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SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 16 << Chapter 16 Verse 23 SlOkam – Original thasmAch chAsthram pramANam thE kAryAkAryavyavasthithau | gyAthvA SAsthravidhAnOktham karma karthum ihArhasi || word-by-word meaning thasmAth – Thus thE – for you kArya akArya vyavasthithau – to determine what is to be pursued and what is … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 16 << Chapter 16 Verse 23 Simple tasmāc chāstraṁ pramāṇaṁ te kāryākārya-vyavasthitau jñātvā śāstra-vidhānoktaṁ karma kartum ihārhasi ‘Hence thy Authority is Śāstra, to judge what is duty and not. Knowing what Śāstra’s canons teach and do enjoin, it is now for thee to act.’ … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 16 << Chapter 16 Verse 22 SlOkam – Original ya: SAsthravidhim uthsrujya varthathE kAmakAratha: | na sa sidhdhim avApnOthi na sukham na parAm gathim || word-by-word meaning ya: – One who SAsthra vidhim – my orders of vEdham uthsrujya – discarding kAma kAratha: varthathE … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 16 << Chapter 16 Verse 22 Simple yaḥ śāstra-vidhim utsṛjya vartate kāma-kārataḥ na sa siddhim avāpnoti na sukhaṁ na parāṁ gatim ‘Whoso discarding Śāstra’s rubric, freely roams at will, he attains not to perfection, nor happiness nor Highest Goal.’ Śāstra = Vedas (= the … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 16 << Chapter 16 Verse 21 SlOkam – Original Ethair vimuktha: kaunthEya thamOdhvArais thribhir nara: | AcharathyAthmana: SrEyas thathO yAthi parAm gathim || word-by-word meaning kaunthEya – Oh son of kunthI! thamO dhvArai: – the cause of darkness (i.e., misunderstanding about me) Ethai: thribhi: … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 16 << Chapter 16 Verse 21 Simple etair vimuktaḥ kaunteya tamo-dvārais tribhir naraḥ ācaraty ātmanaḥ śreyas tato yāti parāṁ gatim ‘The man, Kaunteya! who, from these triple dark portals, is rescued, works for soul’s good; thence to the Highest End doth he wend.’ The … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 16 << Chapter 16 Verse 20 SlOkam – Original thrividham narakasyaitadh dhvAram nASanam Athmana: | kAma: krOdhas thathA lObhas thasmadhEthath thrayam thyajEth || word-by-word meaning kAma: – lust krOdha: – anger thathA lObha: – greed Ethath – these narakasya – the hell of demoniac … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 16 << Chapter 16 Verse 20 Simple tri-vidhaṁ narakasyedaṁ dvāraṁ nāśanam ātmanaḥ kāmaḥ krodhas tathā lobhas tasmād etat trayaṁ tyajet ‘Triple is this door to Naraka, compassing souls’ ruin: lust, wrath and greed. Hence shun this triad.’ The Non-divine (=āsura) nature is itself the … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 16 << Chapter 16 Verse 19 SlOkam – Original AsurIm yOnim ApannA mUdA janmani janmani | mAm aprApyaiva kaunthEya thathO yAntyadhamAm gathim || word-by-word meaning kaunthEya – Oh son of kunthI! AsurIm yOnim ApannA: – (as explained in previous SlOkam) these people, having attained … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 16 << Chapter 16 Verse 19 Simple āsurīṁ yonim āpannā mūḍhā janmani janmani mām aprāpyaiva kaunteya tato yānty adhamāṁ gatim ‘Entering wombs demoniac, in error spawning from birth to birth, never (do they) find Me, Kaunteya! but drag themselves down the Nether Path.’ Demoniac … Read more