9.23 yE’pyanyadhEvathAbhakthA

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 9 << Chapter 9 verse 22 SlOkam – Original yE thvanyadhEvathAbhakthA yajanthE SradhdhayA’nvithA: | thE’pi mAm Eva kaunthEya yajanthyavidhipUrvakam || word-by-word meaning kaunthEya – Oh son of kunthI! yE thu – those anya dhEvathA bhakthA – having devotion towards other dhEvathAs (such as indhra, … Read more

9.23 ye ’py anya-devatā-bhaktā (Original)

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 9 << Chapter 9 verse 22 Simple ye ’py anya-devatā-bhaktā yajante śraddhayānvitāḥ te ’pi mām eva kaunteya yajanty avidhi-pūrvakam ‘Even those who worship other divinities, in love and faith, worship Myself, Kaunteya!, but (they do so) in an informal manner.'[2. With reference to this … Read more

9.22 ananyāś cintayanto māṁ (Original)

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 9 << Chapter 9 verse 21 Simple ananyāś cintayanto māṁ ye janāḥ paryupāsate teṣāṁ nityābhiyuktānāṁ yoga-kṣemaṁ vahāmy aham ‘Whoso, personages, devoutly meditate on Myself, precluded from all else, for such, —the ambitious of eternal unionship with Me,— I undertake to secure that unionship (yoga), … Read more

9.22 ananyAS chinthayanthO mAm

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 9 << Chapter 9 verse 21 SlOkam – Original ananyAS chinthayanthO mAm ye janA: paryupAsathE | thEshAm nithyAbhiyukthAnAm yOgakshEmam vahAmyaham || word-by-word meaning ananyA: – without any other goal (than thinking about me) mAm chinthayantha: – thinking about me yE janA: – those great … Read more

9.21 thE tham bhukthvA svargalOkam viSAlam

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 9 << Chapter 9 verse 20 SlOkam – Original thE tham bhukthvA svargalOkam viSAlam kshINE puNyE marthyalOkam viSanthi | Evam thrayIdharmam anuprapannA gathAgatham kAmakAmA labhanthE || word-by-word meaning thE – they viSAlam – expansive tham svarga lOkam – the pleasures in the svarga lOkam … Read more

9.21 te taṁ bhuktvā svarga-lokaṁ viśālaṁ (Original)

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 9 << Chapter 9 verse 20 Simple te taṁ bhuktvā svarga-lokaṁ viśālaṁ kṣīṇe puṇye martya-lokaṁ viśanti evaṁ trayī-dharmam anuprapannā gatāgataṁ kāma-kāmā labhante ‘They, after enjoying that spacious world of Svarga, merit (puṇya)-exhausted, enter into the world of mortals. Thus do the addictors to the … Read more

9.20 thraividhyA mAm sOmapA: pUthapApA

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 9 << Chapter 9 verse 19 SlOkam – Original thraividhyA mAm sOmapA: pUthapApA yagyair ishtvA svargathim prArthayanthE | thE puNyam AsAdhya surEndhralOkam aSnanthi dhivyAn dhivi dhEvabhOgAn || word-by-word meaning thrai vidhyA – absorbed in deeds explained in three vEdhams (but not in vEdhAntham) sOmapA: … Read more

9.20 trai-vidyā māṁ soma-pāḥ pūta-pāpā (Original)

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 9 << Chapter 9 verse 19 Simple trai-vidyā māṁ soma-pāḥ pūta-pāpā yajñair iṣṭvā svar-gatiṁ prārthayante te puṇyam āsādya surendra-lokam aśnanti divyān divi deva-bhogān ‘Those of the three Vedas, the Soma[1. The juice of the ‘Asclepias or Aesculapius’. But Aṇna Moreśvar Kunte in his work … Read more

9.19 thapAmyaham aham varsham

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 9 << Chapter 9 verse 18 SlOkam – Original thapAmyaham aham varsham nigruhNAmyuthsrujAmi cha | amrutham chaiva mruthyuS cha sadh asach chAham arjuna || word-by-word meaning arjuna – Oh arjuna! aham – I thapAmi – give warmth (having agni (fire), sUrya (sun) as my … Read more

9.19 tapāmy aham ahaṁ varṣaṁ (Original)

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 9 << Chapter 9 verse 18 Simple tapāmy aham ahaṁ varṣaṁ nigṛhṇāmy utsṛjāmi ca amṛtaṁ caiva mṛtyuś ca sad asac cāham arjuna ‘I give heat; I send, and also hold back, rain; I am Immortality as well as Death; and Sat and Asat am … Read more