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venkatesh SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 3 << Chapter 3 verse 40 SlOkam – Original thasmAth thvam indhriyANyAdhau niyamya bharatharishabha | pApmAnam prajahi hyEnaṁ gyAna vigyAna nASanam || word-by-word meaning hE bharatha rishabha – Oh leader of bharatha clan! thasmAthhi – as previously said, since gyAna yOga is difficult to … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 3 << Chapter 3 verse 40 Simple tasmāt tvam indriyāṇy ādau niyamya bharatarṣabha pāpmānaṁ prajahi hy enaṁ jñāna-vijñāna-nāśanam ‘By first constraining[1. Constraint is here used in preference to restraint or repression, to mean that the senses are to be ‘restrained’ from material pursuits, and … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 3 << Chapter 3 verse 39 SlOkam – Original indhriyANi manO budhdhir asyAdhishtAnam uchyathE | Ethair vimOhayathyEsha gyAnam Avruthya dhEhinam || word-by-word meaning asya – for this kAma indhriyANi – sense organs mana: – mind budhdhi – firm intellect (in sense gratification) adhishtAnam – … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 3 << Chapter 3 verse 39 Simple indriyāṇi mano buddhir asyādhiṣṭhānam ucyate etair vimohayaty eṣa jñānam āvṛtya dehinam ‘The senses, the manas[1. Manas is generally translated as mind, but mind in English Psychology is a general term denoting Intellect (or Thought), Will (or Volition) … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 3 << Chapter 3 verse 38 SlOkam – Original Avrutham gyAnam EthEna gyAninO nithyavairiNA | kAmarUpENa kaunthEya dushpUrENAnalena cha || word-by-word meaning kaunthEya – Oh son of kunthI! dhushpUrENa – desiring for aspects which are impossible to attain and not being content (analEna – … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 3 << Chapter 3 verse 38 Simple āvṛtaṁ jñānam etena jñānino nitya-vairiṇā kāma-rūpeṇa kaunteya duṣpūreṇānalena ca ‘The understanding (jñāna[4. Jñāna is a term in Samskṛit, which, according to the place where it occurs, variously means, knowledge, wisdom, reason, understanding, sense intelligence, intellect, consciousness and … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 3 << Chapter 3 verse 37 SlOkam – Original dhUmEnAvriyathE vahnir yathAdarSo malEna cha | yathOlbEnAvruthO garbhas thathA thEnEdham Avrutham || word-by-word meaning vahni: – fire yathA dhUmEna AvriyathE – as covered by smoke AdharSa: – mirror (yathA) cha malEna (AvriyathE) – as covered … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 3 << Chapter 3 verse 37 Simple dhūmenāvriyate vahnir yathādarśo malena ca yatholbenāvṛto garbhas tathā tenedam āvṛtam ‘Like the fire enveloped by smoke, the mirror by stain, and the embryo by the amnion, so is this (world) wrapped in it (lust).’ This=all creatures (the … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 3 << Chapter 3 verse 36 SlOkam – Original SrI bhagavAn uvAcha kAma Esha krOdha Esha rajOguNasamudhbhava: | mahASano mahApApmA vidhdhyEnam iha vairiNam || word-by-word meaning SrI bhagavAn uvAcha – Lord Shri Krishna replied Esha: – the reason for what you asked about (worldly … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 3 << Chapter 3 verse 36 Simple śrī-bhagavān uvāca kāma eṣa krodha eṣa rajo-guṇa-samudbhavaḥ mahāśano mahā-pāpmā viddhy enam iha vairiṇam ‘Lust (kāma) it is, —hate (krodha) it is—, which is begotten of rajo-guṇa[1. See Lect: XIV for an exhaustive treatment of the gunās. These … Read more