May 4, 2018 – KOYIL

18.34 yayA thu dharmakAmArthAn

May 4, 2018 by venkatesh

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 33 SlOkam – Original yayA thu dharmakAmArthAn dhṛuthyA dhArayathE’rjuna | prasangEna palAkAnkshI dhṛuthi: sA pArtha rAjasI || word-by-word meaning pArtha arjuna – Oh arjuna, son of kunthI! palAkAnkshI – one who desires for results (other than mOksham) prasangEna – … Read more

18.34 yayā tu dharma-kāmārthān (Original)

May 4, 2018 by venkatesh

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 33 Simple yayā tu dharma-kāmārthān dhṛtyā dhārayate ’rjuna prasaṅgena phalākāṅkṣī dhṛtiḥ sā pārtha rājasī ‘That is Rājasa-Purpose, Pārtha! by which, — from motives of attachment and fruit—, Dharma, pleasures and wealth are maintained.’ That is Rājasa-Purpose or Will by … 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