7.4 bhUmir ApO’nalO vAyu:

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 7 << Chapter 7 verse 3 SlOkam – Original bhUmir ApO’nalO vAyu: kham manO budhdhir Eva cha | ahankAra ithIyam mE bhinnA prakruthir ashtadhA || word-by-word meaning (these five great elements) bhUmi: – earth Apa: – water anala: – fire vAyu: – air kham … Read more

7.3 manushyANAm sahasrEshu

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 7 << Chapter 7 verse 2 SlOkam – Original manushyANAm sahasrEshu kaScidhyathati sidhdhayE | yathathAm api sidhdhAnAm kaSchin mAm vEththi thathvatha: || word-by-word meaning manushyANAm – among those who are qualified to learn SAsthram sahasrEshu – among thousands kaSchith – only one sidhdhayE yathathi … Read more

7.2 gyAnam thE’ham savigyAnam

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 7 << Chapter 7 verse 1 SlOkam – Original gyAnam thE’ham savigyAnam idham vakshyAmyaSEshatha: | yath gyAthvA nEha bhUyO’nyath gyAthavyam avaSishyathE || word-by-word meaning aham – I thE – to you idham gyAnam – this knowledge (about me) savigyAnam – along with greater/special knowledge … Read more

7.1 mayyAsakthamanA: pArtha

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 7 << Chapter 7 SlOkam – Original SrI bhagavAn uvAcha mayyAsakthamanA: pArtha yOgam yunjan madhASraya: | asamSayam samagram mAm yathA gyAsyasi thach chruNu || word-by-word meaning SrI bhagavAn uvAcha – shri bhagavAn spoke pArtha – Oh son of kunthI! mayi – in me AsakthamanA: … Read more

Chapter 7 – vigyAna yOga or the Supreme Wisdom

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Original << Chapter 6 nammAzhwAr bhagavath rAmAnuja at AzhwArthirunagari, SrIperumbUthUr, SrIrangam and thirunArAyaNapuram AUM ŚRI BHAGAVAD-GĪTĀ WITH SRI RĀMĀNUJA’S VIŚISHTĀDVAITA COMMENTARY LECTURE SEVEN NAMED, PARAMAHAMSA-VIJÑĀNA-YOGA OR THE SUPREME SAINTLY WISDOM INTRODUCTION In the the first Six Lectures (constituting the First Division of the Bhagavad-Gītā, called … Read more

6.47 yOginAmapi sarvEshAm

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 6 << Chapter 6 verse 46 SlOkam – Original yOginAmapi sarvEshAm madhgathEnAntharAthmanA | SradhdhAvAn bhajathE yO mAm sa mE yukthathamO matha: || word-by-word meaning yOginAm – greater than the previously mentioned yOgis api sarvEshAm – and all others such as thapasvis (those who are … Read more

6.46 thapasvibhyOdhikO yOgI

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 6 << Chapter 6 verse 45 SlOkam – Original thapasvibhyO’dhikO yOgI gyAnibhyO’pi mathOdhika: | karmibhyASchAdhikO yOgI thasmAth yOgI bhavArjuna || word-by-word meaning yOgI – yOga practitioner thapasvibhya: adhika: (matha:) – is thought to be greater than those who merely engage in penance; (yOgI – … Read more

6.45 prayathnAdhyathamAnasthu

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 6 << Chapter 6 verse 44 SlOkam – Original prayathnAdhyathamAnasthu yOgI samSudhdha kilbisha: | anEkajanmasamsidhdhas thathO yAthi parAm gathim || word-by-word meaning thatha: – Thus samSudhdha kilbisha: – being free from sins anEka janma samsidhdha: – being qualified to complete the yOga nicely, by … Read more

6.44 jigyAsurapi yOgasya

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 6 << Chapter 6 verse 43.5 SlOkam – Original jigyAsurapi yOgasya SabdhabrahmAthivarthathE || word-by-word meaning yOgasya jigyAsu: api – one who desires to learn and practice yOga (even after slipping from the path of yOga, by the greatness of the yOga, as previously explained, … Read more

6.43.5 pUrvAbhyAsEna thEnaiva

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 6 << Chapter 6 verse 43 SlOkam – Original pUrvAbhyAsEna thEnaiva hriyathE hyavaSOpi sa: | word-by-word meaning thEna pUrvAbhyAsEna Eva – As a result of the yOga practice which was performed in previous birth sa: – he avaSa: api – involuntarily hriyathE – is … Read more