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SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 5 << Chapter 5 verse 21 SlOkam – Original yE hi samsparSajA bhogA dhu:kha yOnaya Eva thE | Adhyantavantha: kaunthEya na thEshu ramathE budha: || word-by-word meaning kaunthEya – Oh son of kunthI! yE samsparSajA: bhOgA: – those sensual pleasures which are derived by … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 5 << Chapter 5 verse 21 Simple ye hi saṁsparśa-jā bhogā duḥkha-yonaya eva te ādy-antavantaḥ kaunteya na teṣu ramate budhaḥ ‘As verily the contact-derived delights are wombs of grief, with beginnings and endings, no sage, Kaunteya[1. Cognomen of Arjuna (Son of Kunti = Arjuna).]! … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 5 << Chapter 5 verse 20 SlOkam – Original bAhyasparSEshvasakthAthmA vindhathyAthmani yath sukham | sa brahmayOgayukthAthmA sukham akshayam aSnuthE || word-by-word meaning ya: – that karma yOgi bAhya sparSEshu – external sensual pleasures asakthAthmA – being unattached Athmani – in AthmA (who is in-dwelling) … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 5 << Chapter 5 verse 20 Simple bāhya-sparśeṣv asaktātmā vindaty ātmani yat sukham sa brahma-yoga-yuktātmā sukham akṣayam aśnute ‘With mind unattached to external contacts (sense-delights), whoso feels delight in ātma (itself), joins himself in mind, to brahma-yoga, and tastes eternal bliss.’ Thus, in the … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 5 << Chapter 5 verse 19 SlOkam – Original na prahrushyEth priyam prApya nOdhvijEth prApya chApriyam | sthirabudhdhir asammUdO brahmavith brahmaNi sthitha: || word-by-word meaning sthira budhdhi: – focussed on the eternal AthmA asammUda: – not deluded thinking the temporary body as AthmA brahmavith … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 5 << Chapter 5 verse 19 Simple na prahṛṣyet priyaṁ prāpya nodvijet prāpya cāpriyam sthira-buddhir asammūḍho brahma-vid brahmaṇi sthitaḥ ‘He shall not exult, attaining the ‘agreeable,’ nor grieve, encountering the ‘disagreeable’. The steady-willed, undeluded, brahma-knower, remains in brahma itself.’ ‘Agreeable’ and ‘disagreeable’ things happen … Read more