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venkatesh SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 9 << Chapter 9 verse 25 Simple patraṁ puṣpaṁ phalaṁ toyaṁ yo me bhaktyā prayacchati tad ahaṁ bhakty-upahṛtam aśnāmi prayatātmanaḥ ‘Whoso, in love, proffers Me a leaf, a flower, a fruit, water; —what is so lovingly dedicated in purity of heart,— I do enjoy.’ … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 9 << Chapter 9 verse 24 SlOkam – Original yAnthi dhEvavrathA dhEvAn pithrUn yAnthi pithruvrathA: | bhUthAni yAnthi bhUthEjyA yAnthi madhyAjinO’pi mAm || word-by-word meaning dhEvavrathA – those who have vowed “we will perform yagya towards dhEvas (celestial beings such as indhra et al)” … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 9 << Chapter 9 verse 24 Simple yānti deva-vratā devān pitṝn yānti pitṛ-vratāḥ bhūtāni yānti bhūtejyā yānti mad-yājino ’pi mām ‘To the Devas[1. Celestial beings.] go the devotees of the Devas[2. Celestial beings.]; to the Pitṛis[3. The Manes or the Lords of ancestors next … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 9 << Chapter 9 verse 23 SlOkam – Original aham hi sarvayagyAnAm bhokthA cha prabhur Eva cha | na thu mAm abhijAnanthi thathvEnAthaS chyavanthi thE || word-by-word meaning aham Eva hi – Exclusively, I am sarva yagyAnAm – for all yagyas (sacrifices) bhOkthA cha … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 9 << Chapter 9 verse 23 Simple ahaṁ hi sarva-yajñānāṁ bhoktā ca prabhur eva ca na tu mām abhijānanti tattvenātaś cyavanti te ‘Verily am I the Enjoyer of all sacrifices, and the sole Lord. But they know Me not rightfully. Hence do they fall.’ … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 9 << Chapter 9 verse 22 SlOkam – Original yE thvanyadhEvathAbhakthA yajanthE SradhdhayA’nvithA: | thE’pi mAm Eva kaunthEya yajanthyavidhipUrvakam || word-by-word meaning kaunthEya – Oh son of kunthI! yE thu – those anya dhEvathA bhakthA – having devotion towards other dhEvathAs (such as indhra, … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 9 << Chapter 9 verse 22 Simple ye ’py anya-devatā-bhaktā yajante śraddhayānvitāḥ te ’pi mām eva kaunteya yajanty avidhi-pūrvakam ‘Even those who worship other divinities, in love and faith, worship Myself, Kaunteya!, but (they do so) in an informal manner.'[2. With reference to this … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 9 << Chapter 9 verse 21 Simple ananyāś cintayanto māṁ ye janāḥ paryupāsate teṣāṁ nityābhiyuktānāṁ yoga-kṣemaṁ vahāmy aham ‘Whoso, personages, devoutly meditate on Myself, precluded from all else, for such, —the ambitious of eternal unionship with Me,— I undertake to secure that unionship (yoga), … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 9 << Chapter 9 verse 21 SlOkam – Original ananyAS chinthayanthO mAm ye janA: paryupAsathE | thEshAm nithyAbhiyukthAnAm yOgakshEmam vahAmyaham || word-by-word meaning ananyA: – without any other goal (than thinking about me) mAm chinthayantha: – thinking about me yE janA: – those great … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 9 << Chapter 9 verse 20 SlOkam – Original thE tham bhukthvA svargalOkam viSAlam kshINE puNyE marthyalOkam viSanthi | Evam thrayIdharmam anuprapannA gathAgatham kAmakAmA labhanthE || word-by-word meaning thE – they viSAlam – expansive tham svarga lOkam – the pleasures in the svarga lOkam … Read more