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SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 7 << Chapter 7 verse 14 Simple na māṁ duṣkṛtino mūḍhāḥ prapadyante narādhamāḥ māyayāpahṛta-jñānā āsuraṁ bhāvam āśritāḥ ‘Men of evil deeds, the ignorant, ignoble men, divorced of understanding by māyā, and men of demoniac nature, do not resort to Me.[1. See Lecture XVI for … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 7 << Chapter 7 verse 13.5 Simple mām eva ye prapadyante māyām etāṁ taranti te ‘Those alone who resort to Me as their Refuge overcross this māyā.’ Those, who resign themselves to Me alone as their Refuge and Protection, —Me, the Firm-Willed, —Me, the … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 7 << Chapter 7 verse 13 Simple daivī hy eṣā guṇa-mayī mama māyā duratyayā ‘Verily is this, My divine guṇa-imbued māyā, hard to surmount.’ Inasmuch as this my māyā, —permeate with the characteristics of satva, rajas, and tamas,— is daivi or created by Me, … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 7 << Chapter 7 verse 12 Simple tribhir guṇa-mayair bhāvair ebhiḥ sarvam idaṁ jagat mohitaṁ nābhijānāti mām ebhyaḥ param avyayam ‘Beguiled is the world by things possessed of these three qualities. That I am the Exhaustless, Superior to these, it knoweth not.’ All this … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 7 << Chapter 7 verse 11 Simple ye caiva sāttvikā bhāvā rājasās tāmasāś ca ye matta eveti tān viddhi na tv ahaṁ teṣu te mayi ‘Those things that are sātvika[1. Read Lect: XIV for a discourse on this subject. Sātvika things are those in … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 7 << Chapter 7 verse 10 Simple balaṁ balavatāṁ cāhaṁ kāma-rāga-vivarjitam dharmāviruddho bhūteṣu kāmo ’smi bharatarṣabha ‘And, of the strong, I am the strength, divorced from lust and love. And desire, unconflicting with virtue (dharma), I am, O Chief of Bhāratas!’ All these things … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 7 << Chapter 7 verse 9 Simple bījaṁ māṁ sarva-bhūtānāṁ viddhi pārtha sanātanam buddhir buddhimatām asmi tejas tejasvinām aham ‘The primeval Seed of all beings, Pārtha[1. Name of Arjuna.]! know Me (to be). The wisdom of the wise, I am; and the lustre of … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 7 << Chapter 7 verse 8 Simple puṇyo gandhaḥ pṛthivyāṁ ca tejaś cāsmi vibhāvasau jīvanaṁ sarva-bhūteṣu tapaś cāsmi tapasviṣu ‘And, the odour of the earth, and the glow of the fire, I am. The life in all beings, and the austerity[3. Meditation combined with … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 7 << Chapter 7 verse 7 Simple raso ’ham apsu kaunteya prabhāsmi śaśi-sūryayoḥ praṇavaḥ sarva-vedeṣu śabdaḥ khe pauruṣaṁ nṛṣu ‘The sapidity in water, Kaunteya[1. Matronymic for Arjuna.]! I am ; I am the light of the moon and the sun; (I), the Praṇava[2. The … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 7 << Chapter 7 verse 6.5 Simple mayi sarvam idaṁ protaṁ sūtre maṇi-gaṇā iva ‘Like unto a row of gems strung on a string, all this is threaded by Me.’ All this= the sum of things, chit (intelligents) and achit (non-intelligentsj, —all that exists … Read more