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SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 67 Simple ya idaṁ paramaṁ guhyaṁ mad-bhakteṣv abhidhāsyati bhaktiṁ mayi parāṁ kṛtvā mām evaiṣyaty asaṁśayaḥ ‘Whoso will proclaim this Great Secret among My lovers, will love Me deeply and doubtless reach Myself.’ He who will make an exposition of … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 66 Simple idaṁ te nātapaskāya nābhaktāya kadācana na cāśuśrūṣave vācyaṁ na ca māṁ yo ’bhyasūyati ‘This to thee. It is not to be revealed to the non-austere, to the loveless; not to the undutiful, and never to him who … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 65 Simple sarva-dharmān parityajya mām ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ vraja ahaṁ tvāṁ sarva-pāpebhyo mokṣayiṣyāmi mā śucaḥ ‘Renouncing all Dharmas, hold Me as thy Sole Refuge. I will deliver thee from all sins. Grieve not.'[1. Cp: Matt: IX-2. ‘Son, be of good … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 64 Simple man-manā bhava mad-bhakto mad-yājī māṁ namaskuru mām evaiṣyasi satyaṁ te pratijāne priyo ’si me ‘Be thou of My thought, be My lover, My worshipper; do thou prostrate to Me. To Myself thou wilt come. In troth I … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 63 Simple sarva-guhyatamaṁ bhūyaḥ śṛṇu me paramaṁ vacaḥ iṣṭo ’si me dṛḍham iti tato vakṣyāmi te hitam ‘Hearken again to My Supreme Word, the most secret of all as thou art to Me, precious and beloved. So I will … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 62 Simple iti te jñānam ākhyātaṁ guhyād guhya-taraṁ mayā vimṛśyaitad aśeṣeṇa yathecchasi tathā kuru ‘Thus is wisdom taught thee by Me, —the mystery of mysteries; reflect on it all and act as thou wilt.’ Wisdom = (jñānam), wisdom that … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 61 Simple tam eva śaraṇaṁ gaccha sarva-bhāvena bhārata tat-prasādāt parāṁ śāntiṁ sthānaṁ prāpsyasi śāśvatam ‘With all the soul, Bhārata! seek Him as (thy) Refuge. By his Grace shalt thou attain to supreme peace, and eternal state.’ Such being the … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 60 Simple īśvaraḥ sarva-bhūtānāṁ hṛd-deśe ’rjuna tiṣṭhati bhrāmayan sarva-bhūtāni yantrārūḍhāni māyayā ‘Īśvara, Arjuna! sits in the heart-region of all beings, borne (as it were) on a machine, spinning them by His māyā.'[1. Magic, Marvellous or Mysterious Power of the … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 59 Simple svabhāva-jena kaunteya nibaddhaḥ svena karmaṇā kartuṁ necchasi yan mohāt kariṣyasy avaśo ’pi tat ‘Bound (as thou art) Kaunteya! by thy own nature-born act, despite, in thy folly, not wishing to do the act, thou wilt yet do … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 58 Simple yad ahaṅkāram āśritya na yotsya iti manyase mithyaiṣa vyavasāyas te prakṛtis tvāṁ niyokṣyati ‘If by embracing egotism, thou resolvest: ‘I will not fight,’ that resolve of thine shall be vain; (for) nature will impel thee.’ Egotism (ahaṅkāra)=The … Read more