{"id":1149,"date":"2016-07-26T17:24:54","date_gmt":"2016-07-26T17:24:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/?p=1149"},"modified":"2016-07-26T17:24:54","modified_gmt":"2016-07-26T17:24:54","slug":"2-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/2-26\/","title":{"rendered":"2.26 atha chainam nithyajAtham"},"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\/2-25\">&lt;&lt; Chapter 2 verse 25<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>SlOkam \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/2-26-original\/\">Original<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><em>atha chainam nithyajAtham nithyam vA manyasE mrutham |<\/em><br \/>\n<em> thathApi thvam mahAbhAhO nainam Sochithum arhasi ||<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>word-by-word meaning<\/h3>\n<p>mahAbhAhO &#8211; Oh mighty armed!<br \/>\natha: &#8211; unlike previously explained<br \/>\nEnam &#8211; this AthmA<br \/>\nnithyajAtham &#8211; taking birth repeatedly<br \/>\nnithyam mrutham vA cha &#8211; the body which is dying repeatedly<br \/>\nmanyasE (chEth) &#8211; if you consider<br \/>\nthathA api &#8211; even in that case<br \/>\nthvam &#8211; you<br \/>\nEvam &#8211; in this manner<br \/>\nSOchitham &#8211; to grieve<br \/>\nna arhasi &#8211; have no reason<\/p>\n<h3>Simple Translation<\/h3>\n<p>Oh mighty armed! Unlike previously explained, if you consider this AthmA to be taking births and dying repeatedly, even in that case, you have no reason to grieve in this manner.<\/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;\">\u2018If you would think this (<em>\u0101tm\u0101<\/em>) as repeatedly taking births and repeatedly dying, even then have you, O mighty-armed! no reason to grieve.\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you would still consider this <em>\u0101tm\u0101<\/em> to be the body itself subject to constant births and deaths, in other words that it is not a distinct principle -according to the given definition- from body, even then it cannot form a ground for your grief, for then you must know that for bodies undergoing constant changes, \u2018births and deaths\u2019 is a law of nature which cannot be averted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/2-27\">&gt;&gt; Chapter 2 verse 27<\/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 25 SlOkam \u2013 Original atha chainam nithyajAtham nithyam vA manyasE mrutham | thathApi thvam mahAbhAhO nainam Sochithum arhasi || word-by-word meaning mahAbhAhO &#8211; Oh mighty armed! atha: &#8211; unlike previously explained Enam &#8211; this AthmA nithyajAtham &#8211; taking birth &#8230; <a title=\"2.26 atha chainam nithyajAtham\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/2-26\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about 2.26 atha chainam nithyajAtham\">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-1149","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\/1149","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=1149"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1149\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}