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SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 3 << Chapter 3 verse 35 Simple arjuna uvāca atha kena prayukto ’yaṁ pāpaṁ carati pūruṣaḥ anicchann api vārṣṇeya balād iva niyojitaḥ ‘What is it then, Vārshṇeya[1. A patronymic of Kṛishṇa (vide Genealog: Tree at end of Lect: I.]! prompted by which one wallows … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 3 << Chapter 3 verse 34 Simple śreyān sva-dharmo viguṇaḥ para-dharmāt sv-anuṣṭhitāt sva-dharme nidhanaṁ śreyaḥ para-dharmo bhayāvahaḥ ‘Though wanting in merit, better is one’s own Dharma[1. Prescribed duty. The ways of virtue.] than another’s Dharma[2. Prescribed duty. The ways of virtue.] well performed. In … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 3 << Chapter 3 verse 33.5 Simple tayor na vaśam āgacchet tau hy asya paripanthinau ‘None shall get under their power; they are verily his enemies.’ No one after embarking on the course of Jñāna-Yoga, shall get again under the influence of loves and … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 3 << Chapter 3 verse 33 Simple indriyasyendriyasyārthe rāga-dveṣau vyavasthitau ‘Loves and hates are rooted in the objects of every sense.’ The objects of the senses of knowledge (or perception) viz., hearing etc, are respectively, sound etc., and the objects of the senses of … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 3 << Chapter 3 verse 32 Simple sadṛśaṁ ceṣṭate svasyāḥ prakṛter jñānavān api prakṛtiṁ yānti bhūtāni nigrahaḥ kiṁ kariṣyati ‘Even the jñāni follows the bent of his nature[1. Nature here means the sum of tendencies, dispositions, tastes, inclinations, etc., which are seen to evoke … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 3 << Chapter 3 verse 31 Simple ye tv etad abhyasūyanto nānutiṣṭhanti me matam sarva-jñāna-vimūḍhāṁs tān viddhi naṣṭān acetasaḥ ‘But whoso, blaspheming, carry not out this, My edict, —know them to be blind to all knowledge; and, bereft of understanding, (to be) lost.’ My … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 3 << Chapter 3 verse 30 Simple ye me matam idaṁ nityam anutiṣṭhanti mānavāḥ śraddhāvanto ’nasūyanto mucyante te ’pi karmabhiḥ ‘Whoso, men, will follow this eternal behest of Mine, filled with faith or (at least) void of ill-will, shall be released from all deeds.’ … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 3 << Chapter 3 verse 29 Simple mayi sarvāṇi karmāṇi sannyasyādhyātma-cetasā nirāśīr nirmamo bhūtvā yudhyasva vigata-jvaraḥ ‘With mind, ātmā-absorbed, rest all works in Me. Rid of desire and ‘my-ness’, and of (mental) fever, fight.’ In Me, the Inner-Soul of all living beings, place all … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 3 << Chapter 3 verse 28 Simple prakṛter guṇa-sammūḍhāḥ sajjante guṇa-karmasu tān akṛtsna-vido mandān kṛtsna-vin na vicālayet ‘Deluded by matter’s guṇas[1. See Lect: XIV for an exhaustive treatment of the gunās. These are the three main characteristics of matter which keep the world moving. … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 3 << Chapter 3 verse 27 Simple tattva-vit tu mahā-bāho guṇa-karma-vibhāgayoḥ guṇā guṇeṣu vartanta iti matvā na sajjate ‘Whereas the truth-knower, O mighty-armed! of the nature and work of the guṇas[1. See Lect: XIV for an exhaustive treatment of the gunās. These are the … Read more