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venkatesh SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 30 SlOkam – Original yayA dharmam adharmam cha kAryam chAkAryam Eva cha | ayathAvath prajAnAthi budhdhi: sA pArtha rAjasI || word-by-word meaning pArtha – Oh son of kunthI! yayA – with the knowledge dharmam adharmam cha – dharma (righteous … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 30 Simple yayā dharmam adharmaṁ ca kāryaṁ cākāryam eva ca ayathāvat prajānāti buddhiḥ sā pārtha rājasī ‘That is Rājasa-reason, Pārtha! which erroneously conceives Dharma and Adharma, duty and non-duty.’ That is Rājasa-Reason, which rightly discerns not between the two … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 29 SlOkam – Original pravruththim cha nivruththim cha kAryAkAryE bhayAbhayE | bandham mOksham cha yA vEththi budhdhi: sA pArtha sAthvikI || word-by-word meaning pArtha – Oh son of kunthI! pravruththim cha – the righteous acts which are means for … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 29 Simple pravṛttiṁ ca nivṛttiṁ ca kāryākārye bhayābhaye bandhaṁ mokṣaṁ ca yā vetti buddhiḥ sā pārtha sāttvikī ‘That is Sātvika-Reason, Pārtha! which discerns action and inaction, duty and non-duty, fear and non-fear, bondage and release.’ Action or advance (pravṛitti)[1. … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 28 SlOkam – Original budhdhEr bhedham dhruthES chaiva guNathas thrividham SruNu | prOchyamAnam aSEshENa pruthakthvEna dhananjaya || word-by-word meaning dhananjaya – Oh arjuna! budhdhE: – Intellect (of analysing and firmly determining) dhruthE: cha Eva – firm stand (even if … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 28 Simple buddher bhedaṁ dhṛteś caiva guṇatas tri-vidhaṁ śṛṇu procyamānam aśeṣeṇa pṛthaktvena dhanañ-jaya ‘Listen Dhanañjaya! to the distinction of Reason and Purpose made threefold by the Guṇas; —completely and severally to be described.’ Reason (buddhi)=the ratiocinative faculty, or the … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 27 SlOkam – Original ayuktha: prAkrutha: sthabdha: SatO naishkruthikO’lasa: | vishAdhI dhIrghasUthrI cha karthA thAmasa uchyathE || word-by-word meaning ayuktha: – being unqualified (to perform karma prescribed in SAsthram) prAkrutha: – being a layman (who is not learned in … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 27 Simple ayuktaḥ prākṛtaḥ stabdhaḥ śaṭho naiṣkṛtiko ’lasaḥ viṣādī dīrgha-sūtrī ca kartā tāmasa ucyate ‘That is called Tāmasa-Actor, who is unqualified, vulgar, inert, wicked, deceitful, remiss, doleful and rancorous.’ Unqualified (ayuktaḥ) = The not having the requisite competency for … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 26 SlOkam – Original rAgI karmapalaprEpsur lubdhO himsAthmakO’Suchi:| harshaSOkAnvitha: karthA rAjasa: parikIrthitha: || word-by-word meaning rAgI – being desirous of fame karma pala prEpsu: – being desirous of the results of the karma lubdha: – being a miser (to … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 26 Simple rāgī karma-phala-prepsur lubdho hiṁsātmako ’śuciḥ harṣa-śokānvitaḥ kartā rājasaḥ parikīrtitaḥ ‘That is Rājasa-Actor who is ambitious, fruit- seeking, niggardly, hurtful, impure, and enslaved by joy and grief.’ Ambitious (rāgi) = An eager desiring after fame, power honor, or … Read more