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SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 3 << Chapter 3 verse 42 SlOkam – Original Evam budhdhE: param budhdhvA samsthabhyAthmAnam AthmanA | jahi Sathrum mahAbhAhO kAmarUpaṁ dhurAsadham || word-by-word meaning mahAbhAhO – Oh mighty armed! Evam – in this manner budhdhE: param – lust which is more powerful than firm … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 3 << Chapter 3 verse 41 SlOkam – Original indhriyANi parANyAhur indhriyEbhya: param mana: | manasas thu parA budhdhir yO budhdhE: parathas thu sa: || word-by-word meaning indhriyANi – the ten sense organs (senses – organs of knowledge and organs of action) parANi – … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 3 << Chapter 3 verse 40 SlOkam – Original thasmAth thvam indhriyANyAdhau niyamya bharatharishabha | pApmAnam prajahi hyEnaṁ gyAna vigyAna nASanam || word-by-word meaning hE bharatha rishabha – Oh leader of bharatha clan! thasmAthhi – as previously said, since gyAna yOga is difficult to … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 3 << Chapter 3 verse 39 SlOkam – Original indhriyANi manO budhdhir asyAdhishtAnam uchyathE | Ethair vimOhayathyEsha gyAnam Avruthya dhEhinam || word-by-word meaning asya – for this kAma indhriyANi – sense organs mana: – mind budhdhi – firm intellect (in sense gratification) adhishtAnam – … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 3 << Chapter 3 verse 38 SlOkam – Original Avrutham gyAnam EthEna gyAninO nithyavairiNA | kAmarUpENa kaunthEya dushpUrENAnalena cha || word-by-word meaning kaunthEya – Oh son of kunthI! dhushpUrENa – desiring for aspects which are impossible to attain and not being content (analEna – … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 3 << Chapter 3 verse 37 SlOkam – Original dhUmEnAvriyathE vahnir yathAdarSo malEna cha | yathOlbEnAvruthO garbhas thathA thEnEdham Avrutham || word-by-word meaning vahni: – fire yathA dhUmEna AvriyathE – as covered by smoke AdharSa: – mirror (yathA) cha malEna (AvriyathE) – as covered … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 3 << Chapter 3 verse 36 SlOkam – Original SrI bhagavAn uvAcha kAma Esha krOdha Esha rajOguNasamudhbhava: | mahASano mahApApmA vidhdhyEnam iha vairiNam || word-by-word meaning SrI bhagavAn uvAcha – Lord Shri Krishna replied Esha: – the reason for what you asked about (worldly … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 3 << Chapter 3 verse 35 SlOkam – Original arjuna uvAcha atha kEna prayukthO’yam pApam charathi pUrusha: | anichchannapi vArshNEya balAdh iva niyOjitha: || word-by-word meaning arjuna uvAcha – arjuna said vArshNEya – Oh krishNa, descendant of vrshNi clan! ayam – this person who … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 3 << Chapter 3 verse 34 SlOkam – Original SrEyAn svadharmO viguNa: paradharmAth svanushtithAth | svadharmE nidhanam SrEya: paradharmO bhayAvaha: || word-by-word meaning svadharma: – (for the person who is together with matter/body) karma yOga which is the natural means viguNa: (api) – even … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 3 << Chapter 3 verse 33.5 SlOkam – Original thayOr na vaSamAgachchEth thau hyasya paripanthinau word-by-word meaning thayO: – those lust and anger vaSam na AgachchEth – shall not be addicted to; thau – those lust and anger asya – for the mumukshu who … Read more