September 4, 2017

13.34 kshEthrakshEthragyayOr Evam antharam

September 4, 2017 by venkatesh

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 13 << Chapter 13 verse 33 SlOkam – Original kshEthrakshEthragyayOr Evam antharam gyAnachakshusha | bhUthaprakruthimOksham cha yE vidhur yAnthi thE param || word-by-word meaning Evam – as explained in this chapter kshEthra kshEthragyayO: antharam – the difference between kshEthra (body) and kshEthragya (soul) bhUtha … Read more

13.34 kṣetra-kṣetrajñayor evam antaraṁ (Original)

September 4, 2017 by venkatesh

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 13 << Chapter 13 verse 33 Simple kṣetra-kṣetrajñayor evam antaraṁ jñāna-cakṣuṣā bhūta-prakṛti-mokṣaṁ ca ye vidur yānti te param ‘They attain to the Transcendent, who by the wisdom-eye ken the difference betwixt Kshetra and Kshetrajña, also (do they attain) deliverance from matter manifest.’ Difference=(antaram)=the distinctive … 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