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1.1 – dharmakshEthrE

October 1, 2015 by sarathy

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 1 SlOkam dhrutharAshtra uvAcha dharmakshEthrE kurukshEthrE samavEthA yuyuthsuva: | mAmakA: pANdavAschaiva kimakurvatha sanjaya || word-by-word meaning sanjaya – Oh sanjaya! dharmakshEthrE kurukshEthrE – in the righteous land of kurukshEthra yuyuthsava – having the desire to fight samavEthA – assembled as a group mAmakA: – … Read more

Chapter 1 – arjuna vishAdha yOga

September 29, 2015 by venkatesh

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Original << Preface bhagavath rAmAnuja at AzhwArthirunagari, SrIperumbUthUr, SrIrangam and thirunArAyaNapuram SrI rAmAnuja‘s thaniyan (invocation) on ALavandhAr for gIthA bhAshyam yath padhAmbhOruhadhyAna vidhvasthAsEsha kalmasha: vasthuthAmupayA dhOham yAmunEyam namAmitham I worship yAmunAchAryar by whose mercy my defects have been removed and I have become an identifiable … Read more

Preface (Essence of SrI bhagavath gIthA)

August 26, 2024September 14, 2015 by venkatesh

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: SrI bhagavath gIthA is the most integral part of the famous epic mahAbhAratha. As the earth was burdened with evil forces, SrIman nArAyaNa appeared as krishNa towards the end of dhvApara yuga to protect the saintly people, eliminate the evil forces and establish dharma, as … 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