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SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 4 << Chapter 4 verse 6 Simple yadā yadā hi dharmasya glānir bhavati bhārata abhyutthānam adharmasya tadātmānaṁ sṛjāmy aham ‘Whensoever and wheresoever, Bhārata[2. Descendent of Bharata=Arjuna (see Geneological Tree at end of Lecture I).]!, virtue wanes and vice waxes, then (and there) do I … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 4 << Chapter 4 verse 5 SlOkam – Original ajO’pi san avyayAthmA bhUthAnAm ISvarO’pi san | prakruthim svAm adhishtAya sambhavAmyAthmamAyayA || word-by-word meaning aja: api san – being birthless (not being subject to birth influenced by karma) avyayAthmA (api san) – being imperishable (not … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 4 << Chapter 4 verse 5 Simple ajo ’pi sann avyayātmā bhūtānām īśvaro ’pi san prakṛtiṁ svām adhiṣṭhāya sambhavāmy ātma-māyayā ‘Birthless, and of nature Imperishable, and Lord of all beings, yet do I establish Myself in my own Prakṛiti (matter), and will (māyā) Myself … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 4 << Chapter 4 verse 4 SlOkam – Original SrI bhagavAn uvAcha bahUni mE vyathIthAni janmAni thava chArjuna | thAnyaham vEdha sarvANi na thvam vEththa paranthapa || word-by-word meaning SrI bhagavAn uvAcha – Sri krishNa replied hE arjuna – Oh arjuna! thava cha – … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 4 << Chapter 4 verse 4 Simple śrī-bhagavān uvāca bahūni me vyatītāni janmāni tava cārjuna tāny ahaṁ veda sarvāṇi na tvaṁ vettha paran-tapa Śrī Bhagavān (Lord Kṛishṇa) replied:- ‘Many births have past for Me; for thee also, Arjuna! I remember them all, but not … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 4 << Chapter 4 verse 3 SlOkam – Original arjuna uvAcha aparam bhavathO janma param janma vivasvatha: | katham Ethadh vijAnIyAm thvam Adhau prOkthavAn ithi || word-by-word meaning arjuna uvAcha – Arjuna said bhavatha: janma – your birth avaram (aparam) – is later (in … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 4 << Chapter 4 verse 3 Simple arjuna uvāca aparaṁ bhavato janma paraṁ janma vivasvataḥ katham etad vijānīyāṁ tvam ādau proktavān iti ‘Thy birth is recent; but the birth of Vivasāan is prior; (then) how Thou wert the Teacher in the beginning, is what … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 4 << Chapter 4 verse 2 SlOkam – Original sa EvAyam mayA thE’dhya yOga: prOktha: purAthana: | bhakthO’si mE sakhA chEthi rahasyam hyEthadh uththamam || word-by-word meaning purAthana: – ancient sa: Eva ayam yOga: – this karma yOga (which was preserved through this succession … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 4 << Chapter 4 verse 2 Simple sa evāyaṁ mayā te ’dya yogaḥ proktaḥ purātanaḥ bhakto ’si me sakhā ceti rahasyaṁ hy etad uttamam ‘This self-same ancient Yoga is what is now propounded by Me to thee, —mysterious and best—, as thou art My … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 4 << Chapter 4 verse 1 SlOkam – Original Evam paramparA prAptham imam rAjarishayO vidhu: | sa kAlEnEha mahathA yOgO nashta: paranthapa || word-by-word meaning paranthapa – Oh torturer of enemies! Evam – in this manner paramparA prAptham – taught through succession of teachers … Read more