July 16, 2017

12.5 klESO’dhikatharas thEshAm

February 7, 2024July 16, 2017 by venkatesh

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 12 << Chapter 12 verse 4 SlOkam – Original klESO’dhikatharas thEshAm avyakthAsakthachEthasAm | avyakthā hi gathir dhu:kham dhEhavadhbhir avApyathE || word-by-word meaning avykthAsaktha chEthasAm thEshAm – those kaivalya nishtas who are engaged in [pursuing] jIvAthma svarUpam (the true self) klESa: – difficulties adhikathara: – … Read more

12.5 kleśo ’dhika-taras teṣām (Original)

July 16, 2017 by venkatesh

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 12 << Chapter 12 verse 4 Simple kleśo ’dhika-taras teṣām avyaktāsakta-cetasām avyaktā hi gatir duḥkhaṁ dehavadbhir avāpyate ‘(But) to these, whose hearts are inclined to (this) indiscernible (ātmā), great are the difficulties. Indeed is this avyakta-path, with struggle, attained by the embodied.’ But those … 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