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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
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 1 << Chapter 1 Verse 40 SlOkam – Original adharmAbhibhavAth krishNa pradhushyanthi kulasthriya: | sthrIshu dhushtAsu vArshNEya jAyathEvarNasankara: || word-by-word meaning vArshNEya krishNa! – Oh krishNa who is born in vrshNi clan! adharmAbhibhavAth – as unrighteousness covers (the clan) kulasthriya: – family-women pradhushyanthi – … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 1 << Chapter 1 Verse 40 Simple adharmābhibhavāt kṛṣṇa praduṣyanti kula-striyaḥ strīṣu duṣṭāsu vārṣṇeya jāyate varṇa-saṅkaraḥ When unrighteousness holds sway, Kṛishṇa[3. The 58th and 554th name of God…]! the family-women become scandalized. And when women become evil, Vārshṇeya[4. A name of Kṛishṇa being a … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 1 << Chapter 1 Verse 39 SlOkam – Original kula kshayE praNaSyanthi kula dharmA: sanAthanA: | dharmE nashtE kulam kruthsnam adharmO’bhibhavathyutha || word-by-word meaning kula kshayE – when the race is destroyed sanAthanA: – ancient kula dharmA: – practices/virtues praNaSyanthi – are destroyed dharmE … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 1 << Chapter 1 Verse 39 Simple kula-kṣaye praṇaśyanti kula-dharmāḥ sanātanāḥ dharme naṣṭe kulaṁ kṛtsnam adharmo ’bhibhavaty uta When race declines, its eternal canons of righteousness (dharma) also do decline; when righteousness declines, irreligion (or wickedness = adharma) rampant, doth prevail. >> Chapter 1 … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 1 << Chapter 1 Verse 38 SlOkam – Original katham na gyEyam asmAbhi: pApAdh asmAn nivarthithum | kula kshaya krutham dhOsham prapaSyadhbhir janArdhana || word-by-word meaning janArdhana – Oh janArdhana! kula kshaya krutham dhOsham – ill-deeds arising out of vanquishing of the race prapaSyadhbhi: … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 1 << Chapter 1 Verse 37 SlOkam – Original yadhyapi EthE na paSyanthi lObhOpahatha chEthasa: | kula kshaya krutham dhOsham mithra drOhE cha pAthakam || word-by-word meaning lObhOpahatha chEthasa: – having unintelligent mind due to greed for kingdom EthE – these dhuryOdhana et al … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 1 << Chapter 1 Verse 38 Simple kathaṁ na jñeyam asmābhiḥ pāpād asmān nivartitum kula-kṣaya-kṛtaṁ doṣaṁ prapaśyadbhir janārdana How should we ourselves, therefore, not know to avoid this sin (treachery, etc.) knowing as we do the hazard, the extinction of a race must run? … Read more