16.15 AdyO’bhijanavAn asmi

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 16 << Chapter 16 Verse 14 SlOkam – Original AdyO’bhijanavAn asmi kO’nyO’sthi sadhruSO mayA | yakshyE dhAsyAmi mOdhishya ithyajgyAna vimOhithA: || word-by-word meaning (aham) Adya: asmi – (I am) naturally wealthy; (aham) abhijanavAn asmi – (I am) naturally having high family heritage; mayA sadhruSa: … Read more

16.15 āḍhyo ’bhijanavān asmi (Original)

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 16 << Chapter 16 Verse 14 Simple āḍhyo ’bhijanavān asmi ko ’nyo ’sti sadṛśo mayā yakṣye dāsyāmi modiṣya ity ajñāna-vimohitāḥ ‘(Say they): “Rich and well-born I am; who else is there like unto me? I will sacrifice, I will give, I will be merry.” … Read more

16.14 asau mayA hatha: Sathrur

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 16 << Chapter 16 Verse 13 SlOkam – Original asau mayA hatha: Sathrur hanishyE chAparAn api | ISvarO’ham aham bhOgI sidhdhO’ham balavAn sukhI || word-by-word meaning mayA – by me (who is very strong) asau Sathru: – this (my) enemy hatha: – is slain; … Read more

16.14 asau mayā hataḥ śatrur (Original)

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 16 << Chapter 16 Verse 13 Simple asau mayā hataḥ śatrur haniṣye cāparān api īśvaro ’ham ahaṁ bhogī siddho ’haṁ balavān sukhī ‘(Say they): ‘By me has this foe been slain; and others too I am going to slay. I am Lord, I am … Read more

16.13 idham adhya mayA labdham

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 16 << Chapter 16 Verse 12 SlOkam – Original idham adhya mayA labdham imam prApsyE manOratham | idham asthIdham api mE bhavishyathi punar dhanam || word-by-word meaning idham – all these (lands, children etc) adhya – now mayA – by my ability labdham – … Read more

16.13 idam adya mayā labdham (Original)

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 16 << Chapter 16 Verse 12 Simple idam adya mayā labdham imaṁ prāpsye manoratham idam astīdam api me bhaviṣyati punar dhanam ‘(Say they): “By me has this to-day been gained; I shall gain this heart-desire; this money I have, and again it, will I … Read more

16.12 ASApASaSathair badhdhA:

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 16 << Chapter 16 Verse 11 SlOkam – Original ASApASaSathair badhdhA: kAmakrOdhaparAyaNA: | Ihanthe kAmabhogArtham anyAyEnArthasanjayAn || word-by-word meaning (The demoniac people) ASA pASa Sathai: badhdhA: – being bound by hundreds of ropes known as desires kAma krOdha parAyaNA: – being well engaged in … Read more

16.12 āśā-pāśa-śatair baddhāḥ (Original)

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 16 << Chapter 16 Verse 11 Simple āśā-pāśa-śatair baddhāḥ kāma-krodha-parāyaṇāḥ īhante kāma-bhogārtham anyāyenārtha-sañcayān ‘Bound by the bonds of a hundred hopes, and given up to lust and wrath, (they) un-justly yearn for hoarding up wealth to minister to gratify (their) lust.’ The bounds or … Read more

16.11 chinthAm aparimEyAm cha

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 16 << Chapter 16 Verse 10 SlOkam – Original chinthAm aparimEyAm cha pralayAnthAm upASrithA: | kAmOpabhOgaparamA EthAvadhithi niSchithA: || word-by-word meaning (The demoniac people) aparimEyAm – immeasurable pralayAnthAm cha – to exist and achieve until the deluge chinthAm – worries upASrithA: – having kAmOpa … Read more

16.11 cintām aparimeyāṁ ca (Original)

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 16 << Chapter 16 Verse 10 Simple cintām aparimeyāṁ ca pralayāntām upāśritāḥ kāmopabhoga-paramā etāvad iti niścitāḥ ‘Wedded to immense schemes stretching so far even as (kosmic) dissolution; indulging in lusts as the highest goal, assured: “that is the be-all and end-all.”‘ Death is ready … Read more