January 21, 2016 – Page 2

1.20 – atha vyavasthithAn dhrushtvA

January 21, 2016 by venkatesh

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 1 << Chapter 1 Verse 19 SlOkam – Original atha vyavasthithAn dhrushtvA dhArtharAshtrAn kapidhvaja: | pravruththE Sasthra sampAthE dhanurudhyamya pANdava: || word-by-word meaning atha – after the roaring of both armies kapidhvaja: – arjuna who has hanuman in his flag Sasthra sampAthE pravruththE sathi … Read more

1.20 – atha vyavasthitān dṛṣṭvā (original)

January 21, 2016 by venkatesh

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 1 << Chapter 1 Verse 19 Simple atha vyavasthitān dṛṣṭvā dhārtarāṣṭrān kapi-dhvajaḥ pravṛtte śastra-sampāte dhanur udyamya pāṇḍavaḥ “Then did Pāṇḍava[4. Descendant of Pāṇḍu (= Arjuna)]- the Kapidhvaja[5. Lit., “the monkey-bannered”, Arjuna’s war-standard bearing a monkey’s figure thereon.], seeing the hosts of Dhṛitarāshtra drawn up, … Read more

Pronunciation Guide

A is used for “aa” sound – example: emperumAnAr, rAmAnuja

E is used for “yay” sound – example: EkAdhasi

I is used for “ee” sound – example: Iswara

O is used for “Oh” sound – example: Om

U is used for “oo” sound – example: Urdhva pundram

zh is used for very strong “l” sound – example: AzhwAr

L is used for strong “l” sound – example: muL (thorn)

N is used for strong “n” sound – example: nArAyaNa

R is used for strong "r" sound - example: puRappAdu (procession); its also used for "tr" sound in thamizh when there is double "R" - example: uRRAr (utRAr - relative)

d is used strong “d” sound – example: garuda

dh is used for meek “d” sound – example: gOvindha

t is used for strong “t” sound – example: ganta

th is used for meek “t” sound – example: vratham

sa, sha, ksha are typed as it is – examples: samskritham, shashti and kshamA

: is used for ha sound in samskritham words – examples: nama: to be said as namaha

Terminologies listing at Reader's Guide