October 27, 2017

14.13 aprakASO’pravruththiS cha

December 19, 2024October 27, 2017 by venkatesh

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 14 << Chapter 14 verse 12 SlOkam – Original aprakASO’pravruththiS cha pramAdhO mOha Eva cha | thamasyEthAni jAyanthE vivrudhdhE kurunandhana || word-by-word meaning kuru nandhana – Oh descendant of kuru dynasty! aprakASa: – absence of knowledge apravruththi: cha – laziness pramAdha – carelessness mOha: … Read more

14.13 aprakāśo ’pravṛttiś ca (Original)

October 27, 2017 by venkatesh

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 14 << Chapter 14 verse 12 Simple aprakāśo ’pravṛttiś ca pramādo moha eva ca tamasy etāni jāyante vivṛddhe kuru-nandana ‘When Tamas, Kuru’s Son ! is regnant, then are bred obscurity, inertness, listlessness and error.’ Aprakaśa=absence of illumination or intelligence=obscurity=stupidity. Apravṛitti=Inertness=sluggishness=disinclination to work. Pramāda=listlessness=attention diverted … 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