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venkatesh SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 2 << Chapter 2 verse 20 SlOkam – Original vEdhAvinASinam nithyam ya Enam ajam avyayam | katham sa purusha: pArtha kam ghAthayathi hanthi kam || word-by-word meaning pArtha – Oh arjuna! ya: purusha: – that man Enam – this AthmA (Soul) avinASinam – indestructible … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 2 << Chapter 2 verse 20 Simple vedāvināśinaṁ nityaṁ ya enam ajam avyayam kathaṁ sa puruṣaḥ pārtha kaṁ ghātayati hanti kam ‘Knowing this ātmā to be indestructible, eternal and birthless, which person, Pārtha! can any kill or cause to be killed?’ Thus, how can … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 2 << Chapter 2 verse 19 SlOkam – Original na jAyathE mriyathE vA kadhAchin nAyam bhUthvA bhavithA vA na bhUya: | ajO nithya: SAsvathO ’yam purANO na hanyathE hanyamAnE SarIrE || word-by-word meaning ayam – AthmA (Self) kadhAchith api – never na jAyathE – … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 2 << Chapter 2 verse 19 Simple na jāyate mriyate vā kadācin nāyaṁ bhūtvā bhavitā vā na bhūyaḥ ajo nityaḥ śāśvato ’yaṁ purāṇo na hanyate hanyamāne śarīre ‘At no time is it (ātmā) born, nor doth it die. Having been (in the past), it … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 2 << Chapter 2 verse 18 SlOkam – Original ya Enam vEththi hanthAram yaS chainam manyathE hatham | ubhau thau na vijAnIthO nAyam hanthi na hanyathE || word-by-word meaning ya: – one who Enam – about the AthmA hanthAram – as that which is … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 2 << Chapter 2 verse 18 Simple ya enaṁ vetti hantāraṁ yaś cainaṁ manyate hatam ubhau tau na vijānīto nāyaṁ hanti na hanyate Both of them lack understanding, he who thinketh this ātmā to be the destroyer and he who thinketh it as the … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 2 << Chapter 2 verse 17 Simple antavanta ime dehā nityasyoktāḥ śarīriṇaḥ anāśino ’prameyasya tasmād yudhyasva bhārata These bodies are declared terminable with respect to the eternal, indestructible and undemonstrable (ātmās) indwelling the bodies. Therefore do thou, Bhārata, fight. The term deha (body) is … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 2 << Chapter 2 verse 17 SlOkam – Original anthavantha imE dhEhA nithyasyOkthA: SarIriNa: | anASinO ’pramEyasya thasmAdh yudhyasva bhAratha || word-by-word meaning imE dhEhA: – the bodies that are visible nithyasya – eternal (who does not have a beginning) anASina: – who is … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 2 << Chapter 2 verse 16 SlOkam – Original avinASi thu thadh vidhdhi yEna sarvam idham thatham | vinASam avyayasyAsya na kaSchith karthum arhathi || word-by-word meaning yEna – that AthmA idham sarvam – all these insentient objects thatham – pervaded thath thu – … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 2 << Chapter 2 verse 16 Simple avināśi tu tad viddhi yena sarvam idaṁ tatam vināśam avyayasyāsya na kaścit kartum arhati Know that that verily is indestructible by which all this is pervaded. No one can cause destruction to this ‘exhaustless.’[1. Means that which … Read more