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venkatesh SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 8 << Chapter 8 verses 14 SlOkam – Original mAm upEthya punar janma dhu:khAlayam aSASvatham | nApnuvanthi mahAthmAna: samsiddhim paramAm gathA: || word-by-word meaning paramAm samsidhdhim gathA: – those who attained me, the ultimate goal mahAthmAna: – gyAnis, who are great souls mAm – … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 8 << Chapter 8 verses 14 Simple mām upetya punar janma duḥkhālayam aśāśvatam nāpnuvanti mahātmānaḥ saṁsiddhiṁ paramāṁ gatāḥ ‘By attaining Me, the noble souls, who have reached supreme perfection, shall not go back to re-birth —the home of woe,— and transient.’ Those who have … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 8 << Chapter 8 verses 12-13 SlOkam – Original ananyachEthA: sathatham yo mAm smarathi nithyaSa: | thasyAham sulabha: pArtha nithyayukthasya yOgina: || word-by-word meaning pArtha – Oh son of kunthI! nithyaSa: – from the time the upAsanam (worship) starts sathatham – at all times … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 8 << Chapter 8 verses 12-13 Simple ananya-cetāḥ satataṁ yo māṁ smarati nityaśaḥ tasyāhaṁ su-labhaḥ pārtha nitya-yuktasya yoginaḥ ‘Whoso, with undivided mind, and constantly, ever ponders on Myself, to such a Yogi, Pārtha! ambitious of eternal union (with Me,) I am easy[1. Sulabhaḥ=I am … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 8 << Chapter 8 verses 11 SlOkam – Original sarvadhvArANi samyamya manO hrudhi nirudhya cha | mUrdhnyAdhAyAthmana: prANam AsthithO yogadhAraNAm || Om ithyEkAksharam brahma vyAharan mAm anusmaran | ya: prayAthi thyajan dhEham sa yAthi paramAm gathim || word-by-word meaning sarva dhvArANi – all sense organs which are entrances … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 8 << Chapter 8 verse 11 Simple sarva-dvārāṇi saṁyamya mano hṛdi nirudhya ca mūrdhny ādhāyātmanaḥ prāṇam āsthito yoga-dhāraṇām oṁ ity ekākṣaraṁ brahma vyāharan mām anusmaran yaḥ prayāti tyajan dehaṁ sa yāti paramāṁ gatim ‘Stopping up all passages, locking the mind in the heart, forcing … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 8 << Chapter 8 verse 10 SlOkam – Original yadhaksharam vEdhavidhO vadhanthi viSanthi yadh yathayO vItharAgA: | yadhichchanthO brahmacharyam charanthi thath thE padham sangrahENa pravakshyE || word-by-word meaning yath – that aksharam – as aksharam (imperishable) vEdha vidha: – knowers of vEdham vadhanthi – … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 8 << Chapter 8 verse 10 Simple yad akṣaraṁ veda-vido vadanti viśanti yad yatayo vīta-rāgāḥ yad icchanto brahma-caryaṁ caranti tat te padaṁ saṅgraheṇa pravakṣye ‘That Way will I now briefly declare to thee, which the Veda-wise declare as that of Akshara (imperishable); which, the … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 8 << Chapter 8 verse 9 SlOkam – Original prayANakAlE manasA’chalEna bhakthyA yukthO yOgabalEna chaiva | bhruvOr madhyE prANam AveSya samyak sa tham param purusham upaithi dhivyam || word-by-word meaning bhaktyA yuktha: – with bhakthi yOga balEna – with the strength of such [bhakthi] … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 8 << Chapter 8 verse 9 Simple prayāṇa-kāle manasācalena bhaktyā yukto yoga-balena caiva bhruvor madhye prāṇam āveśya samyak sa taṁ paraṁ puruṣam upaiti divyam ‘With, at time of departure, unwavering mind united to Bhakti, (God-love) and fortified by Yoga (meditation); and with Prāṇa well … Read more