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Sushrut Badhe
Pondicherry Engineering College
Occupation(s)Author, manufacturer, researcher
OrganizationMidam Charitable Trust

Sushrut Badhe (Sanskrit: सुश्रुत् बढे, born 21 April 1990) is an Indian author, researcher on Sanskrit scripture and manufacturer of Ayurvedic products. He has rewritten the Sanskrit scriptures Bhagavad Gita and three Upanishads, Isha, Kena and Mandukya in rhymed English.[1][2][3][4]

Education and work

Born in

Ayurvedic Medicines.[1]

Currently, Badhe is CEO of KVM Research Laboratories which manufactures and exports Ayurvedic Health products and is a researcher and secretary at Midam Charitable Trust where he studies the use of Vedic Chants for children with

Autism Spectrum Disorder through the Vedic Chants Intervention Program (VCIP) designed by Sri M.R.Damle.[5][6][1][7][8][9][10]

In 2024, KVM Research Labs, spearheaded by Sri M.R.Damle, he launched the 'Mriga Ayurveda' division to promote ayurvedic veterinary products and to undertake research in collaboration with other research institutes and farmers to underscore the importance of ayurvedic veterinary medicine.[11]

Sanskrit Scriptures as rhymes

In 2014, he published a book of poems titled "The Rhythm of the Spirit", a collection of select 34 poems on Man, Life and God.

e-book "Voice of Krishna: Secrets of the Self" in which he rewrote the First V Chapters of the Sanskrit scripture Bhagavad Gita into English rhymes.[14] His views on poetry were quoted by Jernail Singh Anand
, noted environmentalist and column writer in a research paper on "Poetic Discourse":

"A poet is not the creator, but the created. He is nothing more than a pen- a mere instrument in the hands of a mystic invisible wielder. The true poet owns neither the words nor the impact that the words create." - Poetic Discourse: For Whom the Pen Rolls, P 804[15]

In 2015, Badhe rendered all 700 Sanskrit verses of the 18 Chapters of the Gita into English rhymes and released a paperback "Bhagavad Gita: Rhythm of Krishna" under Sri Aurobindo's Action Publications.[16][17][3]

In 2016, he rewrote three Sanskrit Upanishads in rhymed English.[2] He has also launched the first Mobile app to have Upanishad in audio rhyme format.[5]

In 2022, Badhe launched a book titled Sri Aurobindo's Vedanta- Rhythm of Ananda at the Pondicherry-Auroville Poetry Festival (PPF).[18]

Badhe has also recorded and released the Sanskrit texts in rhyme format though audio, mobile application and video broadcasts.[5] He also writes in the Sri Aurobindo's Action, a journal associated with Sri Aurobindo Ashram.

Currently he is writing verses from the Rig Veda in rhymes.[5]

Bhagavad Gita: Rhythm of Krishna

His book "Bhagavad Gita: Rhythm of Krishna" which contains a rhyme rendition of all the shlokas of the Gita is multi-layered, offering practical and metaphysical knowledge.[14] The Bhagavad Gita:Rhythm of Krishna is the reference book for the for Krishna’s Butter classroom Gita module for kids with 700 Gita verses in the form of English poems.[19]

It earned him a place in the Limca Book of Records.[3] The unique part of this translation was that the rhythm and rhyme were maintained in the English translation following the original Sanskrit version.[20]

In 2021, in a philosophical exploration in the

Health Care workers
(HCW) faced with moral and psychological distress.

Verses from his book, Bhagavad Gita: Rhythm of Krishna were cited:[21]

“Vested you are with the authority to perform,

But not seek your action’s fruits in any form

When by the fruits of actions you aren't motivated

From discharging your duties, you never get deviated 2.47 [21]

Perform your every action in this Yogic way

All attachments Arjuna, you must throw away

From accomplishments and loss find your release

Then you shall attain the Yogic poise and peace". 2.48 [21]

Vedic Chants Intervention Program (VCIP)

Autism Spectrum Disorder
(ASD) at the International Conference ISHG 2014, Ahmedabad.

The Vedic Chants Intervention Program (VCIP) is a

Neurologist Dr.Sunil Narayan[22] of JIPMER to study the impact of Vedic Chants on children with autism and other neurological disorders.[5]

In 2023, his research papers on 'Vedic therapeutics for children with special needs: A review of our lived experiences and challenges in implementing the Vedic chants intervention program (VCIP) and on 'Nutritional psychiatry concepts in the Bhagavad Gita' bagged prizes at the world Sanskrit conference organised by Srinivas university Mangalore.[23][24]

Krishna's Butter project

Designed by Sri M.R.Damle, the Krishna's Butter project was launched in 2015 with the aim of introducing the

Gita teaching module for kids which contains 19 practical lessons for children, 19 cartoon illustrations, 99 Select Bhagavad Gita verses and 99 English rhyming translations.[25][9] The aim of the Krishna's Butter project was to address various mental, physical, psychological and social challenges faced by children.[19]

During the

online classrooms for children worldwide in six Indian regional languages. Sushrut started an adult version of the program. The module, which was taught in schools since 2015, became viral during the lockdown and over 4000 children from across the world enrolled in the free 19-day digital workshops on the Gita for kids and was declared a world record title by Assist World Records Foundation.[26][27][25]

