November 25, 2017

15.10 uthkrAmantham sthitham vA’pi

January 11, 2025November 25, 2017 by venkatesh

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 15 << Chapter 15 verse 9 SlOkam – Original uthkrAmantham sthitham vA’pi bhunjAnam vA guṇAnvitham | vimUdA nAnupaSyanthi paSyanthi gyAnachakshusha: || word-by-word meaning guNAnvitham – (as explained previously) being together with the body which is filled with three qualities uthkrAmantham – leaving one body … Read more

15.10 utkrāmantaṁ sthitaṁ vāpi (Original)

November 25, 2017 by venkatesh

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 15 << Chapter 15 verse 9 Simple utkrāmantaṁ sthitaṁ vāpi bhuñjānaṁ vā guṇānvitam vimūḍhā nānupaśyanti paśyanti jñāna-cakṣuṣaḥ ‘The unenlightened perceive not (it, the soul), the Guṇa-conjoined quitter, dweller, enjoyer; but they perceive, —the wisdom-eyed.’ Vimūdhāḥ=the unenlightened=those who fancy the corporeal outward configuration, man etc., … 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