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SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 46.5 Simple svabhāva-niyataṁ karma kurvan nāpnoti kilbiṣam ‘Doing work that by nature is appointed, one incurs not sin.’ To a being joined to matter, and endowed with senses, it is normality to act, inasmuch as his organs tend in … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 46 SlOkam – Original SrEyAn svadharmO viguNa: paradharmAth svanuṣtithAth | word-by-word meaning svadharma: – karma yOga which is naturally pursuable (for a man who is with a body) viguNa: (api) – even with shortcomings svanushtithAth – (sometimes) well practiced … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 46 Simple śreyān sva-dharmo viguṇaḥ para-dharmāt sv-anuṣṭhitāt ‘Better one’s own Dharma, (though) void of merit, than doing another’s Dharma even though it be done excellently well.’ One’s own Dharma is, as pointed out already, the sum of acts constituting … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 45 SlOkam – Original yatha: pravruththir bhUthAnAm yEna sarvam idham thatham | svakarmaNA tham abhyarchya sidhdhim vindhathi mAnava: || word-by-word meaning yatha: – from that paramapurusha (supreme lord) bhUthAnAm pravruththi: – all aspects such as creation etc for every … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 45 Simple yataḥ pravṛttir bhūtānāṁ yena sarvam idaṁ tatam sva-karmaṇā tam abhyarcya siddhiṁ vindati mānavaḥ ‘Whence all beings evolve,[1. ‘Activity’ may also be used to translate pravṛitti or ‘Poteny’ meaning ‘power for action’ as contrasted with latency.] by Whom … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 44 SlOkam – Original svE svE karmaNyabhiratha: samsidhdhim labhathE nara: | svakarmaniratha: sidhdhim yathA vindhati thachchruNu || word-by-word meaning svE svE karmaNi – in activities according to one’s varNa abhiratha: – involved nara: – person samsidhdhim – fruit of … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 44 Simple sve sve karmaṇy abhirataḥ saṁsiddhiṁ labhate naraḥ sva-karma-nirataḥ siddhiṁ yathā vindati tac chṛṇu ‘Each devoted to his own duty, man wins perfectness. How the devoted to his duty wins perfectness, listen.’ Every man devoted to his own … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 43 SlOkam – Original krushigOrakshyavANijyam vaiSyakarma svabhAvajam | paricharyAthmakam karma SUdhrasyApi svabhAvajam || word-by-word meaning krushi gOrakshya vANijyam – farming, protecting cows and doing business svabhAvajam – acquired by [birth based on] previous karma vaiSyam karma – activities for … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 43 Simple kṛṣi-go-rakṣya-vāṇijyaṁ vaiśya-karma svabhāva-jam paricaryātmakaṁ karma śūdrasyāpi svabhāva-jam ‘Agriculture, cattle-tending [i.e., protection], and commerce are duties native to a Vaiśya. And service constitutes the duty native to a Śūdra.’ Kṛishi = Culture intended to produce crop. Go-raksha = … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 42 SlOkam – Original Sauryam thEjO dhruthir dhAkshyam yudhdhE chApyapalAyanam | dhAnam ISvarabhAvaS cha kshAthram karma svabhAvajam || word-by-word meaning Sauryam – valour which makes one enter into a battlefield fearlessly thEja: – being undefeatable dhruthi: – standing firm … Read more