"It was a wonderful experience interacting with you and appreciate the way you have planned and executed the whole publication process within the agreed timelines.”
Subrat SaurabhAuthor of Kuch Woh Pal
The present attempt aims at making the thoughts of ancient verses available to those readers who are either not familiar with Sanskrit, or, though acquainted with it, prefer English language for a better understanding. It is a very good book for students to understand and memorise ancient verses of Vedic literature.
Priyavrata Das
Priyavrata Das, the author, was born on1st July 1932, Odisha (India)- graduated from Bihar College of Engineering, Patna (1954) in Civil Engineering, did Post-graduation from Brighton College of Technology, (U.K)- served in different highway projects for thirty
four years- worked as Chief Engineer, R & D, Works Dept, Odisha state- represented India in World Roads Congress (1966)- Wrote biographies of eminent engineers Dr. M. Visweswaraya, Dr. A.N. Khosla. Under the guidance of his scholarly father, studied Vedic grammar and Texts in childhood. At the age of twentysix, his first book ‘Veda Manushya Kruta ki ?’ (Are the Vedas a creation of man) in Odia was a landmark in Vedic literature. The book received Odisha Sahitya Academy Award in the same year. Rigveda
Saurabha, Yajurveda Saurabha, Sama Veda Saurabha, Atharva Veda Saurabha, Upanishad Prakash (Vo I and II), Shuddha
Manusmruti, Patanjala Yoga darshan are a few to mention out of forty and odd books edited and published.
Published about five hundred articles in daily newspapers in Odisha on Vedic philosophy and social reform.
Established the Aryasamaj and Vaidika Anusandhan Pratisthan at Bhubaneswar for propogation of Vedic knowledge.
A crusader against social evils- encouraged and conducted inter-caste and widow marriages- supported women priest-hood
in Vedic worship and ceremomies- fought against caste system, slaughter of animals in religious places etc.
A few outstanding recognitions and awards- Meghji Bhai Puraskar, Mumbai (1994), Maharshi Dayananda Puraskar, Ajmer
(1994), Rastriya Veda Vedanga Puraskar, Nasik (2005), D. litt. Utkal University (2006), Ganga Prasad Upadhyaya Puraskar, Allahabad (2008) etc. Upadhi- Vidya Vagish, Arya Bibhusana, Arya Ratna,Acharya etc.
Widely travelled in U.K, U.S.A, Germany, France, Russia,
Mauritius, Kenia, Holland on lecture tours .
