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SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 51 SlOkam – Original vivikthasEvI laghvASI yathavAkkAyamAnasa: | dhyAnayOgaparO nithyam vairAgyam samupASritha: || word-by-word meaning vivikthasEvI – being in a secluded place (where there are no hurdles for dhyAna) laghvASI – with a light diet yatha vAk kAya mAnasa: … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 51 Simple vivikta-sevī laghv-āśī yata-vāk-kāya-mānasaḥ dhyāna-yoga-paro nityaṁ vairāgyaṁ samupāśritaḥ ‘With solitude selected; on light diet living; in speech, body and will governed; to Dhyāna-Yoga ever devoted, to dispassion wedded;’ >> Chapter 18 Verse 53 archived in http://githa.koyil.org pramEyam (goal) … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 50 SlOkam – Original budhdhyA viSudhdhayA yukthO dhruthyA’’thmAnam niyamya cha | SabdhAdhIn vishayAms thyakthvA rAgadhvEshau vyudhasya cha || word-by-word meaning budhdhyA viSudhdhayA yuktha: – being with true knowledge about AthmA dhruthyA – with the (previously explained) sAthvika dhruthi AthmAnam … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 50 Simple buddhyā viśuddhayā yukto dhṛtyātmānaṁ niyamya ca śabdādīn viṣayāṁs tyaktvā rāga-dveṣau vyudasya ca ‘With Buddhi made holy, with Manas firmly reined in; with (sense) objects such as sound, resigned; and with loves and hates rejected;’ >> Chapter 18 … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 49 SlOkam – Original sidhdhim prApthO yathA brahma thathApnOthi nibOdha mE | samAsEnaiva kaunthEya nishtA gyAnasya yA parA || word-by-word meaning kaunthEya – Oh son of kunthI! sidhdhim prAptha: – one who attained the firm state of dhyAna yathA … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 49 Simple siddhiṁ prāpto yathā brahma tathāpnoti nibodha me samāsenaiva kaunteya niṣṭhā jñānasya yā parā ‘Learn from Me in brief, Kaunteya! how the perfection-attained reaches Brahm[1. Brahm here means the soul in agreement with that sense intended to be … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 48 SlOkam – Original asakthabudhdhi: sarvathra jithAthmA vigathaspruha: | naishkarmyasidhdhim paramAm sanyAsEnAdhigachchathi || word-by-word meaning sarvathra – both in karma (actions) and its palam (results) asaktha budhdhi: – without attachment jithAthmA – being victorious over the mind vigathaspruha: – … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 48 Simple asakta-buddhiḥ sarvatra jitātmā vigata-spṛhaḥ naiṣkarmya-siddhiṁ paramāṁ sannyāsenādhigacchati ‘With Buddhi unfettered, with self subdued, and desires departed, —by Renunciation, doth one attain to high devotional consummation.’ Buddhi (or intellect) unfettered = unattached to fruits or anything. Self subdued … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 47 SlOkam – Original sahajam karma kaunthEya sadhOsham api na thyajEth | sarvArambhA hi dOshENa dhUmenAgnir ivAvruthA: || word-by-word meaning kaunthEya – Oh son of kunthI! sahajam karma – karma yOga which is naturally fitting [for the nature of … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 47 Simple saha-jaṁ karma kaunteya sa-doṣam api na tyajet sarvārambhā hi doṣeṇa dhūmenāgnir ivāvṛtāḥ ‘Let natural duty, Kaunteya!, though faulty, be not forsaken. Verily all endeavours are in faults swathed, like fire in smoke.’ Hence as act comes natural, … Read more