January 25, 2017

11.29 yathA pradhIptha jvalana pathangA:

August 17, 2024January 25, 2017 by venkatesh

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 11 << Chapter 11 verse 28 SlOkam – Original yathA pradhIptha jvalana pathangA: viSanthi nASAya samrudhdhavEgA: | thathaiva nASAya viSanthi lOkA: thavApi vakthrANi samrudhdhavEgA: || word-by-word meaning samrudhdhavEgA: – having great speed pathangA: – moths pradhIptha jvalanam – in flaming fire yathA nASaya viSanthi … Read more

8.22 purusha: sa para: pArtha

April 15, 2024January 25, 2017 by venkatesh

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 8 << Chapter 8 verses 21 SlOkam – Original purusha: sa para: pArtha bhakthyA labhyas thvananyayA | yasyAnthassthAni bhUthAni yEna sarvam idham thatham || word-by-word meaning pArtha – Oh son of kunthI! bhUthAni – all entities yasya – in which paramapurusha anthassthAni – present … Read more

8.22 puruṣaḥ sa paraḥ pārtha (Original)

January 25, 2017 by venkatesh

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 8 << Chapter 8 verses 21 Simple puruṣaḥ sa paraḥ pārtha bhaktyā labhyas tv ananyayā yasyāntaḥ-sthāni bhūtāni yena sarvam idaṁ tatam ‘Supreme is that Spirit (purusha), Pārtha! Who is attainable but by unswerving love; in Whom are all beings, by Whom is all this … 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