Lyndal Vercoe was inspired in 1981 when she heard H.H. Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi explaining that the sounds of Sanskrit are beeja mantras, which are the sounds which the Kundalini makes when awakened. But it was not until 1989 that she found a teacher who could teach Sanskrit in Australia. Initially, she only hoped to learn the Sanskrit alphabet, but after a few weeks, she found the language so engaging she continued to study for another five years. Then she was inspired to attempt to translate the "Devi Mahatmyam" into more accessible English. When the first edition was published no diacritical marks were available on computers. It was some years later that her son-in-law, Sadanand G. Mankar, became involved and the Devanagari script and transliteration were made possible.

Dr. Sadanand G. Mankar (Senior Justice of the Peace, Ph.D. Management, MA Music, Ph. D. AM-Music Therapy-by research, Sangitāchāryā Ph.D. Music -Vocal. Sadanand has taught yoga, meditation and music for twenty-five years in Australia. His spiritual guru is H.H. Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi and he has been teaching Sahaja Yoga meditation for more than 35 years. He has studied music from a number of internationally renowned gurus: the late Pt. Babanrao Haldankar of Mumbai, the late Pt. Dr. Arun Apte of Pune, Pt. Arun Jere, Pt. Arun Kulkarni, the late Anandrao Limaye and the late Dr. Bharati Vaishampayan of Kolhapur and the late Ustad Sayeeduddin Dager. Sadanand studied Sanskrit in school and later from the late Vedsampanna Pt. Gajanan Bakre. He also studied Samveda from Pt. Pradeep Bhat at Chhatrapati Shahu Sanskrit Vedic School in Kolhapur. Dr. Sadanand has given workshops in a number of universities and performed in Sahaja Yoga programs in USA, Canada, India, Singapore, Hong Kong, China and Australia.

Mrs. Lyndal Vercoe and Dr. Sadanand G. Mankar are both very happy to present the work of Sage Shri Markendeya in its complete form and its link to the present day through the teachings of H.H. Adishakti Shri Mataji Nirmaladevi