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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
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 56 Simple cetasā sarva-karmāṇi mayi sannyasya mat-paraḥ buddhi-yogam upāśritya mac-cittaḥ satataṁ bhava ‘In thought, dedicating all works to Me, be ever thoughtful of Me, wedded to Buddhi-Yoga.’ In thought = In the thought that ātma (soul) is Mine and … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 55 SlOkam – Original sarvakarmANyapi sadhA kurvANO madhvyapASraya: | mathprasAdhAdh avApnOthi SASvatham padham avyayam || word-by-word meaning sarva karmANi api – all kAmya karma (actions with expectation for results) madhvyapASraya: – submitting the doership etc towards me sadhA kurvANa: … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 55 Simple sarva-karmāṇy api sadā kurvāṇo mad-vyapāśrayaḥ mat-prasādād avāpnoti śāśvataṁ padam avyayam ‘Doing all works, at all times, with trust reposed in Me, one, through My Grace, wins the eternal infinite State.’ All works: Not merely the nitya and … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 54 SlOkam – Original bhakthyA mAm abhijAnAthi yAvAn yaS chAsmi thathvatha: | thathO mAm thathvathO gyAthvA viSathE thadhanantharam || word-by-word meaning ya: – me who is of such nature and attitude yAvAn cha asmi – me who is of … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 54 Simple bhaktyā mām abhijānāti yāvān yaś cāsmi tattvataḥ tato māṁ tattvato jñātvā viśate tad-anantaram ‘By Love, doth he full know, Who and What I am in truth; by it, after knowing Me in truth doth he enter into … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 53 SlOkam – Original brahmabhUtha: prasannAthmA na SOchathi na kAnkshathi | sama: sarvEshu bhUthEshu madhbhakthim labhathE parAm || word-by-word meaning brahma bhUtha: – Having realised the true nature of the self prasannAthmA – having unperturbed mind na SOchathi – … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 53 Simple brahma-bhūtaḥ prasannātmā na śocati na kāṅkṣati samaḥ sarveṣu bhūteṣu mad-bhaktiṁ labhate parām ‘Become Brahm-like and clear-souled, he laments not and longs not; equal [i.e., indifferent] towards all beings, he doth attain to My love supreme.’ Brahma-bhūtaḥ = … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 52 SlOkam – Original ahankAram balam dharpam kAmam krOdham parigraham | vimuchya nirmama: SAnthO brahmabhUyAya kalpathE || word-by-word meaning ahankAram – considering dhEham (body) to be AthmA (self) balam – the strength of the impressions which nurture such ahankAram … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 52 Simple ahaṅkāraṁ balaṁ darpaṁ kāmaṁ krodhaṁ parigraham vimucya nirmamaḥ śānto brahma-bhūyāya kalpate ‘With ahaṅkāra, power, pride, lust, wrath and covetousness given up; from ‘my-ness’ freed; —the man of peace is fitted for the state of Brahm.’ Buddhi made … Read more