gIthArtha sangraham – 1

srI:
srImathE satakOpAya nama:
srImathE rAmAnujAya nama:
srImath varavaramunayE nama:

SlOkam 1 (Objective of gIthA)

svadharma gyAna vairAgya sAdhya bhakthyEka gOchara: |
nArAyaNa parambrahma gIthA SAsthrE samIritha: ||

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Word-by-word meaning

svadharma gyAna vairAgya sAdhya bhakthyEka gOchara: – one who is known only through bhakthi which is acquired by detachment from other (worldly) aspects, gyAna yOgam (path of knowledge) and karma yOgam (path of following righteous acts) which befits the individual’s nature (as applicable for one’s own varNa and Asrama)
parambrahma – one who is the supreme brahmam
nArAyaNa: – srIman nArAyaNan
gIthA SAsthrE – in the SAsthram named gIthA
samIritha: – is announced/revealed

Simple translation

srIman nArAyaNan is known only through bhakthi which is acquired by detachment from other (worldly) aspects, gyAna yOgam (path of knowledge) and karma yOgam (path of following righteous acts) which befits the individual’s nature (as applicable for one’s own varNa and Asrama) and he is the supreme brahmam. Such bhagavAn is revealed in the SAsthram named [bhagavath] gIthA.

adiyen sarathy ramanuja dasan

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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

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SlOkam 1 (Objective of gIthA)

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