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venkatesh SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 6 << Chapter 6 verse 25 SlOkam – Original yathO yathO niScharathi manaS chanchalam asthiram | thathas thathO niyamyaithadh AthmanyEva vaSam nayEth || word-by-word meaning chanchalam – being naturally fickle asthiram – not firmly engaging in (matters related to AthmA) mana: – mind yatha: … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 6 << Chapter 6 verse 25 Simple yato yato niścalati manaś cañcalam asthiram tatas tato niyamyaitad ātmany eva vaśaṁ nayet ‘From thence and thence to whence the fickle, unsteady mind rambles, shall it again be forced back; and placed under the power of ātma … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 6 << Chapter 6 verse 24 SlOkam – Original Sanai: SanairuparamEdh budhyA dhruthigruhIthayA | Athmasamstham mana: kruthvA na kinchidhapi chinthayEth || word-by-word meaning Sanai: Sanai: – gradually dhruthi gruhIthayA – steadied by firmness budhdhyA – by the intellect uparamEth – will withdraw (from all … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 6 << Chapter 6 verse 24 Simple śanaiḥ śanair uparamed buddhyā dhṛti-gṛhītayā ātma-saṁsthaṁ manaḥ kṛtvā na kiñcid api cintayet ‘Slowly and slowly, let one, by force of trained will (buddhi[1. Buddhi is generally translated as understanding, will and so on. Indian philosophy understands by … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 6 << Chapter 6 verse 23 SlOkam – Original sankalpaprabhavAn kAmAms thyakthvA sarvAn aSEshatha: | manasaivEndhriyagrAmam viniyamya samanthatha: || word-by-word meaning sankalpa prabhavAn – those which occur as a result of one’s mamakAram (ownership, considering oneself to be independent) sarvAn kAmAn – all desirable … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 6 << Chapter 6 verse 23 Simple saṅkalpa-prabhavān kāmāṁs tyaktvā sarvān aśeṣataḥ manasaivendriya-grāmaṁ viniyamya samantataḥ ‘Completely forsaking all will-born desires, well ruling the community of the senses by the mind.’ >> Chapter 6 verse 25 archived in http://githa.koyil.org pramEyam (goal) – http://koyil.org pramANam (scriptures) … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 6 << Chapter 6 verse 22 SlOkam – Original tham vidhyAdh dhu:khasamyOga viyOgam yOgasamjitham | sa niSchayEna yOkthavyO yOgOnirviNNachEthasA || word-by-word meaning tham – that state dhu:kha samyOga viyOgam – being the opposite of any trace of sorrow yOga samjitham – known as yOga … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 6 << Chapter 6 verse 22 Simple taṁ vidyād duḥkha-saṁyoga- viyogaṁ yoga-saṁjñitam sa niścayena yoktavyo yogo ’nirviṇṇa-cetasā ‘Know, that is called meditation (yoga), —the disunion from union with pain; that, into which one, with misery-less mind, shall positively penetrate.’ That meditation, wherein, by dint … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 6 << Chapter 6 verse 21 SlOkam – Original yam labdhvA chAparam lAbham manyathE nAdhikam thatha: | yasmin sthithO na du:khEna guruNApi vichAlyathE || word-by-word meaning yam labdhvA – having attained such yOga aparam lAbham – any other benefit thatha: adhikam – greater than … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 6 << Chapter 6 verse 21 Simple yaṁ labdhvā cāparaṁ lābhaṁ manyate nādhikaṁ tataḥ yasmin sthito na duḥkhena guruṇāpi vicālyate ‘That, which gained, no other is considered a higher gain; that, wherein harboured, no affliction, ever so heavy, can agitate one;’ >> Chapter 6 … Read more