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SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 2 << Chapter 2 verse 70 Simple vihāya kāmān yaḥ sarvān pumāṁś carati niḥspṛhaḥ nirmamo nirahaṅkāraḥ sa śāntim adhigacchati ‘Whichsoever person, abandoning all desires, is free from longing; who is void of ‘my-ness’ and ‘I-ness’, well attains to peace.’ Kāmās=desires, or those things that … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 2 << Chapter 2 verse 69 SlOkam – Original ApUryamANam achalaprathishtam samudhram Apa: praviSanthi yadhvath | thadhvath kAmA yam praviSanthi sarvE sa SAnthim ApnOthi na kAmakAmI || word-by-word meaning yadhvath – like ApUryamANam – naturally full achalaprathishtam – motionless samudhram – ocean Apa: – … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 2 << Chapter 2 verse 69 Simple āpūryamāṇam acala-pratiṣṭhaṁ samudram āpaḥ praviśanti yadvat tadvat kāmā yaṁ praviśanti sarve sa śāntim āpnoti na kāma-kāmī ‘Like unto the waters entering a full and commotion-less ocean, when all desires enter (the like-minded) man, that man attains peace; … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 2 << Chapter 2 verse 68 SlOkam – Original yA niSA sarvabhUthAnAm thasyAm jAgarthi samyamI | yasyAm jAgrathi bhUthAni sA niSA paSyathO munE: || word-by-word meaning yA – that knowledge about self sarvabhUthAnAm – for all creatures niSA – dark like in the night … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 2 << Chapter 2 verse 68 Simple yā niśā sarva-bhūtānāṁ tasyāṁ jāgarti saṁyamī yasyāṁ jāgrati bhūtāni sā niśā paśyato muneḥ ‘What is night to all creatures, then awake is the saṃyamī (sense-victor); when all creatures are awake, that is night to the seeing muni[1. … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 2 << Chapter 2 verse 67 SlOkam – Original thasmAdh yasya mahAbhAhO nigruhIthAni sarvaSa: | indriyAṇIndriyArthEbhyas thasya pragyA prathishtithA || word-by-word meaning mahAbhAhO – Oh mighty armed! thasmAth – thus yasya indhiryANi – whose sensory organs indhriyArthEbhya: – from the worldly pleasures sarvaSa: nigruhIthAni … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 2 << Chapter 2 verse 67 Simple tasmād yasya mahā-bāho nigṛhītāni sarvaśaḥ indriyāṇīndriyārthebhyas tasya prajñā pratiṣṭhitā ‘Therefore, O mighty-armed! Whose senses have in every way been withdrawn from their objects, his wisdom (or will) is established.’ Therefore in the manner expounded by Me thus, … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 2 << Chapter 2 verse 66 SlOkam – Original indhriyANAm hi charathAm yan manO’nuvidhIyathE | thadh asya harathi pragyAm vAyur nAvam ivAmbhasi || word-by-word meaning charathAm – engaging in worldly pleasures (as desired) indhiryANAm – sensory organs yath mana: – that mind anuvidhIyathE – … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 2 << Chapter 2 verse 66 Simple indriyāṇāṁ hi caratāṁ yan mano ’nuvidhīyate tad asya harati prajñāṁ vāyur nāvam ivāmbhasi ‘Whose mind is permitted to rove after the rambling senses, that mind verily steals him of his intelligence (or wisdom), like the wind, the … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 2 << Chapter 2 verse 65 SlOkam – Original nAsthi budhdhir ayukthasya na chAyukthasya bhAvanA | na chAbhAvayatha: SAnthir aSAnthasya kutha: sukham || word-by-word meaning ayukthasya – for the one whose mind/heart is not fixed on me budhdhi: – knowledge about the self na asthi … Read more