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SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 12 << Chapter 12 verse 18 Simple tulya-nindā-stutir maunī santuṣṭo yena kenacit aniketaḥ sthira-matir bhaktimān me priyo naraḥ ‘Unto praise and blame the same; silent; with anything satisfied; not home-tied; mind-steady; that man of Bhakti is dear to Me.’ The absence of hate towards … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 12 << Chapter 12 verse 17 Simple samaḥ śatrau ca mitre ca tathā mānāpamānayoḥ śītoṣṇa-sukha-duḥkheṣu samaḥ saṅga-vivarjitaḥ ‘Unto friend and foe, equal; likewise to glory and shame; to heat and cold, pleasure and pain, equal; from attachment, exempt;’ >> Chapter 12 verse 19 archived … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 12 << Chapter 12 verse 16 Simple yo na hṛṣyati na dveṣṭi na śocati na kāṅkṣati śubhāśubha-parityāgī bhaktimān yaḥ sa me priyaḥ ‘Who exults not, hates not, grieves not, craves not, the renouncer of good and evil, that Bhakta is dear to Me.’ The … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 12 << Chapter 12 verse 15 Simple anapekṣaḥ śucir dakṣa udāsīno gata-vyathaḥ sarvārambha-parityāgī yo mad-bhaktaḥ sa me priyaḥ ‘Desireless, pure, proficient, unconcerned, unafflicted, surceasing from all undertakings, —that Bhakta is dear to Me.’ An-apekshaḥ=Having no love or desire for any thing else save ātma … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 12 << Chapter 12 verse 14 Simple yasmān nodvijate loko lokān nodvijate ca yaḥ harṣāmarṣa-bhayodvegair mukto yaḥ sa ca me priyaḥ ‘He from whom the world fears not; he who, by the world, is frightened not; who is quit of joy and wrath, dread … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 12 << Chapter 12 verse 13 Simple santuṣṭaḥ satataṁ yogī yatātmā dṛḍha-niścayaḥ mayy arpita-mano-buddhir yo mad-bhaktaḥ sa me priyaḥ ‘Content, ever yogī, steady-minded, firm-faithed, and of manas and buddhi offered to Me, —such Bhakta is dear to Me.’ Adveshtā=Non-hater of any being, i.e., hating … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 12 << Chapter 12 verse 12 Simple adveṣṭā sarva-bhūtānāṁ maitraḥ karuṇa eva ca nirmamo nirahaṅkāraḥ sama-duḥkha-sukhaḥ kṣamī ‘Whoso is non-hater of any being, benign and clement, exempt from selfishness and self-love, unaffected by pain and pleasure, patient;’ >> Chapter 12 verse 14 archived in … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 12 << Chapter 12 verse 11 Simple śreyo hi jñānam abhyāsāj jñānād dhyānaṁ viśiṣyate dhyānāt karma-phala-tyāgas tyāgāc chāntir anantaram ‘Next to (God-)devotion, (soul-)knowledge is preferable; next to (soul-) knowledge, (soul-)meditation is preferable; next to (soul-)meditation, surrender of work’s fruit; from surrender follows peace.’ If … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 12 << Chapter 12 verse 10 Simple athaitad apy aśakto ’si kartuṁ mad-yogam āśritaḥ sarva-karma-phala-tyāgaṁ tataḥ kuru yatātmavān ‘If, even to do this —with a view to My union— thou art unable, then, mind-controlling, resign all action’s fruit.’ With a view to My union … Read more