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venkatesh SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 4 << Chapter 4 verse 37 SlOkam – Original na hi gyAnEna sadhruSam pavithram iha vidhyathE | thath svayam yOgasamsidhdha: kAlEnAthmani vindhathi || word-by-word meaning iha – in this world gyAnEna sadhruSam – matching knowledge about self pavithram – purifying na vidhyathE – (any … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 4 << Chapter 4 verse 37 Simple na hi jñānena sadṛśaṁ pavitram iha vidyate tat svayaṁ yoga-saṁsiddhaḥ kālenātmani vindati ‘No purifier, like wisdom, is there existing. He who is (karma-)yoga-perfect realizes it in himself in time.’ Inasmuch as there exists here —in the universe—no … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 4 << Chapter 4 verse 36 SlOkam – Original yathaidhAmsi samidhdhO’gnir bhasmasAth kuruthE’rjuna | gyAnAgni: sarvakarmANi bhasmasAth kuruthE thathA || word-by-word meaning arjuna – Oh arjuna! samidhdha: agni – fierce fire EdhAmasi – firewood yathA basmasAth kuruthE – as reduces to ashes thathA – … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 4 << Chapter 4 verse 36 Simple yathaidhāṁsi samiddho ’gnir bhasma-sāt kurute ’rjuna jñānāgniḥ sarva-karmāṇi bhasma-sāt kurute tathā ‘Like the kindled fire, Arjuna!, consuming a heap of sticks, the fire of wisdom reduces all action to ashes.’ In the manner that fire, well-kindled, burns … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 4 << Chapter 4 verse 35 SlOkam – Original api chEdhasi pApEbhya: sarvEbhya: pApakruththama: | sarvam gyAnaplavEnaiva vrujinam santharishyasi || word-by-word meaning sarvEbhaya: pApEbhya: – than all sinners pApakruththama: api chEth asi – even if you are a greater sinner sarvam vrujinam – all … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 4 << Chapter 4 verse 35 Simple api ced asi pāpebhyaḥ sarvebhyaḥ pāpa-kṛt-tamaḥ sarvaṁ jñāna-plavenaiva vṛjinaṁ santariṣyasi ‘Wert thou an evil-doer, even greater than the greatest sinners, thou shouldst yet, with this wisdom-bark, swim across (the sea of) evil.’ Supposing that thou wert a … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 4 << Chapter 4 verse 34 Simple yaj jñātvā na punar moham evaṁ yāsyasi pāṇḍava yena bhūtāny aśeṣāṇi drakṣyasy ātmany atho mayi ‘Knowing which (jñāna), Pāndava[1. The son of Pāndu=Arjuna.]! thou wilt not again be under delusion;— that jñāna, by which thou wilt see … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 4 << Chapter 4 verse 34 SlOkam – Original yath gyAthvA na punar mOham Evam yAsyasi pANdava | yEna bhUthAnyaSEshANa dhrakshyasyAthmanyathO mayi || word-by-word meaning yath – that knowledge gyAthvA – knowing puna: – again Evam – in this manner mOham – bewilderment (such … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 4 << Chapter 4 verse 33 SlOkam – Original thadhvidhdhi praNipAthEna paripraSnEna sEvayA | upadhEkshyanthi thE gyAnam gyAninas thathvadharSina: || word-by-word meaning praNipAthEna – by offering obeisances properly paripraSnEna – by asking questions with proper attitude sEvayA – by performing service thath – that … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 4 << Chapter 4 verse 33 Simple tad viddhi praṇipātena paripraśnena sevayā upadekṣyanti te jñānaṁ jñāninas tattva-darśinaḥ ‘By prostrations, by fair questionings and by service (sevā), know this. The truth-seeing Saints (jñaninaḥ) shall instruct thee in wisdom.’ Know this: that is, knowledge (or wisdom) … Read more