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Chapter 2<\/a><\/p>\n << Chapter 2 verse 48<\/a><\/p>\n dhUreNa hyavaram karma budhdhi yogAdh dhananjaya |<\/em> dhananjaya – Oh arjuna! Oh arjuna! Isn’t (kAmya) karma aimed at worldly results (without such intelligence) much inferior in comparison to karma (action) with intelligence? Thus, you take shelter In (aforementioned) budhdhi (intelligence). Those who are attached to worldly desires are samsAris (bound souls).<\/p>\n ‘Fruit-breeding works, Dhana\u00f1jaya [2. An epithet for Arjuna, lit: ‘the despiser of wealth’.]! are verily far inferior to wisdom-yoga. Seek refuge in wisdom. Poor are the fruit-seeking [3. Cf. Br:Up:V-8-10 …].’<\/span><\/p>\n Verily far inferior is work (done with self-interest), than work which is performed without regard to fruit, and which does not destroy the balance of mind under gain or no gain (of fruit). (This is wisdom-yoga<\/em>, or work done without expectations and keeping the mind steady under all circumstances). The one kind of work which is done with the wise understanding mentioned, viz., buddhi-yoga<\/em> or wisdom-yoga<\/em> (or philosophy of work), removes all sams\u0101ra [4. Lit: that which ‘runs or courses’; means the circuit or circle of wordly existence, mundane life, material existence, matter-tied or matter-consorting existence, conditioned secular career, or matter-soul existence, coursing through a transmigratory revolution of births and deaths alternating. In Indian terms, Purusha consorting with Prakriti (or spirit-matter combination).]-suffering, and conducts (the worker) to moksha, -the highest spiritual acme of man\u2019s ambition. The other kind of work (done with longing for fruit) breeds sams\u0101ra [5. Lit: that which ‘runs or courses’; means the circuit or circle of wordly existence, mundane life, material existence, matter-tied or matter-consorting existence, conditioned secular career, or matter-soul existence, coursing through a transmigratory revolution of births and deaths alternating. In Indian terms, Purusha consorting with Prakriti (or spirit-matter combination).], the nature of which is extreme affliction.<\/span><\/p>\n Hence, during actual performance of work, seek shelter under wisdom, with mind in equipoise (under every circumstance).<\/span><\/p>\n Phala-hetava\u1e25<\/em> are those whose motive to act is reward. But such men are k\u1e5bipa\u1e47\u0101h: poor or pitiable, inasmuch as they go into sams\u0101ra [6. Lit: that which ‘runs or courses’; means the circuit or circle of wordly existence, mundane life, material existence, matter-tied or matter-consorting existence, conditioned secular career, or matter-soul existence, coursing through a transmigratory revolution of births and deaths alternating. In Indian terms, Purusha consorting with Prakriti (or spirit-matter combination).]. (What makes them poor is the non-gain of moksha, which is eternal wealth.)<\/span><\/p>\n >> Chapter 2 verse 50<\/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 48 SlOkam \u2013 Original dhUreNa hyavaram karma budhdhi yogAdh dhananjaya | budhdhau Saranam anvichcha krupaNA: phalahEthava: || word-by-word meaning dhananjaya – Oh arjuna! budhdhi yOgAth – karma (action) with intelligence karma – (kAmya) karma aimed at worldly results (without … 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-1345","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\/1345","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=1345"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1345\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}SlOkam \u2013 Original<\/a><\/h3>\n
\n budhdhau Saranam anvichcha krupaNA: phalahEthava: ||<\/em><\/p>\nword-by-word meaning<\/h3>\n
\nbudhdhi yOgAth – karma (action) with intelligence
\nkarma – (kAmya) karma aimed at worldly results (without such intelligence)
\ndhUrENa avaram hi – isn’t it much inferior?
\n(thus) budhdhau – In (aforementioned) budhdhi (intelligence)
\nSaraNam anvichcha – take shelter;
\nphalahEthava: – those who are attached to worldly desires
\nkrupaNA: – are samsAris (bound souls)<\/p>\nSimple Translation<\/h3>\n
Rendering based on ALkoNdavilli gOvindhAchArya swAmy\u2019s English translation of gIthA bhAshyam<\/h3>\n
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