The Vedas and the Scholar - an Incredible CA

 

What is the connection between corporate finance and the Vedas? And if asked ‘what have you done for the first time in the world?’  If you see none, wait till you meet K Suresh. He is not most of us. He is a multi-faceted, mutli-scholastic, pukka Tam Brah with a very sharp brain that can swallow numbers like a gargantula. He is the Company Secretary & Compliance Officer with Sobha Developers, Bangalore.

“My dream in life is to popularise the Vedas among people and restore the revered position that it once held as the source of all human knowledge,” says this Veda enthusiast.

Needless to say, his chosen professional field is Chartered Accountancy, after B.Com, and M.Com. But Suresh didn’t stop at that. He pursued CWA, CS, and Post Graduate Diploma in Foreign Trade Management, Diploma in Hindu Astrology…with even a stint in INSEAD (The European Institute of Business Administration) Fontainebleau, France and one of very few people who knows US GAAP & SEC requirements during 1998 in India. Perfect fields for a numbers aficionado, isn’t it? You know, he is a Gold-medalist in M.Com and All India Rank Holder in CA, CWA and CS.

Suited, booted and well-groomed as a corporate identity, his vibhuthi adorned forehead will certainly belie his extensive travel all over the world, including as far as Singapore. Malaysia, Taiwan, Thailand, China, Hongking, London, Portugal, Germany, USA, Dubai & Muscat.

Opportunities to learn new things came in rather strange ways for Suresh. Sheltering himself from the rain one day in Chennai, he found himself in a typical patashala where Brahmin boys were loudly reciting the Vedas. The rhythm, beat and the count that formed the tune fascinated him. He immediately took steps to learn the Vedas from 1998. Though he didn’t know Sanskrit then and had no basic knowledge in the Vedas, with his sharp memory and grasping power, Suresh surprised his teachers by making fast progress.

Having gone into it deeply, he has acquired today such vast knowledge and can recite almost all important Vedas! And if that is not remarkable enough, he can recite them in several different ways with clarity and perfection! It seems like it’s as easy as ‘twinkle twinkle little star’ is for us! He has received accolades for his excellent recital from Sri Sringeri Sankaracharya, himself a notable Vedic scholar.

And what was that he did for the first time in the world? He has been at the forefront of efforts to make Ghana Paatha of Rig Veda and Krishna Yajur Veda available in the book form for the first time in the world. (in Devanagari and Phonetic Tamil script)

The book is a fully phonetic in nature, making it easier to understand and recite correctly. Clearly indicating swara and sandhi to be able to recite with the prefect pronunciation and tune. So far, he brought out about 12 Books and 4 audio albums on Veda Ghana Patha. He has even analyzed the Vedas from its origins to the different saints mentioned as contributors to the Vedas. And this is an achievement from a man who had no prior Sanskrit knowledge (which he incidentally, learnt in a few weeks!) This was even facilitated by both Sri Kanchi and Sringeri Sankaracharyas. This book has been prepared after Suresh thoroughly learned the Vedas from beginning to end to be able to have better authority on the subject. 

“As I became familiar with the Vedas, I began to feel the need to bring it closer to the common man. This led me to develop a novel way of reciting Vedas called ‘Suresha Paddhathi’, a title awarded by none other than Jagadguru Sri Sankaracharyas of Kanchi and Sringeri Peetam,” he says.

‘Suresha Paddathi’ is a new method of reciting Ghana from more than one Veda simultaneously to highlight the differences of tone and words, similar to Jugalbandhi in music, which is mind-boggling. At present Suresh is learning three Vedas simultaneously, a feat in itself considering that, it sometimes takes one more than 20 years to learn Ghana Paatha in one Veda alone. Suresh could very well go down in Sanskrit history as the first person to accomplish such a feat!

Suresh says while explaining the power of the Vedic mantras, “The uniqueness of the Vedas lies in the fact that it does not have any language but just sound. Sanskrit is only one way of interpreting the Vedas. The vibrations that are generated during the recitation of Vedic mantras are so powerful that if rightly recited, they can cause great benefits to those who recite as well as to the listeners,”

Suresh even has his own website on astrology, yet another subject that he has mastered. If you want your weekly predictions, well, you won’t find it there. But if you want a perfect horoscope drawn for you, or want to an instant match, www.ghanapati.com is the place for you. Suresh has found a sure-fire calculation that offers 100% compatibility details with about 1296 combinations. You’ll also find most interesting articles by him on diverse subjects including ‘Beyond Y2K’ and ‘’Veda, Mathematics in Jothisha and Time’’.

Why this rare interest in Vedas and how come he has acquires such supreme abilities ? He believes that he has been specially chosen by the divine entities to be instrumental in renewing the lost Vedic values in life among people. He wants to propagate the ancient chants and hymns into the life of today’s youth. He is sure that this vast knowledge (which according to him need not be a detailed and technical study, but a reasonably clear understanding), will result in influencing a positive life. 

It has to be seen to believe the way he can work out complex formulae or calculations in a most simple manner. His skill for numbers is indeed a rare gift. He has contributed articles on various subjects in CA Magazine, Astrological Magazine and in our KSCA also.

A finance professional, mathematical scholar, an astrology wizard, and an authority on the Vedas…  a man who probably understands ‘time’  better than most of us, a man who believes that the whole universe is just sound waves…  this interesting personality at Sobha Developers associated with various premier Institutes is indeed gifted.