January 2017 – Page 7

8.2 adhiyajñaḥ kathaṁ ko ’tra (Original)

January 1, 2017 by venkatesh

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 8 << Chapter 8 verse 1 Simple adhiyajñaḥ kathaṁ ko ’tra dehe ’smin madhusūdana prayāṇa-kāle ca kathaṁ jñeyo ’si niyatātmabhiḥ ‘Who, Madhusūdana!, and how, is the Adhiyajña in this body ; and how art Thou known by the mind-fixt (bhaktas) at their departing time?’ … Read more

8.1 kim thadh brahma kim adhyAthmam

February 28, 2024January 1, 2017 by venkatesh

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 8 << Chapter 8 Introduction SlOkam – Original arjuna uvAcha kim thadh brahma kim adhyAthmam kim karma purushOththama | adhibhUtham cha kim prOktham adhidhaivam kim uchyathE || word-by-word meaning arjuna uvAcha – arjuna said purushOththama – Oh purushOththama! thath brahma kim – What is … Read more

8.1 kiṁ tad brahma kim adhyātmaṁ (Original)

January 1, 2017 by venkatesh

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 8 << Chapter 8 Proem Simple arjuna uvāca kiṁ tad brahma kim adhyātmaṁ kiṁ karma puruṣottama adhibhūtaṁ ca kiṁ proktam adhidaivaṁ kim ucyate Queries Arjuna:— ‘O Purushottama!, What is Tad-Brahma? What is Adhyātma? What is Karma? What again is that which was called Adhibhūta; … 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