SrI:\u00a0 SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:\u00a0 SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:\u00a0 SrImath varavaramunayE nama:<\/small><\/p>\n
Chapter 2<\/a><\/p>\n << Chapter 2 verse 19<\/a><\/p>\n na jAyathE mriyathE vA kadhAchin nAyam bhUthvA bhavithA vA na bhUya: | <\/em> ayam – AthmA (Self) The AthmA (soul) is never created nor destroyed; this AthmA is not created (during the beginning of kalpa – brahmA’s day) and again (at the end of the kalpa) not that he will be destroyed; he is unborn, eternal, unchangeable, both ancient and ever-fresh; thus when the body is destroyed this AthmA is not destroyed.<\/p>\n \u2018At no time is it (\u0101tm\u0101<\/em>) born, nor does it die. Having been in the past, it cannot be that it is not<\/em> going to be in the future. It is birthless (aja<\/em>), eternal (nitya<\/em>), constant (\u015b\u0101\u015bvata<\/em>), and ancient (pur\u0101\u1e47a<\/em>), and is never destroyed though the body be destroyed.\u2019[1. Cf. ‘Na j\u0101yate mriyate v\u0101 vipaschin-n\u0101yam kutaschin na babh\u016bva kaschit, ajo nitya\u015b \u015b\u0101\u015bvatoyam pur\u0101\u1e47o nahanyate hanyam\u0101ne \u015bar\u012bre.’ (Kat. Up. II-18).]<\/span><\/p>\n For reasons set forth, the characteristics which are natural to insentient (inert) bodies such as birth, death etc., do not pertain to \u0101tm\u0101<\/em>, for it has no changes on account of its eternality. The bodily experiences known as birth and death do not affect \u0101tm\u0101<\/em>, and hence the expressions \u201cit is not born, nor doth it die.\u201d It cannot be said that having been before<\/em> a kalpa<\/em>[2. Brahm\u0101’s age.], \u0101tm\u0101<\/em> is not going to be after<\/em> a kalpa<\/em>. Such births and deaths, at beginnings and ends of kalp\u0101s<\/em>, the \u0100gam\u0101s (Scriptures) say, as happening to Praj\u0101pati[3. The Lord of creatures, lit: meaning the four-faced Brahm\u0101 who is charged with the minor creations falling within the limits of a single globular system in the infinite kosmos, called brahm\u0101n\u1e0da (or Brahm\u0101’s egg).] and others, are with reference to their bodies, but do not affect \u0101tm\u0101<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n \u0100tm\u0101 <\/em>which pervades all bodies is therefore unborn (aja<\/em>); and therefore it is eternal and constant. These two terms denote that like matter (prak\u1e5biti<\/em>), even its incessant subtle (or insensible) changes (in the stage before manifestation as the visible kosmos) do not affect \u0101tm\u0101<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n Pur\u0101\u1e47a (ancient): is etymologically pur\u0101pi navah<\/em>, meaning \u2018old, yet new\u2019; meaning that \u0101tm\u0101<\/em> is such that though ancient or old, it is experiencable (or enjoyable) ever as new.<\/span><\/p>\n Hence, though bodies may perish, \u0101tm\u0101<\/em> can never perish.<\/span><\/p>\n >> Chapter 2 verse 21<\/a><\/p>\n archived in https:\/\/githa.koyil.org<\/a><\/p>\n pramEyam (goal) \u2013 http:\/\/koyil.org<\/a> SrI:\u00a0 SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:\u00a0 SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:\u00a0 SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 2 << Chapter 2 verse 19 SlOkam \u2013 Original na jAyathE mriyathE vA kadhAchin nAyam bhUthvA bhavithA vA na bhUya: | ajO nithya: SAsvathO \u2019yam purANO na hanyathE hanyamAnE SarIrE || word-by-word meaning ayam – AthmA (Self) kadhAchith api – never na jAyathE – … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chapter-2","category-simple"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1103","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1103"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1103\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}SlOkam \u2013 Original<\/a><\/h3>\n
\n ajO nithya: SAsvathO \u2019yam purANO na hanyathE hanyamAnE SarIrE ||<\/em><\/p>\nword-by-word meaning<\/h3>\n
\nkadhAchith api – never
\nna jAyathE – created
\nna mriyathE vA – destroyed;
\nayam – this AthmA
\nbhUthvA – created (during the beginning of kalpa – brahmA’s day)
\nbhUya: – again (at the end of the kalpa)
\nna bhavithA (ithi) na – not that he will be destroyed
\nayam – this AthmA
\naja: – unborn
\nnithya: – eternal
\nSAsvatha: – unchangeable
\npurANa: – both ancient and ever-fresh
\natha: – thus
\nSarIrE hanyamAnE (ithi) – when the body is destroyed
\nayam – this AthmA
\nna hanyathE – not destroyed<\/p>\nSimple Translation<\/h3>\n
Rendering based on ALkoNdavilli gOvindhAchArya swAmy\u2019s English translation of gIthA bhAshyam<\/h3>\n
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