{"id":1172,"date":"2016-07-27T21:56:56","date_gmt":"2016-07-27T21:56:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/?p=1172"},"modified":"2016-07-27T21:56:56","modified_gmt":"2016-07-27T21:56:56","slug":"2-30","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/2-30\/","title":{"rendered":"2.30 dhEhI nithyam avadhyO \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\/2-29\">&lt;&lt; Chapter 2 verse 29<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>SlOkam \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/2-30-original\/\">Original<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><em>dhEhI nithyam avadhyO \u2019yam dhEhE sarvasya bhAratha |<\/em><br \/>\n<em> thasmAth sarvANi bhUthAni na thvam SOchithum arhasi ||<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>word-by-word meaning<\/h3>\n<p>sarvasya &#8211; in all forms such as dhEva (celestial), manushya (human) etc<br \/>\ndhEhE &#8211; bodies<br \/>\n(vadhyamAnE sathyapi &#8211; even when killed)<br \/>\nayam dhEhI &#8211; this AthmA who is dwelling in the body<br \/>\nnithya &#8211; always<br \/>\navadhya: &#8211; cannot be killed<br \/>\nbhAratha &#8211; oh descendant of bharatha clan!<br \/>\nthasmAth &#8211; for the aforementioned reasons<br \/>\nsarvANi bhUthAni (prathi) &#8211; for all entities<br \/>\nthvam &#8211; you<br \/>\nSOchithum &#8211; to grieve<br \/>\nna arhasi &#8211; have no reason<\/p>\n<h3>Simple Translation<\/h3>\n<p>Oh descendant of bharatha clan! Even when the bodies in all forms such as dhEva (celestial), manushya (human) etc are killed, this AthmA who is dwelling in the body can never be killed. For the aforementioned reasons, you have no reason to grieve for any entity.<\/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;\">\u2018The embodied <em>\u0101tm\u0101<\/em>, Bh\u0101rata! &#8211; in whichever body dwelling &#8211; is invulnerable. Therefore you have no cause to grieve for any creature.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The embodied (or the dweller in the body &#8211; <em>\u0101tm\u0101<\/em>) &#8211; whichever be the bodies tenanted, those of <em>dev\u0101s<\/em> (gods) or others &#8211; remains eternal and invulnerable even though the bodies be slaughtered. Hence whatever diversity may be presented in the <em>forms<\/em> of bodies assumed by <em>dev\u0101s<\/em> and down to the immovable (minerals etc.) creation, equality prevails as regards the essential <em>\u0101tm\u0101<\/em>-nature abiding therein, and such <em>\u0101tm\u0101s<\/em> are all eternal, whereas the bodily variety is transient.[1. &#8216;Man&#8217;s nature &#8211; by which is meant the soul &#8211; is thus divine, not corrupt, according to the Christian conception&#8217; (Annie Besant&#8217;s Theosophy and Christianity).] While you have thus no ground to be regretful as regards <em>dev\u0101s<\/em> and all beings, that it is so as regards Bh\u012bshma etc., goes without saying.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/2-31\">&gt;&gt; Chapter 2 verse 31<\/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 29 SlOkam \u2013 Original dhEhI nithyam avadhyO \u2019yam dhEhE sarvasya bhAratha | thasmAth sarvANi bhUthAni na thvam SOchithum arhasi || word-by-word meaning sarvasya &#8211; in all forms such as dhEva (celestial), manushya (human) etc dhEhE &#8211; bodies (vadhyamAnE sathyapi &#8230; <a title=\"2.30 dhEhI nithyam avadhyO \u2019yam\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/2-30\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about 2.30 dhEhI nithyam avadhyO \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-1172","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\/1172","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=1172"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1172\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}