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venkatesh SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 6 << Chapter 6 verse 15 SlOkam – Original nAthyaSnathas thu yOgOsthi na chaikAntham anaSnatha: | na chAthisvapnaSeelasya jAgrathO naiva chArjuna || word-by-word meaning arjuna – Oh arjuna! athyaSnatha: thu – one who eats too much yOga: – practice of yOga na asthi – … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 6 << Chapter 6 verse 15 Simple nāty-aśnatas tu yogo ’sti na caikāntam anaśnataḥ na cāti-svapna-śīlasya jāgrato naiva cārjuna ‘Meditation cannot be for him, Arjuna!, who much feasts or who much fasts; or to him who is given to much sleep or who keeps … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 6 << Chapter 6 verse 14 SlOkam – Original yunjan Evam sadhAthmAnam yOgI niyathamAnasa: | SAnthim nirvANaparamAm mathsamsthAm adhigachchathi || word-by-word meaning yOgI – yOga practitioner Evam – in this manner AthmAnam – mind sadhA – always yunjan – focussing (on me) niyathamAnasa: – … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 6 << Chapter 6 verse 14 Simple yuñjann evaṁ sadātmānaṁ yogī niyata-mānasaḥ śāntiṁ nirvāṇa-paramāṁ mat-saṁsthām adhigacchati ‘Thus the yogi, ever uniting his mind in Me, becomes mind-disciplined, and reaches the supreme Peace of Bliss abiding in Me.’ ‘Uniting the mind in Me,’ means to … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 6 << Chapter 6 verse 13 SlOkam – Original praSAnthAthmA vigathabhIr brahmachArivrathE sthitha: | mana: samyamya machchiththO yuktha AsItha mathpara: || word-by-word meaning praSAnthAthmA – having a tranquil mind vigathabhI: – being fearless brahmachAri vrathE sthitha: – observing celibacy mana: sAmya – controlling the … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 6 << Chapter 6 verse 13 Simple praśāntātmā vigata-bhīr brahmacāri-vrate sthitaḥ manaḥ saṁyamya mac-citto yukta āsīta mat-paraḥ ‘With mind in perfect tranquillity, fearless, keeping the vow of brahmacharya[4. Svāmi Vivekānanda says in his Rāja Yoga (pp: 61-62), that ‘that part of the human energy … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 6 << Chapter 6 verse 12 SlOkam – Original samam kAyaSirOgrIvam dhArayan achalam sthira: | samprEkshya nAsikAgram svam dhiSaS chAnavalOkayan || word-by-word meaning kAya SirO grIvam samam – keeping the body, head and neck straight achalam – unmoving sthiram – firm dhArayan – holding … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 6 << Chapter 6 verse 12 Simple samaṁ kāya-śiro-grīvaṁ dhārayann acalaṁ sthiraḥ samprekṣya nāsikāgraṁ svaṁ diśaś cānavalokayan ‘Keeping the body, head and neck straight, unmoving and firm, fixing the gaze on the nose-tip[3. See verses 29 and 30, ante, The amplification of this subject … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 6 << Chapter 6 verse 11 SlOkam – Original thathraikAgram mana: kruthvA yathachiththEndhriyakriya: | upaviSyAsanE yunjyAth yOgam AthmaviSudhdhayE || word-by-word meaning thathra AsanE – on that seat upaviSya – being seated mana: – mind EkAgram kruthvA – making it single-focussed yatha chiththEndhriya kriya: – … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 6 << Chapter 6 verse 11 Simple tatraikāgraṁ manaḥ kṛtvā yata-cittendriya-kriyaḥ upaviśyāsane yuñjyād yogam ātma-viśuddhaye ‘There into the seat, let one enter and let the mind be made one-pointed, restraining all activities of the mind and the senses, and let concentration be practised, for … Read more