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venkatesh SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 2 << Chapter 2 verse 65 SlOkam – Original nAsthi budhdhir ayukthasya na chAyukthasya bhAvanA | na chAbhAvayatha: SAnthir aSAnthasya kutha: sukham || word-by-word meaning ayukthasya – for the one whose mind/heart is not fixed on me budhdhi: – knowledge about the self na asthi … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 2 << Chapter 2 verse 65 Simple nāsti buddhir ayuktasya na cāyuktasya bhāvanā na cābhāvayataḥ śāntir aśāntasya kutaḥ sukham ‘To the unconcentrated (a-yukta), there is no illumination, and to the un-illuminated, there can be no contemplation. To the uncontemplating, there is no tranquility, and … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 2 << Chapter 2 verse 64 SlOkam – Original prasAdhE sarvadhukkhAnAm hAnir asyopajAyathE | prasannachEthasO hyASu budhdhi: paryavathishtathE || word-by-word meaning asya – for such man prasAdhE (sathi) – after acquiring clarity of mind sarvadhukkhAnAm hAni: – destruction of all sorrows upajAyathE – occurs; … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 2 << Chapter 2 verse 64 Simple prasāde sarva-duḥkhānāṁ hānir asyopajāyate prasanna-cetaso hy āśu buddhiḥ paryavatiṣṭhate ‘Peace[1. Prasāda is ‘the serene and blessed mood’ of the poet. Serene contentment or benign tranquility.] or purity of mind attained, all afflictions to him are at an … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 2 << Chapter 2 verse 63 SlOkam – Original rAgadhvEsha vimukthais thu vishayAn indhriyaiS charan | AthmavaSyair vidhEyAthmA prasAdham adhigaccchathi || word-by-word meaning rAgadhvEsha vimukthai: (viyukthai:) – having been removed of longings and hatred (by my (krishNa’s) grace) AthmavaSyai: – being under the control … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 2 << Chapter 2 verse 63 Simple rāga-dveṣa-vimuktais tu viṣayān indriyaiś caran ātma-vaśyair vidheyātmā prasādam adhigacchati ‘With senses bereft of longings and loathings, and kept under control, the man who despises delights, and whose mind is in his bidding, obtains pellucidness[1. Prasāda is ‘the … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 2 << Chapter 2 verse 62 SlOkam – Original krodhAdhbhavathi sammOha: sammOhAth smruthivibhrama: | smruthivibhramaSAdh buddhinASO budhdhinASAth praNaSyathi || word-by-word meaning krOdhAth – due to that anger sammOha: – dementation bhavathi – occurs; sammOhAth – due to dementation smruthivibhrama: (bhavathi) – loss of memory … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 2 << Chapter 2 verse 62 Simple krodhād bhavati sammohaḥ sammohāt smṛti-vibhramaḥ smṛti-bhraṁśād buddhi-nāśo buddhi-nāśāt praṇaśyati ‘From wrath comes folly; from folly, dementation. From dementation, wreck of the will; from wreck of will, (he) perishes.’ To him whose cravings for sense-objects linger, the effort … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 2 << Chapter 2 verse 61 SlOkam – Original dhyAyathO vishayAn pumsa: sangas tEshUpajAyathE | sangAth sanjAyathE kAma: kAmAth krOdhO’bhijAyathE || word-by-word meaning vishayAn – on the sense objects which are Sabdham (sound), sparSa (touch), rUpa (form), rasa (taste), gandha (smell) dhyAyatha: – meditates … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 2 << Chapter 2 verse 61 Simple dhyāyato viṣayān puṁsaḥ saṅgas teṣūpajāyate saṅgāt sañjāyate kāmaḥ kāmāt krodho ’bhijāyate ‘To the person who dotes on sense-objects, union therewith is generated. From union springs lust, and from lust springs hate (or wrath).’ >> Chapter 2 verse … Read more