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venkatesh SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 13 << Chapter 13 verse 12 SlOkam – Original sarvatha: pANipAdham thath sarvathO’kshiSirOmukham | sarvatha: Sruthimal lOkE sarvam Avruthya thishtathi || word-by-word meaning thath – that pure AthmA sarvatha: pANi pAdham – can perform all activities of hands and feet sarvathOkshi SirO mukham – … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 13 << Chapter 13 verse 12 Simple sarvataḥ pāṇi-pādaṁ tat sarvato ’kṣi-śiro-mukham sarvataḥ śrutimal loke sarvam āvṛtya tiṣṭhati ‘Everywhere hands and feet, that (kshetrajña, is) ; eyes, heads and faces everywhere, and all-hearing; abides in the world encompassing all.’ Everywhere hands and feet, that= … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 13 << Chapter 13 verse 11 SlOkam – Original gyEyam yath thath pravakshyAmi yath gyAthvA’mrutham aSnuthE | anAdhi mathparaṁ brahma na sath than nAsadhuchyathE || word-by-word meaning yath gyAthvA – knowing which amrutham aSnuthE – attaining the imperishable state [of AthmA] yath thath gyEyam … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 13 << Chapter 13 verse 11 Simple jñeyaṁ yat tat pravakṣyāmi yaj jñātvāmṛtam aśnute anādi mat-paraṁ brahma na sat tan nāsad ucyate ‘That will I declare which is to be known, knowing which one tastes immortality; (that which is) the beginningless; having Me for … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 13 << Chapter 13 verse 10 SlOkam – Original adhyAthmagyAnanithyathvam thathvagyAnArthadharSanam | Ethath gyAnam ithi prOktham agyAnam yadh athO’nyathA || word-by-word meaning adhyAthma gyAna nithyathvam – always engaging in the pursuit of knowledge about AthmA thathva gyAnArtha (dharSanam) chinthanam – meditation to acquire true … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 13 << Chapter 13 verse 10 Simple adhyātma-jñāna-nityatvaṁ tattva-jñānārtha-darśanam etaj jñānam iti proktam ajñānaṁ yad ato ’nyathā ‘Fixture in soul-knowledge, and meditation on knowledge regarding (spiritual)truths. This is declared to be knowledge; what is contrary thereto is ignorance.’ Adhyātma-jñāna=soul-knowledge=knowledge of soul. Fixture (=nityatva=nishṭhatva) is … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 13 << Chapter 13 verse 8 SlOkam – Original asakthir anabhishvanga: puthradhAragruhAdhishu | nithyaṁ cha samachiththathvam ishtAnishtOpapaththishu || word-by-word meaning asakthi: – not having attachment (in matters other than the soul) puthra dhAra gruhAdhishu – towards wife, children, house etc anabhishvanga: – being free … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 13 << Chapter 13 verse 8 Simple asaktir anabhiṣvaṅgaḥ putra-dāra-gṛhādiṣu nityaṁ ca sama-cittatvam iṣṭāniṣṭopapattiṣu ‘Relishlessness; absence of doting on son, wife, home etc, and ever keeping mind balanced, let good or bad befal.’ Asaktiḥ= Relishlessness=not wanting things other than the soul. Anabhishvangaḥ= Absence of … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 13 << Chapter 13 verse 7 SlOkam – Original indhriyArthEshu vairAgyam anahankAra Eva cha | janmamruthyujarAvyAdhidhu:khadhOshAnudharSanam || word-by-word meaning indhriyArthEshu vairAgyam – detachment towards sense objects such as Sabdham (sound) etc which are perceived through sense-organs anahankAra: Eva cha – not considering dhEham (body) … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 13 << Chapter 13 verse 7 Simple indriyārtheṣu vairāgyam anahaṅkāra eva ca janma-mṛtyu-jarā-vyādhi- duḥkha-doṣānudarśanam ‘Non-attachment for sense-objects, and also non-egoism and remembrance of the evils of birth, death, dotage, disease and misery.’ Vairāgyam= Non-attachment, abnegation or distaste arising for things other than the soul, … Read more