October 31, 2017

14.17 sathvAth sanjAyathE gyAnam

October 31, 2017 by venkatesh

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 14 << Chapter 14 verse 16 SlOkam – Original sathvAth sanjAyathE gyAnam rajasO lObha Eva cha | pramAdhamOhau thamasO bhavathO’gyAnam Eva cha || word-by-word meaning sathvAth – only by (abundant) sathva guNam gyAnam – knowledge (including self-realisation) sanjAyathE – is created nicely; rajasa: – … Read more

14.17 sattvāt sañjāyate jñānaṁ (Original)

October 31, 2017 by venkatesh

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 14 << Chapter 14 verse 16 Simple sattvāt sañjāyate jñānaṁ rajaso lobha eva ca pramāda-mohau tamaso bhavato ’jñānam eva ca ‘From Satvam springs forth wisdom; from Rajas avidity itself; inattention and infatuation come from Tamas, as well as unwisdom.’ When thus Satvam goes on … 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