SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama:
SlOkam – Original
svE svE karmaNyabhiratha: samsidhdhim labhathE nara: |
svakarmaniratha: sidhdhim yathA vindhati thachchruNu ||
word-by-word meaning
svE svE karmaNi – in activities according to one’s varNa
abhiratha: – involved
nara: – person
samsidhdhim – fruit of mOksham
labathE – attains
sva karma niratha: – one who acts according to one’s varNa
yathA sidhdhim vindhathithath – how he attains the fruit of mOksham
SruNu – listen
Simple Translation
A person who is involved in activities according to his varNa attains the fruit of mOksham; now listen [from me] how one, who acts according to one’s varNa, attains the fruit of mOksham.
Rendering based on ALkoNdavilli gOvindhAchArya swAmy’s English translation of gIthA bhAshyam
‘Each devoted to his own duty, man wins perfectness. How the devoted to his duty wins perfectness, listen.’
Every man devoted to his own duty obtains Samsiddhi = Paramapada = The final State of Perfection. How a man wins Paramapada, listen :
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