November 8, 2017

14.24 samadhu:khasukha: svastha:

November 8, 2017 by venkatesh

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 14 << Chapter 14 verse 23 SlOkam – Original samadhu:khasukha: svastha: samalOshtASmakAnchana: | thulyapriyApriyO dhIras thulyanindhAtmasaṁsthuthi: || word-by-word meaning sama dhu:kha sukha: – (one) who considers grief and joy equally svastha: – who is engaged in the soul (self) only sama lOshtASma kAnchana: – … Read more

14.24 sama-duḥkha-sukhaḥ sva-sthaḥ (Original)

November 8, 2017 by venkatesh

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 14 << Chapter 14 verse 23 Simple sama-duḥkha-sukhaḥ sva-sthaḥ sama-loṣṭāśma-kāñcanaḥ tulya-priyāpriyo dhīras tulya-nindātma-saṁstutiḥ ‘Equal in grief and joy; self-centred[1. Editor’s note: This phrase has a negative meaning suggesting “selfish” in modern English usage based on identification with the body, but Sri Govindacharya explains in … 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