June 11, 2017

11.24 nabhasspruSam dhIptham anEkavarNam

June 11, 2017 by venkatesh

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 11 << Chapter 11 verse 23 SlOkam – Original nabhasspruSam dhIptham anEkavarNam vyAththAnanam dhIpthaviSAlanEthram | dhrushtvA hi thvA pravyathithAntharAthmA dhruthim na vindhAmi Samam cha vishNO || word-by-word meaning vishNO – Oh vishNu! nabhasspruSam – standing tall, in contact with paramapadham (spiritual realm) dhIptham – … Read more

11.24 nabhaḥ-spṛśaṁ dīptam aneka-varṇaṁ (Original)

June 11, 2017 by venkatesh

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 11 << Chapter 11 verse 23 Simple nabhaḥ-spṛśaṁ dīptam aneka-varṇaṁ vyāttānanaṁ dīpta-viśāla-netram dṛṣṭvā hi tvāṁ pravyathitāntar-ātmā dhṛtiṁ na vindāmi śamaṁ ca viṣṇo ‘O Vishṇu[1. The 259th and 663rd name of God = He who pervades all.]! my very inner self quakes at seeing Thee … 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