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SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 8 << Chapter 8 verse 8 SlOkam – Original kavim purANam anuSAsithAram aNOr aNIyAmsam anusmarEdhya: | sarvasya dhAthAram achintyarUpam AdhithyavarNam thamasa: parasthAth || word-by-word meaning kavim – omniscient purANam – ancient anuSAsithAram – controls (all worlds) anO: aNIyAmsam – smaller than the minute jIvAthmA … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 8 << Chapter 8 verse 7 SlOkam – Original abhyAsayOgayukthEna chEthasA nAnyagAminA | paramam purusham dhivyam yAthi pArthAnuchinthayan || word-by-word meaning pArtha – Oh arjuna! abhyAsa yOga yukthEna – with abhyAsam (practice) and yOga (bhakthi yOga) nAnya gAminA – not deviating into anything else … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 8 << Chapter 8 verse 6 SlOkam – Original thasmAth sarvEshu kAlEshu mAm anusmara yudhya cha | mayyarpithamanobudhdhir mAm EvaishyasyasamSaya: || word-by-word meaning thasmAth – thus sarvEshu kAlEshu – at all times (until death) mAm anusmara – think about me only; yudhya cha – … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 8 << Chapter 8 verse 5 SlOkam – Original yam yam vA’pi smaran bhAvam thyajathyanthE kaLEbaram | tham tham Evaithi kaunthEya sadhA thadhbhAvabhAvitha: || word-by-word meaning kaunthEya – Oh arjuna! anthE – in the last moments yam yam vApi bhAvam smaran kaLEbaram thyajathi – … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 8 << Chapter 8 verse 4 SlOkam – Original anthakAlE cha mAm Eva smaran mukthvA kaLEbaram | ya: prayAthi sa madhbhAvam yAthi nAsthyathra samSaya: || word-by-word meaning antha kAlE cha – even during the last moments (while attaining the desired results) ya; – whosoever … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 8 << Chapter 8 verse 2 SlOkam – Original SrI bhagavAn uvAcha aksharam brahma paramam svabhAvO’dhyAthmam uchyathE | bhUthabhAvOdhbhavakarO visarga: karmasamgyitha: || word-by-word meaning SrI bhagavAn uvAcha – Shri Krishna said brahma – “brahma” is paramam aksharam – the AthmA which is relieved from … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 8 << Chapter 8 verse 3 SlOkam – Original adhibhUtham ksharO bhAva: purushaS chAdhidhaivatham | adhiyagyO’ham evAthra dhEhE dhEhabhruthAm vara || word-by-word meaning dhEhabruthAm vara – Oh best among those who have a body! adhibhUtham – adhibhUtham (which is to be known for aiSwaryArthi … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 8 << Chapter 8 verse 1 SlOkam – Original adhiyagya: katham kO’thra dhEhE’smin madhusUdhana | prayANakAlE cha katham gyEyO’si niyathAthmabhi: || word-by-word meaning madhusUdhana – Oh one who killed the demon madhu! athra asmin dhEhE – In indhra et al who are well known … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 8 << Chapter 8 Introduction SlOkam – Original arjuna uvAcha kim thadh brahma kim adhyAthmam kim karma purushOththama | adhibhUtham cha kim prOktham adhidhaivam kim uchyathE || word-by-word meaning arjuna uvAcha – arjuna said purushOththama – Oh purushOththama! thath brahma kim – What is … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Original << Chapter 7 bhagavath rAmAnuja at AzhwArthirunagari, SrIperumbUthUr, SrIrangam and thirunArAyaNapuram AUM ŚRI BHAGAVAD-GĪTĀ WITH SRI RĀMĀNUJA’S VIŚISHTĀDVAITA COMMENTARY LECTURE VIII NAMED, AKSHARA-PARABRAHMA-YOGA OR THE WAY TO THE CHANGELESS PARABRAHM INTRODUCTION In the Seventh Lecture, the following points were discoursed on, viz: the nature … Read more