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SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 9 << Chapter 9 verse 33 SlOkam – Original manmanA bhava madhbhaktha: madhyAjI mAm namaskuru | mAm Evaishyasi yukthvaivam AthmAnam mathparAyaNa: || word-by-word meaning manmanA bhava – have your mind fixed on me continuously. madhbhaktha bhava – (that too) have great love towards me. … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 9 << Chapter 9 verse 33 Simple man-manā bhava mad-bhakto mad-yājī māṁ namaskuru mām evaiṣyasi yuktvaivam ātmānaṁ mat-parāyaṇaḥ ‘Fix thy heart on Me, be My beloved, be My worshipper, and bend thyself to Me. Mind thus devoted, and giving thyself up to Me, thou … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 9 << Chapter 9 verse 32 SlOkam – Original kim punar brAhmaNA: puNyA bhakthA rAjarshayas thathA | anithyam asukham lOkam imam prApya bhajasva mAm || word-by-word meaning puNyA: – taken such births due to previous puNyas (virtuous deeds) brAhmaNA: – brAhmaNas (the priestly class) … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 9 << Chapter 9 verse 32 Simple kiṁ punar brāhmaṇāḥ puṇyā bhaktā rājarṣayas tathā anityam asukhaṁ lokam imaṁ prāpya bhajasva mām ‘Why doubt then, about the merit-full loving brāhmaṇas and king-saints. Do thou, who art in this transient and joyless world, worship Me'[1. Vide … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 9 << Chapter 9 verse 31 SlOkam – Original mAm hi pArtha vyapASrithya yE’pi syu: pApayOnaya: | sthriyO vaiSyAs thathA SUdhrAs thE’pi yAnthi parAm gathim || word-by-word meaning pArtha – Oh son of kunthI! sthriya: – women vaiSyA – vaiSyas (merchant class) thathA SUdhrA: … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 9 << Chapter 9 verse 31 Simple māṁ hi pārtha vyapāśritya ye ’pi syuḥ pāpa-yonayaḥ striyo vaiśyās tathā śūdrās te ’pi yānti parāṁ gatim ‘Be they the sin-born[1. Editor’s note: “sin-born” is to be understood on multiple levels. At a very general/basic level every … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 9 << Chapter 9 verse 30 SlOkam – Original kshipram bhavathi dharmAthmA SaSvachchAnthim nigachchathi | kaunthEya prathijAnIhi na mE bhaktha: praNaSyathi || word-by-word meaning (Though one who is engaged in devotion towards me, has bad conduct) kshipram – soon dharmAthmA bhavathi – he becomes … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 9 << Chapter 9 verse 30 Simple kṣipraṁ bhavati dharmātmā śaśvac-chāntiṁ nigacchati kaunteya pratijānīhi na me bhaktaḥ praṇaśyati ‘Speedy becometh he a holy soul, and flieth to eternal rest. Promise Me, Kaunteya! that My Bhakta (beloved) perisheth not.'[2. Cp: XVIII-65, Bh: Gi: where the … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 9 << Chapter 9 verse 29 SlOkam – Original api chEth sudhurAchArO bhajathE mAm ananyabhAk | sAdhur Eva sa manthavya: samyag vyavasithO hi sa: || word-by-word meaning su dhurAchAra api – even if he has very lowly characteristics/conduct mAm – in me ananyabhAk – … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 9 << Chapter 9 verse 29 Simple api cet su-durācāro bhajate mām ananya-bhāk sādhur eva sa mantavyaḥ samyag vyavasito hi saḥ ‘Even if one were of flagitiously wicked ways, if he but pay Me exclusive worship, he is to be esteemed as virtuous; for … Read more