devi Bhagavatham
written by Vidwan Saripella Viswanatha Sastry, One thing which struck me is that the book is as described
compact, rather too compact. Much of the detailed glory of The Mother
had to be left behind in this attempt to condense and make the book compact.
But many of the important features of Sri Devi Bhagavatam In short, this book is a good introduction to Sri Devi
Bhagavatam and it is Her grace that this review is being written on Sri
Rama Navami, the end of Vasanta Nava Ratras, which are also dear to Devi
(in addition to Sarannavaratras ending with Vijaya Dasami, which are Sai Ram. Now I come to some shortcomings with a view
to offer a constructive criticism for improvement in future editions.
The 6th skanda (Chapter) on The Order of Creation could have been prefaced
by a suitable explanation from the author that what was described The book also suffers from many simple editorial slips that could have been easily avoided with a little more care. If the author or the publisher is interested, I can share the editorial corrections that I made as I was reading the book. Sai Ram. In the end, I once again offer my pranams to Sri Devi
for this opportunity and thank the author, the publisher and Sri KVR Rao
of www.telugubhakti.com for being instrumental in my humble effort. Sai
Ram. Sri Matre Namah |