SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama:
SlOkam – Original
ahimsA sathyam akrOdhas thyAga: SAnthir apaiSunam |
dhayA bhUthEshvalOlupthvam mArdhavam hrIr achApalam ||
word-by-word meaning
ahimsA – not harming any creature
sathyam – speaking the truth which causes good to all creatures
akrOdha: – not having anger (which leads to harming others)
thyAga: – giving up (those aspects which do not cause any good to self)
SAnthi: – training the senses (except mind) to not engage in sensual pleasures
apaiSutham – avoiding slander (which causes harm to others)
bhUthEshu dhayA – being unable to tolerate the sufferings of other creatures
alOlupthvam – being detached from worldly matters
mArdhavam – being gentle (to be easily approached by noble persons)
hrI: – being ashamed (of engaging in harmful activities)
achApalam – not even desiring for the aspects which are in reach
Simple Translation
… not harming any creature, speaking the truth which causes good to all creatures, not having anger (which leads to harming others), giving up (those aspects which do not cause any good to self), training the senses (except mind) to not engage in sensual pleasures, avoiding slander (which causes harm to others), being unable to tolerate the sufferings of other creatures, being detached from worldly matters, being gentle (to be easily approached by noble persons), being ashamed (of engaging in harmful activities), not even desiring for the aspects which are in reach …
Rendering based on ALkoNdavilli gOvindhAchArya swAmy’s English translation of gIthA bhAshyam
‘Harmlessness, veracity, wrathlessness, renunciation, serenity, slanderlessness, sympathy for life, relishlessness, gentleness, modesty, fickle-lessness.’
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