SrI:\u00a0 SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:\u00a0 SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:\u00a0 SrImath varavaramunayE nama:<\/small><\/p>\n
Chapter 2<\/a><\/p>\n << Chapter 2 verse 57<\/a><\/p>\n yadhA samharathE chAyam\u00a0 kUrmO\u2019ngAnIva sarvaSa: |<\/em> yadhA – when When this individual draws himself inward from the aspects such as [worldly pleasures based on] Sabdham (sound) in all manners like a tortoise’s limbs (which are drawn inside), his knowledge is firmly situated (He is also a sthitha pragya).<\/p>\n ‘His will is installated, who like the tortoise indrawing its limbs, abstracts the senses from their pursuit after objects of sense.’ [3. This stage is called Yatam\u0101na-Sa\u1e43j\u1e47\u0101.]<\/span><\/p>\n When one, in the manner of the tortoise contracting its members, indraws his senses running out to contact their sensual objects of pleasure, and who pins his mind to (think on) \u0101tm\u0101<\/em>, he also is a \u2018sthita-praj\u00f1a\u1e25<\/em>\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\n These are the four stages of wisdom-culture (or will-culture), each of which develops, in order, back from its precedent stage. [4. meaning, “each succeeding stage giving rise to the stage mentioned previous to it” per M.R.Sampathkumaran Githabhashya English, 1969]<\/span><\/p>\n The difficulty of following this wisdom-course and how to attain the same is now stated:<\/span><\/p>\n >> Chapter 2 verse 59<\/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 57 SlOkam \u2013 Original yadhA samharathE chAyam\u00a0 kUrmO\u2019ngAnIva sarvaSa: | indhriyANIndhriyArthEbhyas thasya pragyA prathishtithA || word-by-word meaning yadhA – when ayam – this individual indhriyANi – senses (which try to reach out to worldly pleasures) kUrma: angAni iva – … 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-1393","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\/1393","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=1393"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1393\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}SlOkam \u2013 Original<\/a><\/h3>\n
\n indhriyANIndhriyArthEbhyas thasya pragyA prathishtithA ||<\/em><\/p>\nword-by-word meaning<\/h3>\n
\nayam – this individual
\nindhriyANi – senses (which try to reach out to worldly pleasures)
\nkUrma: angAni iva – Like a tortoise’s limbs (which are drawn inside)
\nsarvaSa: – in all manners
\nindhriyArthEbhya: – from the aspects such as [worldly pleasures based on] Sabdham (sound)
\nsamharathE – draws himself inward
\nthasya – his
\npragyA – knowledge
\nprathishtithA – firmly situated (He is also a 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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