SrI:\u00a0 SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:\u00a0 SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:\u00a0 SrImath varavaramunayE nama:<\/small><\/p>\n
Chapter 3<\/a><\/p>\n << Chapter 3 verse 19<\/a><\/p>\n karmaNaiva hi samsidhdhim AsthithA janakAdhaya:<\/em><\/p>\n janakAdhaya: – janaka et al Have janaka et al not attained the result of self-realisation through karma yOga (and not gyAna yOga) only?<\/p>\n ‘By action alone, did Janaka[1. See Chh: Up: for Janaka’s account. Also Brih: Up:] and others reach the supreme perfection.’<\/span><\/p>\n As because Karma-Yoga<\/em> is commended even to those who are qualified for J\u00f1\u0101na-Yoga<\/em>, the Maharshis or Royal Sages like Janaka and others, \u2014who were leaders of J\u00f1\u0101nis[2. Janaka instructed even \u015auka, the great J\u00f1\u0101n\u012b, the son of Veda-vy\u0101sa. (Vide: Mahopanishat, 2nd Adhy\u0101ya<\/em>).], reached supreme perfection \u2014viz<\/em>: realization of \u0101tm\u0101<\/em>\u2014 by way of Works alone.<\/span><\/p>\n Thus it has been shown that for the moksha-aspirant, who is unfit to tread the Path of Knowledge (j\u00f1\u0101na-yoga<\/em>), who is therefore fit to walk the Path of Works (karma-yoga<\/em>), the latter is the necessary course for him to adopt. It has also been shown, with reasons, that even for the man who is qualified to pursue the j\u00f1\u0101na-yoga<\/em> course, karma-yoga<\/em> (work) has superior advantages over j\u00f1\u0101na-yoga<\/em>. (Knowledge).<\/span><\/p>\n It will now be shown that karma-yoga<\/em> has another aspect: that of becoming an inevitable duty to a certain class of persons who are specially distinguished and qualified to practise, (and show) it (to others) :\u2014<\/span><\/p>\n >> Chapter 3 verse 20<\/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 19 SlOkam \u2013 Original karmaNaiva hi samsidhdhim AsthithA janakAdhaya: word-by-word meaning janakAdhaya: – janaka et al karmaNA Eva – only through karma yOga (and not gyAna yOga) samsidhdhim – the result of self-realisation AsthithA: hi – have they not … 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-1755","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\/1755","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=1755"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1755\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}SlOkam \u2013 Original<\/a><\/h3>\n
word-by-word meaning<\/h3>\n
\nkarmaNA Eva – only through karma yOga (and not gyAna yOga)
\nsamsidhdhim – the result of self-realisation
\nAsthithA: hi – have they not attained?<\/p>\nSimple Translation<\/h3>\n
Rendering based on ALkoNdavilli gOvindhAchArya swAmy\u2019s English translation of gIthA bhAshyam<\/h3>\n
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