SrI:\u00a0 SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:\u00a0 SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:\u00a0 SrImath varavaramunayE nama:<\/small><\/p>\n
Chapter 2<\/a><\/p>\n << Chapter 2 verse 55<\/a><\/p>\n dhukkhEshvanudhvignamanA: sukhEshu vigathaspruha: |<\/em> dhukkhEshu – when afflicted by sorrowful aspects One who is not agitated when afflicted by sorrowful aspects , who is not elated when benefited by joyful aspects, who is free from attachment, fear and anger and is always meditating upon AthmA (self) , is known to be sthitha pragya.<\/p>\n ‘That \u2018muni<\/em>\u2019 is called steady-willed, whose mind is unagitated by affliction, and unelated by happiness; who is free from love, fear and anger.'[1. This stage is called Ek-endriya-Sa\u1e43j\u00f1\u0101.]<\/span><\/p>\n To be unagitated in mind<\/em>: is not to become grieved when causes approach to announce the impending affliction consequent on bereavement of something loved etc.<\/span><\/p>\n To be unelated<\/em> in happiness, is to remain in an unattached or passive state when things, loved, may happen.<\/span><\/p>\n Love<\/em> is longing for things not obtained. One must be free from this.<\/span><\/p>\n Fear<\/em> is fear for prospective sorrow which may be caused by bereavements of loved things, and occurrences of unwished-for things. One must be free from this.<\/span><\/p>\n Anger<\/em> (or hate) is that disturbed state of mind or irritated feelings, which is pain produced by other people being the cause of separation of loved things, or of the happening of unloved things. One must be free from this.<\/span><\/p>\n Such man is the \u2018muni<\/em>\u2019 or the man of profound reflection (or contemplation) on \u0101tm\u0101<\/em>. And he is called the steady-willed (sthita-dh\u012bh<\/em> or sthita-praj\u00f1a\u1e25<\/em>).<\/span><\/p>\n The next lower stage is now described:<\/span><\/p>\n >> Chapter 2 verse 57<\/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 55 SlOkam \u2013 Original dhukkhEshvanudhvignamanA: sukhEshu vigathaspruha: | vItharAgabhayakrOdha: sthithadhIr munir uchyathE || word-by-word meaning dhukkhEshu – when afflicted by sorrowful aspects anudhvignamanA: – not agitated sukhEshu – when benefited by joyful aspects vigathasuruha: – not elated vItha rAga … 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-1382","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\/1382","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=1382"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1382\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}SlOkam \u2013 Original<\/a><\/h3>\n
\n vItharAgabhayakrOdha: sthithadhIr munir uchyathE ||<\/em><\/p>\nword-by-word meaning<\/h3>\n
\nanudhvignamanA: – not agitated
\nsukhEshu – when benefited by joyful aspects
\nvigathasuruha: – not elated
\nvItha rAga bhaya krOdha: – being free from attachment, fear and anger
\nmuni: – meditating upon AthmA always
\nsthithadhI: uchyathE – is known to be sthitha pragya<\/p>\nSimple Translation<\/h3>\n
Rendering based on ALkoNdavilli gOvindhAchArya swAmy\u2019s English translation of gIthA bhAshyam<\/h3>\n
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