bhagavath gIthA
venkatesh SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 3 << Chapter 3 verse 21 SlOkam – Original na mE pArthAsthi karthavyam thrishu lokEshu kinchana | nAnavAptham avApthavyam vartha Eva cha karmaNi || word-by-word meaning [hE] pArtha – Oh son of kunthI! thrishu lOkEshu – (born in) three types of species [dhEva (celestial … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 3 << Chapter 3 verse 21 Simple na me pārthāsti kartavyaṁ triṣu lokeṣu kiñcana nānavāptam avāptavyaṁ varta eva ca karmaṇi ‘In all the three worlds[1. The three worlds is a world-conception. Richard Garbe in his address before the Philological Congress at Chicago, 1893, says: … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 3 << Chapter 3 verse 20 SlOkam – Original yadh yadh Acharathi SrEshtas thath thadhEvEtarO jana: | sa yath pramANam kuruthE lOkas thadhanuvarthathE || word-by-word meaning SrEshta: – the wise person (in gyAnam (knowledge) and anushtAnam (application of knowledge)) yadh yadh – whichever actions … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 3 << Chapter 3 verse 20 Simple yad yad ācarati śreṣṭhas tat tad evetaro janaḥ sa yat pramāṇaṁ kurute lokas tad anuvartate ‘What the wise man doth, another doth likewise; what law he may make, the world follows it.’ Considering from the stand-point that … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 3 << Chapter 3 verse 19.5 SlOkam – Original lOkasangraham EvApi sampaSyan karthum arhasi word-by-word meaning lOka sangraham Eva – To inspire [less-intelligent worldly] people only [to help them] sampaSyan api – keeping that in mind karthum arhasi – it is apt for you … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 3 << Chapter 3 verse 19.5 Simple loka-saṅgraham evāpi sampaśyan kartum arhasi ‘Thou hast, besides, need to work, seeing that benefit accrues to the world’; (for) :— >> Chapter 3 verse 21 archived in https://githa.koyil.org pramEyam (goal) – http://koyil.org pramANam (scriptures) – http://granthams.koyil.org pramAthA … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 3 << Chapter 3 verse 19 SlOkam – Original karmaNaiva hi samsidhdhim AsthithA janakAdhaya: word-by-word meaning janakAdhaya: – janaka et al karmaNA Eva – only through karma yOga (and not gyAna yOga) samsidhdhim – the result of self-realisation AsthithA: hi – have they not … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 3 << Chapter 3 verse 19 Simple karmaṇaiva hi saṁsiddhim āsthitā janakādayaḥ ‘By action alone, did Janaka[1. See Chh: Up: for Janaka’s account. Also Brih: Up:] and others reach the supreme perfection.’ As because Karma-Yoga is commended even to those who are qualified for … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 3 << Chapter 3 verse 18 SlOkam – Original thasmAdhasaktha: sathatham kAryam karma samAchara | asakthO hyAcharan karma param Apnothi pUrusha: || word-by-word meaning thasmAth – Thus, due to all these reasons (which have been explained previously) asaktha: – with detachment sathatham – without … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 3 << Chapter 3 verse 18 Simple tasmād asaktaḥ satataṁ kāryaṁ karma samācara asakto hy ācaran karma param āpnoti pūruṣaḥ ‘Hence, unconcerned, work as if it were a duty to be discharged. The person so unconcerned, verily reaches the Transcendent.’ The person who is … Read more