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SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 1 << Chapter 1 Verse 45 SlOkam – Original yadhi mAmaprathIkAramaSasthram SasthrapANaya: | dhArtharAshtrA raNEhanyus thanmE kshEmatharambhavEth || word-by-word meaning raNE – in the battle field aprathIkAram – being the one who would not take revenge (for the offenses committed towards me) aSasthram – … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 1 << Chapter 1 Verse 45 Simple yadi mām apratīkāram aśastraṁ śastra-pāṇayaḥ dhārtarāṣṭrā raṇe hanyus tan me kṣema-taraṁ bhavet Immense benefit it would be to me if, unresisting and unarmed, I be killed on the battle-field by the armed hosts of Dhṛitarāshtra! >> Chapter … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 1 << Chapter 1 Verse 44 SlOkam – Original ahO batha mahath pApam karththum vyavasithA vayam | yadhrAjyasukalObhEna hanthum svajanamudhyathA: || word-by-word meaning vayam – We rAjya suka lObhEna – due to greed for the pleasures we get by ruling the kingdom svajanam – … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 1 << Chapter 1 Verse 44 Simple aho bata mahat pāpaṁ kartuṁ vyavasitā vayam yad rājya-sukha-lobhena hantuṁ sva-janam udyatāḥ Alas! Coveting possessions and enjoyments, ’tis strange that we thought of committing atrocious sin by attempting to massacre our kinsmen! >> Chapter 1 verse 46 … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 1 << Chapter 1 Verse 43 SlOkam – Original uthsannakuladharmANAm manushyANAm janArdhana | narakE niyatham vAsO bhavathIthyanuSuSruma || word-by-word meaning janArdhana – Oh janArdhana! uthsannakuladharmANAm – those having lost their clan’s practices/traditions manushyANAm – for the men narakE – in hellish planets niyatham vAsa: … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 1 << Chapter 1 Verse 43 Simple utsanna-kula-dharmāṇāṁ manuṣyāṇāṁ janārdana narake niyataṁ vāso bhavatīty anuśuśruma For those, from whom their clan-laws have departed, O Janārdana[2. The 128th name of God…]! permanent residence in Naraka[3. Places where sins have to be atoned for by suffering. … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 1 << Chapter 1 Verse 42 SlOkam – Original dhOshairEthai: kulagnAnAm varNasankarakArakai: | uthsAdhyanthE jAthidharmA: kuladharmAScha SASvathA: || word-by-word meaning kulagnAnAm – of those who destroyed the clan varNasankarakArakai: – which causes such intermingling of varNas Ethai: dhOshai: – due to these faults SASvathA: … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 1 << Chapter 1 Verse 42 Simple doṣair etaiḥ kula-ghnānāṁ varṇa-saṅkara-kārakaiḥ utsādyante jāti-dharmāḥ kula-dharmāś ca śāśvatāḥ By the faults of these caste-breakers – the authors of interminglement – the ancient race-rules as well as the caste-rules of morality (dharma) are disregarded and broken. >> … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 1 << Chapter 1 Verse 41 SlOkam – Original sankarO narakAyaiva kulagnAnAm kulasya cha | pathanthi pitharO hyEshAm lupthapiNdOdhakakriyA: || word-by-word meaning sankara: – intermingling of varNas kulagnAnAm – for those who destroyed the clan kulasya cha – for the clan itself narakAya Eva … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 1 << Chapter 1 Verse 41 Simple saṅkaro narakāyaiva kula-ghnānāṁ kulasya ca patanti pitaro hy eṣāṁ lupta-piṇḍodaka-kriyāḥ The intermingling is verily damnation to both the caste-demolishers and the caste itself. For, deprived of the offerings of food, water, and rites, the manes (pitaraḥ[1. Departed … Read more