February 4, 2017

9.6 yathAkASasthithO nithyam

February 4, 2017 by venkatesh

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 9 << Chapter 9 verse 5 SlOkam – Original yathAkASasthithO nithyam vAyu: sarvathragO mahAn | thathA sarvANi bhUthAni mathsthAnIthyupadhAraya || word-by-word meaning sarvathraga: – pervading everywhere mahAn – being mighty nithya AkASasthitha: – always suspended in ether (which does not support anything) vAyu: – … Read more

9.6 yathākāśa-sthito nityaṁ (Original)

February 4, 2017 by venkatesh

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 9 << Chapter 9 verse 5 Simple yathākāśa-sthito nityaṁ vāyuḥ sarvatra-go mahān tathā sarvāṇi bhūtāni mat-sthānīty upadhāraya ‘Know, that like unto the mighty air, suspended in space and moving everywhere, all things are supported in Me.’ ‘As in the supportless space, the mighty air … 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