July 26, 2017

12.16 anapEksha: Suchir dhaksha

July 26, 2017 by venkatesh

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 12 << Chapter 12 verse 15 SlOkam – Original anapEksha: Suchir dhaksha udhAsInO gathavyatha: | sarvArambhaparithyAgI yO madhbhaktha: sa mE priya: || word-by-word meaning anapEksha: – not desiring anything other than AthmA Suchi: – having AhAra Sudhdhi (purity in food consumption) dhaksha: – being … Read more

12.16 anapekṣaḥ śucir dakṣa (Original)

July 26, 2017 by venkatesh

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 12 << Chapter 12 verse 15 Simple anapekṣaḥ śucir dakṣa udāsīno gata-vyathaḥ sarvārambha-parityāgī yo mad-bhaktaḥ sa me priyaḥ ‘Desireless, pure, proficient, unconcerned, unafflicted, surceasing from all undertakings, —that Bhakta is dear to Me.’ An-apekshaḥ=Having no love or desire for any thing else save ātma … 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