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SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 17 << Chapter 17 Verse 27 SlOkam – Original aSradhdhayA hutham dhaththam thapas thaptham krutham cha yath | asadhithyuchyathE pArtha na cha thath prEthya nO iha || word-by-word meaning pArtha – Oh son of kunthI! aSradhdhayA krutham – performed without faith yath – that … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 17 << Chapter 17 Verse 27 Simple aśraddhayā hutaṁ dattaṁ tapas taptaṁ kṛtaṁ ca yat asad ity ucyate pārtha na ca tat pretya no iha ‘What without faith is given, what Tapas done, and what is done, (Yajña) is called A-SAT, Pārtha! which is … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 17 << Chapter 17 Verse 26 SlOkam – Original yagyE thapasi dhAnE cha sthithi: sadhithi chOchyathE | karma chaiva thadarthIyam sadhithyEvAbhidhIyathE || word-by-word meaning yagyE – In yagya (sacrifice) thapasi – in thapas (penance) dhAnE cha – in dhAnam (charity) sthithi: cha – [those … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 17 << Chapter 17 Verse 26 Simple yajñe tapasi dāne ca sthitiḥ sad iti cocyate karma caiva tad-arthīyaṁ sad ity evābhidhīyate ‘To be implanted in Yajña, Tapas and Gifts, is called SAT; and all acts on that account are by Sat itself designated.’ Hence … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 17 << Chapter 17 Verse 25 SlOkam – Original sadhbhAvE sAdhubhAvE cha sadhithyEthath prayujyathE | praSasthE karmaNi thathA sachchabdha: pArtha yujyathE || word-by-word meaning pArtha – Oh son of kunthI! sath ithi Ethath – the word sath sadhbhAvE – indicating “an entity which exists” … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 17 << Chapter 17 Verse 25 Simple sad-bhāve sādhu-bhāve ca sad ity etat prayujyate praśaste karmaṇi tathā sac-chabdaḥ pārtha yujyate ‘In the sense of existence and of goodness, the word SAT is used. SAT is likewise used, Pārtha! in relation to auspicious events.’ Sad-bhāve … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 17 << Chapter 17 Verse 24 SlOkam – Original thadhithi anabhisandhAya palam yagyathapa:kriyA: | dhAnakriyAS cha vividhA: kriyanthE mOkshakAnkshibhi: || word-by-word meaning mOksha kAnkshibhi: – by those [brAhmaNas, kshathriyas, vaiSyas] who desire mOksham vividhA: – many ways yagya thapa: kriyA: – yagyas and penances … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 17 << Chapter 17 Verse 24 Simple tad ity anabhisandhāya phalaṁ yajña-tapaḥ-kriyāḥ dāna-kriyāś ca vividhāḥ kriyante mokṣa-kāṅkṣibhiḥ ‘With TAT, are acts of Yajña, Tapas, and of Gift, performed by Moksha-aspirants, wishing not for fruit.’ Whatever acts, Veda-learning, Yajña, Tapas and Gifts are done by … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 17 << Chapter 17 Verse 23 SlOkam – Original thasmAdhOm ithyudhAhruthya yagyadhAnathapa:kriyA: | pravarthanthE vidhAnOkthA: sathatham brahma-vAdhinAm || word-by-word meaning thasmAth – as the vaidhika karmas along with these three words are created (in this manner, by me) brahmavAdhinAm – practiced by those [brAhmaNas, … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 17 << Chapter 17 Verse 23 Simple tasmād oṁ ity udāhṛtya yajña-dāna-tapaḥ-kriyāḥ pravartante vidhānoktāḥ satataṁ brahma-vādinām ‘With Brahmavādis, therefore, all Veda-enjoined acts, Sacrifice (yajña), Gift (dāna) and Austerity (tapas) always begin with the repetition of OM.’ Brahmavādis=Veda-vādis, or those who follow the Vedas or … Read more