5.2 sanyAsa: karmayOgaS cha

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 5 << Chapter 5 verse 1 SlOkam – Original SrI bhagavAn uvAcha sanyAsa: karmayOgaS cha ni:SrEyasakarAvubhau | thayOs thu karmasanyAsAth karmayOgO viSishyathE || word-by-word meaning SrI bhagavAn uvAcha- shri bhagavan said sanyAsa: – gyAna yOga karma yOga: cha – and karma yOga ubhau – … Read more

5.1 sanyAsam karmaNAm krishNa

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 5 << Chapter 5 Introduction SlOkam – Original arjuna uvAcha sanyAsam karmaNAm krishNa punar yOgam cha Samsasi | yach chrEya EthayOr Ekam than mE brUhi suniSchitham || word-by-word meaning arjuna uvAcha- arjuna said krishNa – Oh krishNa! karmaNAm sanyAsam – Performing gyAna yOga giving … Read more

Chapter 5 – karma sanyAsa yOga (On work-Renunciation)

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Original << Chapter 4 bhagavath rAmAnuja at AzhwArthirunagari, SrIperumbUthUr, SrIrangam and thirunArAyaNapuram AUM ŚRI BHAGAVAD-GĪTĀ WITH SRI RĀMĀNUJA’S VIŚISHTĀDVAITA COMMENTARY FIFTH LECTURE KARMA-SANYĀSA-YOGA OR ON WORK RENUNCIATION INTRODUCTION In Lecture Four, the wisdom-(or knowledge) aspect of Karma-Yoga was treated of, with special reference to the … Read more

4.42 thasmAth agyAnasambhUtham

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 4 << Chapter 4 verse 41 SlOkam – Original thasmAth agyAnasambhUtham hruthstham gyAnAsinAthmana: | chithvainaṁ samSayam yOgam AthishtOththishta bhAratha || word-by-word meaning bhAratha – Oh descendant of bharatha clan! thasmAth – since one cannot attain mOksham by previously explained karma yOga [engaging merely in … Read more

4.41 yOgasanyasthakarmANam

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 4 << Chapter 4 verse 40 SlOkam – Original yOgasanyasthakarmANam gyAnasanchinnasamSayam | Athmavantham na karmANi nibadhnanthi dhananjaya || word-by-word meaning dhananjaya – Oh arjuna! yOga sanyastha karmANam – One who has abandoned mere karma on hearing the previously explained budhdhi yOga gyAna sanchinna samSayam  … Read more

4.40 agyaS chASradhdhadhAnaS cha

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 4 << Chapter 4 verse 39 SlOkam – Original agyaS chASradhdhadhAnaS cha samSayAthmA vinaSyathi | nAyaṁ lOkO’sthi na parO na sukham samSayAthmana: || word-by-word meaning agya: cha – one who is devoid of knowledge about self (which is acquired by instructions from the learned) … Read more

4.39 SradhdhAvAn labhathE gyAnam

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 4 << Chapter 4 verse 38 SlOkam – Original SradhdhAvAn labhathE gyAnam thathpara: samyathEndhriya: | gyAnaṁ labdhvA parAm SAnthim achirENAdhigachchathi || word-by-word meaning SradhdhAvAn – one who is eager (in nurturing Athma gyAnam (knowledge about self)) thathpara: – being fully focussed in that samyathEndhriya: … Read more

4.38 na hi gyAnEna sadhruSam

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 4 << Chapter 4 verse 37 SlOkam – Original na hi gyAnEna sadhruSam pavithram iha vidhyathE | thath svayam yOgasamsidhdha: kAlEnAthmani vindhathi || word-by-word meaning iha – in this world gyAnEna sadhruSam – matching knowledge about self pavithram – purifying na vidhyathE – (any … Read more

4.37 yathaidhAmsi samidhdhO’gnir

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 4 << Chapter 4 verse 36 SlOkam – Original yathaidhAmsi samidhdhO’gnir bhasmasAth kuruthE’rjuna | gyAnAgni: sarvakarmANi bhasmasAth kuruthE thathA || word-by-word meaning arjuna – Oh arjuna! samidhdha: agni – fierce fire EdhAmasi – firewood yathA basmasAth kuruthE – as reduces to ashes thathA – … Read more

4.36 api chEdhasi pApEbhya:

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 4 << Chapter 4 verse 35 SlOkam – Original api chEdhasi pApEbhya: sarvEbhya: pApakruththama: | sarvam gyAnaplavEnaiva vrujinam santharishyasi || word-by-word meaning sarvEbhaya: pApEbhya: – than all sinners pApakruththama: api chEth asi – even if you are a greater sinner sarvam vrujinam – all … Read more