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venkatesh SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 3 << Chapter 3 verse 17 SlOkam – Original naiva thasya kruthEnArthO nAkruthEnEha kaSchana | na chAsya sarvabhUthEshu kaSchidharthavyapASraya: || word-by-word meaning iha – In this stage of being realized of AthmA thasya – for him kruthEna – for the karmas which were performed … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 3 << Chapter 3 verse 17 Simple naiva tasya kṛtenārtho nākṛteneha kaścana na cāsya sarva-bhūteṣu kaścid artha-vyapāśrayaḥ ‘Here, neither Work nor No-work serves him any purpose. For, naught is there in creation he hath to depend on.’ >> Chapter 3 verse 19 archived in … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 3 << Chapter 3 verse 16 SlOkam – Original yasthvAthmarathirEva syAdh AthmathrupthaS cha mAnava: | AthmanyEva cha santhushtas thasya kAryam na vidhyathE || word-by-word meaning ya: thu mAnava: – that man Athma rathi: Eva – being engaged in AthmA only Athmathruptha:cha (Eva) – being … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 3 << Chapter 3 verse 16 Simple yas tv ātma-ratir eva syād ātma-tṛptaś ca mānavaḥ ātmany eva ca santuṣṭas tasya kāryaṁ na vidyate ‘But naught hath he to do whose delight is ātmā, whose satisfaction is ātmā, and whose contentment is ātmā.’ >> Chapter … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 3 << Chapter 3 verse 15 SlOkam – Original Evam pravarthitham chakram nAnuvarthayathIha ya: | aghAyur indhriyArAmO mOgham pArtha sa jIvathi || word-by-word meaning pArtha – Oh son of kunthI! Evam – in this manner pravarthitham – aspects that depend on each other (arranged … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 3 << Chapter 3 verse 15 Simple evaṁ pravartitaṁ cakraṁ nānuvartayatīha yaḥ aghāyur indriyārāmo moghaṁ pārtha sa jīvati ‘Thus is the wheel made to revolve. Whoso, here, doth not follow it, his is a life of sin, -he is a reveller in the garden … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 3 << Chapter 3 verse 14 SlOkam – Original karma brahmOdhbhavam vidhdhi brahmAksharasamudhbhavam | thasmAth sarvagatham brahma nithyam yagyE prathishtitham || word-by-word meaning karma – karma (righteous action) brahmOdhbhavam – born from body vidhdhi – know that brahma – body aksharasamudhbhavam – born from … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 3 << Chapter 3 verse 14 Simple karma brahmodbhavaṁ viddhi brahmākṣara-samudbhavam tasmāt sarva-gataṁ brahma nityaṁ yajñe pratiṣṭhitam ‘Know that body (brahma) gives forth action; from akshara (the Imperishable=ātmā) comes body. Hence the all-obtaining body is necessary for Yajña.’ >> Chapter 3 verse 16 archived … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 3 << Chapter 3 verse 13 SlOkam – Original annAdh bhavanthi bhUthAni parjanyAdh annasambhava: | yagyAdh bhavathi parjanyO yagya: karmasamudbhava: || word-by-word meaning annAdh – from food bhUthAni – all beings such as dhEva (celestial), manushya (humans) et al bhavanthi – created; parjanyAth – … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 3 << Chapter 3 verse 13 Simple annād bhavanti bhūtāni parjanyād anna-sambhavaḥ yajñād bhavati parjanyo yajñaḥ karma-samudbhavaḥ ‘From food come all beings; by rain[2. Cp. “Parjanyo varshati”, etc., Tait: Nārāyaṇa 50th Anuvāka.] is produced food; Yajña causes rain; and result of actions is Yajña.’ … Read more