Dear all
Arulselvan writes that he came to know of MVR' s Kumbakonam edition only after he was well into his translation of Ganguli's English translation. That shows Kumbakonam edition has been practically forgotten till recently in spite of the fact that it was done by by Tamils for Tamils directly from the original and "the services of many of the ablest Sanskrit scholars in the Presidency were enlisted " as the Hindu report of 1932 says.
For translations, I prefer something directly from the original like this, instead if through intermediaries.
Regards
V.C.Vijayaraghavan