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SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 33 Simple yayā tu dharma-kāmārthān dhṛtyā dhārayate ’rjuna prasaṅgena phalākāṅkṣī dhṛtiḥ sā pārtha rājasī ‘That is Rājasa-Purpose, Pārtha! by which, — from motives of attachment and fruit—, Dharma, pleasures and wealth are maintained.’ That is Rājasa-Purpose or Will by … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 32 SlOkam – Original dhruthyA yayA dhArayathE mana:prANEndhriyakriyA: | yOgEnAvyabhichAriNyA dhruthi: sA pArtha sAthvikI || word-by-word meaning pArtha – Oh son of kunthI! avyabhichAriNyA – without expectation for any other result yOgEna – through bhagavath upAsanam (worship of emperumAn) … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 32 Simple dhṛtyā yayā dhārayate manaḥ-prāṇendriya-kriyāḥ yogenāvyabhicāriṇyā dhṛtiḥ sā pārtha sāttvikī ‘That is Sātvika-Purpose, Pārtha!, —that of unerring Yoga,— by which the energies of mind, prāṇa and the senses are sustained.’ ‘That Purpose of unerring Yoga (concentratedness), by the … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 31 SlOkam – Original adharmam dharmam ithi yA manyathE thamasA’vruthA | sarvArthAn viparIthAmS cha budhdhi: sA pArtha thAmasI || word-by-word meaning pArtha – Oh son of kunthI! yA – that knowledge thamasA AvruthA – covered with thamO guNam adharmam … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 31 Simple adharmaṁ dharmam iti yā manyate tamasāvṛtā sarvārthān viparītāṁś ca buddhiḥ sā pārtha tāmasī ‘That is Tāmasa-Reason, Pārtha! which enwrapped in gloom, understands all things pervertedly: Adharma as Dharma (etc).’ As for the Tāmasa-Reason, enveloped as it is … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 30 SlOkam – Original yayA dharmam adharmam cha kAryam chAkAryam Eva cha | ayathAvath prajAnAthi budhdhi: sA pArtha rAjasI || word-by-word meaning pArtha – Oh son of kunthI! yayA – with the knowledge dharmam adharmam cha – dharma (righteous … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 30 Simple yayā dharmam adharmaṁ ca kāryaṁ cākāryam eva ca ayathāvat prajānāti buddhiḥ sā pārtha rājasī ‘That is Rājasa-reason, Pārtha! which erroneously conceives Dharma and Adharma, duty and non-duty.’ That is Rājasa-Reason, which rightly discerns not between the two … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 29 SlOkam – Original pravruththim cha nivruththim cha kAryAkAryE bhayAbhayE | bandham mOksham cha yA vEththi budhdhi: sA pArtha sAthvikI || word-by-word meaning pArtha – Oh son of kunthI! pravruththim cha – the righteous acts which are means for … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 29 Simple pravṛttiṁ ca nivṛttiṁ ca kāryākārye bhayābhaye bandhaṁ mokṣaṁ ca yā vetti buddhiḥ sā pārtha sāttvikī ‘That is Sātvika-Reason, Pārtha! which discerns action and inaction, duty and non-duty, fear and non-fear, bondage and release.’ Action or advance (pravṛitti)[1. … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 28 SlOkam – Original budhdhEr bhedham dhruthES chaiva guNathas thrividham SruNu | prOchyamAnam aSEshENa pruthakthvEna dhananjaya || word-by-word meaning dhananjaya – Oh arjuna! budhdhE: – Intellect (of analysing and firmly determining) dhruthE: cha Eva – firm stand (even if … Read more