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venkatesh SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 6 << Chapter 6 verse 5 SlOkam – Original bandhur AthmAthmanas thasya yEnAthmaivAthmanA jitha: | anAthmanas thu SathruthvE varthEthAthmaiva Satruvath || word-by-word meaning yEna – By whom AthmA – his mind Athmana Eva – by himself jitha: – conquered (without getting attached to worldly … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 6 << Chapter 6 verse 5 Simple bandhur ātmātmanas tasya yenātmaivātmanā jitaḥ anātmanas tu śatrutve vartetātmaiva śatru-vat ‘The mind is friend to him (ātma) who has himself conquered it. But to him who has not conquered mind, it assumes an inimical attitude.’ The mind … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 6 << Chapter 6 verse 4 SlOkam – Original udhdharEth AthmanAthmAnam nAthmAnamavasAdhayEth | Athmaiva hyAthmano bandhur Athmaiva ripur Athmana: || word-by-word meaning AthmanA – with the mind (which is detached from worldly pleasures) AthmAnam – oneself udhdharEtha – elevate; [AthmaNA – mind with attachments … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 6 << Chapter 6 verse 4 Simple uddhared ātmanātmānaṁ nātmānam avasādayet ātmaiva hy ātmano bandhur ātmaiva ripur ātmanaḥ ‘Let one elevate his ātma by his mind, and let not ātma be molested. The mind verily is ātma’s friend, as well, indeed, its foe.’ Ātmanā … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 6 << Chapter 6 verse 3 SlOkam – Original yadhA hi nEndhriyArthEshu na karmasvanushajjate | sarvasankalpasanyasI yogArUdas tadhOchyathE || word-by-word meaning (ayam yOgI) – This karma yOga nishta (practitioner) indhriyArthEshu – in the sense objects such as Sabdham (sound) etc which are enjoyed by … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 6 << Chapter 6 verse 3 Simple yadā hi nendriyārtheṣu na karmasv anuṣajjate sarva-saṅkalpa-sannyāsī yogārūḍhas tadocyate ‘Then is he called yoga-perfected (fixed in meditation) when he has ceased from loving, sense-objects and (sense-)promptings; when he has shaken off every illusion.’ The yog-ārūdha (or meditation-accomplished … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 6 << Chapter 6 verse 2 SlOkam – Original ArurukshOr munEr yogam karma kAraNam uchyathE | yOgArUdasya thasyaiva Sama: kAraNam uchyathE || word-by-word meaning yOgam – Athma sAkshAthkAram (Vision of AthmA) ArurukshO: – one who desires to attain munE – for the mumukshu who … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 6 << Chapter 6 verse 2 Simple ārurukṣor muner yogaṁ karma kāraṇam ucyate yogārūḍhasya tasyaiva śamaḥ kāraṇam ucyate ‘For the yoga-ascending[1. Ārurukshu, lit: yoga-scaling, the neophyte, or the novice.] muni, Work is declared as the Means. But for him, —the yoga-ascended[2. Yogārūdha, lit: yoga-scaled, … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 6 << Chapter 6 verse 1 SlOkam – Original yam sanyAsam ithi prAhur yOgam tham vidhdhi pANdava | na hyasanyasthasankalpO yOgI bhavathi kaSchana || word-by-word meaning pANdava – Oh son of pANdu! yam – what sanyAsa: ithi – as gyAna (knowledge) prAhu: – (the … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 6 << Chapter 6 verse 1 Simple yaṁ sannyāsam iti prāhur yogaṁ taṁ viddhi pāṇḍava na hy asannyasta-saṅkalpo yogī bhavati kaścana ‘What they call sannyāsa, Pāṇḍava[2. Patronymic of Arjuna, vide, Geneal: Table, at end, Lec: II.]!, know, it is yoga. For no one becometh … Read more