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SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 9 << Chapter 9 verse 17 SlOkam – Original gathir bharthA prabhu: sAkshI nivAsa: SaraNam suhruth | prabhava: praLaya: sthAnam nidhAnam bhIjam avyayam || word-by-word meaning (asya jagatha – for the residents of this world) gathi – the goal bharthA – the chEthana (sentient … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 9 << Chapter 9 verse 17 Simple gatir bhartā prabhuḥ sākṣī nivāsaḥ śaraṇaṁ suhṛt prabhavaḥ pralayaḥ sthānaṁ nidhānaṁ bījam avyayam ‘(I am) the Way, the Prop (or Spouse), the Master, the Witness, the Abode, the Refuge, the Friend; the Seat of evolution and dissolution, … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 9 << Chapter 9 verse 16 SlOkam – Original pithA’ham asya jagathO mAthA dhAthA pithAmaha: | vEdhyam pavithram OmkAra rik sAma yajur Eva cha || word-by-word meaning asya jagatha: – for these creatures [of the world] pithA – being the father mAthA – the … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 9 << Chapter 9 verse 16 Simple pitāham asya jagato mātā dhātā pitāmahaḥ vedyaṁ pavitram oṁ-kāra ṛk sāma yajur eva ca ‘Of this Universe, I am the Father, the Mother, the Patriarch, the Grandsire; the Knowable, the Holy, the syllable ‘Aum’; also the Rik, … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 9 << Chapter 9 verse 15 SlOkam – Original aham krathur aham yagya: svadhAham aham aushadham | manthrO’ham aham evAjyam aham agnir aham hutham || word-by-word meaning aham – I am krathu – the yAgam (sacrifice such as jyOthistOmam etc) aham yagya – I … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 9 << Chapter 9 verse 15 Simple ahaṁ kratur ahaṁ yajñaḥ svadhāham aham auṣadham mantro ’ham aham evājyam aham agnir ahaṁ hutam ‘I am the kratu, I the yajña, I the svadhā, I the aushadha, I the mantra, I Myself the butter, I the … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 9 << Chapter 9 verse 14 SlOkam – Original gyAnayagyEna chApyanyE yajanthO mAm upAsathE | EkathvEna pruthakthvEna bahudhA viSvathOmukham || word-by-word meaning anyE api – Some other mahAthmAs (great souls) gyAna yagyEna cha – (along with previously explained kIrthanam etc) yagya (sacrifice) of knowledge … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 9 << Chapter 9 verse 14 Simple jñāna-yajñena cāpy anye yajanto mām upāsate ekatvena pṛthaktvena bahudhā viśvato-mukham ‘Others again worship Me with the Sacrifice of Knowledge[2. Or what may be called the “homage of intellectual worship”.], and (so) meditate on Me as the Unity, … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 9 << Chapter 9 verse 13 SlOkam – Original sathatham kIrthayanthO mAm yathanthaS cha drudavrathA: | namasyanthaS cha mAm bhakthyA nithyayukthA upAsathE || word-by-word meaning mAm – me bhakthyA – with devotion sathatham – always kIrthayantha: – being engaged in singing dhruda vrathA: – … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 9 << Chapter 9 verse 13 Simple satataṁ kīrtayanto māṁ yatantaś ca dṛḍha-vratāḥ namasyantaś ca māṁ bhaktyā nitya-yuktā upāsate ‘By ever chanting hymns of Me, in firm resolve engaged in My services, falling prostrate before Me in rapt love, the hopers of eternal union … Read more