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venkatesh 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
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 5 << Chapter 5 verse 18 SlOkam – Original ihaiva thair jitha: sargO yeshAm sAmyE sthitham mana: | nirdhOsham hi samam brahma thasmAth brahmaNi thE sthithA: || word-by-word meaning yEshAm mana: – the minds of those sAmyE – equality of AthmAs (explained in previous … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 5 << Chapter 5 verse 17 SlOkam – Original vidhyA vinaya sampannE brAhmaNE gavi hasthini | Suni chaiva SvapAkE cha paNdithA: samadharSina: || word-by-word meaning paNdithA: – the wise vidhyA vinaya sampannE (brAhmaNE) – in a brAhmaNa who has knowledge and humility brAhmaNE – … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 5 << Chapter 5 verse 17 Simple vidyā-vinaya-sampanne brāhmaṇe gavi hastini śuni caiva śva-pāke ca paṇḍitāḥ sama-darśinaḥ ‘The wise equally regard the brāhmaṇa, or one of culture and conduct, or the cow, or the elephant, or even the dog or even the abject outcaste[1. … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 5 << Chapter 5 verse 18 Simple ihaiva tair jitaḥ sargo yeṣāṁ sāmye sthitaṁ manaḥ nirdoṣaṁ hi samaṁ brahma tasmād brahmaṇi te sthitāḥ ‘By them, whose mind is fixed in (this) equality (or sameness), even here is migration (sarga) overcome. Verily is brahma (ātma) … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 5 << Chapter 5 verse 16 SlOkam – Original thadhbudhdhayas thadhAthmAnas thannishtAs thathparAyaNA: | gachchanthyapunarAvruththim gyAnanirdhUthakalmashA: || word-by-word meaning thatdhbudhdhaya: – firmly focussed on previously explained self-realisation thadhAthmana: – having their heart fully attached to that thannishtA: – firmly practising it thath parAyaNA: – … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 5 << Chapter 5 verse 16 Simple tad-buddhayas tad-ātmānas tan-niṣṭhās tat-parāyaṇāḥ gacchanty apunar-āvṛttiṁ jñāna-nirdhūta-kalmaṣāḥ ‘Meditating on that (ātma), engrossed in that, pursuing that, aiming that, they go, wisdom-effaced of taint, to the non-reverting (that)[3. Another rendering of 17: ‘Those who, set the whole intellect … Read more