14.2 idham gyAnam upASrithya

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 14 << Chapter 14 verse 1 SlOkam – Original idham gyAnam upASrithya mama sAdharmyam AgathA: | sargE’pi nOpajAyanthE praLayE na vyathanthi cha || word-by-word meaning idham gyAnam – this knowledge (which is to be explained) upASrithya – attaining mama sAdharmyam – equality with me … Read more

14.2 idaṁ jñānam upāśritya (Original)

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 14 << Chapter 14 verse 1 Simple idaṁ jñānam upāśritya mama sādharmyam āgatāḥ sarge ’pi nopajāyante pralaye na vyathanti ca ‘Those, embracing this wisdom, have attained to My state, are neither born at evolution nor suffer at dissolution.’ Wisdom is that which is going … Read more

14.1 param bhUya: pravakshyAmi

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 14 << Chapter 13 verse 34 SlOkam – Original SrI bhagavAn uvAcha param bhUya: pravakshyAmi gyAnAnAm gyAnam uththamam | yath gyAthvA munaya: sarvE parAm sidhdhim ithO gathA: || word-by-word meaning SrI bhagavAn uvAcha – bhagavAn said param – different (from previously explained) bhUya: pravakshyAmi … Read more

14.1 paraṁ bhūyaḥ pravakṣyāmi (Original)

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 14 << Chapter 13 verse 34 Simple śrī-bhagavān uvāca paraṁ bhūyaḥ pravakṣyāmi jñānānāṁ jñānam uttamam yaj jñātvā munayaḥ sarve parāṁ siddhim ito gatāḥ ‘Yet more, I shall declare, of the best wisdom of wisdoms, having which the Munis all have, from hence[1. i.e., from … Read more

Chapter 14 – Guṇa-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga or The Topic of the Three Qualities (Original)

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Simple << Chapter 13 bhagavath rAmAnuja at AzhwArthirunagari, SrIperumbUthUr, SrIrangam and thirunArAyaNapuram   AUM ŚRI BHAGAVAD-GĪTĀ WITH SRI RĀMĀNUJA’S VIŚISHTĀDVAITA COMMENTARY THE FOURTEENTH LECTURE NAMED, GUṆA-TRAYA-VIBHĀGA-YOGA OR THE TOPIC OF THE THREE QUALITIES. PROEM IN the Thirteenth Lecture, it was shown that by comprehending the … Read more

Chapter 14 – guNathraya vibhAga yOga or The Topic of the Three Qualities

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Original << Chapter 13 bhagavath rAmAnuja at AzhwArthirunagari, SrIperumbUthUr, SrIrangam and thirunArAyaNapuram   AUM ŚRI BHAGAVAD-GĪTĀ WITH SRI RĀMĀNUJA’S VIŚISHTĀDVAITA COMMENTARY THE FOURTEENTH LECTURE NAMED, GUṆA-TRAYA-VIBHĀGA-YOGA OR THE TOPIC OF THE THREE QUALITIES. INTRODUCTION IN the Thirteenth Lecture, it was shown that by comprehending the … Read more

13.34 kshEthrakshEthragyayOr Evam antharam

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 13 << Chapter 13 verse 33 SlOkam – Original kshEthrakshEthragyayOr Evam antharam gyAnachakshusha | bhUthaprakruthimOksham cha yE vidhur yAnthi thE param || word-by-word meaning Evam – as explained in this chapter kshEthra kshEthragyayO: antharam – the difference between kshEthra (body) and kshEthragya (soul) bhUtha … Read more

13.34 kṣetra-kṣetrajñayor evam antaraṁ (Original)

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 13 << Chapter 13 verse 33 Simple kṣetra-kṣetrajñayor evam antaraṁ jñāna-cakṣuṣā bhūta-prakṛti-mokṣaṁ ca ye vidur yānti te param ‘They attain to the Transcendent, who by the wisdom-eye ken the difference betwixt Kshetra and Kshetrajña, also (do they attain) deliverance from matter manifest.’ Difference=(antaram)=the distinctive … Read more

13.33 yathA prakASayathyEka:

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 13 << Chapter 13 verse 32 SlOkam – Original yathA prakASayathyEka: kruthsnam lOkam imam ravi: | kshEthram kshEthrI thathā kruthsnam prakASayathi bhAratha || word-by-word meaning bhAratha – Oh descendant of bharatha clan! Eka: ravi: – the sun imam kruthsnam lOkam – the whole world … Read more

13.33 yathā prakāśayaty ekaḥ (Original)

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 13 << Chapter 13 verse 31 Simple yathā prakāśayaty ekaḥ kṛtsnaṁ lokam imaṁ raviḥ kṣetraṁ kṣetrī tathā kṛtsnaṁ prakāśayati bhārata ‘As being single, the Sun illumines all the world, so does the Kshetri, (soul) Bhārata! illumine all the Kshetra, (body).’ The Sun, singly by … Read more