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venkatesh SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 13 << Chapter 13 verse 1 SlOkam – Original kshEthragyam chApi mAm vidhdhi sarvakshEthrEshu bhAratha | kshEthrakshEthragyayOr gyAnaṁ yath tath gyAnam matham mama || word-by-word meaning bhAratha – Oh descendant of bharatha clan! sarva kshEthrEshu – in all bodies (such as celestial, human etc) … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 13 << Chapter 13 verse 1 Simple kṣetra-jñaṁ cāpi māṁ viddhi sarva-kṣetreṣu bhārata kṣetra-kṣetrajñayor jñānaṁ yat taj jñānaṁ mataṁ mama ‘Know Me, also, Bhārata! the Kshetrajña in all the Kshetras. I deem that is knowledge, —the knowledge of Kshetra and the Kshetrajña.’ Know that … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 13 << Chapter 13 verse 9 SlOkam – Original mayi chAnanyayOgEna bhakthir avyabhichAriNI | viviktadhESasEvithvam arathir janasamsadhi || word-by-word meaning mayi – in me, who is sarvESvara ananya yOgEna – due to not engaging with any one else avyabhichAriNI – very firm state bhakthi: … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 13 << Chapter 13 verse 9 Simple mayi cānanya-yogena bhaktir avyabhicāriṇī vivikta-deśa-sevitvam aratir jana-saṁsadi ‘Exclusive love to Me in Unerring devotion; resort to sequestered spots; tastelessness for men’s society’.[2. Cp. Bh: Gī: XIV-26, VI-10, XVIII-52.] Bhakti=Love to Me —the Lord of all— rendered in … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 13 << Chapter 13 Introduction SlOkam – Original SrI bhagavAn uvAcha idham SarIram kaunthEya kshEthram ityabhidhIyathE | Ethadh yO vEththi tham prAhu: kshEthragya ithi thadhvidha: || word-by-word meaning SrI bhagavAn uvAcha – SrI bhagavAn spoke kaunthEya – Oh arjuna! idham SarIram – this body … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 13 << Chapter 13 Proem Simple śrī-bhagavān uvāca idaṁ śarīraṁ kaunteya kṣetram ity abhidhīyate etad yo vetti taṁ prāhuḥ kṣetra-jña iti tad-vidaḥ ‘This, the body, Kaunteya! is designated as Kshetra[1. Kshetra=matter, body, habitat, field, place or that which is enjoyed. = Capacity, the container.], … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Original << Chapter 12 bhagavath rAmAnuja at AzhwArthirunagari, SrIperumbUthUr, SrIrangam and thirunArAyaNapuram AUM ŚRI BHAGAVAD-GĪTĀ WITH SRI RĀMĀNUJA’S VIŚISHTĀDVAITA COMMENTARY THIRTEENTH LECTURE NAMED, KSHETRA-KSHETRAJNA-VIBHĀGA-YOGA OR THE BOOK OF MATTER-SPIRIT DISTINCTION. PROEM IN the First Division comprising the First Six Lectures (Psychocrasy), it was shown … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Simple << Chapter 12 bhagavath rAmAnuja at AzhwArthirunagari, SrIperumbUthUr, SrIrangam and thirunArAyaNapuram AUM ŚRI BHAGAVAD-GĪTĀ WITH SRI RĀMĀNUJA’S VIŚISHTĀDVAITA COMMENTARY THIRTEENTH LECTURE NAMED, KSHETRA-KSHETRAJNA-VIBHĀGA-YOGA OR THE BOOK OF MATTER-SPIRIT DISTINCTION. PROEM IN the First Division comprising the First Six Lectures (Psychocrasy), it was shown … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 12 << Chapter 12 verse 19 SlOkam – Original yE thu dharmyAmrutham idham yathOktham paryupAsathE | SradhdadhAnA mathparamA bhakthAs thE’thīva mE priyA: || word-by-word meaning yE thu – those who dharmyAmrutham idham – this bhakthi yOgam which is the prApakam (means) and prApyam (goal) … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 12 << Chapter 12 verse 19 Simple ye tu dharmāmṛtam idaṁ yathoktaṁ paryupāsate śraddadhānā mat-paramā bhaktās te ’tīva me priyāḥ ‘Whoso, in fervid faith, with Me as Hope, devote themselves to this Holy Blissful Way, as set forth (above) are Bhaktas exceedingly dear to … Read more