{"id":1140,"date":"2016-07-26T20:56:51","date_gmt":"2016-07-26T20:56:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/?p=1140"},"modified":"2016-07-26T20:56:51","modified_gmt":"2016-07-26T20:56:51","slug":"2-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/2-25\/","title":{"rendered":"2.25 avyakthO \u2019yam achinthyO \u2019yam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><small>SrI:\u00a0 SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:\u00a0 SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:\u00a0 SrImath varavaramunayE nama:<\/small><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/chapter-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chapter 2<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/2-24\">&lt;&lt; Chapter 2 verse 24<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>SlOkam \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/2-25-original\/\">Original<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><em>avyakthO \u2019yam achinthyO \u2019yam avikAryO \u2019yam uchyathE |<\/em><br \/>\n<em> thasmAdh Evam vidhithvainam nAnuSochithum arhasi ||<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>word-by-word meaning<\/h3>\n<p>ayam &#8211; This AthmA<br \/>\navyaktha: &#8211; invisible (as [against] some one who is mortal[\/visible])<br \/>\nayam &#8211; he is<br \/>\nachinthya: &#8211; inconceivable (as having the qualities of mortal entities)<br \/>\nayam &#8211; he is<br \/>\navikArya: &#8211; incorruptible<br \/>\nuchyathE &#8211; said to be.<br \/>\nthasmAth &#8211; Thus<br \/>\nEnam &#8211; him<br \/>\nEvam &#8211; in this manner<br \/>\nvidhithvA &#8211; knowing him<br \/>\nanuSOchithum na arhasi &#8211; you should not grieve;<\/p>\n<h3>Simple Translation<\/h3>\n<p>This AthmA is said to be invisible (as [against] someone who is mortal[\/visible]), inconceivable (as having the qualities of mortal entities) and incorruptible. Thus, knowing him in this manner, you should not grieve.<\/p>\n<h3>Rendering based on ALkoNdavilli gOvindhAchArya swAmy\u2019s English translation of gIthA bhAshyam<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8216;This is described as indiscrete, inconceivable, and incorruptible. Knowing this to be so, you have no cause for regret.\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Avyakta<\/em> = indiscrete or indiscernible, because <em>\u0101tm\u0101<\/em> is such an entity as cannot be palpably demonstrated like the proof that can be given of physical things subjected to the operations of division (by weapons) etc.; <em>\u0101tm\u0101<\/em> is dissimilar to such perceptible things. (So <em>\u0101tm\u0101<\/em> is not a <em>percept<\/em>).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Achintya<\/em> = inconceivable, because it is impossible to think of it as of this or that quality, which is familiar to us as belonging to this or that substance. It differs from all existences and is a unique category by itself. (So <em>\u0101tm\u0101<\/em> is not a <em>concept<\/em>). And therefore it is <em>avik\u0101rya<\/em> = incorruptible, i.e., intransmutable or unmodifiable. Knowing <em>\u0101tm\u0101<\/em> to be such, you (Arjuna) have no cause for grief!<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/2-26\">&gt;&gt; Chapter 2 verse 26<\/a><\/p>\n<p>archived in <a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\">https:\/\/githa.koyil.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>pramEyam (goal) \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/koyil.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">http:\/\/koyil.org<\/a><br \/>\npramANam (scriptures) \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/granthams.koyil.org\">http:\/\/granthams.koyil.org<\/a><br \/>\npramAthA (preceptors) \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\">http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org<\/a><br \/>\nSrIvaishNava education\/kids portal \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/pillai.koyil.org\/\">http:\/\/pillai.koyil.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SrI:\u00a0 SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:\u00a0 SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:\u00a0 SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 2 &lt;&lt; Chapter 2 verse 24 SlOkam \u2013 Original avyakthO \u2019yam achinthyO \u2019yam avikAryO \u2019yam uchyathE | thasmAdh Evam vidhithvainam nAnuSochithum arhasi || word-by-word meaning ayam &#8211; This AthmA avyaktha: &#8211; invisible (as [against] some one who is mortal[\/visible]) ayam &#8211; he is achinthya: &#8230; <a title=\"2.25 avyakthO \u2019yam achinthyO \u2019yam\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/2-25\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about 2.25 avyakthO \u2019yam achinthyO \u2019yam\">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-1140","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\/1140","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=1140"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1140\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}