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Chapter 5 – karma sanyAsa yOga (On work-Renunciation)

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SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Original << Chapter 4 bhagavath rAmAnuja at AzhwArthirunagari, SrIperumbUthUr, SrIrangam and thirunArAyaNapuram AUM ŚRI BHAGAVAD-GĪTĀ WITH SRI RĀMĀNUJA’S VIŚISHTĀDVAITA COMMENTARY FIFTH LECTURE KARMA-SANYĀSA-YOGA OR ON WORK RENUNCIATION INTRODUCTION In Lecture Four, the wisdom-(or knowledge) aspect of Karma-Yoga was treated of, with special reference to the … Read more

Chapter 5 – KARMA-SANYĀSA-YOGA (ON WORK-RENUNCIATION) (Original)

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SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Simple << Chapter 4 bhagavath rAmAnuja at AzhwArthirunagari, SrIperumbUthUr, SrIrangam and thirunArAyaNapuram AUM ŚRI BHAGAVAD-GĪTĀ WITH SRI RĀMĀNUJA’S VIŚISHTĀDVAITA COMMENTARY FIFTH LECTURE KARMA-SANYĀSA-YOGA OR ON WORK RENUNCIATION PROEM In Lecture Four, the wisdom-(or knowledge) aspect of Karma-Yoga was treated of, with special reference to the … Read more

4.42 thasmAth agyAnasambhUtham

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SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 4 << Chapter 4 verse 41 SlOkam – Original thasmAth agyAnasambhUtham hruthstham gyAnAsinAthmana: | chithvainaṁ samSayam yOgam AthishtOththishta bhAratha || word-by-word meaning bhAratha – Oh descendant of bharatha clan! thasmAth – since one cannot attain mOksham by previously explained karma yOga [engaging merely in … Read more

4.42 tasmād ajñāna-sambhūtaṁ (Original)

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SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 4 << Chapter 4 verse 41 Simple tasmād ajñāna-sambhūtaṁ hṛt-sthaṁ jñānāsinātmanaḥ chittvainaṁ saṁśayaṁ yogam ātiṣṭhottiṣṭha bhārata ‘With the sword of wisdom, then, Bhārata[1. Arjuna, descendant of Bharata.]!, cleaving all this ignorance-born doubt settling in thy heart, arise, and practise (karma) yoga.’ With the sword … Read more

4.41 yOgasanyasthakarmANam

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SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 4 << Chapter 4 verse 40 SlOkam – Original yOgasanyasthakarmANam gyAnasanchinnasamSayam | Athmavantham na karmANi nibadhnanthi dhananjaya || word-by-word meaning dhananjaya – Oh arjuna! yOga sanyastha karmANam – One who has abandoned mere karma on hearing the previously explained budhdhi yOga gyAna sanchinna samSayam  … Read more

4.41 yoga-sannyasta-karmāṇaṁ (Original)

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SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 4 << Chapter 4 verse 40 Simple yoga-sannyasta-karmāṇaṁ jñāna-sañchinna-saṁśayam ātmavantaṁ na karmāṇi nibadhnanti dhanañ-jaya ‘No deeds bind him, Dhanañjaya[2. Arjuna. Lit: ‘the despiser of wealth’.]!, whose works are yoga-dedicated, whose doubts are wisdom-cut, whose mind is firmly-fixt.’ ‘Work, yoga-dedicated (yoga-sanyasta-karma)’: yoga is karma-yoga, or … Read more

4.40 agyaS chASradhdhadhAnaS cha

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SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 4 << Chapter 4 verse 39 SlOkam – Original agyaS chASradhdhadhAnaS cha samSayAthmA vinaSyathi | nAyaṁ lOkO’sthi na parO na sukham samSayAthmana: || word-by-word meaning agya: cha – one who is devoid of knowledge about self (which is acquired by instructions from the learned) … Read more

4.40 ajñaś cāśraddadhānaś ca (Original)

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SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 4 << Chapter 4 verse 39 Simple ajñaś cāśraddadhānaś ca saṁśayātmā vinaśyati nāyaṁ loko ’sti na paro na sukhaṁ saṁśayātmanaḥ ‘The ignorant, non-earnest, skeptic-minded, perishes. To the skeptic-minded, this world is not, nor the other, nor happiness.’ A-jñaḥ or ignorant: is he who is … Read more

4.39 SradhdhAvAn labhathE gyAnam

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SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 4 << Chapter 4 verse 38 SlOkam – Original SradhdhAvAn labhathE gyAnam thathpara: samyathEndhriya: | gyAnaṁ labdhvA parAm SAnthim achirENAdhigachchathi || word-by-word meaning SradhdhAvAn – one who is eager (in nurturing Athma gyAnam (knowledge about self)) thathpara: – being fully focussed in that samyathEndhriya: … Read more

4.39 śraddhāvāḻ labhate jñānaṁ (Original)

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SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 4 << Chapter 4 verse 38 Simple śraddhāvāḻ labhate jñānaṁ tat-paraḥ saṁyatendriyaḥ jñānaṁ labdhvā parāṁ śāntim acireṇādhigacchati ‘Whoso is full of faith, is intent thereon, and is of subdued senses, he attains wisdom. Wisdom attained, soon after, attains he to Supreme Peace.'[1. Cp. With … Read more