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SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 3 << Chapter 3 verse 4 SlOkam – Original na hi kaSchith kshaNam api jAthu thishtathi akarmakruth | kAryathE hi avaSa: karma sarva: prakruthijair guNai: || word-by-word meaning hi – because kaSchith – no one jAthu – ever kshaNam api – even for a … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 3 << Chapter 3 verse 4 Simple na hi kaścit kṣaṇam api jātu tiṣṭhaty akarma-kṛt kāryate hy avaśaḥ karma sarvaḥ prakṛti-jair guṇaiḥ ‘None indeed can ever, even for an instant, remain actionless. By the matter-born guṇas[2. The properties of matter which rule the dispositions … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 3 << Chapter 3 verse 3 SlOkam – Original na karmaNAm anArambhAn naishkarmyam purushO’SnuthE | na cha sanyasanAdhEva sidhdhim samadhigachchathi || word-by-word meaning purusha: – any man (who lives in this world) karmaNAm anArambhAn – due to not starting to engage in karma yOga … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 3 << Chapter 3 verse 3 Simple na karmaṇām anārambhān naiṣkarmyaṁ puruṣo ’śnute na ca sannyasanād eva siddhiṁ samadhigacchati ‘None can attain the actionless (naishkarmya) state by cessation from action; not by cessation merely doth he attain perfection.’ Neither by not performing the Śāstra-ordained … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 3 << Chapter 3 verse 2 SlOkam – Original SrI bhagavAn uvAcha lOkE’smin dhvividhA nishtA purA prOkthA mayAnagha | gyAna yOgEna sAnkhyAnAm karma yOgEna yOginAm || word-by-word meaning SrI bhagavAn uvAcha: Sri bhagavan said anagha! – Oh sinless!asmin lOkEna – in this world which is … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 3 << Chapter 3 verse 2 Simple śrī-bhagavān uvāca loke ’smin dvi-vidhā niṣṭhā purā proktā mayānagha jñāna-yogena sāṅkhyānāṁ karma-yogena yoginām ‘Two kinds of Paths, for this world, O Sinless! were proclaimed by Me already, the jñāna-yoga for the Sānkhyas, and the karma-yoga for the … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 3 << Chapter 3 verse 1 SlOkam – Original vyAmiSrENEva vAkyEna budhdhim mOhayasIva mE | thadh Ekam vadha niSchithya yEna SrEyO’ham ApnuyAm || word-by-word meaning vyAmisrENa – contradictory vAkyEna Eva – statements mE – my budhdhim – intelligence mOhayasi iva – it appears that … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 3 << Chapter 3 verse 1 Simple vyāmiśreṇeva vākyena buddhiṁ mohayasīva me tad ekaṁ vada niścitya yena śreyo ’ham āpnuyām ‘It seems as if thou confusest my understanding by thy ambiguous speech? Tell me one thing decidedly, by which I may derive supreme blessedness.’ … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 3 << Chapter 3 Introduction Simple arjuna uvāca jyāyasī cet karmaṇas te matā buddhir janārdana tat kiṁ karmaṇi ghore māṁ niyojayasi keśava Quotes Arjuna:- ‘If thy creed, Janardanā[1. The 128th name of God. One etymology is ‘Dasyu-trānāj-Janārdanaḥ‘ (Bhārata. Ud. Parva. 71-6.]! be, that Knowledge … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 3 << Chapter 3 Introduction SlOkam – Original arjuna uvAcha jyAyasI chEth karmaNas thE mathA budhdhir janArdhana | thath kim karmaNi ghOrE mAm niyojayasi kESava || word-by-word meaning arjuna uvAcha – arjuna saidjanArdhana – Oh janArdhana!kESava – Oh kESava!karmaNa: than karma budhdhi: – being situated … Read more