My Book of the Week:"The Wonder that is Sanskrit"

I completed "The Wonder that is Sanskrit" by Sampad and Vijay, Sri Aurbindo Press, fantastic book tells us the richness of our language and how we have lost it. A masterpiece in human lingua traces all subtle aspects in a very contemporary form which a novice can understand. Is filled with the beauty and maturity of the langauge , example

 See the following poetry which has all all the letters of Sanskrit Language which are placed in the exact order, yet provide meaning:

क: खगौघाङचिच्छौजा झाञ्ज्ञोऽटौठीडडण्ढण:
तथोदधीन् पफर्बाभीर्मयोऽरिल्वाशिषां सह: ॥

“Who is he, the lover of birds, pure in intelligence, expert in stealing the strength of others, leader among the destroyers of the enemies, the steadfast, the fearless, the one who filled the ocean? He is the king Maya, the respository of the blessings that can destroy the foes"

 

A must read who want to dwell on what Nehru said 

"The past has gone and the present is with us and we work for the future. But I have no doubt that whatever the shape the future may take, one of the biggest, the strongest, and the most powerful and the most valued of our legacies, will be the Sanskrit language."