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SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 8 << Chapter 8 verses 23 Simple agnir jyotir ahaḥ śuklaḥ ṣaṇ-māsā uttarāyaṇam tatra prayātā gacchanti brahma brahma-vido janāḥ ‘Fire, light, day-time, the bright fortnight, the six months of the north (solstitial) declination, then, going forth, the Brahma-knowing men go to Brahm.[1. This is … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 8 << Chapter 8 verses 22 SlOkam – Original yathra kAlE thvanAvruththim Avruththim chaiva yOgina: | prayAthA yAnthi tham kAlam vakshyAmi bharatharshabha || word-by-word meaning bharatharshabha! – Oh scion of bharatha clan! yathra kAlE prayAthA: yOgina:thu – the yOgis who take up different means … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 8 << Chapter 8 verses 22 Simple yatra kāle tv anāvṛttim āvṛttiṁ caiva yoginaḥ prayātā yānti taṁ kālaṁ vakṣyāmi bharatarṣabha ‘At what time departing, the yogis (bhaktas), return, and (at what time) return not, that time O Bharata-Chief[3. Nom de Guerre and patronymic of … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 8 << Chapter 8 verses 21 SlOkam – Original purusha: sa para: pArtha bhakthyA labhyas thvananyayA | yasyAnthassthAni bhUthAni yEna sarvam idham thatham || word-by-word meaning pArtha – Oh son of kunthI! bhUthAni – all entities yasya – in which paramapurusha anthassthAni – present … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 8 << Chapter 8 verses 21 Simple puruṣaḥ sa paraḥ pārtha bhaktyā labhyas tv ananyayā yasyāntaḥ-sthāni bhūtāni yena sarvam idaṁ tatam ‘Supreme is that Spirit (purusha), Pārtha! Who is attainable but by unswerving love; in Whom are all beings, by Whom is all this … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 8 << Chapter 8 verses 20 SlOkam – Original avyakthO’kshara ithyukthas thamAhu: paramAm gathim | yam prApya na nivarthanthE thadh dhAma paramam mama || word-by-word meaning avyaktha: akshara: ithyuktha – [that mukthAthmA (liberated soul) is] known as “avyaktha”, “akshara”. tham – he paramAm gathim … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 8 << Chapter 8 verses 20 Simple avyakto ’kṣara ity uktas tam āhuḥ paramāṁ gatim yaṁ prāpya na nivartante tad dhāma paramaṁ mama ‘It was called Avyakta, and Akshara. They say this is an exalted goal, a goal of glory, reaching which, they return … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 8 << Chapter 8 verses 19 SlOkam – Original paras thasmAth thu bhAvO’nyO’vyakthO’vyakthAth sanAthana: | ya: sa sarvEshu bhUthEshu naSyathsu na vinaSyathi || word-by-word meaning thasmAth avyakthAth – from achEthana (non-sentient) which is known as “avyaktham” para: – being greater anya: – being different … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 8 << Chapter 8 verses 19 Simple paras tasmāt tu bhāvo ’nyo ’vyakto ’vyaktāt sanātanaḥ yaḥ sa sarveṣu bhūteṣu naśyatsu na vinaśyati ‘But different from that Avyakta is another principle of Avyakta which is eternal, which doth not perish when all things, perish.’ >> … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 8 << Chapter 8 verses 18 SlOkam – Original bhUthagrAma: sa EvAyam bhUthvA bhUthvA praleeyathE | rAtryAgamE’vaSa: pArtha prabhavathyaharAgamE || word-by-word meaning pArtha – Oh son of kunthI! avaSa: sa Eva ayam bhUthagrAma: – the collection of those jIvAthmAs which are bound by karma … Read more