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SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 2 << Chapter 2 verse 49 Simple buddhi-yukto jahātīha ubhe sukṛta-duṣkṛte tasmād yogāya yujyasva yogaḥ karmasu kauśalam ‘Even here, the wisdom-united (man) casts off both good as well as bad deeds. Hence strive for that mode (yoga). (Wisdom)-mode in works is cleverness.’ Whoso acts … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 2 << Chapter 2 verse 48 Simple dūreṇa hy avaraṁ karma buddhi-yogād dhanañ-jaya buddhau śaranam anviccha kṛpaṇāḥ phala-hetavaḥ ‘(Fruit-breeding) works, Dhanañjaya[2. An epithet for Arjuna, lit: ‘the despiser of wealth’.]! are verily far inferior to wisdom-yoga. Seek refuge in wisdom. Poor are the fruit-seeking[3. … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 2 << Chapter 2 verse 47 Simple yoga-sthaḥ kuru karmāṇi saṅgaṁ tyaktvā dhanañ-jaya siddhy-asiddhyoḥ samo bhūtvā samatvaṁ yoga ucyate ‘Equanimous, (yogastha), Dhanañjaya[1. An epithet for Arjuna, lit: ‘the despiser of wealth’.]! and without attachment, do works. The equal mindedness as regards fulfillment or failure, … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 2 << Chapter 2 verse 46 Simple karmaṇy evādhikāras te mā phaleṣu kadācana mā karma-phala-hetur bhūr mā te saṅgo ’stv akarmaṇi ‘But to work, hast thou the right, not to the fruits thereof. Become not the cause of works’ fruit, nor have interest in … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 2 << Chapter 2 verse 45 Simple yāvān artha uda-pāne sarvataḥ samplutodake tāvān sarveṣu vedeṣu brāhmaṇasya vijānataḥ ‘As, from a reservoir overflowing with water, a little only (of water) is one’s requirement, so much only is the requirement of the wise Brāhmaṇa[1. See Commentary … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 2 << Chapter 2 verse 44 Simple trai-guṇya-viṣayā vedā nistrai-guṇyo bhavārjuna nirdvandvo nitya-sattva-stho niryoga-kṣema ātmavān ‘The Vedas relate to (all) the three qualities[1. See Lect: XIV for an exhaustive treatment of the gunās. These are the three main characteristics of matter which keep the … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 2 << Chapter 2 verse 43 Simple bhogaiśvarya-prasaktānāṁ tayāpahṛta-cetasām vyavasāyātmikā buddhiḥ samādhau na vidhīyate ‘To those, covetous of pelf and power, with hearts enslaved by them, no settled conviction can arise in their minds.’ Pushpitàm=Flowery, or that, whose fruit is no more than the … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 2 << Chapter 2 verse 42 Simple kāmātmānaḥ svarga-parā janma-karma-phala-pradām kriyā-viśeṣa-bahulāṁ bhogaiśvarya-gatiṁ prati ‘(Who), hearts full of lusts, Svarga-minded, talk of the laborious varieties of rites which would bring pelf and power, and produce such effects as would end in rebirths.’ >> Chapter 2 … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 2 << Chapter 2 verse 41 Simple yām imāṁ puṣpitāṁ vācaṁ pravadanty avipaścitaḥ veda-vāda-ratāḥ pārtha nānyad astīti vādinaḥ ‘The unwise, Pārtha![1. Arjuna’s name.] who talk such flowery language are those who are addicted to Veda-praised rewards, and who argue: “Nothing else exists.”‘ >> Chapter … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 2 << Chapter 2 verse 40 Simple vyavasāyātmikā buddhir ekeha kuru-nandana bahu-śākhā hy anantāś ca buddhayo ’vyavasāyinām ‘O Kuru-nandana![1. Arjuna, a Scion of the Kuru dynasty.], there is but one certain conviction of mind in this (to the cultured). But to the unsettled (or … Read more