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SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 14 << Chapter 14 verse 21 SlOkam – Original SrI bhagavAn uvAcha prakASam cha pravruththim cha mOham Eva cha pANdava | na dhvEshti sampravruththAni na nivṛuththAni kAnkshathi || word-by-word meaning SrI bhagavAn uvAcha – SrI bhagavAn spoke pANdava – Oh son of pANdu! (In … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 14 << Chapter 14 verse 21 Simple śrī-bhagavān uvāca prakāśaṁ ca pravṛttiṁ ca moham eva ca pāṇḍava na dveṣṭi sampravṛttāni na nivṛttāni kāṅkṣati ‘He (the man who has crossed the qualities) is one, Pāndava! who is exempt from hate, when lucidity, activity and folly … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 14 << Chapter 14 verse 20 SlOkam – Original arjuna uvAcha kair lingais thri guNAn EthAn athIthO bhavathi prabhO | kimAchAra: katham chaithAms thrIn guNAn athivarthathE || word-by-word meaning arjuna uvAcha – arjuna spoke prabhO! – My lord! EthAn thri guNAn athItha: – one … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 14 << Chapter 14 verse 20 Simple arjuna uvāca kair liṅgais trīn guṇān etān atīto bhavati prabho kim-ācāraḥ kathaṁ caitāṁs trīn guṇān ativartate ‘By what signs is he to be (recognized), O Lord! who has surmounted these three qualities? What is his conduct, and … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 14 << Chapter 14 verse 19 SlOkam – Original guNAn EthAn athIthya thrIn dhEhI dhEhasamudbhavAn | janmamruthyujarAdhu:khair vimukthO’mrutham aSnuthE || word-by-word meaning dhEhI – This AthmA who has the body dhEha samudhbhavAn – in the body which is a transformation of prakruthi (matter) EthAn … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 14 << Chapter 14 verse 19 Simple guṇān etān atītya trīn dehī deha-samudbhavān janma-mṛtyu-jarā-duḥkhair vimukto ’mṛtam aśnute ‘Transcending these three body-bred qualities, the embodied (ego), freed from the pains of death and age, tastes immortality.'[1. Cp: Vish: Pur: I-7-47: “Guṇa-traya-mayam etc.”] These three qualities … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 14 << Chapter 14 verse 18 Simple nānyaṁ guṇebhyaḥ kartāraṁ yadā draṣṭānupaśyati guṇebhyaś ca paraṁ vetti mad-bhāvaṁ so ’dhigacchati ‘When the Seer cognizes no agent other than the qualities and knows what is beyond the qualities, then doth he reach to My state.’ Thus … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 14 << Chapter 14 verse 17 SlOkam – Original Urdhvam gachchanthi saththvasthA: madhyE thishtanthi rAjasA: | jaghanyaguNavruththisthA: adhO gachchanthi thAmasā: || word-by-word meaning saththvasthA: – those who have abundance of sathva guNam Urdhvam gachchanthi – (eventually) reach the higher position of mOksham (liberation); rAjasA: … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 14 << Chapter 14 verse 16 SlOkam – Original sathvAth sanjAyathE gyAnam rajasO lObha Eva cha | pramAdhamOhau thamasO bhavathO’gyAnam Eva cha || word-by-word meaning sathvAth – only by (abundant) sathva guNam gyAnam – knowledge (including self-realisation) sanjAyathE – is created nicely; rajasa: – … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 14 << Chapter 14 verse 16 Simple sattvāt sañjāyate jñānaṁ rajaso lobha eva ca pramāda-mohau tamaso bhavato ’jñānam eva ca ‘From Satvam springs forth wisdom; from Rajas avidity itself; inattention and infatuation come from Tamas, as well as unwisdom.’ When thus Satvam goes on … Read more