May 29, 2017 – KOYIL

11.23 rUpam mahath thE bahuvakthranEthram

May 29, 2017 by venkatesh

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 11 << Chapter 11 verse 22 SlOkam – Original rUpam mahath thE bahuvakthranEthram mahAbAhO bahubAhUrupAdham | bahUdharam bahudhamshtrAkarALam dhrushtvA lokA: pravyathithAs thathAham || word-by-word meaning mahA bAhO – Oh mighty armed! bahu vakthra nEthram – having many mouths and eyes bahu bAhUrUpAdham – having … Read more

11.23 rūpaṁ mahat te bahu-vaktra-netraṁ (Original)

May 29, 2017 by venkatesh

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 11 << Chapter 11 verse 22 Simple rūpaṁ mahat te bahu-vaktra-netraṁ mahā-bāho bahu-bāhūru-pādam bahūdaraṁ bahu-daṁṣṭrā-karālaṁ dṛṣṭvā lokāḥ pravyathitās tathāham ‘The worlds are put into a tremor, and Myself too, at seeing, O Strong-armed! Thy Magnificent Image, of many faces and many eyes, of many … 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