November 22, 2017

15.7 mamaivAmSO jIvalOkE

November 22, 2017 by venkatesh

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 15 << Chapter 15 verse 6 SlOkam – Original mamaivAmSO jIvalOkE jIvabhUtha: sanAthana: | mana:shashtAnIndhriyANi prakruthisthAni karshathi || word-by-word meaning (based on puththUr krishNamAchArya swAmy’s thamizh translation) sanAthana: – existing since time immemorial (forever) mama amSa: Eva (san) – one amongst the jIvAthmAs who … Read more

15.7 mamaivāṁśo jīva-loke (Original)

November 22, 2017 by venkatesh

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 15 << Chapter 15 verse 6 Simple mamaivāṁśo jīva-loke jīva-bhūtaḥ sanātanaḥ manaḥ-ṣaṣṭhānīndriyāṇi prakṛti-sthāni karṣati ‘This portion[1. Sri M.R.Sampatkumaran’s Gitabhashya (1972) translation explain this: The self and the Lord are fundamentally distinct from one another. But, as the thing owned and the Owner, they become … 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