SrI:\u00a0 SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:\u00a0 SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:\u00a0 SrImath varavaramunayE nama:<\/small><\/p>\n
Chapter 2<\/a><\/p>\n << Chapter 2 verse 44<\/a><\/p>\n thraiguNya vishayA vedhA: nisthraiguNyO bhavArjuna |<\/em> vEdhA: – vEdhams<\/p>\n thraiguNya vishayA – are focussed on the well-being of the ones having the three qualities (sathva, rajas, thamas). (thvam thu – but you) Oh arjuna! vEdhams are focussed on the well-being of the ones having the three qualities (sathva, rajas, thamas). But you become free from having those three qualities. And become free from duality (like pleasure\/pain etc), being with goodness that expands everyday, being unconcerned with the ability to acquire things (yOga) and to protect those that are acquired (kshEma), become one who is fully focussed on the true nature of the self.<\/p>\n ‘The Vedas relate to (all) the three qualities[1. See Lect: XIV<\/a> for an exhaustive treatment of the gun\u0101s<\/em>. These are the three main characteristics of matter which keep the world moving. Satva<\/em> is the tendency to produce goodness, purity, etc., Rajas<\/em> is the tendency to act in the world with passions; and Tamas<\/em> is the tendency to sloth, evil, etc.]; be free, Arjuna! of the three qualities; be free from the \u2018pairs,\u2019; be ever wedded to \u2018satva<\/em>,\u2019; be unconcerned about acquisitions and their care; be (ever) \u0101tm\u0101<\/em>-concerned.\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n >> Chapter 2 verse 46<\/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 44 SlOkam \u2013 Original thraiguNya vishayA vedhA: nisthraiguNyO bhavArjuna | nirdhvandhvO nithyasathvasthO niryOgakshEma AthmavAn || word-by-word meaning vEdhA: – vEdhams thraiguNya vishayA – are focussed on the well-being of the ones having the three qualities (sathva, rajas, thamas). arjuna … 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-1312","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\/1312","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=1312"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1312\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}SlOkam \u2013 Original<\/a><\/h3>\n
\n nirdhvandhvO nithyasathvasthO niryOgakshEma AthmavAn ||<\/em><\/p>\nword-by-word meaning<\/h3>\n
\narjuna – Oh arjuna!<\/p>\n
\nnisthraiguNya bhava – become free from having those three qualities
\nnirdhvandhva: (bhava) – become free from duality (like pleasure\/pain etc)
\nnithya sathvastha: (bhava) – being with goodness that expands everyday
\nniryOgakshEma: (bhava) – being unconcerned with the ability to acquire things (yOga) and to protect those that are acquired (kshEma)
\nAthmavAn – become one who is fully focussed on the true nature of the self<\/p>\nSimple Translation<\/h3>\n
Rendering based on ALkoNdavilli gOvindhAchArya swAmy\u2019s English translation of gIthA bhAshyam<\/h3>\n
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