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venkatesh SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 13 << Chapter 13 verse 31 SlOkam – Original yathA sarvagatham saukshmyAdh AkASam nOpalipyathE | sarvathrAvasthithO dhEhE thathAthmA nOpalipyathE || word-by-word meaning AkASam – ether sarvagatham – while prevailing with everything saukshmyAth – being subtle yathA na upalipyathE – not affected by the properties … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 13 << Chapter 13 verse 30 Simple yathā sarva-gataṁ saukṣmyād ākāśaṁ nopalipyate sarvatrāvasthito dehe tathātmā nopalipyate ‘As, being subtle, the all-pervading ākāśa (space) is soiled not, so is ātma tainted not, though everywhere present in body.’ Ākāśa or space prevails everywhere, and is in … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 13 << Chapter 13 verse 30 SlOkam – Original anAdhithvAn nirguNathvAth paramAthmAyam avyaya: | SarIrasthO’pi kaunthEya na karOthi na lipyathE || word-by-word meaning kaunthEya – Oh son of kunthI! ayam paramAthmA – this AthmA (which is greater than the body) SarIrastha: – while residing … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 13 << Chapter 13 verse 30 Simple anāditvān nirguṇatvāt paramātmāyam avyayaḥ śarīra-stho ’pi kaunteya na karoti na lipyate ‘Beginningless and quality-less, this exhaustless exalted ātma, Kaunteya! acts not; is tainted not, though seated in the body.’ This exalted ātma (=param-ātma) has now been defined … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 13 << Chapter 13 verse 29 Simple yadā bhūta-pṛthag-bhāvam eka-stham anupaśyati tata eva ca vistāraṁ brahma sampadyate tadā ‘When he perceives the diversity of existence centred in the unity; that from thence (unity) alone is expansion, then doth he attain to brahma (soul).’ Diversity … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 13 << Chapter 13 verse 29 SlOkam – Original yadhA bhUtapruthagbhAvam Ekastham anupaSyathi | thatha Eva cha visthAram brahma sampadhyathE thadhA || word-by-word meaning bhUtha pruthagbhAvam – the diversity in the combination of jIvAthmAs and different types of bodies such as dhEva (celestials), manushya … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 13 << Chapter 13 verse 28 SlOkam – Original prakruthyaiva cha karmANi kriyamANAni sarvaSa: | ya: paSyathi thathA”thmAnam akarthAram sa paSyathi || word-by-word meaning sarvaSa: karmANi – all karmas (actions) prakruthA Eva kriyamANAni – are performed by the body which is an effect of … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 13 << Chapter 13 verse 28 Simple prakṛtyaiva ca karmāṇi kriyamāṇāni sarvaśaḥ yaḥ paśyati tathātmānam akartāraṁ sa paśyati ‘He seeth, who so seeth that by matter alone are all acts enacted[1. Cp. Bh: Gi: III-27–28; Cp: with Tyndall’s Fragments of Science, p: 495 (Longmans, … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 13 << Chapter 13 verse 27 SlOkam – Original samam paSyan hi sarvathra samavasthitham ISvaram | na hinasthyAthmanAthmAnam thathO yAthi parAm gathim || word-by-word meaning sarvathra – in all bodies (such as dhEva (celestials), manushya (humans), thiryak (animals) and sthAvara (plants)) samavasthitham ISvaram – … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 13 << Chapter 13 verse 27 Simple samaṁ paśyan hi sarvatra samavasthitam īśvaram na hinasty ātmanātmānaṁ tato yāti parāṁ gatim ‘Verily, by seeing the lord (soul) abiding alike everywhere, one causes not to his self, mental injury; thereby doth he pass to the highest … Read more