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SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 3 << Chapter 3 verse 9 SlOkam – Original sahayagyai: prajA: srushtvA purOvAcha prajApathi: | anEna prasavishyadhvam Esha vO’sthvishta kAmadhuk || word-by-word meaning prajApathi – paramAthmA who is sarvESvara purA – in the beginning of creation yagyai: saha – with yagyas (sacrifices) (which are … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 3 << Chapter 3 verse 9 Simple saha-yajñāḥ prajāḥ sṛṣṭvā purovāca prajāpatiḥ anena prasaviṣyadhvam eṣa vo ’stv iṣṭa-kāma-dhuk ‘Creating beings along with Yajñas[3. ‘Tasmād Yajñāt sarva hutaḥ’ Tait: Up:. Purusha-sūkta, 9-10.], Prajāpati[4. A term generally applied to the four-faced Brahmā, the lord commissioned to … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 3 << Chapter 3 verse 8 SlOkam – Original yagyArthAth karmaNO’nyathra lOkO’yam karmabandhana: | thadhartham karma kaunthEya mukthasanga: samAchara || word-by-word meaning yagyArthAth karmaNa: anyathra – Only when engaging in actions other than those which are meant for yagya ayam lOka: – this world … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 3 << Chapter 3 verse 8 Simple yajñārthāt karmaṇo ’nyatra loko ’yaṁ karma-bandhanaḥ tad-arthaṁ karma kaunteya mukta-saṅgaḥ samācara ‘Outside Yajña[1. From yaja=deva-pujāyām=the Sacrifices; or the formulated holy rites of Divine Worship, daily, occassional, etc. Throughout, it is the postulation of the Law of Sacrifice. … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 3 << Chapter 3 verse 7 SlOkam – Original niyatham kuru karma thvam karma jyAyO hyakarmaNa: | SarIrayAthrApi cha thE na prasidhyEdh akarmaNa: || word-by-word meaning niyatham – That which has become a habit since time eternal karma – karma yOga thvam – you … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 3 << Chapter 3 verse 7 Simple niyataṁ kuru karma tvaṁ karma jyāyo hy akarmaṇaḥ śarīra-yātrāpi ca te na prasidhyed akarmaṇaḥ ‘Action is inherent. Do it then. Action verily is superior to non-action (a-karma). Without action, thou shalt not be able even to sustain … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 3 << Chapter 3 verse 6 SlOkam – Original yas thvindriyANi manasA niyamyArabhathE’rjuna | karmEndhriyai: karmayOgam asaktha: sa viSishyathE || word-by-word meaning arjuna – Oh arjuna! ya: thu – that person manasA – with the mind (that is focussed on AthmA) indhriyANi – senses … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 3 << Chapter 3 verse 6 Simple yas tv indriyāṇi manasā niyamyārabhate ’rjuna karmendriyaiḥ karma-yogam asaktaḥ sa viśiṣyate ‘Whoso Arjuna! curbing the senses by the mind, disinterestedly practices Karma-Yoga with the organs of action, he is great.’ Inhibiting the senses by mental effort, whoso … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 3 << Chapter 3 verse 5 SlOkam – Original karmEndhriyANi samyamya ya AsthE manasA smaran | indhriyArthAn vimUdAthmA mithyAchAra: sa uchyathE || word-by-word meaning ya: – one who is focussed on gyAna karmEndhriyANi – sense organs such as mouth, speech, hands, feet etc samyamya … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 3 << Chapter 3 verse 5 Simple karmendriyāṇi saṁyamya ya āste manasā smaran indriyārthān vimūḍhātmā mithyācāraḥ sa ucyate ‘Pretender is that ātma-ignorant man, who in inhibiting the functions of the senses, yet, in mind, broods over sense-objects.’ Whoso, with the load of sins, not … Read more