November 3, 2017

14.20 guNAn EthAn athIthya thrIn

November 3, 2017 by venkatesh

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 14 << Chapter 14 verse 19 SlOkam – Original guNAn EthAn athIthya thrIn dhEhI dhEhasamudbhavAn | janmamruthyujarAdhu:khair vimukthO’mrutham aSnuthE || word-by-word meaning dhEhI – This AthmA who has the body dhEha samudhbhavAn – in the body which is a transformation of prakruthi (matter) EthAn … Read more

14.20 guṇān etān atītya trīn (Original)

November 3, 2017 by venkatesh

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 14 << Chapter 14 verse 19 Simple guṇān etān atītya trīn dehī deha-samudbhavān janma-mṛtyu-jarā-duḥkhair vimukto ’mṛtam aśnute ‘Transcending these three body-bred qualities, the embodied (ego), freed from the pains of death and age, tastes immortality.'[1. Cp: Vish: Pur: I-7-47: “Guṇa-traya-mayam etc.”] These three qualities … 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