9.16 ahaṁ kratur ahaṁ yajñaḥ (Original)

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 9 << Chapter 9 verse 15 Simple ahaṁ kratur ahaṁ yajñaḥ svadhāham aham auṣadham mantro ’ham aham evājyam aham agnir ahaṁ hutam ‘I am the kratu, I the yajña, I the svadhā, I the aushadha, I the mantra, I Myself the butter, I the … Read more

9.15 gyAnayagyEna chApyanyE

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 9 << Chapter 9 verse 14 SlOkam – Original gyAnayagyEna chApyanyE yajanthO mAm upAsathE | EkathvEna pruthakthvEna bahudhA viSvathOmukham || word-by-word meaning anyE api – Some other mahAthmAs (great souls) gyAna yagyEna cha – (along with previously explained kIrthanam etc) yagya (sacrifice) of knowledge … Read more

9.15 jñāna-yajñena cāpy anye (Original)

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 9 << Chapter 9 verse 14 Simple jñāna-yajñena cāpy anye yajanto mām upāsate ekatvena pṛthaktvena bahudhā viśvato-mukham ‘Others again worship Me with the Sacrifice of Knowledge[2. Or what may be called the “homage of intellectual worship”.], and (so) meditate on Me as the Unity, … Read more

9.14 sathatham kIrthayanthO mAm

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 9 << Chapter 9 verse 13 SlOkam – Original sathatham kIrthayanthO mAm yathanthaS cha drudavrathA: | namasyanthaS cha mAm bhakthyA nithyayukthA upAsathE || word-by-word meaning mAm – me bhakthyA – with devotion sathatham – always kIrthayantha: – being engaged in singing dhruda vrathA: – … Read more

9.14 satataṁ kīrtayanto māṁ (Original)

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 9 << Chapter 9 verse 13 Simple satataṁ kīrtayanto māṁ yatantaś ca dṛḍha-vratāḥ namasyantaś ca māṁ bhaktyā nitya-yuktā upāsate ‘By ever chanting hymns of Me, in firm resolve engaged in My services, falling prostrate before Me in rapt love, the hopers of eternal union … Read more

9.13 mahAthmAnas thu mAm pArtha

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 9 << Chapter 9 verse 12 SlOkam – Original mahAthmAnas thu mAm pArtha dhaivIm prakruthim ASrithA: | bhajanthyananyamanasO gyAthvA bhUthAdhim avyayam || word-by-word meaning pArtha – Oh son of kunthI! dhaivIm prakruthim ASrithA: – those who acquired divine nature mahAthmana: thu – but gyAnis, … Read more

9.13 mahātmānas tu māṁ pārtha (Original)

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 9 << Chapter 9 verse 12 Simple mahātmānas tu māṁ pārtha daivīṁ prakṛtim āśritāḥ bhajanty ananya-manaso jñātvā bhūtādim avyayam ‘But the great-souled, Pārtha!, wedded to divine nature, ken Me the Origin of things, and the Inexhaustible, and worship Me with rapt minds.'[1. Read Śānḍilya: … Read more

9.12 mOghASA mOghakarmANO

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 9 << Chapter 9 verse 11 SlOkam – Original mOghASA mOghakarmANO mOghagyAnA vichEthasa: | rAkshasIm AsurIm chaiva prakruthim mOhinIm SrithA: || word-by-word meaning mOhinIm – which hide (my glories) AsurIm rAkshasIm prakruthim – evil and demoniac nature SrithA – having attained mOghASA – having … Read more

9.12 moghāśā mogha-karmāṇo (Original)

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 9 << Chapter 9 verse 11 Simple moghāśā mogha-karmāṇo mogha-jñānā vicetasaḥ rākṣasīm āsurīṁ caiva prakṛtiṁ mohinīṁ śritāḥ ‘Wedded to the deceitful fiendish and demoniac nature, they are of vain hopes, vain acts, vain knowledge, and of perverted minds.’ The fiendish (rākshasi), the demoniac (āsuri) … Read more

9.11 avajAnanthi mAm mUdA

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 9 << Chapter 9 verse 10 SlOkam – Original avajAnanthi mAm mUdA mAnushIm thanum ASritham | param bhAvam ajAnanthO mama bhUthamahESvaram || word-by-word meaning mUdA – fools mama – my param bhAvam – supreme state ajAnantha – being ignorant bhUtha mahESvaram – being the … Read more