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SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 13 << Chapter 13 verse 6 Simple amānitvam adambhitvam ahiṁsā kṣāntir ārjavam ācāryopāsanaṁ śaucaṁ sthairyam ātma-vinigrahaḥ ‘Reverence, Simplicity, Harmlessness, Forbearance, Rectitude, Teachers’ service, Purity, Faith, Self-control.’ Amānitvam=reverence=absence of affront or contumely for good and great men. Adambhitvam=Simplicity=absence of ostentation or show in the discharge … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 13 << Chapter 13 verse 5 Simple icchā dveṣaḥ sukhaṁ duḥkhaṁ saṅghātaś cetanā dhṛtiḥ etat kṣetraṁ samāsena sa-vikāram udāhṛtam ‘Longing and aversion; joy and affliction, constitute Kshetra with its mutations. This is (thus) briefly described—this aggregate, this basis for the soul.'[2. Cp: Bh: Gī: … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 13 << Chapter 13 verse 4 Simple mahā-bhūtāny ahaṅkāro buddhir avyaktam eva ca indriyāṇi daśaikaṁ ca pañca cendriya-gocarāḥ ‘The great elements, Ahaṇkāra, Buddhi and also the Avyakta (Unmanifest); the senses Ten and One, and the five Sensibles.’ >> Chapter 13 verse 6 archived in … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 13 << Chapter 13 verse 3 Simple ṛṣibhir bahudhā gītaṁ chandobhir vividhaiḥ pṛthak brahma-sūtra-padaiś caiva hetumadbhir viniścitaiḥ ‘What by Rishis is variously sung, and distinctly by various (Veda-)Chants ; also by Brahma-sūtra passages, full of reasoning and certitude,’ The truths regarding the Kshetra and … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 13 << Chapter 13 verse 2 Simple tat kṣetraṁ yac ca yādṛk ca yad-vikāri yataś ca yat sa ca yo yat-prabhāvaś ca tat samāsena me śṛṇu ‘Listen from Me briefly, what that Kshetra is, its purpose, its mutations, its origin, its nature; and what … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 13 << Chapter 13 verse 1 Simple kṣetra-jñaṁ cāpi māṁ viddhi sarva-kṣetreṣu bhārata kṣetra-kṣetrajñayor jñānaṁ yat taj jñānaṁ mataṁ mama ‘Know Me, also, Bhārata! the Kshetrajña in all the Kshetras. I deem that is knowledge, —the knowledge of Kshetra and the Kshetrajña.’ Know that … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 13 << Chapter 13 verse 9 Simple mayi cānanya-yogena bhaktir avyabhicāriṇī vivikta-deśa-sevitvam aratir jana-saṁsadi ‘Exclusive love to Me in Unerring devotion; resort to sequestered spots; tastelessness for men’s society’.[2. Cp. Bh: Gī: XIV-26, VI-10, XVIII-52.] Bhakti=Love to Me —the Lord of all— rendered in … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 13 << Chapter 13 Proem Simple śrī-bhagavān uvāca idaṁ śarīraṁ kaunteya kṣetram ity abhidhīyate etad yo vetti taṁ prāhuḥ kṣetra-jña iti tad-vidaḥ ‘This, the body, Kaunteya! is designated as Kshetra[1. Kshetra=matter, body, habitat, field, place or that which is enjoyed. = Capacity, the container.], … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Simple << Chapter 12 bhagavath rAmAnuja at AzhwArthirunagari, SrIperumbUthUr, SrIrangam and thirunArAyaNapuram   AUM ŚRI BHAGAVAD-GĪTĀ WITH SRI RĀMĀNUJA’S VIŚISHTĀDVAITA COMMENTARY THIRTEENTH LECTURE NAMED, KSHETRA-KSHETRAJNA-VIBHĀGA-YOGA OR THE BOOK OF MATTER-SPIRIT DISTINCTION. PROEM IN the First Division comprising the First Six Lectures (Psychocrasy), it was shown … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 12 << Chapter 12 verse 19 Simple ye tu dharmāmṛtam idaṁ yathoktaṁ paryupāsate śraddadhānā mat-paramā bhaktās te ’tīva me priyāḥ ‘Whoso, in fervid faith, with Me as Hope, devote themselves to this Holy Blissful Way, as set forth (above) are Bhaktas exceedingly dear to … Read more