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SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 1 << Chapter 1 Verse 35 SlOkam – Original nihathya dhArtharAshtrAn na: kA prIthi: syAj janArdhana | pApam EvASrayEdh asmAn hathvaithAn AthathAyina: || word-by-word meaning janArdhana – Oh janArdhana! nihathya – by killing dhArtharAshtrAn – the sons of dhritharAshtra na: – for us kA … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 1 << Chapter 1 Verse 37 Simple yadyapyete na paśyanti lobhopahata-cetasaḥ kula-kṣaya-kṛtaṁ doṣaṁ mitra-drohe ca pātakam Hearts overrun with greed, it is thus they fail to perceive the danger entailed by extinction of their race, nor do they realize the treachery involved in the … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 1 << Chapter 1 Verse 36 Simple tasmān nārhā vayaṁ hantuṁ dhārtarāṣṭrān sa-bāndhavān sva-janaṁ hi kathaṁ hatvā sukhinaḥ syāma mādhava Hence ‘tis not meet for us to despatch the party of Dhṛitarāshtra along with our kinsmen. How, Mādhava[2. See footnote for 1.14], can we … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 1 << Chapter 1 Verse 35 Simple nihatya dhārtarāṣṭrān naḥ kā prītiḥ syāj janārdana pāpam evāśrayed asmān hatvaitān ātatāyinaḥ Janārdana![1. The 128th name of God. One etymology is ‘Dasyu-trānāj-Janārdanaḥ‘ (Bhārata. Ud. Parva. 71-6.] What satisfaction derive we from laying low the hosts of Dhṛitarāshtra? … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 1 << Chapter 1 Verse 34 SlOkam – Original EthAnna hanthumichchAmi gnathOpi madhusUdhana | api thrailOkyarAjyasya hEthO: kinnu mahIkruthE || word-by-word meaning madhusUdhana – Oh madhusUdhana (killer of demon madhu)! gnatha: api – even if they set out to kill (us) EthAn – them … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 1 << Chapter 1 Verse 34 Simple etān na hantum icchāmi ghnato ’pi madhusūdana api trailokya-rājyasya hetoḥ kiṁ nu mahī-kṛte Madhusūdana[4. The 74th name of God. One etymology is “Madhur-indriya nāmā sa tato madhu-Nishūdanaḥ.”]! I would rather that I were killed than that I … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 1 << Chapter 1 Verse 33 SlOkam – Original AchAryA: pithara: puthrAs thathaiva cha pithAmahA: | mAthulA: SvaSurA: pauthrA: SyAlA: sambandhinasthathA || word-by-word meaning AchAryA: – teachers pithara: – fathers (paternal uncles) puthrA: – sons thathA – likewise pithAmahA: – grand fathers SvaSurA: – … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 1 << Chapter 1 Verse 33 Simple ācāryāḥ pitaraḥ putrās tathaiva ca pitāmahāḥ mātulāḥ śvaśurāḥ pautrāḥ śyālāḥ sambandhinas tathā Preceptors and sires, sires’ sons and sires’ sires, maternal uncles and fathers-in-law, grandsons and brothers-in-law, and others likewise, (our) cognati. >> Chapter 1 verse 35 … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 1 << Chapter 1 Verse 32 SlOkam – Original yEshAm arthE kAnkshitham nO rAjyam bhOgA:sukAnicha | tha imEvasthithAyudhdhE prANAms thyakthvA dhanAni cha || word-by-word meaning yEshAm arthE – for the purpose of which teachers et al na: – for us rAjyam – kingdom bhOgA: … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 1 << Chapter 1 Verse 32 Simple yeṣām arthe kāṅkṣitaṁ no rājyaṁ bhogāḥ sukhāni ca ta ime ’vasthitā yuddhe prāṇāṁs tyaktvā dhanāni ca For whom we seek (by fight) possessions, joys and comforts, – those very men, risking lives and fortunes, stand for contest! … Read more