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SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Proem Simple arjuna uvāca sannyāsasya mahā-bāho tattvam icchāmi veditum tyāgasya ca hṛṣīkeśa pṛthak keśi-niṣūdana ‘Of Sannyāsa[1. Surrendering oneself to action-less contemplation (=Jñāna-yoga or Sannyāsa in the sense employed in Sts: 1, 2 and 3., Lec:5) = Positive side of Renunciation.], … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Simple << Chapter 17 bhagavath rAmAnuja at AzhwArthirunagari, SrIperumbUthUr, SrIrangam and thirunArAyaNapuram AUM ŚRI BHAGAVAD-GĪTĀ WITH SRI RĀMĀNUJA’S VIŚISHTĀDVAITA COMMENTARY THE EIGHTEENTH LECTURE NAMED, MOKSH-OPADEŚA-YOGA OR THE BOOK OF THE INDOCTRINATION OF SALVATION. PROEM BY the two preceding Lectures (XVI and XVII), the following … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 17 << Chapter 17 Verse 27 Simple aśraddhayā hutaṁ dattaṁ tapas taptaṁ kṛtaṁ ca yat asad ity ucyate pārtha na ca tat pretya no iha ‘What without faith is given, what Tapas done, and what is done, (Yajña) is called A-SAT, Pārtha! which is … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 17 << Chapter 17 Verse 26 Simple yajñe tapasi dāne ca sthitiḥ sad iti cocyate karma caiva tad-arthīyaṁ sad ity evābhidhīyate ‘To be implanted in Yajña, Tapas and Gifts, is called SAT; and all acts on that account are by Sat itself designated.’ Hence … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 17 << Chapter 17 Verse 25 Simple sad-bhāve sādhu-bhāve ca sad ity etat prayujyate praśaste karmaṇi tathā sac-chabdaḥ pārtha yujyate ‘In the sense of existence and of goodness, the word SAT is used. SAT is likewise used, Pārtha! in relation to auspicious events.’ Sad-bhāve … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 17 << Chapter 17 Verse 24 Simple tad ity anabhisandhāya phalaṁ yajña-tapaḥ-kriyāḥ dāna-kriyāś ca vividhāḥ kriyante mokṣa-kāṅkṣibhiḥ ‘With TAT, are acts of Yajña, Tapas, and of Gift, performed by Moksha-aspirants, wishing not for fruit.’ Whatever acts, Veda-learning, Yajña, Tapas and Gifts are done by … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 17 << Chapter 17 Verse 23 Simple tasmād oṁ ity udāhṛtya yajña-dāna-tapaḥ-kriyāḥ pravartante vidhānoktāḥ satataṁ brahma-vādinām ‘With Brahmavādis, therefore, all Veda-enjoined acts, Sacrifice (yajña), Gift (dāna) and Austerity (tapas) always begin with the repetition of OM.’ Brahmavādis=Veda-vādis, or those who follow the Vedas or … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 17 << Chapter 17 Verse 22 Simple oṁ tat sad iti nirdeśo brahmaṇas tri-vidhaḥ smṛtaḥ brāhmaṇās tena vedāś ca yajñāś ca vihitāḥ purā ‘Brahm’s denomination is declared as triple: ‘OM, TAT (and) SAT.’ Conjoined with it were, of old, Brāhmaṇas, Vedas and Yajñas created.’ … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 17 << Chapter 17 Verse 21 Simple adeśa-kāle yad dānam apātrebhyaś ca dīyate asat-kṛtam avajñātaṁ tat tāmasam udāhṛtam ‘That is considered Tāmasa-gift which is given in wrong place, wrong time and to wrong recipients; (given) without honor, without ceremony.’ Gifts rendered in wrong (or … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 17 << Chapter 17 Verse 20 Simple yat tu pratyupakārārthaṁ phalam uddiśya vā punaḥ dīyate ca parikliṣṭaṁ tad dānaṁ rājasaṁ smṛtam ‘That is considered Rājasa-gift given with hope of return, or for fruit, and unwillingly[1. Lit: ‘given with a pang.’] given.’ Gifts proferred with … Read more