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SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 16 << Chapter 16 Verse 13 Simple asau mayā hataḥ śatrur haniṣye cāparān api īśvaro ’ham ahaṁ bhogī siddho ’haṁ balavān sukhī ‘(Say they): ‘By me has this foe been slain; and others too I am going to slay. I am Lord, I am … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 16 << Chapter 16 Verse 12 Simple idam adya mayā labdham imaṁ prāpsye manoratham idam astīdam api me bhaviṣyati punar dhanam ‘(Say they): “By me has this to-day been gained; I shall gain this heart-desire; this money I have, and again it, will I … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 16 << Chapter 16 Verse 11 Simple āśā-pāśa-śatair baddhāḥ kāma-krodha-parāyaṇāḥ īhante kāma-bhogārtham anyāyenārtha-sañcayān ‘Bound by the bonds of a hundred hopes, and given up to lust and wrath, (they) un-justly yearn for hoarding up wealth to minister to gratify (their) lust.’ The bounds or … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 16 << Chapter 16 Verse 10 Simple cintām aparimeyāṁ ca pralayāntām upāśritāḥ kāmopabhoga-paramā etāvad iti niścitāḥ ‘Wedded to immense schemes stretching so far even as (kosmic) dissolution; indulging in lusts as the highest goal, assured: “that is the be-all and end-all.”‘ Death is ready … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 16 << Chapter 16 Verse 9 Simple kāmam āśritya duṣpūraṁ dambha-māna-madānvitāḥ mohād gṛhītvāsad-grāhān pravartante ’śuci-vratāḥ ‘Surrendered to unappeasable desires, seizing unlawful hold of things through (that) delusion; associated with hypocrisy, pride and passion; and practising unholy vows, they prevail.’ (They are) overtaken by lust … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 16 << Chapter 16 Verse 8 Simple etāṁ dṛṣṭim avaṣṭabhya naṣṭātmāno ’lpa-buddhayaḥ prabhavanty ugra-karmāṇaḥ kṣayāya jagato ’hitāḥ ‘Adopting this view, the soul-lost, small-witted, and deed-cruel, vile (beings), become the ruin of the Universe.’ Adopting : means embracing or holding. Nasht-ātmānaḥ = Soul-lost, or those … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 16 << Chapter 16 Verse 7 Simple asatyam apratiṣṭhaṁ te jagad āhur anīśvaram aparaspara-sambhūtaṁ kim anyat kāma-haitukam ‘Say they: “the Universe is unreal, without prop, without Lord; and what else is it but the product of mutual union, (of male and female) having lust … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 16 << Chapter 16 Verse 6 Simple pravṛttiṁ ca nivṛttiṁ ca janā na vidur āsurāḥ na śaucaṁ nāpi cācāro na satyaṁ teṣu vidyate ‘The Non-divine know not (the ways of) ‘activity’ or of ‘passivity’; ‘Neither cleanliness, nor holy conduct, nor truth is found in … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 16 << Chapter 16 Verse 5 Simple dvau bhūta-sargau loke ’smin daiva āsura eva ca daivo vistaraśaḥ prokta āsuraṁ pārtha me śṛṇu ‘Twofold is the creation of beings in this world, Divine and Non-divine. The Divine has been described (thee) at length; hear from … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 16 << Chapter 16 Verse 4.5 Simple mā śucaḥ sampadaṁ daivīm abhijāto ’si pāṇḍava ‘Grieve not, Pāṇdava! thou art born of the Divine kind.’ Sorrow not. As for thyself, thou belongest to the Divine lot, for art thou not Pāṇdava? or the son of … Read more