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SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 12 << Chapter 12 verse 18 SlOkam – Original thulyanindhAsthuthir maunI santhushtO yEna kEnachit | anikEtha: sthiramathir bhakthimAn mE priyO nara: || word-by-word meaning thulya nindhA sthuthi: – being equal towards praise and blame maunI – being silent (while others praise or blame him) … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 12 << Chapter 12 verse 18 Simple tulya-nindā-stutir maunī santuṣṭo yena kenacit aniketaḥ sthira-matir bhaktimān me priyo naraḥ ‘Unto praise and blame the same; silent; with anything satisfied; not home-tied; mind-steady; that man of Bhakti is dear to Me.’ The absence of hate towards … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 12 << Chapter 12 verse 17 SlOkam – Original sama: Sathrau cha mithrE cha thathA mAnApamAnayO: | SIthOshNasukhadhu:khEshu sama: sangavivarjitha: || word-by-word meaning Sathrau cha mithrE cha sama: – being equal towards the foe and friend (who are nearby) thathA – in the same … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 12 << Chapter 12 verse 17 Simple samaḥ śatrau ca mitre ca tathā mānāpamānayoḥ śītoṣṇa-sukha-duḥkheṣu samaḥ saṅga-vivarjitaḥ ‘Unto friend and foe, equal; likewise to glory and shame; to heat and cold, pleasure and pain, equal; from attachment, exempt;’ >> Chapter 12 verse 19 archived … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 12 << Chapter 12 verse 16 SlOkam – Original yO na hrushyathi na dhvEshti na SOchathi na kAnkshathi | SubhASubhaparithyAgI bhakthimAn ya: sa mE priya: || word-by-word meaning ya: na hrushyathi – that karma yOga nishta (karma yOga practitioner) who does not become joyful … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 12 << Chapter 12 verse 16 Simple yo na hṛṣyati na dveṣṭi na śocati na kāṅkṣati śubhāśubha-parityāgī bhaktimān yaḥ sa me priyaḥ ‘Who exults not, hates not, grieves not, craves not, the renouncer of good and evil, that Bhakta is dear to Me.’ The … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 12 << Chapter 12 verse 15 SlOkam – Original anapEksha: Suchir dhaksha udhAsInO gathavyatha: | sarvArambhaparithyAgI yO madhbhaktha: sa mE priya: || word-by-word meaning anapEksha: – not desiring anything other than AthmA Suchi: – having AhAra Sudhdhi (purity in food consumption) dhaksha: – being … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 12 << Chapter 12 verse 15 Simple anapekṣaḥ śucir dakṣa udāsīno gata-vyathaḥ sarvārambha-parityāgī yo mad-bhaktaḥ sa me priyaḥ ‘Desireless, pure, proficient, unconcerned, unafflicted, surceasing from all undertakings, —that Bhakta is dear to Me.’ An-apekshaḥ=Having no love or desire for any thing else save ātma … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 12 << Chapter 12 verse 14 SlOkam – Original yasmAn nOdhvijathE lOkO lOkAn nOdhvijathE cha ya: | harshAmarshabhayOdhvEgair mukthO ya: sa cha mE priya: || word-by-word meaning yasmAth – For that karma yOga nishta (practitioner of karma yOga) lOka: – this world na udhvijathE … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 12 << Chapter 12 verse 14 Simple yasmān nodvijate loko lokān nodvijate ca yaḥ harṣāmarṣa-bhayodvegair mukto yaḥ sa ca me priyaḥ ‘He from whom the world fears not; he who, by the world, is frightened not; who is quit of joy and wrath, dread … Read more