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Chapter 3<\/a><\/p>\n << Chapter 3 verse 18<\/a><\/p>\n thasmAdhasaktha: sathatham kAryam karma samAchara |<\/em> thasmAth – Thus, due to all these reasons (which have been explained previously) Thus, due to all these reasons (which have been explained previously), you perform karma yOga with detachment which is to be done essentially without break (until one sees the AthmA (self)). Man who is performing karma yOga with detachment, attains\u00a0(realises) AthmA (which is higher than prakruthi).<\/p>\n ‘Hence, unconcerned, work as if it were a duty to be discharged. The person so unconcerned, verily reaches the Transcendent.’<\/span><\/p>\n The person who is in need of neither the Path of Wisdom nor the Path of Action, is naturally he who is \u0101tm\u0101<\/em>-ward. To him \u2018\u0101tm\u0101<\/em> is his satisfaction\u2019: i.e., no satisfaction such as he feels in \u0101tm\u0101<\/em>, has he for food, water, etc., nothing in fact, save \u0101tm\u0101<\/em>. \u2018His contentment is of \u0101tm\u0101<\/em>\u2019: i.e., not of pleasure-gardens, of flowers, of chandana<\/em> (sandalwood etc., paste, smeared over the body), of vocal and instrumental music, dancing etc.<\/span><\/p>\n To him whose care, whose support, and whose everything is \u0101tm\u0101<\/em>, what need is there to do any work to lead him to \u0101tm\u0101<\/em>-cognition, for to him the nature of \u0101tm\u0101<\/em> is ever and naturally evident?<\/span><\/p>\n Hence he stands in need of no Means to accomplish for him \u0101tm\u0101<\/em>-cognition nor by practicing any Means does he lose anything, for he is no more dependent on any Means, because \u0101tm\u0101<\/em>-cognition has, for him, become a fait accompli<\/a><\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n Means or Paths are for those whose attention has to be diverted from material objects, but to one who has accomplished this end, he has no need to resort to any help which in the shape of ether (\u0101k\u0101\u015ba<\/em>) or other differentiation of primordial matter in creation, constitutes the Means;[1. This has reference to what is known as Prat\u012bk-op\u0101sana<\/em>, or worship of material symbols. Consult Brahma S\u016btras: (1) Na pratikena, etc., IV-1-4; and (2) A-prat\u012bk\u0101lamban\u0101t nayati, etc. IV-3-4.] for all Means are intended to create an aversion for all that is material (phenomenal).<\/span><\/p>\n He indeed is liberated (mukta<\/em>) whose engagement in action is not an engagement with a view that it does constitute any means to effect \u0101tm\u0101<\/em>-cognition. Whether one engages in action as a means, or engages in it as no means, as in the case of a pure J\u00f1\u0101na-Yogi<\/em>, engagement in action is easy, bereft of danger, and involves fundamentally the contemplation on the true nature of \u0101tm\u0101<\/em> (as \u015a\u0101stras inform); and action in all cases is therefore desirable. (In the case of the J\u00f1\u0101na-Yogi<\/em>, action will be showing a good example to the world, like the action of the Supreme Spirit Himself, as will be shown further on).<\/span><\/p>\n Hence always engage in work, disinterestedly, and as a duty to be discharged, until \u0101tm\u0101<\/em> is realized.<\/span><\/p>\n Asakta\u1e25<\/em> = without attachment; k\u0101ryam<\/em> = a duty, bounden to be discharged. How work may be done without the egotistic notion of self as the actor is further illustrated. So practicing Karma-Yoga, the individual reaches the Transcendent (param), i.e., \u0101tm\u0101<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n >> Chapter 3 verse 19.5<\/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 3 << Chapter 3 verse 18 SlOkam \u2013 Original thasmAdhasaktha: sathatham kAryam karma samAchara | asakthO hyAcharan karma param Apnothi pUrusha: || word-by-word meaning thasmAth – Thus, due to all these reasons (which have been explained previously) asaktha: – with detachment sathatham – without … 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-1749","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\/1749","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=1749"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1749\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}SlOkam \u2013 Original<\/a><\/h3>\n
\n asakthO hyAcharan karma param Apnothi pUrusha: ||<\/em><\/p>\nword-by-word meaning<\/h3>\n
\nasaktha: – with detachment
\nsathatham – without break (until one sees the AthmA (self))
\nkAryam (ithyEva) – as to be done essentially
\nkarma – karma yOga
\nsamAchara – you perform;
\nasaktha: – with detachment
\nkarma – karma yOga
\nAcharan – performing
\npurusha: – man
\nparam – AthmA (which is higher than prakruthi)
\nApnOthi – attains (realizes).<\/p>\nSimple Translation<\/h3>\n
Rendering based on ALkoNdavilli gOvindhAchArya swAmy\u2019s English translation of gIthA bhAshyam<\/h3>\n
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