Guest guest Posted May 7, 1998 Report Share Posted May 7, 1998 >Hare Krishna! As a newcomer to this list, it has become obvious that a >little fluency in Sanskrit and Tamil would enable one to better appreciate >some of the beautiful devotional postings that are routinely made here. >Therefore, as one who is ignorant of both Sanskrit and Tamil, I request some >kind devotee to please provide some English translations of the following >terms. > >pAsuram ] verse in Tamil, similar somewhat to shloka in Sanskrit > >Emperumaan ] Bhagavaan > >parathvam ] Supremacy > >sowlabhyam Ease of accessibility > >anubhavam ] experience > >Embar ] Govinda or nephew of Ramanujacharya > >bhAgawathAL ] bhaagavatas or devotees > >ThirumEni ] body (generally Bhagavaan's made up of shuddha sattva) > >upanyaasam lecture > >AzhwAr (Alvaar?) Alwar as it is sometimes written but the l is the wrong >pronunciation. > >Also, I would appreciate if someone could help explain the transliteration >scheme used for many of the Tamil words on this list. For example, what is >the difference between "A" and "aa"? What do capital letter signify? What is >"E"? And so on and so forth. > >Thanks in advance. > >your servant, > >-- Krishna Susarla > There is no difference between aa and A. Tamil has two different endings >in the sound ay like in say. One is short and the other is long. That is >why there are two different Es used. > >Also, since no one has attempted to answer the question on why Vishnu should >meditate, adiyen takes a shot at it. This has not been referred to an >Acharya and this answer is inference only. > >Sri Thirukullam Narasimha Raghavachariar explains how the Geeta itself is an >avataram separate from Krishna. So are Vyasa, Balarama, Srimad Bhagavatam, >the Vedas and the Vedic mantras. It is stated in the life of Ramanujacharya >that Lord Ranganatha instructed the priests to bring Ramanujacharya to >Srirangam. It is also stated that He (Ranganatha) told them to propitiate >Lord Varadaraja first, as Ramanujacharya will not show up in Srirangam, >unless Lord Varadaraja gave permission). Here Ranganatha and Varadaraja are >the same Bhagavaan in two different deity forms. Yet they are dealt with as >if they are different personalities. Therefore Vishnu meditating on Vedic >Mantras may be just His pastime between various manifestations of Himself. > >adiyen >jaganath. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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