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SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 3 << Chapter 3 verse 39 SlOkam – Original indhriyANi manO budhdhir asyAdhishtAnam uchyathE | Ethair vimOhayathyEsha gyAnam Avruthya dhEhinam || word-by-word meaning asya – for this kAma indhriyANi – sense organs mana: – mind budhdhi – firm intellect (in sense gratification) adhishtAnam – … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 3 << Chapter 3 verse 39 Simple indriyāṇi mano buddhir asyādhiṣṭhānam ucyate etair vimohayaty eṣa jñānam āvṛtya dehinam ‘The senses, the manas[1. Manas is generally translated as mind, but mind in English Psychology is a general term denoting Intellect (or Thought), Will (or Volition) … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 3 << Chapter 3 verse 38 SlOkam – Original Avrutham gyAnam EthEna gyAninO nithyavairiNA | kAmarUpENa kaunthEya dushpUrENAnalena cha || word-by-word meaning kaunthEya – Oh son of kunthI! dhushpUrENa – desiring for aspects which are impossible to attain and not being content (analEna – … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 3 << Chapter 3 verse 38 Simple āvṛtaṁ jñānam etena jñānino nitya-vairiṇā kāma-rūpeṇa kaunteya duṣpūreṇānalena ca ‘The understanding (jñāna[4. Jñāna is a term in Samskṛit, which, according to the place where it occurs, variously means, knowledge, wisdom, reason, understanding, sense intelligence, intellect, consciousness and … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 3 << Chapter 3 verse 37 SlOkam – Original dhUmEnAvriyathE vahnir yathAdarSo malEna cha | yathOlbEnAvruthO garbhas thathA thEnEdham Avrutham || word-by-word meaning vahni: – fire yathA dhUmEna AvriyathE – as covered by smoke AdharSa: – mirror (yathA) cha malEna (AvriyathE) – as covered … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 3 << Chapter 3 verse 37 Simple dhūmenāvriyate vahnir yathādarśo malena ca yatholbenāvṛto garbhas tathā tenedam āvṛtam ‘Like the fire enveloped by smoke, the mirror by stain, and the embryo by the amnion, so is this (world) wrapped in it (lust).’ This=all creatures (the … Read more