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venkatesh SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 6 << Chapter 6 verse 20 SlOkam – Original sukham Athyanthikam yath thath budhdhigrAhyam athIndhriyam | vEththi yathra na chaivAyam sthithaS chalathi thathvatha: || word-by-word meaning athIndhriyam – beyond the grasp of sensory organs budhdhi grAhyam – grasped only by the intellect of the … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 6 << Chapter 6 verse 20 Simple sukham ātyantikaṁ yat tad buddhi-grāhyam atīndriyam vetti yatra na caivāyaṁ sthitaś calati tattvataḥ ‘That, wherein one feels infinite intellectual bliss in excelsis; that, wherein once planted firmly, no one would be inclined to retire from its (beatific) … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 6 << Chapter 6 verse 19 SlOkam – Original yathrOparamathE chiththam nirudhdham yOgasEvayA | yathra chaivAthmanAthmAnam paSyan Athmani thushyathi || word-by-word meaning yOga sEvayA – due to practice in yOga (vision of self) nirudhdham – restrained (from going to external aspects) chiththam – heart … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 6 << Chapter 6 verse 19 Simple yatroparamate cittaṁ niruddhaṁ yoga-sevayā yatra caivātmanātmānaṁ paśyann ātmani tuṣyati ‘That, (yoga), wherein by practice, the restrained mind revels, that wherein the mind perceiving ātma, rests content in ātma;’ >> Chapter 6 verse 21 archived in http://githa.koyil.org pramEyam … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 6 << Chapter 6 verse 18 SlOkam – Original yathA dhIpO nivAthasthO nEngathE sOpamA smruthA | yOginO yathachiththasya yunjathO yOgam Athmana: || word-by-word meaning yatha chiththasya – having a mind which is restrained (from worldly pleasures) yOgam yunjatha: – being the one who engages … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 6 << Chapter 6 verse 18 Simple yathā dīpo nivāta-stho neṅgate sopamā smṛtā yogino yata-cittasya yuñjato yogam ātmanaḥ ‘To like unto the flame flickering not[1. Śrī Bhāgavata, III-24-44, gives another illustration ; Praśāntormir iva udadhiḥ; meaning: like the ocean with its waves subsided.], when … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 6 << Chapter 6 verse 17 SlOkam – Original yadhA viniyatham chiththam AthmanyevAvathishtathE | nispruha: sarvakAmEbhyO yuktha ithyuchyathE thadhA || word-by-word meaning yadhA – when chiththam – heart Athmani Eva – exclusively in the AthmA viniyatham – being engaged avathishtathE – being fully fixed … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 6 << Chapter 6 verse 17 Simple yadā viniyataṁ cittam ātmany evāvatiṣṭhate nispṛhaḥ sarva-kāmebhyo yukta ity ucyate tadā ‘Then is he called yoga-fit (yukta), untouched by any desire, when the fickle mind (chitta) is firmly planted in ātma.’ ‘The mind firmly planted in ātma’ … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 6 << Chapter 6 verse 16 SlOkam – Original yukthAhAravihArasya yukthachEstasya karmasu | yukthasvapnAvabOdhasya yOgO bhavathi dhu:khahA || word-by-word meaning yukthAhAra vihArasya – consuming adequate quantity of food and having adequate physical movements karmasu – in his activities yuktha chEshtasya – having adequate engagements … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 6 << Chapter 6 verse 16 Simple yuktāhāra-vihārasya yukta-ceṣṭasya karmasu yukta-svapnāvabodhasya yogo bhavati duḥkha-hā ‘Meditation becomes the woe-destroyer to him who is careful in food and careful in exercise; who carefully employs himself in works, and who regulates sleep and waking.’ Over-eating or never … Read more