In 2022, Midam Charitable Trust released its sixth book: “Krishnana Navaneeta”, which is the Kannada translation of the standardised teaching module of Bhagavad Gita for school children done by the Karnataka State co-ordinator Mrs.Chitra Torvi.[26][9]

Classroom Gita Teaching Module “Krishna’s Butter” Launched In Gujarat, Gujarati Translation Unveiled

In 2023, Sushrut in the presence of the founder trustee Sri M.R.Damle, vice-president Avanti Badhe, author Dr.Bhawana Badhe and translator Priyanka Ghanekar released the Sanskrit teaching module ‘Krishna Navaneetam’, which earned the entire Krishna's butter team of 11 teachers a record title for making the Gita teaching module for schoolchildren available in 7 languages, namely English, Tamil, Hindi, Malayalam, Marathi, Kannada and Sanskrit languages [26][9]

In 2024, Badhe unveiled the Gujarati translation of the classroom Gita module for school children 'Krishna Navaneet Yashasvi vidyarthiomate' at the Ahmedabad Management Association done by eminent Vedanta scholar Vaidehi Adhyaru.[19]

Bibliography

  • Rhythm of the Spirit by Sushrut Badhe, Cyberwit.net, 2014[28]
  • Voice of Krishna: Secrets of the Self by Sushrut Badhe, Independently Published, 2014[29]
  • Bhagavad Gita: Rhythm of Krishna by Sushrut Badhe, Sri Aurobindo's Action Publications, 2015[30]
  • A Glimpse of the Spirit: Compilations from Sri Aurobindo's Action - the Journal of India's Resurgence by Sushrut Badhe, Independently Published, 2019[31]
  • Rhythm of the Veda: Know your Devas by Sushrut Badhe, Midam Charitable Trust Publications, 2021[32]
  • Sri Aurobindo's Vedanta: Rhythm of Ananda by Sushrut Badhe, Midam Charitable Trust Publications, 2022[33][18]

References

  1. ^ a b c Staff Reporter (28 November 2015). "Attempting to take Gita to the young generation". The Hindu. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
  2. ^ a b Prateek, Jyoti (Summer 2016). "Revisiting The Rhythm of The Upanishads and The Bhagvad Gita". The Awakening Times.
  3. ^ a b c Staff Reporter (2017). "First English transliteration of Bhagvad Gita in rhyme" (PDF). Limca Book of Records 2017: 132.
  4. ^ "A Drop of Nature". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
  5. ^ a b c d e f J, Sujitha (20 May 2018). "The Vedic Healer". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
  6. ^
    PMC 4043480
    .
  7. ^ "SABDA - Catalog". www.sabda.in. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
  8. ^ Badhe, Sushrut (September 2018). "Revisiting the Isha Upanishad- the Fourth Movement" (PDF). Sri Aurobindo's Ction. September and August 2018, Vol. 49 No. 8 & 9: 10.
  9. ^
    ISSN 0971-751X
    . Retrieved 29 July 2023.
  10. ISSN 0971-8257
    . Retrieved 16 January 2024.
  11. ISSN 0971-8257
    . Retrieved 16 January 2024.
  12. ISBN 9788182534773
    .
  13. ^ Staff Reporter (19 March 2014). "The lyrical depth of these poems shows the poet's supreme triumph". PR Log.
  14. ^ a b c Raghu, Sunita (23 April 2016). "Versatile Verve for Divine Verses". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
  15. ^ Anand, Dr. J.S. (2014). "Poetic Discourse: For Whom the Pen Rolls". International Journal of Research. 1: 804 – via IJR.
  16. ISBN 978-1943579334
    .
  17. ^ Staff Reporter (22 April 2016). "In the Moment- Indulge". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 22 April 2016. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
  18. ^
    ISSN 0971-751X
    . Retrieved 14 January 2023.
  19. ^ a b c "Classroom Gita teaching module "Krishna's Butter" launched in Gujarat, Gujarati translation unveiled". Ahmedabad Mirror. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
  20. ISSN 2949-7191
    .
  21. ^
    PMID 33635446
    .
  22. ISSN 0971-751X
    . Retrieved 30 December 2018.
  23. ISSN 0971-8257
    . Retrieved 20 March 2023.
  24. ISSN 0971-751X
    . Retrieved 20 March 2023.
  25. ^ a b c Mehra, Beloo (21 November 2021). "Krishna's Butter: Taking Wisdom of Bhagavad Gita to Children and Youth - Renaissance". Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  26. ^
    ISSN 0971-751X
    . Retrieved 18 April 2022.
  27. ^ "Manufacturer Spotlight: KVM | Auromere". auromere.com/. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  28. ^ Cyberwit.net. "The lyrical depth of these poems shows the poet's supreme triumph". PRLog. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
  29. ^ Badhe, Sushrut (2015). "A Glimpse of the Spirit: Compilations from Sri Aurobindo's Action - the Journal of India's Resurgence".
  30. ^ "Versatile Verve for Divine Verses". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
  31. ISBN 978-1-7970-1871-3
    .
  32. ^ Badhe, Sushrut (21 November 2021). "Rhythm of the Veda: Know your Devas - Sushrut Badhe". Retrieved 9 January 2023.
  33. ^ Badhe, Sushrut (December 2022). "All About The Pondicherry-Auroville Poetry Festival 2022". Outlook India. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
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