4.24.5 daivam evāpare yajñaṁ (Original)

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 4 << Chapter 4 verse 24 Simple daivam evāpare yajñaṁ yoginaḥ paryupāsate ‘Some Yogis devoutly observe the Daiva-yajña only.’ Daivam yajñam=Sacrifices or acts of worshipping the Divinity itself (God). This, some yogis i.e., some Karma-yogis, devoutly practise. That is, they make this, their fixed … Read more

4.24.5 dhaivam EvAparE yagyam

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 4 << Chapter 4 verse 24 SlOkam – Original dhaivam EvAparE yagyam yOgina: paryupAsathE | word-by-word meaning aparE yOgina: – Some other karma yOgis dhaivam – worshipping dhEvathAs yagyam Eva – yagya (sacrifice) only paryupAsathE – are specifically engaged. Simple Translation Some other karma … Read more

4.24 brahmArpaNam brahma havir

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 4 << Chapter 4 verse 23 SlOkam – Original brahmArpaNam brahma havir brahmAgnau brahmaNA hutham | brahmaiva thEna ganthavyam brahmakarmasamAdhinA || word-by-word meaning brahmArpaNam – offered with materials related to hOma/yagya which are forms of brahma (supreme lord) brahma havi: – the offering which … Read more

4.24 brahmārpaṇaṁ brahma havir (Original)

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 4 << Chapter 4 verse 23 Simple brahmārpaṇaṁ brahma havir brahmāgnau brahmaṇā hutam brahmaiva tena gantavyaṁ brahma-karma-samādhinā ‘By Brahma-apparatus, the Brahma-oblation is, by Brahma, offered in Brahma-fire. He who (so) contemplates karma (work) to be Brahma-full, goeth to Brahma Itself[1. This is the highest … Read more

4.23 gathasangasya mukthasya

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 4 << Chapter 4 verse 22 SlOkam – Original gathasangasya mukthasya gyAnAvasthithachEthasa: | yagyAyAcharatha: karma samagram pravileeyathE || word-by-word meaning gyAnAvasthitha chEthasa – one who is having a heart that is fully engaged in Athma gyAnam (knowledge about self) gatha sangasya – (as a … Read more

4.23 gata-saṅgasya muktasya (Original)

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 4 << Chapter 4 verse 22 Simple gata-saṅgasya muktasya jñānāvasthita-cetasaḥ yajñāyācarataḥ karma samagraṁ pravilīyate ‘All karma[2. Karma here means past deeds of a man, merit and demerit which tie him down to samsāra.] entirely ceases for him, who has ceased from attachment, who has … Read more

4.22 yadhruchchAlAbhasanthushtO

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 4 << Chapter 4 verse 21 SlOkam – Original yadhruchchAlAbhasanthushtO dhvandhvAthIthO vimathsara: | sama: sidhdhAvasidhdhau cha kruthvApi na nibadhyathE || word-by-word meaning yadhruchchA lAbha santhushta: – being satisfied with whatever comes his way (to sustain his body) dhvanthvAthItha: – tolerating the pairs (of joy-sorrow, … Read more

4.22 yadṛcchā-lābha-santuṣṭo (Original)

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 4 << Chapter 4 verse 21 Simple yadṛcchā-lābha-santuṣṭo dvandvātīto vimatsaraḥ samaḥ siddhāv asiddhau ca kṛtvāpi na nibadhyate ‘Content with whatever gain may, by chance, befal, above ‘pairs’[3. Pairs of opposites’ = ‘cold-heat`s’. The sense-contacts with external phenomena is sensations which are the sense-with-mind-contacts, ‘cold-heat’, … Read more

4.21 nirASIr yathachiththAthmA

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 4 << Chapter 4 verse 20 SlOkam – Original nirASIr yathachiththAthmA thyakthasarvaparigraha: | SArIram kEvalam karma kurvan nApnOthi kilbisham || word-by-word meaning nirASI: – being free from desire for results yathachiththAmA – having mind that is controlled (in relation to worldly aspects) thyaktha sarva … Read more

4.21 nirāśīr yata-cittātmā (Original)

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 4 << Chapter 4 verse 20 Simple nirāśīr yata-cittātmā tyakta-sarva-parigrahaḥ śārīraṁ kevalaṁ karma kurvan nāpnoti kilbiṣam ‘Bereft of expectancy, restraining the anxiety (chitta)[1. Buddhi, ahaṅkāra and chitta are the vṛittis or functions of the mind. Buddhi is adhyavasāya (or determination), ahaṅkāra is abhimāna (attachment … Read more