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SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 15 << Chapter 15 verse 1.5 SlOkam – Original adhaS cha mUlAnyanusanthathAni karmAnubandhIni manushyalOkE | word-by-word meaning (for this material realm which is a tree) adha: manushyalOkE cha – in the manushya lOka (earth), which is below karmAnubandhIni – bondage of karma (deeds) mUlAni … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 15 << Chapter 15 verse 1.5 Simple adhaś ca mūlāny anusantatāni karmānubandhīni manuṣya-loke ‘Below, in the world of men, do stretch its karma-bound rootlets.’ This Tree having the root in Brahma-loka, and the (branch-)ends in (the world of) man, has its rootlets again in … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 15 << Chapter 15 verse 1 SlOkam – Original adhaS chOrdhvam prasruthAs thasya SAkhA guNapravrudhdhA vishayapravALA: | word-by-word meaning thasya – that tree’s SAKhA: – (some more) branches guNa pravrudhdhA: – nourished by the qualities such as sathva, rajas and thamas vishaya pravALA: – … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 15 << Chapter 15 verse 1 Simple adhaś cordhvaṁ prasṛtās tasya śākhā guṇa-pravṛddhā viṣaya-pravālāḥ ‘Below as well as above, do its branches spread nourished by the Guṇas[1. Or qualities or properties of matter, Satvam &c., (note 1, verse 2.45)]; its sprouts (are) the sense … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 15 << Chapter 15 Introduction SlOkam – Original SrI bhagavAn uvAcha UrdhvamUlam adha:SAkham aSvaththam prAhur avyayam | chandhAmsi yasya parNAni yas tham vEdha sa vEdhavith || word-by-word meaning (yam) aSvaththam – that samsAram which is [like] a peepal tree Urdhva mUlam – having the … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 15 << Chapter 15 Introduction Simple śrī-bhagavān uvāca ūrdhva-mūlam adhaḥ-śākham aśvatthaṁ prāhur avyayam chandāṁsi yasya parṇāni yas taṁ veda sa veda-vit The Blessed Lord continued :— ‘With root above and branches below, they speak of an Aśvattha Tree[1. For yogic interpretation of this Symbol … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Original << Chapter 14 bhagavath rAmAnuja at AzhwArthirunagari, SrIperumbUthUr, SrIrangam and thirunArAyaNapuram AUM ŚRI BHAGAVAD-GĪTĀ WITH SRI RĀMĀNUJA’S VIŚISHTĀDVAITA COMMENTARY THE FIFTEENTH LECTURE NAMED, THE PURANA-PURUSHOTTAMA-YOGA OR THE WAY TO THE PRIMAL SPIRIT SUBLIME. INTRODUCTION IN the Lecture (XIII), treating of the distinction between … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Simple << Chapter 14 bhagavath rAmAnuja at AzhwArthirunagari, SrIperumbUthUr, SrIrangam and thirunArAyaNapuram AUM ŚRI BHAGAVAD-GĪTĀ WITH SRI RĀMĀNUJA’S VIŚISHTĀDVAITA COMMENTARY THE FIFTEENTH LECTURE NAMED, THE PURANA-PURUSHOTTAMA-YOGA OR THE WAY TO THE PRIMAL SPIRIT SUBLIME. PROEM IN the Lecture (XIII), treating of the distinction between … Read more