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SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 60 Simple īśvaraḥ sarva-bhūtānāṁ hṛd-deśe ’rjuna tiṣṭhati bhrāmayan sarva-bhūtāni yantrārūḍhāni māyayā ‘Īśvara, Arjuna! sits in the heart-region of all beings, borne (as it were) on a machine, spinning them by His māyā.'[1. Magic, Marvellous or Mysterious Power of the … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 59 SlOkam – Original svabhAvajEna kaunthEya nibadhdha: svEna karmaNA | karthum nEchchasi yanmOhAth karishyasyavaSO’pi thath || word-by-word meaning kaunthEya – Oh son of kunthI! svabhAvajEna – caused by your previous karma svEna karmaNA – valour which is your act … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 59 Simple svabhāva-jena kaunteya nibaddhaḥ svena karmaṇā kartuṁ necchasi yan mohāt kariṣyasy avaśo ’pi tat ‘Bound (as thou art) Kaunteya! by thy own nature-born act, despite, in thy folly, not wishing to do the act, thou wilt yet do … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 58 SlOkam – Original yadhyahankAram ASrithya na yOthsya ithi manyasE | mithyaisha vyavasAyas thE prakruthis thvAm niyOkshyathi || word-by-word meaning ahankAram ASrithya – Considering “I can myself determine good and bad” (foregoing my ordainment) na yOthsya ithi – saying … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 58 Simple yad ahaṅkāram āśritya na yotsya iti manyase mithyaiṣa vyavasāyas te prakṛtis tvāṁ niyokṣyati ‘If by embracing egotism, thou resolvest: ‘I will not fight,’ that resolve of thine shall be vain; (for) nature will impel thee.’ Egotism (ahaṅkāra)=The … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 57.5 SlOkam – Original atha chEth thvam ahankArAn na SrOshyasi vinankshyasi || word-by-word meaning atha – otherwise thvam – you ahankArAn – with the pride of thinking yourself to be all-knowing na SrOshyasi chEth – if you don’t listen … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 57.5 Simple atha cet tvam ahaṅkārān na śroṣyasi vinaṅkṣyasi ‘But if from egotism thou wilt not heed (Me) thou wilt perish.’ Egotism (ahaṅkāra) = the notion of selfness: I know well what is proper to be done and what … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 57 SlOkam – Original machchiththa: sarvadhurgANi mathprasAdhAth tharishyasi | word-by-word meaning machchiththa: – Placing your heart in me (if you performed all actions as explained previously) sarva dhurgANi – all hurdles which bind [you] in this samsAram (material realm) … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 57 Simple mac-cittaḥ sarva-durgāṇi mat-prasādāt tariṣyasi ‘Heart set on Me, thou shalt, by My Grace, overcome all obstacles.’ With heart (chitta or thoughts) placed on Me, (or thy heart given to Me), thou shalt engage in all acts; and … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 56 SlOkam – Original chEthasA sarvakarmANi mayi sannyasya mathpara: | budhdhiyOgam upASrithya machchiththa: sathatham bhava || word-by-word meaning chEthasA – with the thought (that the AthmA is mine, and it’s controlled by me) sarva karmANi – all actions mayi … Read more