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SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 4 << Chapter 4 verse 41 SlOkam – Original thasmAth agyAnasambhUtham hruthstham gyAnAsinAthmana: | chithvainaṁ samSayam yOgam AthishtOththishta bhAratha || word-by-word meaning bhAratha – Oh descendant of bharatha clan! thasmAth – since one cannot attain mOksham by previously explained karma yOga [engaging merely in … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 4 << Chapter 4 verse 41 Simple tasmād ajñāna-sambhūtaṁ hṛt-sthaṁ jñānāsinātmanaḥ chittvainaṁ saṁśayaṁ yogam ātiṣṭhottiṣṭha bhārata ‘With the sword of wisdom, then, Bhārata[1. Arjuna, descendant of Bharata.]!, cleaving all this ignorance-born doubt settling in thy heart, arise, and practise (karma) yoga.’ With the sword … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 4 << Chapter 4 verse 40 SlOkam – Original yOgasanyasthakarmANam gyAnasanchinnasamSayam | Athmavantham na karmANi nibadhnanthi dhananjaya || word-by-word meaning dhananjaya – Oh arjuna! yOga sanyastha karmANam – One who has abandoned mere karma on hearing the previously explained budhdhi yOga gyAna sanchinna samSayam … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 4 << Chapter 4 verse 40 Simple yoga-sannyasta-karmāṇaṁ jñāna-sañchinna-saṁśayam ātmavantaṁ na karmāṇi nibadhnanti dhanañ-jaya ‘No deeds bind him, Dhanañjaya[2. Arjuna. Lit: ‘the despiser of wealth’.]!, whose works are yoga-dedicated, whose doubts are wisdom-cut, whose mind is firmly-fixt.’ ‘Work, yoga-dedicated (yoga-sanyasta-karma)’: yoga is karma-yoga, or … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 4 << Chapter 4 verse 39 SlOkam – Original agyaS chASradhdhadhAnaS cha samSayAthmA vinaSyathi | nAyaṁ lOkO’sthi na parO na sukham samSayAthmana: || word-by-word meaning agya: cha – one who is devoid of knowledge about self (which is acquired by instructions from the learned) … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 4 << Chapter 4 verse 39 Simple ajñaś cāśraddadhānaś ca saṁśayātmā vinaśyati nāyaṁ loko ’sti na paro na sukhaṁ saṁśayātmanaḥ ‘The ignorant, non-earnest, skeptic-minded, perishes. To the skeptic-minded, this world is not, nor the other, nor happiness.’ A-jñaḥ or ignorant: is he who is … Read more