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SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 5 << Chapter 5 verse 10 Simple kāyena manasā buddhyā kevalair indriyair api yoginaḥ karma kurvanti saṅgaṁ tyaktvātma-śuddhaye ‘Unattached, —for sake of self-purification—, do the yogis act, —by their body,— by the manas[1. See notes 2 and 3, p. 159.], —by the buddhi[2. See … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 5 << Chapter 5 verse 8 and 9 SlOkam – Original brahmaNyAdhAya karmANi sangam thyakthvA karOthi ya: | lipyathE na sa pApEna padhmapathram ivAmbhasA || word-by-word meaning ya: – the one brahmaNi – the senses which are an effect of the great prakruthi (matter) … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 5 << Chapter 5 verse 8 and 9 Simple brahmaṇy ādhāya karmāṇi saṅgaṁ tyaktvā karoti yaḥ lipyate na sa pāpena padma-patram ivāmbhasā ‘Whoso performeth acts, ascribing them to matter (brahma), and abandoning all attachment, is not touched by sin, like unto the lotus-leaf unwetted … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 5 << Chapter 5 verse 7 SlOkam – Original naiva kinchith karOmIthi yukthO manyEtha thathvavith | paSyan SruNvan spruSan jigrannaSnan gachchan svapan Svasan || pralapan visrujan gruNhannunmishan nimishannapi | indhriyANIndhriyArthEshu varthantha ithi dhArayan || word-by-word meaning thathvavith – One who knows AthmA truly yuktha: … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 5 << Chapter 5 verse 7 Simple naiva kiñcit karomīti yukto manyeta tattva-vit paśyañ śṛṇvan spṛśañ jighrann aśnan gacchan svapañ śvasan pralapan visṛjan gṛhṇann unmiṣan nimiṣann api indriyāṇīndriyārtheṣu vartanta iti dhārayan ‘Knowing that the senses abide in their appropriate objects, the truth-seeing yukta (karma-yogi), … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 5 << Chapter 5 verse 6 SlOkam – Original yOgayukthO viSuddhAthmA vijithAthmA jithEndriya: | sarvabhUthAthma bhUthAthmA kurvannapi na lipyathE || word-by-word meaning yOga yuktha: – being a practitioner of karma yOga viSudhdhAthmA – (as a result of that) having a pure heart vijithAthmA – … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 5 << Chapter 5 verse 6 Simple yoga-yukto viśuddhātmā vijitātmā jitendriyaḥ sarva-bhūtātma-bhūtātmā kurvann api na lipyate ‘The (karma-)yoga-united, pure-minded, whose mind and senses are under control, who looks on the ātmas of all beings as his ātma, is not tainted (by works), though he … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 5 << Chapter 5 verse 5 SlOkam – Original sanyAsas thu mahAbhAhO dhu:kham Apthum ayOgatha: | yOgayukthO munir brahma na chirENAdhigachchathi || word-by-word meaning mahAbhAhO – Oh mighty armed! sanyAsa: thu – gyAna yOga ayOgatha: – without performing karma yOga first Apthum dhu:kham – … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 5 << Chapter 5 verse 5 Simple sannyāsas tu mahā-bāho duḥkham āptum ayogataḥ yoga-yukto munir brahma na cireṇādhigacchati ‘But sannyāsa without (karma)-yoga, is difficult to achieve, O Mighty-armed!. But the (karma-)yoga-united muni soon attains brahma (ātma).’ As for Sannyāsa or Jñāna-yoga, it is difficult … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 5 << Chapter 5 verse 4 SlOkam – Original yath sAnkhyai: prApyathE sthAnam thadhyOgair api gamyathE | Ekam sAnkhyam cha yOgam cha ya: paSyathi sa paSyathi || word-by-word meaning yath sthAnam – that result of self realisation sAnkhyai: – by the followers of gyAna … Read more