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SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 1 SlOkam – Original SrI bhagavAn uvAcha kAmyAnAm karmaNAm nyAsam sanyAsam kavayO vidhu: | sarvakarmapalathyAgam prAhus thyAgam vichakshaNA: || word-by-word meaning SrI bhagavAn uvAcha – bhagavAn SrI Krishna said kavaya: – (Some) learned persons kAmyAnAm karmaNAm – of kAmya … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Introduction SlOkam – Original arjuna uvAcha sanyAsasya mahAbAhO thathvam ichchAmi vEdhithum | thyAgasya cha hrushIkESa pruthak kESinishUdhana || word-by-word meaning arjuna uvAcha – Arjuna said mahAbAhO – Oh mighty armed! hrushIkESa – Oh one who controls the senses! kESInishUdhana – … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Original << 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 SlOkam – Original aSradhdhayA hutham dhaththam thapas thaptham krutham cha yath | asadhithyuchyathE pArtha na cha thath prEthya nO iha || word-by-word meaning pArtha – Oh son of kunthI! aSradhdhayA krutham – performed without faith yath – that … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 17 << Chapter 17 Verse 26 SlOkam – Original yagyE thapasi dhAnE cha sthithi: sadhithi chOchyathE | karma chaiva thadarthIyam sadhithyEvAbhidhIyathE || word-by-word meaning yagyE – In yagya (sacrifice) thapasi – in thapas (penance) dhAnE cha – in dhAnam (charity) sthithi: cha – [those … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 17 << Chapter 17 Verse 25 SlOkam – Original sadhbhAvE sAdhubhAvE cha sadhithyEthath prayujyathE | praSasthE karmaNi thathA sachchabdha: pArtha yujyathE || word-by-word meaning pArtha – Oh son of kunthI! sath ithi Ethath – the word sath sadhbhAvE – indicating “an entity which exists” … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 17 << Chapter 17 Verse 24 SlOkam – Original thadhithi anabhisandhAya palam yagyathapa:kriyA: | dhAnakriyAS cha vividhA: kriyanthE mOkshakAnkshibhi: || word-by-word meaning mOksha kAnkshibhi: – by those [brAhmaNas, kshathriyas, vaiSyas] who desire mOksham vividhA: – many ways yagya thapa: kriyA: – yagyas and penances … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 17 << Chapter 17 Verse 23 SlOkam – Original thasmAdhOm ithyudhAhruthya yagyadhAnathapa:kriyA: | pravarthanthE vidhAnOkthA: sathatham brahma-vAdhinAm || word-by-word meaning thasmAth – as the vaidhika karmas along with these three words are created (in this manner, by me) brahmavAdhinAm – practiced by those [brAhmaNas, … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 17 << Chapter 17 Verse 22 SlOkam – Original Om thath sadh ithi nirdhESO brahmaNas thrividha: smrutha: | brAhmaNAs thEna vEdhAS cha yagyAS cha vihithA: purA || word-by-word meaning Om thath sath ithi – “Om thath sath” thrividha: nirdhESa: – three words brahmaNa: smrutha: … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 17 << Chapter 17 Verse 21 SlOkam – Original adhESakAlE yadh dhAnam apAthrEbhyaS cha dhIyathE | asathkrutham avagyAtham thath thAmasam udhAhrutham || word-by-word meaning adhESa kAlE – wrong place and time apAthrEbhya: cha – wrong recipient asath krutham – disrespecting the recipient avagyAthAm – … Read more