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venkatesh SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 48 SlOkam – Original asakthabudhdhi: sarvathra jithAthmA vigathaspruha: | naishkarmyasidhdhim paramAm sanyAsEnAdhigachchathi || word-by-word meaning sarvathra – both in karma (actions) and its palam (results) asaktha budhdhi: – without attachment jithAthmA – being victorious over the mind vigathaspruha: – … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 48 Simple asakta-buddhiḥ sarvatra jitātmā vigata-spṛhaḥ naiṣkarmya-siddhiṁ paramāṁ sannyāsenādhigacchati ‘With Buddhi unfettered, with self subdued, and desires departed, —by Renunciation, doth one attain to high devotional consummation.’ Buddhi (or intellect) unfettered = unattached to fruits or anything. Self subdued … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 47 SlOkam – Original sahajam karma kaunthEya sadhOsham api na thyajEth | sarvArambhA hi dOshENa dhUmenAgnir ivAvruthA: || word-by-word meaning kaunthEya – Oh son of kunthI! sahajam karma – karma yOga which is naturally fitting [for the nature of … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 47 Simple saha-jaṁ karma kaunteya sa-doṣam api na tyajet sarvārambhā hi doṣeṇa dhūmenāgnir ivāvṛtāḥ ‘Let natural duty, Kaunteya!, though faulty, be not forsaken. Verily all endeavours are in faults swathed, like fire in smoke.’ Hence as act comes natural, … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 46.5 SlOkam – Original svabhAvaniyatham karma kurvan nApnOthi kilbisham || word-by-word meaning svabhAva niyatham karma – karma which is naturally fitting [for his nature] kurvan – one who performs kilbisham – samsAra which is the result of sin na … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 46.5 Simple svabhāva-niyataṁ karma kurvan nāpnoti kilbiṣam ‘Doing work that by nature is appointed, one incurs not sin.’ To a being joined to matter, and endowed with senses, it is normality to act, inasmuch as his organs tend in … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 46 SlOkam – Original SrEyAn svadharmO viguNa: paradharmAth svanuṣtithAth | word-by-word meaning svadharma: – karma yOga which is naturally pursuable (for a man who is with a body) viguNa: (api) – even with shortcomings svanushtithAth – (sometimes) well practiced … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 46 Simple śreyān sva-dharmo viguṇaḥ para-dharmāt sv-anuṣṭhitāt ‘Better one’s own Dharma, (though) void of merit, than doing another’s Dharma even though it be done excellently well.’ One’s own Dharma is, as pointed out already, the sum of acts constituting … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 45 SlOkam – Original yatha: pravruththir bhUthAnAm yEna sarvam idham thatham | svakarmaNA tham abhyarchya sidhdhim vindhathi mAnava: || word-by-word meaning yatha: – from that paramapurusha (supreme lord) bhUthAnAm pravruththi: – all aspects such as creation etc for every … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 45 Simple yataḥ pravṛttir bhūtānāṁ yena sarvam idaṁ tatam sva-karmaṇā tam abhyarcya siddhiṁ vindati mānavaḥ ‘Whence all beings evolve,[1. ‘Activity’ may also be used to translate pravṛitti or ‘Poteny’ meaning ‘power for action’ as contrasted with latency.] by Whom … Read more