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SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 6 << Chapter 6 verse 23 SlOkam – Original sankalpaprabhavAn kAmAms thyakthvA sarvAn aSEshatha: | manasaivEndhriyagrAmam viniyamya samanthatha: || word-by-word meaning sankalpa prabhavAn – those which occur as a result of one’s mamakAram (ownership, considering oneself to be independent) sarvAn kAmAn – all desirable … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 6 << Chapter 6 verse 23 Simple saṅkalpa-prabhavān kāmāṁs tyaktvā sarvān aśeṣataḥ manasaivendriya-grāmaṁ viniyamya samantataḥ ‘Completely forsaking all will-born desires, well ruling the community of the senses by the mind.’ >> Chapter 6 verse 25 archived in http://githa.koyil.org pramEyam (goal) – http://koyil.org pramANam (scriptures) … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 6 << Chapter 6 verse 22 SlOkam – Original tham vidhyAdh dhu:khasamyOga viyOgam yOgasamjitham | sa niSchayEna yOkthavyO yOgOnirviNNachEthasA || word-by-word meaning tham – that state dhu:kha samyOga viyOgam – being the opposite of any trace of sorrow yOga samjitham – known as yOga … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 6 << Chapter 6 verse 22 Simple taṁ vidyād duḥkha-saṁyoga- viyogaṁ yoga-saṁjñitam sa niścayena yoktavyo yogo ’nirviṇṇa-cetasā ‘Know, that is called meditation (yoga), —the disunion from union with pain; that, into which one, with misery-less mind, shall positively penetrate.’ That meditation, wherein, by dint … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 6 << Chapter 6 verse 21 SlOkam – Original yam labdhvA chAparam lAbham manyathE nAdhikam thatha: | yasmin sthithO na du:khEna guruNApi vichAlyathE || word-by-word meaning yam labdhvA – having attained such yOga aparam lAbham – any other benefit thatha: adhikam – greater than … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 6 << Chapter 6 verse 21 Simple yaṁ labdhvā cāparaṁ lābhaṁ manyate nādhikaṁ tataḥ yasmin sthito na duḥkhena guruṇāpi vicālyate ‘That, which gained, no other is considered a higher gain; that, wherein harboured, no affliction, ever so heavy, can agitate one;’ >> Chapter 6 … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 6 << Chapter 6 verse 20 SlOkam – Original sukham Athyanthikam yath thath budhdhigrAhyam athIndhriyam | vEththi yathra na chaivAyam sthithaS chalathi thathvatha: || word-by-word meaning athIndhriyam – beyond the grasp of sensory organs budhdhi grAhyam – grasped only by the intellect of the … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 6 << Chapter 6 verse 20 Simple sukham ātyantikaṁ yat tad buddhi-grāhyam atīndriyam vetti yatra na caivāyaṁ sthitaś calati tattvataḥ ‘That, wherein one feels infinite intellectual bliss in excelsis; that, wherein once planted firmly, no one would be inclined to retire from its (beatific) … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 6 << Chapter 6 verse 19 SlOkam – Original yathrOparamathE chiththam nirudhdham yOgasEvayA | yathra chaivAthmanAthmAnam paSyan Athmani thushyathi || word-by-word meaning yOga sEvayA – due to practice in yOga (vision of self) nirudhdham – restrained (from going to external aspects) chiththam – heart … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 6 << Chapter 6 verse 19 Simple yatroparamate cittaṁ niruddhaṁ yoga-sevayā yatra caivātmanātmānaṁ paśyann ātmani tuṣyati ‘That, (yoga), wherein by practice, the restrained mind revels, that wherein the mind perceiving ātma, rests content in ātma;’ >> Chapter 6 verse 21 archived in http://githa.koyil.org pramEyam … Read more