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SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 37 SlOkam – Original vishayEndhriyasamyOgAdh yath thadhagrE’mruthOpamam | pariNAmE visham iva thath sukham rAjasam smrutham || word-by-word meaning vishayEndhriya samyOgAth – Due to senses coming into contact with objects (like food, beverages etc) agrE – in the beginning stages … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 37 Simple viṣayendriya-saṁyogād yat tad agre ’mṛtopamam pariṇāme viṣam iva tat sukhaṁ rājasaṁ smṛtam ‘That is declared Rājasa-Happiness, which by contact of sense with object, is at first as nectar, but venom in the end.’ What, when enjoying objects … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 36 SlOkam – Original yath thadhagrE visham iva pariNAmE’mruthOpamam | thath sukham sAthvikam prOktham AthmabudhdhiprasAdhajam || word-by-word meaning yath thath – that happiness agrE – while commencing (the yOga) visham iva – appearing to be sorrowful (due to lack … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 36 Simple yat tad agre viṣam iva pariṇāme ’mṛtopamam tat sukhaṁ sāttvikaṁ proktam ātma-buddhi-prasāda-jam ‘That is called Sātvika-Happiness, which at first as venom is, but nectar in the end; —springing from ātma-knowing serenity.’ That Happiness, which by hard effort … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 35.5 SlOkam – Original abhyAsAdh ramathE yathra dhu:khAntham cha nigachchathi || word-by-word meaning yathra abhyAsAth – With the happiness that one is used to for long ramathE – attaining unparalleled delight dhu:khAntham cha ni gachchathi – ending all the … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 35.5 Simple abhyāsād ramate yatra duḥkhāntaṁ ca nigacchati ‘Where, one by habit delighteth, and the end of pain reacheth.’ That Happiness, by long habituation thereto, one gradually derives exquisite pleasure by, and finally reaches the end of pain = … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 35 SlOkam – Original sukham thu ihdAnIm thrividham SruNu mE bharatharshabha | word-by-word meaning bharatharshabha – Oh leader of bharatha clan! idhAnIm – now sukham thu – happiness thrividham – three kinds mE SruNu – listen from me Simple … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 35 Simple sukhaṁ tv idānīṁ tri-vidhaṁ śṛṇu me bharatarṣabha ‘Now listen from Me, Bharatarshabha![1. A nom de guerre of Arjuna: The Bull of the Bharata-race.] the three kinds of Happiness.’ All the aforesaid, Knowledge, Act, Actor etc., are with … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 34 SlOkam – Original yayA svapnam bhayam SOkam vishAdham madham Eva cha | na vimunchathi dhurmEdhA dhruthi: sA pArtha thAmasI || word-by-word meaning pArtha – Oh son of kunthI! dhurmEdhA: – one with evil intellect svapnam madham – the … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 34 Simple yayā svapnaṁ bhayaṁ śokaṁ viṣādaṁ madam eva ca na vimuñcati durmedhā dhṛtiḥ sā pārtha tāmasī ‘That is Tāmasa-Purpose, Pārtha! by which the fool doth not shake off slumber, dread, grief, despair and folly.’ Svapnam = slumber, or … Read more