18.40 na tad asti pṛthivyāṁ vā (Original)

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 39 Simple na tad asti pṛthivyāṁ vā divi deveṣu vā punaḥ sattvaṁ prakṛti-jair muktaṁ yad ebhiḥ syāt tribhir guṇaiḥ ‘No being exists either on earth, or above amid the Devas, exempt from these triple matter-born Guṇas.’ On earth = … Read more

18.39 yad agre cānubandhe ca (Original)

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 38 Simple yad agre cānubandhe ca sukhaṁ mohanam ātmanaḥ nidrālasya-pramādotthaṁ tat tāmasam udāhṛtam ‘That is said to be Tāmasa-Happiness, which enthrals [i.e., deludes] ātma, both in the beginning and the end; and which springs from sleep, sloth and listlessness.’ … Read more

18.38 viṣayendriya-saṁyogād (Original)

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 37 Simple viṣayendriya-saṁyogād yat tad agre ’mṛtopamam pariṇāme viṣam iva tat sukhaṁ rājasaṁ smṛtam ‘That is declared Rājasa-Happiness, which by contact of sense with object, is at first as nectar, but venom in the end.’ What, when enjoying objects … Read more

18.37 yat tad agre viṣam iva (Original)

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 36 Simple yat tad agre viṣam iva pariṇāme ’mṛtopamam tat sukhaṁ sāttvikaṁ proktam ātma-buddhi-prasāda-jam ‘That is called Sātvika-Happiness, which at first as venom is, but nectar in the end; —springing from ātma-knowing serenity.’ That Happiness, which by hard effort … Read more

18.36 abhyāsād ramate yatra (Original)

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 35.5 Simple abhyāsād ramate yatra duḥkhāntaṁ ca nigacchati ‘Where, one by habit delighteth, and the end of pain reacheth.’ That Happiness, by long habituation thereto, one gradually derives exquisite pleasure by, and finally reaches the end of pain = … Read more

18.35.5 sukhaṁ tv idānīṁ tri-vidhaṁ (Original)

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 35 Simple sukhaṁ tv idānīṁ tri-vidhaṁ śṛṇu me bharatarṣabha ‘Now listen from Me, Bharatarshabha![1. A nom de guerre of Arjuna: The Bull of the Bharata-race.] the three kinds of Happiness.’ All the aforesaid, Knowledge, Act, Actor etc., are with … Read more

18.35 yayā svapnaṁ bhayaṁ śokaṁ (Original)

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 34 Simple yayā svapnaṁ bhayaṁ śokaṁ viṣādaṁ madam eva ca na vimuñcati durmedhā dhṛtiḥ sā pārtha tāmasī ‘That is Tāmasa-Purpose, Pārtha! by which the fool doth not shake off slumber, dread, grief, despair and folly.’ Svapnam = slumber, or … Read more

18.34 yayā tu dharma-kāmārthān (Original)

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 33 Simple yayā tu dharma-kāmārthān dhṛtyā dhārayate ’rjuna prasaṅgena phalākāṅkṣī dhṛtiḥ sā pārtha rājasī ‘That is Rājasa-Purpose, Pārtha! by which, — from motives of attachment and fruit—, Dharma, pleasures and wealth are maintained.’ That is Rājasa-Purpose or Will by … Read more

18.33 dhṛtyā yayā dhārayate (Original)

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 32 Simple dhṛtyā yayā dhārayate manaḥ-prāṇendriya-kriyāḥ yogenāvyabhicāriṇyā dhṛtiḥ sā pārtha sāttvikī ‘That is Sātvika-Purpose, Pārtha!, —that of unerring Yoga,— by which the energies of mind, prāṇa and the senses are sustained.’ ‘That Purpose of unerring Yoga (concentratedness), by the … Read more

18.32 adharmaṁ dharmam iti yā (Original)

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 31 Simple adharmaṁ dharmam iti yā manyate tamasāvṛtā sarvārthān viparītāṁś ca buddhiḥ sā pārtha tāmasī ‘That is Tāmasa-Reason, Pārtha! which enwrapped in gloom, understands all things pervertedly: Adharma as Dharma (etc).’ As for the Tāmasa-Reason, enveloped as it is … Read more