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SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 10 << Chapter 10 Proem Simple śrī-bhagavān uvāca bhūya eva mahā-bāho śṛṇu me paramaṁ vacaḥ yat te ’haṁ prīyamāṇāya vakṣyāmi hita-kāmyayā ŚRĪ BHAGAVĀN Continued:- ‘Hearken, O of mighty arm! to My sublime speech, which, again, I am about to deliver for the good of … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Simple << Chapter 9 bhagavath rAmAnuja at AzhwArthirunagari, SrIperumbUthUr, SrIrangam and thirunArAyaNapuram AUM ŚRI BHAGAVAD-GĪTĀ WITH SRI RĀMĀNUJA’S VIŚISHTĀDVAITA COMMENTARY THE TENTH LECTURE, NAMED, VIBHUTI-VISTARA-YOGA OR THE BOOK OF DIVINE GLORIES PROEM BHAKTI or God-love with its requirements was treated (in Lecture IX). In order … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 9 << Chapter 9 verse 33 Simple man-manā bhava mad-bhakto mad-yājī māṁ namaskuru mām evaiṣyasi yuktvaivam ātmānaṁ mat-parāyaṇaḥ ‘Fix thy heart on Me, be My beloved, be My worshipper, and bend thyself to Me. Mind thus devoted, and giving thyself up to Me, thou … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 9 << Chapter 9 verse 32 Simple kiṁ punar brāhmaṇāḥ puṇyā bhaktā rājarṣayas tathā anityam asukhaṁ lokam imaṁ prāpya bhajasva mām ‘Why doubt then, about the merit-full loving brāhmaṇas and king-saints. Do thou, who art in this transient and joyless world, worship Me'[1. Vide … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 9 << Chapter 9 verse 31 Simple māṁ hi pārtha vyapāśritya ye ’pi syuḥ pāpa-yonayaḥ striyo vaiśyās tathā śūdrās te ’pi yānti parāṁ gatim ‘Be they the sin-born[1. Editor’s note: “sin-born” is to be understood on multiple levels. At a very general/basic level every … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 9 << Chapter 9 verse 30 Simple kṣipraṁ bhavati dharmātmā śaśvac-chāntiṁ nigacchati kaunteya pratijānīhi na me bhaktaḥ praṇaśyati ‘Speedy becometh he a holy soul, and flieth to eternal rest. Promise Me, Kaunteya! that My Bhakta (beloved) perisheth not.'[2. Cp: XVIII-65, Bh: Gi: where the … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 9 << Chapter 9 verse 29 Simple api cet su-durācāro bhajate mām ananya-bhāk sādhur eva sa mantavyaḥ samyag vyavasito hi saḥ ‘Even if one were of flagitiously wicked ways, if he but pay Me exclusive worship, he is to be esteemed as virtuous; for … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 9 << Chapter 9 verse 28 Simple samo ’haṁ sarva-bhūteṣu na me dveṣyo ’sti na priyaḥ ye bhajanti tu māṁ bhaktyā mayi te teṣu cāpy aham ‘To all beings I am the same; to Me is there neither foe nor friend. But whoso worship … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 9 << Chapter 9 verse 27 Simple śubhāśubha-phalair evaṁ mokṣyase karma-bandhanaiḥ sannyāsa-yoga-yuktātmā vimukto mām upaiṣyasi ‘Thus shalt thou be rescued from the bonds of karma consisting of good and evil fruits. With mind co-ordinated to this resigned contemplation (sanyāsa yoga), the liberated thou, shalt … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 9 << Chapter 9 verse 26 Simple yat karoṣi yad aśnāsi yaj juhoṣi dadāsi yat yat tapasyasi kaunteya tat kuruṣva mad-arpaṇam ‘Whatsoever thou dost do, dost eat, dost oblate, dost give, dost do of tapas, Kaunteya!, do thou that, as dedication (to Me).’ Whatsoever … Read more