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venkatesh SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Introduction SlOkam – Original arjuna uvAcha sanyAsasya mahAbAhO thathvam ichchAmi vEdhithum | thyAgasya cha hrushIkESa pruthak kESinishUdhana || word-by-word meaning arjuna uvAcha – Arjuna said mahAbAhO – Oh mighty armed! hrushIkESa – Oh one who controls the senses! kESInishUdhana – … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Proem Simple arjuna uvāca sannyāsasya mahā-bāho tattvam icchāmi veditum tyāgasya ca hṛṣīkeśa pṛthak keśi-niṣūdana ‘Of Sannyāsa[1. Surrendering oneself to action-less contemplation (=Jñāna-yoga or Sannyāsa in the sense employed in Sts: 1, 2 and 3., Lec:5) = Positive side of Renunciation.], … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Original << Chapter 17 bhagavath rAmAnuja at AzhwArthirunagari, SrIperumbUthUr, SrIrangam and thirunArAyaNapuram AUM ŚRI BHAGAVAD-GĪTĀ WITH SRI RĀMĀNUJA’S VIŚISHTĀDVAITA COMMENTARY THE EIGHTEENTH LECTURE NAMED, MOKSH-OPADEŚA-YOGA OR THE BOOK OF THE INDOCTRINATION OF SALVATION. PROEM BY the two preceding Lectures (XVI and XVII), the following … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Simple << Chapter 17 bhagavath rAmAnuja at AzhwArthirunagari, SrIperumbUthUr, SrIrangam and thirunArAyaNapuram AUM ŚRI BHAGAVAD-GĪTĀ WITH SRI RĀMĀNUJA’S VIŚISHTĀDVAITA COMMENTARY THE EIGHTEENTH LECTURE NAMED, MOKSH-OPADEŚA-YOGA OR THE BOOK OF THE INDOCTRINATION OF SALVATION. PROEM BY the two preceding Lectures (XVI and XVII), the following … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 17 << Chapter 17 Verse 27 SlOkam – Original aSradhdhayA hutham dhaththam thapas thaptham krutham cha yath | asadhithyuchyathE pArtha na cha thath prEthya nO iha || word-by-word meaning pArtha – Oh son of kunthI! aSradhdhayA krutham – performed without faith yath – that … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 17 << Chapter 17 Verse 27 Simple aśraddhayā hutaṁ dattaṁ tapas taptaṁ kṛtaṁ ca yat asad ity ucyate pārtha na ca tat pretya no iha ‘What without faith is given, what Tapas done, and what is done, (Yajña) is called A-SAT, Pārtha! which is … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 17 << Chapter 17 Verse 26 SlOkam – Original yagyE thapasi dhAnE cha sthithi: sadhithi chOchyathE | karma chaiva thadarthIyam sadhithyEvAbhidhIyathE || word-by-word meaning yagyE – In yagya (sacrifice) thapasi – in thapas (penance) dhAnE cha – in dhAnam (charity) sthithi: cha – [those … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 17 << Chapter 17 Verse 26 Simple yajñe tapasi dāne ca sthitiḥ sad iti cocyate karma caiva tad-arthīyaṁ sad ity evābhidhīyate ‘To be implanted in Yajña, Tapas and Gifts, is called SAT; and all acts on that account are by Sat itself designated.’ Hence … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 17 << Chapter 17 Verse 25 SlOkam – Original sadhbhAvE sAdhubhAvE cha sadhithyEthath prayujyathE | praSasthE karmaNi thathA sachchabdha: pArtha yujyathE || word-by-word meaning pArtha – Oh son of kunthI! sath ithi Ethath – the word sath sadhbhAvE – indicating “an entity which exists” … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 17 << Chapter 17 Verse 25 Simple sad-bhāve sādhu-bhāve ca sad ity etat prayujyate praśaste karmaṇi tathā sac-chabdaḥ pārtha yujyate ‘In the sense of existence and of goodness, the word SAT is used. SAT is likewise used, Pārtha! in relation to auspicious events.’ Sad-bhāve … Read more