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SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 13 Simple adhiṣṭhānaṁ tathā kartā karaṇaṁ ca pṛthag-vidham vividhāś ca pṛthak ceṣṭā daivaṁ caivātra pañcamam ‘The Seat and the Actor, and the various Instruments, and their several Functions of various sorts and then Divinity as well, the fifth.’ >> … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 12 SlOkam – Original panchaithAni mahAbAhO kAraNAni nibOdha mE | sAnkhyE kruthAnthE prOkthAni sidhdhayE sarvakarmaNAm || word-by-word meaning mahAbAhO – Oh mighty armed! sAnkhyE kruthAnthE – while determining the truth using true knowledge in line with vEdham sarva karmaNAm … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 12 Simple pañcaitāni mahā-bāho kāraṇāni nibodha me sāṅkhye kṛtānte proktāni siddhaye sarva-karmaṇām ‘Learn from Me, O Mighty-armed! these five causes for the fulfilment of all acts, declared in the sāṇkhya-system.’ Sankhyā = Sense or reasoning or ratiocination. Sānkhye kṛitānte … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 11 SlOkam – Original anishtam ishtam miSram cha thrividham karmaNa: palam | bhavathyathyAginAm prEthya na thu sanyAsinAm kvachith || word-by-word meaning anishtam – naraka etc which give sorrow (to the one who performs the karma) ishtam – svarga etc … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 11 Simple aniṣṭam iṣṭaṁ miśraṁ ca tri-vidhaṁ karmaṇaḥ phalam bhavaty atyāgināṁ pretya na tu sannyāsināṁ kvacit ‘Threefold is the fruit of work: good, evil, and mixed, which befals, after death, to the non-renouncers, but never to the renouncers.’ Evil … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 10 SlOkam – Original na hi dhEhabhruthA Sakyam thyakthum karmANyaSEshatha: | yas thu karmapalathyAgI sa thyAgIthyabhidhIyathE || word-by-word meaning dhEha bhruthA – By the AthmA who sustains the body karmANi – actions aSEshatha: thyakthum – to abandon fully na … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 10 Simple na hi deha-bhṛtā śakyaṁ tyaktuṁ karmāṇy aśeṣataḥ yas tu karma-phala-tyāgī sa tyāgīty abhidhīyate ‘Verily, for one vested in a body, to desert work wholesale, is not feasible; but he is called the Renouncer who resigns the fruit … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 9 SlOkam – Original na dhvEshtyakuSalam karma kuSalE nAnushajjathE | thyAgI sathvasamAvishtO mEdhAvI chinnasamSaya: || word-by-word meaning sathva samAvishta: – Being in sathva guNam as mentioned previously mEdhAvI – (because of that) having true knowledge about the truths chinna … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 9 Simple na dveṣṭy akuśalaṁ karma kuśale nānuṣajjate tyāgī sattva-samāviṣṭo medhāvī chinna-saṁśayaḥ ‘The Renouncer, Satva-imbued, wise and quit of doubt(s), is neither vexed at evil act, nor is (he) in love with good (act).’ Thus, he, the Renouncer in … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 8 SlOkam – Original kAryam ithyEva yath karma niyatham kriyathE’rjuna | sangam thyakthvA palam chaiva sa thyAga: sAthvikO matha: || word-by-word meaning arjuna – Oh arjuna! niyatham karma – nithya (daily), naimiththika (occasional) karmas sangam palam chaiva thyakthvA – … Read more