Bhagavadgeeta : ( 26/11/2012. )

Wednesday,Oct 30, 2013. Srimad Bhagavadgeeta :- Chapter -2. ( Samkyayogam ) Slokam- 67. Indriyanam      hi     caratam     yanmanonuvidheeyate, Tapasya     carati    prjnam     vayurnavamivambasi. Caratam      =    Having relationship with pleasure giving objects, Indriyanam      =    The Indriyas ( sense-organs ),  Yat    manah anuvidhee yate,     tat      =     ( Mind ) Running behind ( the indriyas ), Ambasi    =    In   water, Navam    vayuh    iva     =      Boat    shaken by the wind, Asya     prajnam     =      His vivekam ( common sense / discrimination), Harati    hi     =     ( is ) Pulled and taken away. A boat in which there is n...

26/10/2013. Srimad Bhagavadgeeta : Chapter-2. (Samkyayogam) Slogam-49. ( All about Buddhiyogam ) Doorena  hyavaram  karma  buddhiyoga  Dhananjaya, Buddhou  saranam  anviccha  krupanah  phalahetvah. Dhananjaya! = Hey Arjuna, Karma  buddhiyogat  =  Kamya karmam (Desire based karmam ) ,is than buddhiyogam, Doorena  avaram  hi  =  Far far low only, (Tasmat ) Buddhou  =  Therefore, ( depend on ) buddhi - Jnanam, Saranam  anviccha = Surrender to ( Buddhi ) Phalahetvah krupanah = ( Those have ) Desire to /gain /profit/fruit/result, etc, are weak and pity! All karma done with out expectation of gains/profits/fruit/result and so on, are  far superior than the karmas with huge expectations of results. The over  ambition, desire to results effect the mind and make it restless and weak. Then, the  karma  done  will not be in the right direction. When ...

22.10.2013 Srimad Bhagavadgeeta : Chapter-2.( Samkyayogam) Slokam-46. Yavan-artthah   udapane   sarvvtah   samplutodake, Tavan   sarvveshu   vedeshu   bhrapmanasya   vijanatah. ................................................................ Sarvvatah  samplutodake  =  ( When ) Water flooded all over, Udapane  =  ( Well, Pond, Lake  ) The small water holes( sources), Yavan-arttah  =  To what extent ( they  are ) useful?  Vijanatah  bhrapmanasya  =  To brahma-Jnani, Sarvveshu  Vedeshu  =  From all Vedas, Tavan  ( arttah )  =  Useful to that extent only. ................................................................ A beautiful visual display  in the right context. Usually we depend upon wells, ponds, lakes etc, like sources  for our water requirement. Likewise the Sadhakas ( Spiritual-Practitioners ) ...

18.10.2013. Srimad Bhagavadgeeta : Chapter- 2. ( Samkyayogam) Slogam- 42, 43, 44. 42. Yamimam   pushpitam   vacam   pravdanti-avipascitah,              Vedavadrtah   partha   na-aniyada-asti-iti   vadinah. 43.  Kamatmanah   svarggaparah   janma-karma-phala-pradam,         Kriya-visesha-bhahulam   bhoga-isvariya-gatim   prati. 44.  Bhoga-isvariya-prasktanam   taya-apahyata-cetasam,         Vyavasayatmika   bhuddhih   samadou   na   vidheeyate. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Partha = Arjuna! Vedavadrtah = Those interested in the debate of meanings of Veda, Anyata na asti = above this ( debate ) nothing ( superior ), Iti  vadinah = ( this way ) so arguing, Kamatmanah svarggaparah =  kami ( over ambitious and greedy ), and ...

Monday, Oct14, 2013. Srimad Bhagavadgeeta : Chapter-2. ( Samkyayogam) Slokam-22. Vasamsi    jeernnani   yatha    vihaaya, Navani   grhnnati    naro    paranni, Tatha    sareeranni    vihaaya    jeernnani, Anyaati    samyaati    navani    dehee. Narah    yatha    =    Hunan beings   which  way, Jeernnani   vaasamsi   vihaya   =    Discard    worn out and  torn  cloths, Navaani    aparanni    grahnnati    =    Accept and start  using  new   cloths, Yatha   dehee    =    That way,  body  conscious   ( accepted and living in a body )  jeevatma, Jeernnani   sareeranni   vihaya    =    Discard, and leave the  old decayed body, ...

08/10/2013. Srimad Bhagavadgeeta : Chaper-4. (Jnana-karma-sanyasa-yogam ), Slokam-1.  As far as Bharatheeya ( people of Bharatham ) is concerned, there is no place for novelty in the field of "Adhyatmikam" ( Spirituality ), they ( people ) have no attraction to any thing new, until and unless the novelty gets cleared and approved by the Veda, it is not accepted  as the part of Brahma-vidya, hence it is understood that, our cultural identity is rooted in Veda.This slokam is a starter of this principle, Lord Krishna begins with this slokam as the continuation of previous chapter. Slokam : Imam   vivasvate   yogam   proktavan-aham-avyayam, Vivasvan   manave   praaha   manu-ikshakave   abraveet. Avyayam   imam   yogam  =  This un-perishable  yogam, Aham   vivasvate   proktavan  =  I   passed   on  ( gave/transfered this knowledge)  to Suryan ( Sun ),...