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SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 23 Simple yat tu kāmepsunā karma sāhaṅkāreṇa vā punaḥ kriyate bahulāyāsaṁ tad rājasam udāhṛtam ‘But that Act is declared Rājasa, which is done with desire-aim and egotism, and attended with great effort.’ Desire-aim = aiming or desiring for fruit, … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 22 SlOkam – Original niyatham sangarahitham arAgadhvEshatha: krutham | apalaprEpsunA karma yath thath sAthvikam uchyathE || word-by-word meaning yath karma – The karma (action) niyatham – which is apt (per the individual’s varNa and ASrama) sangarahitham – without attachment … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 22 Simple niyataṁ saṅga-rahitam arāga-dveṣataḥ kṛtam aphala-prepsunā karma yat tat sāttvikam ucyate ‘That Act is called Sātvika, which by a non-desirer for fruit, is done as duty, void of attachment and void of love and hate.’ Duty (niyatam) = … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 21 SlOkam – Original yath thu kruthsnavadh Ekasmin kAryE saktham ahaithukam | athathvArthavadh alpam cha thath thAmasam udAhrutham || word-by-word meaning yath thu – the knowledge Ekasmin kAryE – in an act (of worshipping dead people and ghosts which … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 21 Simple yat tu kṛtsna-vad ekasmin kārye saktam ahaitukam atattvārtha-vad alpaṁ ca tat tāmasam udāhṛtam ‘But that (Knowledge) is called Tāmasa, which clings to one act as if it were all, without reason, without grasping the reality, and narrow.’ … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 20 SlOkam – Original pruthakthvEna thu yath gyAnam nAnAbhAvAn pruthagvidhAn | vEththi sarveshu bhUtEshu thath gyAnam vidhdhi rAjasam || word-by-word meaning sarvEshu bhUthEshu – In all creatures having different bodies such as brAhmaNa etc pruthakthvEna – considering their distinguished … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 20 Simple pṛthaktvena tu yaj jñānaṁ nānā-bhāvān pṛthag-vidhān vetti sarveṣu bhūteṣu taj jñānaṁ viddhi rājasam ‘But that Knowledge, know, is Rājasa, which apprehends among all beings, plurality in substance, and variety in quality, as distinct.’ Distinctness is that which … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 19 SlOkam – Original sarvabhUthEshu yEnaikam bhAvam avyayam IkshathE | avibhaktham vibhakthEshu thath gyAnam vidhdhi sAthvikam || word-by-word meaning yEna – by that gyAnam (knowledge) vibhakthEshu – many different types of qualities sarva bhUthEshu – in all creatures (having … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 19 Simple sarva-bhūteṣu yenaikaṁ bhāvam avyayam īkṣate avibhaktaṁ vibhakteṣu taj jñānaṁ viddhi sāttvikam ‘That knowledge, know, is Sātvika, by which one seeth the one indestructible reality in all beings, —the indivisible in the divisible.’ The division among beings is … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 18 SlOkam – Original gyAnam karma cha karthA cha thridhaiva guNabhEdhatha: | prOchyathE guNasankhyAnE yathAvach chruNu thAnyapi || word-by-word meaning guNa sankhyAnE – while counting the effect of qualities (such as sathvam, rajas and thamas) guNa bhEdhatha: – per … Read more