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Tuesday, Jan 28, 2013. Srimad Bhagavadgeeta : Chapter-6. ( Dyanayogam ) Slokam-5. Uddhared atmanatmanam    natmanam avasadayet, Atmaiva hy atmano bandhur   atmaiva ripur atmanah.  Atmanam                                         =    The conditioned soul; Atmana    uddharet                       =       By the mind; one must deliver;  Atmanam    na   avasadayet       =        The conditioned soul   never   put into degradation;  Hi   atma   eva                                   =     Mind   ( is)  certainly,     indeed   a;    Atmanah  bandhuh                        =      Friend  of the conditioned soul; Atma   eva   atmanah     ripuh     =     Certainly   mind   (is the )  enemy  of the conditioned soul. Lift yourself up by yourself. Do not destroy yourself. You are your best friend if you master yourself. If not, you are your worst enemy. Only by constant endeavour with faith and determination is one able to detach themselves from ego sen

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Friday, Jan 24,, 2014. Srimad Bhagavadgeeta : Chapter- 5. ( Karma-sanyasa-yogam ) Slokam-16. Jnanena tu tad ajnanam yesam nasitama atmanah, Tesham aditya-vaj jnanam prakasayati tat param. Tu atmanah jnanena = But with the knowledge of Self ( Atma); Yesham tat ajnanam = Of those, that ignorance; nasitam                           = Is destroyed;  Tesham jnanam           = Of their knowledge; Adityavat                        = Like the rising sun;  Tat param                       = That "Paramatma tattvam " ( Krishna Consciousness ) ; Prakasayati                      = Shines, ( Enlightens / discloses ). But to the living entity whose nescience is destroyed by knowledge, that knowledge discloses the Supreme Reality like the rising sun. To that soul, however, of whom the ignorance has been destroyed by Atma-tattvam, the supreme reality of spiritual knowledge is disclosed like a rising sun. When, however, one is enlightened with the

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Monday, Jan 20, 2014. Srimad Bhagavadgeeta : Chapter-5.( Karma-sanyasa-yogam ) Slokam-13. Sarvakarmani  manasa  sanyasyaste  sukam  vasi, Navadvare  pure  dehi  naiva  kurvan  na  karayan. Vasi    dehi                                          =     One  who is controlled ( Samyami ),   the  embodied soul    ( Indriya + mano + buddhi ); Sarva  karmani                                 =      ( and )  All activities; Sannyasya   manasa                       =       Giving up,  By the mind; Nava-dvare   pure                            =     In the place where there are nine gates,  In  the city  ( in his body ); Na    kurvan  na   karayan   eva    =    never    doing anything  ( and  ) not    causing  any thing  ( and ) certainly; Aste   sukham                                      =      remains, in happiness. The embodied man of self-control, having given up all actions mentally, continues happily in the town of nine gates, without doing

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Thursday, Jan 16, 2014., 2013. Srimad Bhagavadgeeta : Chapter-5 ( Karma-sanyasa-yogam ). Slokam-10. Brapmnyadhaya karmani samgam tyktva karoti yaha, Lipyate na sa papena padmapatramivambasa. Yaha = Who, Karoti = Acts, Adhaya = By dedicating, by surrendering;  Karmani = (all ) Actions, Brahmani = To Brahmam, To God; with the idea, 'I am working for Him, as a servant does everything for his master', Tyaktva = (and ) By renouncing, Samgam = Attachment, even with regard to, Teh = Resulting Liberation;  Sa = He, Na lipyate = Does not get polluted, is not affected;  Papena = By sin; Iva = just as;  Padma-patram = A lotus leaf; is not affected by water. ( water drops never wet the leaf) He who dedicates all his works to the spiritual forsaking of his attachments is never affected by sin like a lotus leaf is in the water. One who acts by dedicating actions to Brahman and by renouncing attachment, he does not become polluted by sin, just as a

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 Sunday,Jan12, 2013. Srimad Bhagavadgeeta : Chapter-5. ( Karma-sanyasa-yogam ) Slokam-8 & 9. 8).Naiva   kincit   karomiti   yukto   manyeta   tattva-vit,     Pasyan   srrvan   sprsan   jighrann   asnan    gacchan svapan svasan. 9).Pralapan   visrjan   grhnann    unmisan   nimishan   api,      Indriyanindriyartheshu   vartanta   iti   dharayan. Na                    =     Never;  Eva                  =     Certainly;  Kincit              =    Anything; Karomi            =   Do I do;  Iti                      =    Thus;  Yuktah              =      Engaged in the divine consciousness;  Manyeta            =     Thinks;  Tattvavit           =     One who knows the truth; Pasyan                =    By seeing;  Sravan                =     By hearing;  Sprsan                 =    By touching; Jighran                =    By smelling;  Asnan                   =    By eating;  Gacchan                =    By going;  Svapan          

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Wednesday, Jan 08, 2014. Srimad Bhagavadgeeta : Chapter-5.( Karma-sanyasa-yogam ). Slokam-2. Sanyasah karmayogasca nih sreyaskara vubou, Tayostu karmasanyasat karmayogo visishyate. Sanyasah karmayogah ca = karmasanyasam and Karmayogam, Ubou nih sreyaskaraou    = Both are ways to moksham ( liberation ), Tu tayoh                              = But out of these two, Karmasanyasat                   = High and above than karmasanyasam, Karmayogah visishyate    = Karmayogam is far 'Sreshtam'( superior). Krishna replied, “Both renunciation of action and the performance of action as yoga lead to liberation. But the performance of action as yoga is better than renunciation of action. Both renunciation of actions and Karma-yoga lead to Liberation. Between the two, Karma-yoga, however, excels over renunciation of actions. Thus He extols Karma-yoga. [Karma-yoga is better than renunciation of actions that is not based on Knowledge.] The Supreme Lord repl

Saturday, Jan04, 2014. Srimad Bhagavadgeeta : Chapter-5.( Karma-sanyasa-yogam ) Slokam-18.

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Saturday, Jan04, 2014. Srimad Bhagavadgeeta : Chapter-5.( Karma-sanyasa-yogam ) Slokam-18. Vidyavinayasampanne    brapmanane   gavi   hastini, Suni   caiva   svapake    ca    pandithah    samadarsinah. Pandithah                      =      The learned ones; Vidya vinaya sampanne          =    Vidya means knowledge of the Self; and vinaya means  pridelessness; endowed with learning and humility; Brapmana                        =     on a Brahmana; who has Self-knowledge and modesty; Gavi   hastini                  =    on a cow;  on an elephant; Suni   ca    svapake    Ca eva  =     on a dog;  ( as well as;)   and even on an eater of   dog's meat; Sama-darsinah                    =      ( Atma- Jnani ) looks the above as one in Atma. The learned ones look with equanimity on a Brahmana endowed with learning and humality, a cow, an elephant and even a dog as well as an eater of dog's meat. In a gentle brahmin fully educated, in a cow, in a