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SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 3 << Chapter 3 verse 19 SlOkam – Original karmaNaiva hi samsidhdhim AsthithA janakAdhaya: word-by-word meaning janakAdhaya: – janaka et al karmaNA Eva – only through karma yOga (and not gyAna yOga) samsidhdhim – the result of self-realisation AsthithA: hi – have they not … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 3 << Chapter 3 verse 19 Simple karmaṇaiva hi saṁsiddhim āsthitā janakādayaḥ ‘By action alone, did Janaka[1. See Chh: Up: for Janaka’s account. Also Brih: Up:] and others reach the supreme perfection.’ As because Karma-Yoga is commended even to those who are qualified for … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 3 << Chapter 3 verse 18 SlOkam – Original thasmAdhasaktha: sathatham kAryam karma samAchara | asakthO hyAcharan karma param Apnothi pUrusha: || word-by-word meaning thasmAth – Thus, due to all these reasons (which have been explained previously) asaktha: – with detachment sathatham – without … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 3 << Chapter 3 verse 18 Simple tasmād asaktaḥ satataṁ kāryaṁ karma samācara asakto hy ācaran karma param āpnoti pūruṣaḥ ‘Hence, unconcerned, work as if it were a duty to be discharged. The person so unconcerned, verily reaches the Transcendent.’ The person who is … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 3 << Chapter 3 verse 17 SlOkam – Original naiva thasya kruthEnArthO nAkruthEnEha kaSchana | na chAsya sarvabhUthEshu kaSchidharthavyapASraya: || word-by-word meaning iha – In this stage of being realized of AthmA thasya – for him kruthEna – for the karmas which were performed … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 3 << Chapter 3 verse 17 Simple naiva tasya kṛtenārtho nākṛteneha kaścana na cāsya sarva-bhūteṣu kaścid artha-vyapāśrayaḥ ‘Here, neither Work nor No-work serves him any purpose. For, naught is there in creation he hath to depend on.’ >> Chapter 3 verse 19 archived in … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 3 << Chapter 3 verse 16 SlOkam – Original yasthvAthmarathirEva syAdh AthmathrupthaS cha mAnava: | AthmanyEva cha santhushtas thasya kAryam na vidhyathE || word-by-word meaning ya: thu mAnava: – that man Athma rathi: Eva – being engaged in AthmA only Athmathruptha:cha (Eva) – being … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 3 << Chapter 3 verse 16 Simple yas tv ātma-ratir eva syād ātma-tṛptaś ca mānavaḥ ātmany eva ca santuṣṭas tasya kāryaṁ na vidyate ‘But naught hath he to do whose delight is ātmā, whose satisfaction is ātmā, and whose contentment is ātmā.’ >> Chapter … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 3 << Chapter 3 verse 15 SlOkam – Original Evam pravarthitham chakram nAnuvarthayathIha ya: | aghAyur indhriyArAmO mOgham pArtha sa jIvathi || word-by-word meaning pArtha – Oh son of kunthI! Evam – in this manner pravarthitham – aspects that depend on each other (arranged … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 3 << Chapter 3 verse 15 Simple evaṁ pravartitaṁ cakraṁ nānuvartayatīha yaḥ aghāyur indriyārāmo moghaṁ pārtha sa jīvati ‘Thus is the wheel made to revolve. Whoso, here, doth not follow it, his is a life of sin, -he is a reveller in the garden … Read more