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SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 13 << Chapter 13 verse 27 Simple samaṁ paśyan hi sarvatra samavasthitam īśvaram na hinasty ātmanātmānaṁ tato yāti parāṁ gatim ‘Verily, by seeing the lord (soul) abiding alike everywhere, one causes not to his self, mental injury; thereby doth he pass to the highest … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 13 << Chapter 13 verse 26 Simple samaṁ sarveṣu bhūteṣu tiṣṭhantaṁ parameśvaram vinaśyatsv avinaśyantaṁ yaḥ paśyati sa paśyati ‘He sees, indeed, who sees alike in all beings the abiding[1. i.e., residing] lord transcendant; the undecaying amid the decaying.'[2. Vish: Pur: VI-7-58; ‘Pradhanādi viśeshāntam etc.’] … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 13 << Chapter 13 verse 25 Simple yāvat sañjāyate kiñcit sattvaṁ sthāvara-jaṅgamam kṣetra-kṣetrajña-saṁyogāt tad viddhi bharatarṣabha ‘Whatsoever a thing, mobile or immobile springs up into existence, know that, O Best of Bharatas, (to be) from union of kshetra-kshetrajña.’ Whatsoever thing —how so ever minute … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 13 << Chapter 13 verse 24 Simple anye tv evam ajānantaḥ śrutvānyebhya upāsate te ’pi cātitaranty eva mṛtyuṁ śruti-parāyaṇāḥ ‘But others who, knowing not thus, (merely) contemplate after hearing from others, do verily (also) overcross death; also those of (simple-)faith in hearing (what is … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 13 << Chapter 13 verse 23 Simple dhyānenātmani paśyanti kecid ātmānam ātmanā anye sāṅkhyena yogena karma-yogena cāpare ‘By Dhyāna-yoga some do mentally perceive the soul in the body; by Sāñkhya-yoga, others; and by Karma-yoga, others again.'[1. All the Three Paths are here summarized. As … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 13 << Chapter 13 verse 22 Simple ya enaṁ vetti puruṣaṁ prakṛtiṁ ca guṇaiḥ saha sarvathā vartamāno ’pi na sa bhūyo ’bhijāyate ‘Who thus kens soul (purusha) and matter(prakṛiti) together with the guṇas; in whatever condition he exist at present, he is never born … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 13 << Chapter 13 verse 21 Simple upadraṣṭānumantā ca bhartā bhoktā maheśvaraḥ paramātmeti cāpy ukto dehe ’smin puruṣaḥ paraḥ ‘In this body, this soul excellent, is spectator and permitter, supporter and enjoyer, the great lord, and is also called paramātma.’ The purusha dwelling in … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 13 << Chapter 13 verse 20.5 Simple kāraṇaṁ guṇa-saṅgo ’sya sad-asad-yoni-janmasu ‘Attachment to qualities (gunas) is the cause of births in good and evil wombs.’ This soul, born in a series of retrospective births among devas, man etc., —all variations of matter-forms,— delights in … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 13 << Chapter 13 verse 20 Simple puruṣaḥ prakṛti-stho hi bhuṅkte prakṛti-jān guṇān ‘Verily being in matter planted, the soul eats of the matter-bred products.’ The term guṇā=lit: quality, is figuratively used here to represent the products of matter. Prakṛiti-sthaḥ purusha is the soul … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 13 << Chapter 13 verse 19 Simple kārya-kāraṇa-kartṛtve hetuḥ prakṛtir ucyate puruṣaḥ sukha-duḥkhānāṁ bhoktṛtve hetur ucyate ‘For creating effect and instruments, matter is said to be the cause; for experiencing joys and griefs, the soul is said to be the cause.’ Kārya=effect=body. Kāraṇāni= the … Read more