{"id":1477,"date":"2016-08-26T00:18:45","date_gmt":"2016-08-26T00:18:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/?p=1477"},"modified":"2016-08-26T00:18:45","modified_gmt":"2016-08-26T00:18:45","slug":"2-66","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/2-66\/","title":{"rendered":"2.66 nAsthi budhdhir ayukthasya"},"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\/2-65\">&lt;&lt; Chapter 2 verse 65<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>SlOkam \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/2-66-original\/\">Original<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><em>nAsthi budhdhir\u00a0ayukthasya na chAyukthasya bhAvanA | <\/em><br \/>\n<em>na chAbhAvayatha: SAnthir aSAnthasya kutha: sukham ||<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>word-by-word meaning<\/h3>\n<p>ayukthasya &#8211; for the one whose mind\/heart is not fixed on me<br \/>\nbudhdhi: &#8211; knowledge about the self<br \/>\nna asthi &#8211; does not occur;<br \/>\nayukthasya &#8211; for one who does not have that knowledge (about self)<br \/>\nbhAvanA &#8211; meditation on the self<br \/>\nna cha (asthi) &#8211; does not materialize;<br \/>\nabhAvayatha: &#8211; for one who does not meditate on self<br \/>\nSAnthi: &#8211; detachment in worldly pleasures<br \/>\nna cha (asthi) &#8211; does not occur;<br \/>\naSAnthasya &#8211; for the one who does not have detachment in worldly pleasures<br \/>\nkutha: sukham &#8211; how will he get the ultimate bliss?<\/p>\n<h3>Simple Translation<\/h3>\n<p>For the one whose mind\/heart is not fixed on me, knowledge about the self does not occur; for one who does not have that knowledge (about self) meditation on the self does not materialize; for one who does not meditate on self, detachment in worldly pleasures does not occur; for the one who does not have detachment in worldly pleasures, how will he get the ultimate bliss?<\/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;\">&#8216;To the unconcentrated (<em>a-yukta<\/em>), there is no illumination, and to the un-illuminated, there can be no contemplation. To the uncontemplating, there is no tranquility, and to the untranquil, where is bliss?&#8217;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To him who does not concentrate his mind in Me (<em>a-yukta<\/em>) and who essays to control the senses by his own effort, no clear illumination (or distinct consciousness) can develop; <em>ergo<\/em>, he can have no contemplation (<em>bh\u0101van\u0101<\/em>). Then, to him who cannot contemplate on the distinct (nature of) <em>\u0101tm\u0101<\/em>, there can be no tranquility, or the supplanting or suppression of the inclinations after sense-objects.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To him, then, who is untranquil, and who is immersed in sense-appetites, how can eternal and transcendental blessedness come?<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Again, as stated aforesaid, the disastrous consequences that would flow from not governing the senses, are pointed out:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/2-67\">&gt;&gt; Chapter 2 verse 67<\/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 65 SlOkam \u2013 Original nAsthi budhdhir\u00a0ayukthasya na chAyukthasya bhAvanA | na chAbhAvayatha: SAnthir aSAnthasya kutha: sukham || word-by-word meaning ayukthasya &#8211; for the one whose mind\/heart is not fixed on me budhdhi: &#8211; knowledge about the self na asthi &#8230; <a title=\"2.66 nAsthi budhdhir ayukthasya\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/2-66\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about 2.66 nAsthi budhdhir ayukthasya\">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-1477","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\/1477","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=1477"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1477\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}