April 11, 2018

18.21 pruthakthvEna thu yath gyAnam

April 11, 2018 by venkatesh

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 20 SlOkam – Original pruthakthvEna thu yath gyAnam nAnAbhAvAn pruthagvidhAn | vEththi sarveshu bhUtEshu thath gyAnam vidhdhi rAjasam || word-by-word meaning sarvEshu bhUthEshu – In all creatures having different bodies such as brAhmaNa etc pruthakthvEna – considering their distinguished … Read more

18.21 pṛthaktvena tu yaj jñānaṁ (Original)

April 11, 2018 by venkatesh

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 20 Simple pṛthaktvena tu yaj jñānaṁ nānā-bhāvān pṛthag-vidhān vetti sarveṣu bhūteṣu taj jñānaṁ viddhi rājasam ‘But that Knowledge, know, is Rājasa, which apprehends among all beings, plurality in substance, and variety in quality, as distinct.’ Distinctness is that which … 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