{"id":1716,"date":"2016-09-14T23:07:12","date_gmt":"2016-09-14T23:07:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/?p=1716"},"modified":"2016-09-14T23:07:12","modified_gmt":"2016-09-14T23:07:12","slug":"3-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/3-12\/","title":{"rendered":"3.12 ishtAn bhogAn hi vO dhEvA"},"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\/3-11\">&lt;&lt; Chapter 3 verse 11<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>SlOkam \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/3-12-original\/\">Original<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><em>ishtAn bhogAn hi vO dhEvA dhAsyanthE yagyabhAvithA: |<\/em><br \/>\n<em> thair dhaththAn apradhAyaibhyO yO bhunkthE sthEna Eva sa: ||<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>word-by-word meaning<\/h3>\n<p>yagya bhAvithA: dhEvA: &#8211; dhEvas worshipped by sacrifices<br \/>\nva: &#8211; for you<br \/>\nishtAn &#8211; what is required (for their worship subsequently)<br \/>\nbhOgAn &#8211; raw materials to be used<br \/>\ndhAsyanthE &#8211; will give;<br \/>\nthai: &#8211; by those dhEvas<br \/>\ndhaththAn &#8211; materials which were given (to worship them)<br \/>\nEbhya: &#8211; to these dhEvas<br \/>\napradhAya &#8211; not offering to them (by sacrifices to them)<br \/>\nya: &#8211; one who<br \/>\nbhunkthE &#8211; enjoys himself<br \/>\nsa: &#8211; he<br \/>\nsthEna: Eva &#8211; verily a thief<\/p>\n<h3>Simple Translation<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;dhEvas worshipped by sacrifices will give you raw materials which are required (for their worship subsequently); one who enjoys those materials himself instead of offering them to these dhEvas, is verily a thief&#8221;.<\/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;The <em>devas<\/em>, propitiated by sacrifice (yaj\u00f1a) will surely grant you all wished-for enjoyments. He is verily the thief who eats what is given by them without offering it to them.&#8217;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Yaj\u00f1a-bh\u0101vit\u0101\u1e25<\/em>=Honoured or recognised by yaj\u00f1as, i.e., worshipped. \u2018The <em>devas<\/em>, of whom I am the soul, shall confer on you whatever enjoyments you may pray for.\u2019 This means that whatever good you receive from them shall be such as would enable you to worship the <em>devas<\/em> again and again.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If one should enjoy the gifts granted by them with the view that they may be worshipped by you in return, without offering to them beforehand, he is a thief indeed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Chaurya<\/em> is larceny. Its definition is thus: \u2018It is the intention one forms that property which belongs to others, and for the use of which they have the right, is his own; and (by depriving them of the same, unlawfully) appropriates it to himself and lives by it.\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hence to an individual of this description, there is not only the forfeiture of the highest aspiration of man (<em>moksha<\/em>) but he will deserve a journey to the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/infernum\">Infernum<\/a> (<em>niraya<\/em>).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The same subject is continued:-<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/3-13\">&gt;&gt; Chapter 3 verse 13<\/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 11 SlOkam \u2013 Original ishtAn bhogAn hi vO dhEvA dhAsyanthE yagyabhAvithA: | thair dhaththAn apradhAyaibhyO yO bhunkthE sthEna Eva sa: || word-by-word meaning yagya bhAvithA: dhEvA: &#8211; dhEvas worshipped by sacrifices va: &#8211; for you ishtAn &#8211; what is &#8230; <a title=\"3.12 ishtAn bhogAn hi vO dhEvA\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/3-12\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about 3.12 ishtAn bhogAn hi vO dhEvA\">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-1716","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\/1716","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=1716"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1716\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}