Sri Sri Ram Thakur

Sri Sri Thakur Ramchandra Deva (Sri Ram Thakur) was born in February 1860 in Dingamanik in what is presently Bangladesh.

From around 1907, spanning the period between the two world wars, Sri Thakur spread his faith to all, irrespective of cast, creed or belief. He is regarded by many as the incarnation of Sri Satyanarayan. The nature of his teachings may be gleaned from excerpts of his letters published in three volumes by Dr. Indu Bhushan Banerjee, as veda vani.

AdyA stab transliteration

oM, nama AdyAyai *
shRNu batsa prabakSyAmi AdyAstotraM mahAphalam
yaH paThet satataM bhaktyA sa eva viSnuballabhaH. 1
mRtyurbyAdhi bhayaM tasya nAsti kiJchit kalouyuge
aputrA labhate putraM tripakSaM shrabaNaM yadi. 2
dbou mAsou bandhanAnmukti briprarbaktrAt shrutaM yadi
mRtabatsA jIbabatsA SaNmasaM shrabaNaM yadi.. 3
noukAyaM saGkate yuddhe pathanAjjaya mApnuyat
likhitbA sthApayed gehe nAgNichourabhayaM kbachit.. 4
rAjasthAne jayI nityaM prasannaH sarbadebatAH
(oM hrIM)
brahmANI brahmaloke cha baikuNThe sarbamaGgalA. 5
indrANI amarAbatyAmbikA varuNAlaye
yamAlaye kAlarupA, kuberabhabane shuvA. 6
mahAnandAgnikoNe cha bayabAM mRgabAhinI
naiRtyaM raktadantA cha aishanyaM shuladhAriNI. 7
pAtAle vaishnabIrupA siMhale debamohinI
surasa cha maNIdbipe laGkAyaM bhadrakAlikA. 8
rAmeshbarI setubandhe vimalA puruSottame
virajA ouDradeshe cha kAmAkSyA nilaparbate. 9
kalikA baGgadeshe cha ayodhyAM maheshvari
varaNasyAm annapurNA gayakSetre gayesharI. 10

kurukSetre bhadrakAlI, braje kAtyAnI parA
dbarakayaM mahAmAyA mathurayAM mAheshbarI 11
kSudha tbaM sarvabhutAnAm belA tbaM sAgarasya cha
nabamI shuklapakSasya kRSNAsyaikAdashI parA. 12
dakSasya duhitA devI dakSaya yaJga vinashinI
rAmasya jAnaki tbaM hi rAvana dhbaMsakAriNI 13
chanda munda badhe devi raktabija binashinI
nishumbha shumbha mathanI madhukaitabha ghAtinI. 14
vishnubhaktipradA durgA sukhadA mokSadA sadA
AdyAstabamimaM puNyM ya pathet satatam naraH 15
sarba jbara bhayaM nasyAt sarbabyadhi binAshanam
kotitIrtha phalaM tasya lavate nAtra saMshayaH. 16
jayA me chAgrataH pAtu vijayA pAtu priSThataH
nArayaNI shirSadeshe sarbaGge siMhabAhinI 17
shivadUtI ugrachanDA prataGge paramesvarI
vishAlAkSI mahAmAyA kaumArI sankhinI shibA 18
chakriNI jayadAtrI cha raNamatta raNapriyA
durgA jayantI kAlI cha bhadrakAlI mahodari 19
nArasiMhi cha bArAhI siddhidAtrI sukhapradA
bhyaGkarI mahAroudrI mahAbhya vinAshinI 20

iti brahma-yAmale brahma-nArada-saMbAde
AdyAstotraM samAptam.

*Modified Harvard Kyoto Transliteration scheme; the palatal 's' given by 'sh' instead of 'z'.
Copyright 2008 Adyakalidas.

Brahmarshi Satyadev

Brahmarshi Satyadev (1883-1932) is the author of the book 'Sadhan Samar' (The spiritual battle). His disciple Sri Narendra Nath Brahmachari is the founder of Dev Sangha Ashram which has a monastery and temples in Deoghar, Jharkhand, India.  Brahmarshi was himself initiated by Sri Bijoy Krishna Chattopadhyay (1875-1947) who was known as 'Howrar Thakur' (the thakur of Howrah). 

'Sadhan Samar' is an enlightened commentary on the 'Sri Sri Chandi' or what is also known as the 'Durga Saptashati' or the 'devI mAhAtmyam'.  It is said to be a 'brilliant interpretation' of the original scripture.