{"id":1676,"date":"2016-09-11T00:14:02","date_gmt":"2016-09-11T00:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/?p=1676"},"modified":"2016-09-11T00:14:02","modified_gmt":"2016-09-11T00:14:02","slug":"3-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/3-9\/","title":{"rendered":"3.9 yagyArthAth karmaNO\u2019nyathra"},"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\/3\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chapter 3<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/3-8\">&lt;&lt; Chapter 3 verse 8<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>SlOkam \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/3-9-original\/\">Original<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><em>yagyArthAth karmaNO\u2019nyathra lOkO\u2019yam karmabandhana: |<\/em><br \/>\n<em> thadhartham karma kaunthEya mukthasanga: samAchara ||<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>word-by-word meaning<\/h3>\n<p>yagyArthAth karmaNa: anyathra &#8211; Only when engaging in actions other than those which are meant for yagya<br \/>\nayam lOka: &#8211; this world<br \/>\nkarma bandhana: &#8211; becomes bound by karma<\/p>\n<p>(Thus)<br \/>\nhE kaunthEya &#8211; Oh arjuna!<br \/>\nthadhartham &#8211; those which are part of yagya<br \/>\nkarma &#8211; karmas (actions)<br \/>\nmukthasanga: &#8211; devoid of attachment<br \/>\nsamAchara: &#8211; you perform<\/p>\n<h3>Simple Translation<\/h3>\n<p>Only when engaging in actions other than those which are meant for yagya,\u00a0this world\u00a0 becomes bound by karma. (Thus) Oh arjuna! You perform those karmas (actions) which are part of yagya, devoid of attachment.<\/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;Outside <em>Yaj\u00f1a\u00a0<\/em>[1. From yaja=deva-puj\u0101y\u0101m=the Sacrifices; or the formulated holy rites of Divine Worship, daily, occassional, etc. Throughout, it is the postulation of the <em>Law of Sacrifice<\/em>. For praises of Yaj\u00f1a, see 49th and 50th Anuv\u0101kas, Tait: Up: <em>N\u0101r\u0101ya\u1e47am<\/em>.]-intended work, the world becomes work-bound. With that object, Kaunteya!, do work, void of attachment.&#8217;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Instead of work, such as that of acquiring money required to enable one to perform the \u015b\u0101stra-bid Yaj\u00f1as [2. From yaja=deva-puj\u0101y\u0101m=the Sacrifices; or the formulated holy rites of Divine Worship, daily, occassional, etc. Throughout, it is the postulation of the <em>Law of Sacrifice<\/em>. For praises of Yaj\u00f1a, see 49th and 50th Anuv\u0101kas, Tait: Up: <em>N\u0101r\u0101ya\u1e47am<\/em>.], works for selfish ends are inaugurated. It is the latter by which the world (men) becomes bound. Hence engage in works, such as getting money, for the sake of the <em>Yaj\u00f1as<\/em>[3. From yaja=deva-puj\u0101y\u0101m=the Sacrifices; or the formulated holy rites of Divine Worship, daily, occassional, etc. Throughout, it is the postulation of the <em>Law of Sacrifice<\/em>. For praises of Yaj\u00f1a, see 49th and 50th Anuv\u0101kas, Tait: Up: <em>N\u0101r\u0101ya\u1e47am<\/em>.].<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Sanga<\/em> or attachment comes, when work is undertaken for self-service (<em>\u0101tma-prayojana<\/em>). Free from such motive, go to work.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All labour, when solely spent in the service of the <em>Yaj\u00f1as<\/em>[4. From yaja=deva-puj\u0101y\u0101m=the Sacrifices; or the formulated holy rites of Divine Worship, daily, occassional, etc. Throughout, it is the postulation of the <em>Law of Sacrifice<\/em>. For praises of Yaj\u00f1a, see 49th and 50th Anuv\u0101kas, Tait: Up: <em>N\u0101r\u0101ya\u1e47am<\/em>.], becomes consecrated, through the <em>Yaj\u00f1as<\/em>[5. From yaja=deva-puj\u0101y\u0101m=the Sacrifices; or the formulated holy rites of Divine Worship, daily, occassional, etc. Throughout, it is the postulation of the <em>Law of Sacrifice<\/em>. For praises of Yaj\u00f1a, see 49th and 50th Anuv\u0101kas, Tait: Up: <em>N\u0101r\u0101ya\u1e47am<\/em>.], as acts of Worship done to please the Supreme Spirit (Parama-purusha). He (God) will then efface all the deeds (sin and merit) of the immemorial past, binding the man, and point out the way how, with little trouble, one can achieve \u0101tm\u0101-cognition.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is now shown that all persons of every ambition, without exception, must support existence by <em>yaj\u00f1a<\/em>-consecrated food only; and that sin is incurred by those who do not do so.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/3-10\">&gt;&gt; Chapter 3 verse 10<\/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 3 &lt;&lt; Chapter 3 verse 8 SlOkam \u2013 Original yagyArthAth karmaNO\u2019nyathra lOkO\u2019yam karmabandhana: | thadhartham karma kaunthEya mukthasanga: samAchara || word-by-word meaning yagyArthAth karmaNa: anyathra &#8211; Only when engaging in actions other than those which are meant for yagya ayam lOka: &#8211; this world &#8230; <a title=\"3.9 yagyArthAth karmaNO\u2019nyathra\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/3-9\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about 3.9 yagyArthAth karmaNO\u2019nyathra\">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":[13,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chapter-3","category-simple"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1676","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=1676"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1676\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}