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SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 48 Simple asakta-buddhiḥ sarvatra jitātmā vigata-spṛhaḥ naiṣkarmya-siddhiṁ paramāṁ sannyāsenādhigacchati ‘With Buddhi unfettered, with self subdued, and desires departed, —by Renunciation, doth one attain to high devotional consummation.’ Buddhi (or intellect) unfettered = unattached to fruits or anything. Self subdued … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 47 Simple saha-jaṁ karma kaunteya sa-doṣam api na tyajet sarvārambhā hi doṣeṇa dhūmenāgnir ivāvṛtāḥ ‘Let natural duty, Kaunteya!, though faulty, be not forsaken. Verily all endeavours are in faults swathed, like fire in smoke.’ Hence as act comes natural, … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 46.5 Simple svabhāva-niyataṁ karma kurvan nāpnoti kilbiṣam ‘Doing work that by nature is appointed, one incurs not sin.’ To a being joined to matter, and endowed with senses, it is normality to act, inasmuch as his organs tend in … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 46 Simple śreyān sva-dharmo viguṇaḥ para-dharmāt sv-anuṣṭhitāt ‘Better one’s own Dharma, (though) void of merit, than doing another’s Dharma even though it be done excellently well.’ One’s own Dharma is, as pointed out already, the sum of acts constituting … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 45 Simple yataḥ pravṛttir bhūtānāṁ yena sarvam idaṁ tatam sva-karmaṇā tam abhyarcya siddhiṁ vindati mānavaḥ ‘Whence all beings evolve,[1. ‘Activity’ may also be used to translate pravṛitti or ‘Poteny’ meaning ‘power for action’ as contrasted with latency.] by Whom … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 44 Simple sve sve karmaṇy abhirataḥ saṁsiddhiṁ labhate naraḥ sva-karma-nirataḥ siddhiṁ yathā vindati tac chṛṇu ‘Each devoted to his own duty, man wins perfectness. How the devoted to his duty wins perfectness, listen.’ Every man devoted to his own … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 43 Simple kṛṣi-go-rakṣya-vāṇijyaṁ vaiśya-karma svabhāva-jam paricaryātmakaṁ karma śūdrasyāpi svabhāva-jam ‘Agriculture, cattle-tending [i.e., protection], and commerce are duties native to a Vaiśya. And service constitutes the duty native to a Śūdra.’ Kṛishi = Culture intended to produce crop. Go-raksha = … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 42 Simple śauryaṁ tejo dhṛtir dākṣyaṁ yuddhe cāpy apalāyanam dānam īśvara-bhāvaś ca kṣātraṁ karma svabhāva-jam ‘Bravery, fire, constancy, adroitness, and not retreating in battle, benevolence, and the nature to rule; —these are duties native to the Kshatriya.’ Śauryam = … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 41 Simple śamo damas tapaḥ śaucaṁ kṣāntir ārjavam eva ca jñānaṁ vijñānam āstikyaṁ brahma-karma svabhāva-jam ‘Restraint, governance, austerity, purity, forgiveness, and uprightness; knowledge, wisdom, faith; —these are duties native to Brāhmaṇas.’ Śama = Restraint = The Discipline of the … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 40 Simple brāhmaṇa-kṣatriya-viśāṁ śūdrāṇāṁ ca paran-tapa karmāṇi pravibhaktāni svabhāva-prabhavair guṇaiḥ ‘The duties, O Foe-harasser! of Brāhmaṇas, Kshatriyas, Vaiśyas and Śudras, are assigned according to the qualities born of (their) nature.’ Svabhāva = nature = own or inherent nature, of … Read more