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venkatesh SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 6 << Chapter 6 verse 10 SlOkam – Original Suchau dhESE prathishtApya sthiram Asanam Athmana: | nAthyuchchritham nAthinIcham chElAjinakuSOththaram || word-by-word meaning Suchau dhESE – in a pure place Athmana: – for self sthiram – firm (made out of wood etc) nAthyuchritham – not … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 6 << Chapter 6 verse 10 Simple śucau deśe pratiṣṭhāpya sthiram āsanam ātmanaḥ nāty-ucchritaṁ nāti-nīcaṁ cailājina-kuśottaram ‘In a pure place, let him prepare a firm seat, neither too high nor too low, made of kuśa[1. ‘Poa cynosuroides‘, a grass which plays a great part … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 6 << Chapter 6 verse 9 SlOkam – Original yOgI yunjItha sathatham AthmAnam rahasi sthitha: | EkAkI yathachiththAthmA nirASIr aparigraha: || word-by-word meaning yOgI – (previously mentioned) karma yOgi sathatham – every day, at specific times set aside for yOga rahasi sthitha: – being … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 6 << Chapter 6 verse 9 Simple yogī yuñjīta satatam ātmānaṁ rahasi sthitaḥ ekākī yata-cittātmā nirāśīr aparigrahaḥ ‘Let the (karma)-yogi, alone and in secret, —checking the thoughts of the mind,— rid of desires and belongings, —constantly practise ātma-concentration.’ Yogi is he who walks the … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 6 << Chapter 6 verse 8 SlOkam – Original suhrunmithrAryudhAsInamadhyasthadhvEshyabandhushu | sAdhushvapi cha pApEshu samabudhdhir viSishyathE || word-by-word meaning suhrun mithra ari udhAsIna madhyastha dhvEshya bandhushu – towards well wishers, friends, enemies, unrelated ones, neutral persons, those who have natural hatred, those who have … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 6 << Chapter 6 verse 8 Simple suhṛn-mitrāry-udāsīna- madhyastha-dveṣya-bandhuṣu sādhuṣv api ca pāpeṣu sama-buddhir viśiṣyate ‘He is specially distinguished, who looks with equal eye on friends or comrades, foes or strangers, neutrals, born-enemies or kinsmen, on the virtuous or the vile[1. Bhāgavata, IV-20-13; ‘Samas … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 6 << Chapter 6 verse 7 SlOkam – Original gyAnavigyAnathrupthAthmA kUtasthO vijithEndhriya: | yuktha ithyuchyathE yOgI samaloshtrASmakAnchana: || word-by-word meaning gyAna vigyAna thrupthAthmA – having a mind which is content with knowledge and greater knowledge kUtastha: – being firmly placed on the pure AthmA … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 6 << Chapter 6 verse 7 Simple jñāna-vijñāna-tṛptātmā kūṭa-stho vijitendriyaḥ yukta ity ucyate yogī sama-loṣṭrāśma-kāñcanaḥ ‘That (karma-)yogi is fit for yoga (yuktaḥ), whose mind is content with knowledge and higher knowledge; who is constant; who hath conquered the senses; and who looketh equally on … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 6 << Chapter 6 verse 6 SlOkam – Original jithAthmana: praSAnthasya paramAthmA samAhitha: | SIthOshNa sukha dhu:khEshu thathA mAnAvamAnayO: || word-by-word meaning SIthOshNa sukha dhu:khEshu – in cold-heat, joy-sorrow thathA – in the same manner mAna avamAnayO: – and in honour, dishonour jithAthmana: – … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 6 << Chapter 6 verse 6 Simple jitātmanaḥ praśāntasya paramātmā samāhitaḥ śītoṣṇa-sukha-duḥkheṣu tathā mānāpamānayoḥ ‘By him, who has effected mind-control and has peace in the midst of cold and heat, joy and grief, honor and dishonor, the exalted ātma is realized.’ When the mind … Read more