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venkatesh SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 20 SlOkam – Original pruthakthvEna thu yath gyAnam nAnAbhAvAn pruthagvidhAn | vEththi sarveshu bhUtEshu thath gyAnam vidhdhi rAjasam || word-by-word meaning sarvEshu bhUthEshu – In all creatures having different bodies such as brAhmaNa etc pruthakthvEna – considering their distinguished … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 20 Simple pṛthaktvena tu yaj jñānaṁ nānā-bhāvān pṛthag-vidhān vetti sarveṣu bhūteṣu taj jñānaṁ viddhi rājasam ‘But that Knowledge, know, is Rājasa, which apprehends among all beings, plurality in substance, and variety in quality, as distinct.’ Distinctness is that which … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 19 SlOkam – Original sarvabhUthEshu yEnaikam bhAvam avyayam IkshathE | avibhaktham vibhakthEshu thath gyAnam vidhdhi sAthvikam || word-by-word meaning yEna – by that gyAnam (knowledge) vibhakthEshu – many different types of qualities sarva bhUthEshu – in all creatures (having … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 19 Simple sarva-bhūteṣu yenaikaṁ bhāvam avyayam īkṣate avibhaktaṁ vibhakteṣu taj jñānaṁ viddhi sāttvikam ‘That knowledge, know, is Sātvika, by which one seeth the one indestructible reality in all beings, —the indivisible in the divisible.’ The division among beings is … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 18 SlOkam – Original gyAnam karma cha karthA cha thridhaiva guNabhEdhatha: | prOchyathE guNasankhyAnE yathAvach chruNu thAnyapi || word-by-word meaning guNa sankhyAnE – while counting the effect of qualities (such as sathvam, rajas and thamas) guNa bhEdhatha: – per … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 18 Simple jñānaṁ karma ca kartā ca tridhaiva guṇa-bhedataḥ procyate guṇa-saṅkhyāne yathāvac chṛṇu tāny api ‘Knowledge and Actor are (each) threefold as differenced by the Guṇas, declared in the Science of the Guṇas. Hear from Me their true nature … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 17 SlOkam – Original gyAnam gyEyam parigyAthA thrividhA karmachOdhanA | karaNam karma karthEthi thrividha: karmasangraha: || word-by-word meaning karma chOdhanA – the rules of vEdham regarding karma (ritualistic worships such as jyOthishtOmam etc) gyAnam – knowledge (about the karma) … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 17 Simple jñānaṁ jñeyaṁ parijñātā tri-vidhā karma-codanā karaṇaṁ karma karteti tri-vidhaḥ karma-saṅgrahaḥ ‘Knowledge, Knowable, Knower: this Triple constitutes the motive to act; the Means, the Act, the Actor: this Triple constitutes the factors of act.’ Jñānam = Knowledge of … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 16 SlOkam – Original yasya nAhankruthO bhAvO budhdhir yasya na lipyathE | hathvA’pi sa imAn lokAn nahanthi na nibadhyathE || word-by-word meaning yasya bhAva: – The thoughts of the one (on the doership) na ahankrutha: – are not arising … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 16 Simple yasya nāhaṅkṛto bhāvo buddhir yasya na lipyate hatvāpi sa imāḻ lokān na hanti na nibadhyate ‘He who is exempt from ‘self-ness,’ whose mind is not tainted, —even though he kill those beings, he killeth not, nor is … Read more