May 14, 2017 – KOYIL

11.3 evam etad yathāttha tvam (Original)

May 14, 2017 by venkatesh

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 11 << Chapter 11 verse 2 Simple evam etad yathāttha tvam ātmānaṁ parameśvara draṣṭum icchāmi te rūpam aiśvaraṁ puruṣottama ‘As didst Thyself declare, Parameśvara[1. The 379th name of Vishṇu = The Supreme Sovereign.]! so do I wish to see Thy Sovereign Form, Purushottama!’ O … Read more

11.3 Evam EthadhyathA’’ththa thvam

June 22, 2024May 14, 2017 by venkatesh

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 11 << Chapter 11 verse 2 SlOkam – Original Evam EthadhyathA’’ththa thvam AthmAnam paramESvara | drashtum ichchAmi thE rUpam aiSvaram purushOththama || word-by-word meaning paramESvara – Oh sarvESvara! (Lord of all) purushOththama – Oh purushOththama! (greatest among all) yathA thvam AthmAnam Aththa – The … 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