November 1, 2016

4.29 apAnE juhvathi prANam

November 25, 2023November 1, 2016 by venkatesh

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 4 << Chapter 4 verse 28 SlOkam – Original apAnE juhvathi prANam prANE ’pAnam thathAparE | prANApAna gathI rudhvA prANAyAmaparAyaNA: || aparE niyathAhArA: prANAn prANEshu juhvathi | word-by-word meaning prANAyAma parAyaNA: – Those who are focussed on prANAyAma niyathAhArA: – with regulated food habits … Read more

4.29 apāne juhvati prāṇaṁ (Original)

November 1, 2016 by venkatesh

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 4 << Chapter 4 verse 28 Simple apāne juhvati prāṇaṁ prāṇe ’pānaṁ tathāpare prāṇāpāna-gatī ruddhvā prāṇāyāma-parāyaṇāḥ apare niyatāhārāḥ prāṇān prāṇeṣu juhvati ‘Others, the practicers of prāṇāyāma[1. The controlling and regulation of breath. See Yoga Sutra I-34, and Haṭha-yoga-pradīpika and other works on Yoga. Prāṇa … 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