November 19, 2017

15.4 tham Eva chAdhyam purusham prapadhyEdh

November 19, 2017 by venkatesh

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 15 << Chapter 15 verses 3 and 3.5 SlOkam – Original tham Eva chAdhyam purusham prapadhyEdh yatha: pravruththi: prasruthA purANI || word-by-word meaning Adhyam – being the primeval lord for everything yatha: purANI pravruththi: prasruthA – from whom, (the AthmAs’) connection with matters related … Read more

15.4 tam eva cādyaṁ puruṣaṁ prapadye (Original)

November 19, 2017 by venkatesh

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 15 << Chapter 15 verses 3 and 3.5 Simple tam eva cādyaṁ puruṣaṁ prapadye yataḥ pravṛttiḥ prasṛtā purāṇī ‘Let Him the Primal Purusha alone be sought as the Refuge —He from Whom is the old will (or impulses) derived.’ He is Primal or the Beginning … 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