18.4 niścayaṁ śṛṇu me tatra (Original)

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 3 Simple niścayaṁ śṛṇu me tatra tyāge bharata-sattama tyāgo hi puruṣa-vyāghra tri-vidhaḥ samprakīrtitaḥ ‘Hear from Me, O Bharata-Best! the truth about this Tyāga. Verily Tyāga, O Tiger of men! is distinguished as threefold.’ While yet performing Vaidika-works there can … Read more

18.3 thyAjyam dhOshavadhithyEkE

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 2 SlOkam – Original thyAjyam dhOshavadhithyEkE karma prAhur manIshiNa: | yagyadhAnathapa:karma na thyAjyam ithi chAparE || word-by-word meaning EkE manIshiNa: – Some learned persons dhOshavath karma – karmas such as yagya (sacrifice), which are with defects thyAjyam – can … Read more

18.3 tyājyaṁ doṣa-vad ity eke (Original)

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 2 Simple tyājyaṁ doṣa-vad ity eke karma prāhur manīṣiṇaḥ yajña-dāna-tapaḥ-karma na tyājyam iti cāpare ‘Some philosophers declare that work should be abandoned as evil; and others that works, —Yajña, Dāna and Tapas— should not be abandoned.’ Some philosophers like … Read more

18.2 kAmyAnAm karmaNAm nyAsam

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 1 SlOkam – Original SrI bhagavAn uvAcha kAmyAnAm karmaNAm nyAsam sanyAsam kavayO vidhu: | sarvakarmapalathyAgam prAhus thyAgam vichakshaNA: || word-by-word meaning SrI bhagavAn uvAcha – bhagavAn SrI Krishna said kavaya: – (Some) learned persons kAmyAnAm karmaNAm – of kAmya … Read more

18.2 kāmyānāṁ karmaṇāṁ nyāsaṁ (Original)

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 1 Simple śrī-bhagavān uvāca kāmyānāṁ karmaṇāṁ nyāsaṁ sannyāsaṁ kavayo viduḥ sarva-karma-phala-tyāgaṁ prāhus tyāgaṁ vicakṣaṇāḥ ‘Learned men understand by Sannyāsa, the abandonment of kāmya-works; (others) the wise, declare that Tyāga is the fruit-abandonment of all works.’ Some learned men understand … Read more

18.1 sanyAsasya mahAbAhO

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Introduction SlOkam – Original arjuna uvAcha sanyAsasya mahAbAhO thathvam ichchAmi vEdhithum | thyAgasya cha hrushIkESa pruthak kESinishUdhana || word-by-word meaning arjuna uvAcha – Arjuna said mahAbAhO – Oh mighty armed! hrushIkESa – Oh one who controls the senses! kESInishUdhana – … Read more

18.1 sannyāsasya mahā-bāho (Original)

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Proem Simple arjuna uvāca sannyāsasya mahā-bāho tattvam icchāmi veditum tyāgasya ca hṛṣīkeśa pṛthak keśi-niṣūdana ‘Of Sannyāsa[1. Surrendering oneself to action-less contemplation (=Jñāna-yoga or Sannyāsa in the sense employed in Sts: 1, 2 and 3., Lec:5) = Positive side of Renunciation.], … Read more

Chapter 18 – mOkshOpadhESa yOga Or The Book of the Indoctrination of Salvation

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Original << Chapter 17 bhagavath rAmAnuja at AzhwArthirunagari, SrIperumbUthUr, SrIrangam and thirunArAyaNapuram   AUM ŚRI BHAGAVAD-GĪTĀ WITH SRI RĀMĀNUJA’S VIŚISHTĀDVAITA COMMENTARY THE EIGHTEENTH LECTURE NAMED, MOKSH-OPADEŚA-YOGA OR THE BOOK OF THE INDOCTRINATION OF SALVATION. PROEM BY the two preceding Lectures (XVI and XVII), the following … Read more

Chapter 18 – Mokshopadeśa-yoga Or The Book of the Indoctrination of Salvation (Original)

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Simple << Chapter 17 bhagavath rAmAnuja at AzhwArthirunagari, SrIperumbUthUr, SrIrangam and thirunArAyaNapuram   AUM ŚRI BHAGAVAD-GĪTĀ WITH SRI RĀMĀNUJA’S VIŚISHTĀDVAITA COMMENTARY THE EIGHTEENTH LECTURE NAMED, MOKSH-OPADEŚA-YOGA OR THE BOOK OF THE INDOCTRINATION OF SALVATION. PROEM BY the two preceding Lectures (XVI and XVII), the following … Read more