April 25, 2016

1.40 kula kshayE praNaSyanthi

April 25, 2016 by venkatesh

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 1 << Chapter 1 Verse 39 SlOkam – Original kula kshayE praNaSyanthi kula dharmA: sanAthanA: | dharmE nashtE kulam kruthsnam adharmO’bhibhavathyutha || word-by-word meaning kula kshayE – when the race is destroyed sanAthanA: – ancient kula dharmA: – practices/virtues praNaSyanthi – are destroyed dharmE … Read more

1.40 kula-kṣaye praṇaśyanti (original)

April 25, 2016 by venkatesh

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 1 << Chapter 1 Verse 39 Simple kula-kṣaye praṇaśyanti kula-dharmāḥ sanātanāḥ dharme naṣṭe kulaṁ kṛtsnam adharmo ’bhibhavaty uta When race declines, its eternal canons of righteousness (dharma) also do decline; when righteousness declines, irreligion (or wickedness = adharma) rampant, doth prevail. >> Chapter 1 … 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