{"id":1512,"date":"2016-08-27T17:41:17","date_gmt":"2016-08-27T17:41:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/?p=1512"},"modified":"2016-08-27T17:41:17","modified_gmt":"2016-08-27T17:41:17","slug":"2-69","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/2-69\/","title":{"rendered":"2.69 yA niSA sarvabhUthAnAm"},"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\/2-68\">&lt;&lt; Chapter 2 verse 68<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>SlOkam \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/2-69-original\/\">Original<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><em>yA niSA sarvabhUthAnAm thasyAm jAgarthi samyamI | <\/em><br \/>\n<em> yasyAm jAgrathi bhUthAni sA niSA paSyathO munE: ||<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>word-by-word meaning<\/h3>\n<p>yA &#8211; that knowledge about self<br \/>\nsarvabhUthAnAm &#8211; for all creatures<br \/>\nniSA &#8211; dark like in the night<br \/>\nthasyAm &#8211; in context of such knowledge<br \/>\nsamyamI &#8211; gyAna yOgi who controlled his sensory organs<br \/>\njAgarthi &#8211; staying awake (experiencing the self)<br \/>\nyasyAm &#8211; in the knowledge relating to worldly pleasures<br \/>\nbhUthAni &#8211; creatures<br \/>\njAgrathi &#8211; staying awake (enjoying those worldly pleasures) and shining<br \/>\nsA &#8211; that knowledge<br \/>\npaSyatha: &#8211; seeing the self<br \/>\nmunE: &#8211; for the gyAna yOgi who meditates upon it<br \/>\nniSA &#8211; dark like night<\/p>\n<h3>Simple Translation<\/h3>\n<p>That knowledge about self which is dark like in the night for all creatures, in such knowledge, the gyAna yOgi who controlled his sensory organs is staying awake (experiencing the self) [like in the day]; that knowledge relating to worldly pleasures in which all creatures are staying awake (enjoying those worldly pleasures) and shining [like in the day], for the gyAna yOgi who meditates seeing the self, it is dark like in the night.<\/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;What is night to all creatures, then awake is the sa\u1e43yam\u012b (sense-victor); when all creatures are awake, that is night to the seeing <em>muni\u00a0<\/em>[1. &#8216;The silent and steady meditator&#8217;, read verse 56 and Commentary thereon (<em>ante<\/em>). A holy retired man. An ascetic.].\u2019&#8217;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What understanding concerning <em>\u0101tm\u0101<\/em> is darkness to all creatures -i.e., that understanding or wisdom about <em>\u0101tm\u0101<\/em> which like night does not shine to them- in that understanding or wisdom concerning <em>\u0101tm\u0101<\/em>, the <em>sa\u1e43yam\u012b<\/em> or the conqueror of the senses, has his mind lucidly awake or serenely alive. This means that he remains seeing <em>\u0101tm\u0101<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What understanding -which occupies itself with sensuous delights, sound etc., all other creatures are awake in or alive to, &#8211; that sensuous understanding does not shine, like night, to the <em>\u0101tm\u0101<\/em>-seeing <em>muni\u00a0<\/em>[2. &#8216;The silent and steady meditator&#8217;, read verse 56 and Commentary thereon (<em>ante<\/em>). A holy retired man. An ascetic.].<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/2-70\">&gt;&gt; Chapter 2 verse 70<\/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 68 SlOkam \u2013 Original yA niSA sarvabhUthAnAm thasyAm jAgarthi samyamI | yasyAm jAgrathi bhUthAni sA niSA paSyathO munE: || word-by-word meaning yA &#8211; that knowledge about self sarvabhUthAnAm &#8211; for all creatures niSA &#8211; dark like in the night &#8230; <a title=\"2.69 yA niSA sarvabhUthAnAm\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/2-69\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about 2.69 yA niSA sarvabhUthAnAm\">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-1512","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\/1512","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=1512"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1512\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}