July 23, 2016

2.17 avinASi thu thadh vidhdhi

July 23, 2016 by venkatesh

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 2 << Chapter 2 verse 16 SlOkam – Original avinASi thu thadh vidhdhi yEna sarvam idham thatham | vinASam avyayasyAsya na kaSchith karthum arhathi || word-by-word meaning yEna – that AthmA idham sarvam – all these insentient objects thatham – pervaded thath thu – … Read more

2.17 avināśi tu tad viddhi (Original)

July 23, 2016 by venkatesh

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 2 << Chapter 2 verse 16 Simple avināśi tu tad viddhi yena sarvam idaṁ tatam vināśam avyayasyāsya na kaścit kartum arhati Know that that verily is indestructible by which all this is pervaded. No one can cause destruction to this ‘exhaustless.’[1. Means that which … 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

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