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venkatesh SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 3 << Chapter 3 verse 35 SlOkam – Original arjuna uvAcha atha kEna prayukthO’yam pApam charathi pUrusha: | anichchannapi vArshNEya balAdh iva niyOjitha: || word-by-word meaning arjuna uvAcha – arjuna said vArshNEya – Oh krishNa, descendant of vrshNi clan! ayam – this person who … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 3 << Chapter 3 verse 35 Simple arjuna uvāca atha kena prayukto ’yaṁ pāpaṁ carati pūruṣaḥ anicchann api vārṣṇeya balād iva niyojitaḥ ‘What is it then, Vārshṇeya[1. A patronymic of Kṛishṇa (vide Genealog: Tree at end of Lect: I.]! prompted by which one wallows … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 3 << Chapter 3 verse 34 SlOkam – Original SrEyAn svadharmO viguNa: paradharmAth svanushtithAth | svadharmE nidhanam SrEya: paradharmO bhayAvaha: || word-by-word meaning svadharma: – (for the person who is together with matter/body) karma yOga which is the natural means viguNa: (api) – even … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 3 << Chapter 3 verse 34 Simple śreyān sva-dharmo viguṇaḥ para-dharmāt sv-anuṣṭhitāt sva-dharme nidhanaṁ śreyaḥ para-dharmo bhayāvahaḥ ‘Though wanting in merit, better is one’s own Dharma[1. Prescribed duty. The ways of virtue.] than another’s Dharma[2. Prescribed duty. The ways of virtue.] well performed. In … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 3 << Chapter 3 verse 33.5 SlOkam – Original thayOr na vaSamAgachchEth thau hyasya paripanthinau word-by-word meaning thayO: – those lust and anger vaSam na AgachchEth – shall not be addicted to; thau – those lust and anger asya – for the mumukshu who … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 3 << Chapter 3 verse 33.5 Simple tayor na vaśam āgacchet tau hy asya paripanthinau ‘None shall get under their power; they are verily his enemies.’ No one after embarking on the course of Jñāna-Yoga, shall get again under the influence of loves and … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 3 << Chapter 3 verse 33 SlOkam – Original indhriyasyEndhriyasyArthE rAgadhvEshau vyavasthithau word-by-word meaning indhriyasya – gyAna indhriyams (organs of knowledge- sensory organs which gather knowledge such as ears) indhriyasya – karma indhriyams (organs of action – sensory organs which are engaged in action … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 3 << Chapter 3 verse 33 Simple indriyasyendriyasyārthe rāga-dveṣau vyavasthitau ‘Loves and hates are rooted in the objects of every sense.’ The objects of the senses of knowledge (or perception) viz., hearing etc, are respectively, sound etc., and the objects of the senses of … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 3 << Chapter 3 verse 32 SlOkam – Original sadhruSam chEshtathE svasyA: prakruthEr gyAnavAnapi | prakruthim yAnthi bhUthAni nigraha: kim karishyathi || word-by-word meaning gyAnavAn api – even one who is having knowledge (on truth which is acquired from SAsthram) svasyA: prakruthE: sadhruSam – … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 3 << Chapter 3 verse 32 Simple sadṛśaṁ ceṣṭate svasyāḥ prakṛter jñānavān api prakṛtiṁ yānti bhūtāni nigrahaḥ kiṁ kariṣyati ‘Even the jñāni follows the bent of his nature[1. Nature here means the sum of tendencies, dispositions, tastes, inclinations, etc., which are seen to evoke … Read more