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SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 6 << Chapter 6 verse 35 Simple asaṁyatātmanā yogo duṣprāpa iti me matiḥ vaśyātmanā tu yatatā śakyo ’vāptum upāyataḥ ‘My belief is that yoga[4. Yoga means here the queiscent state into which by practice &c., the mind is disciplined. It is the state of … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 6 << Chapter 6 verse 34 Simple śrī-bhagavān uvāca asaṁśayaṁ mahā-bāho mano durnigrahaṁ calam abhyāsena tu kaunteya vairāgyeṇa ca gṛhyate Śrī Bhagavān (Lord Kṛishṇa) responds:— ‘Doubtless, O mighty armed! the roving mind is difficult to subdue; but by industry[1. Abhyāsa = Exercise or effort … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 6 << Chapter 6 verse 33 Simple cañcalaṁ hi manaḥ kṛṣṇa pramāthi balavad dṛḍham tasyāhaṁ nigrahaṁ manye vāyor iva su-duṣkaram ‘Kṛishṇa[2. The 58th and 554th name of God. Its etymology is ‘Krishir-bhū-vācakaś-śabdo ṇaścha nirvṛiti-vācha-kaḥ, Kṛishṇastad-bhāva-yogācca &c., (Bhārata, Ud. Parva. 69-5).]!, verily is the mind … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 6 << Chapter 6 verse 32 Simple arjuna uvāca yo ’yaṁ yogas tvayā proktaḥ sāmyena madhusūdana etasyāhaṁ na paśyāmi cañcalatvāt sthitiṁ sthirām Queries Arjuna:— ‘What this sameness-seeing yoga (or doctrine of meditation) is, that thou hast expounded, Madhusūdana[1. The 74th name of God. One … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 6 << Chapter 6 verse 31 Simple ātmaupamyena sarvatra samaṁ paśyati yo ’rjuna sukhaṁ vā yadi vā duḥkhaṁ sa yogī paramo mataḥ ‘He is to be known as the superior yogi, Arjuna! who, by reason of ātma-similitude, looketh everywhere, on happiness or misery, as … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 6 << Chapter 6 verse 30 Simple sarva-bhūta-sthitaṁ yo māṁ bhajaty ekatvam āsthitaḥ sarvathā vartamāno ’pi sa yogī mayi vartate ‘He, taking his stand in unity, worshippeth Me, Abidant in all beings, —that yogi, in whatever condition he be, dwelleth in Me.’ Ekatvam-āsthitaḥ=the taking … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 6 << Chapter 6 verse 29 Simple yo māṁ paśyati sarvatra sarvaṁ ca mayi paśyati tasyāhaṁ na praṇaśyāmi sa ca me na praṇaśyati ‘Whoso perceiveth Me everywhere, and perceiveth all in Me, to him I am never lost, nor to Me is he lost.'[2. … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 6 << Chapter 6 verse 28 Simple sarva-bhūta-stham ātmānaṁ sarva-bhūtāni cātmani īkṣate yoga-yuktātmā sarvatra sama-darśanaḥ ‘The meditation-absorbed equal-seer everywhere, perceives ātma abiding in all beings and all beings abiding in ātma.’ ‘Equal-seeing everywhere‘ (= sarvatra sama-darśana) means the realizing, that ātma, wherever it do … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 6 << Chapter 6 verse 27 Simple yuñjann evaṁ sadātmānaṁ yogī vigata-kalmaṣaḥ sukhena brahma-saṁsparśam atyantaṁ sukham aśnute ‘Ever thus[1. ‘Thus’ or in the manner described in verse 10, ff.] vowed to ātma, the yogi is cleansed of sin, and, with ease, tasteth the endless … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 6 << Chapter 6 verse 26 Simple praśānta-manasaṁ hy enaṁ yoginaṁ sukham uttamam upaiti śānta-rajasaṁ brahma-bhūtam akalmaṣam ‘Supreme bliss verily comes to that yogi whose mind has attained peace, whose rajas-nature has been calmed, who is stainless and brahma-like.’ ‘Mind in peace’ means: mind … Read more