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Chapter 3<\/a><\/p>\n << Chapter 3 verse 20<\/a><\/p>\n yadh yadh Acharathi SrEshtas thath thadhEvEtarO jana: |<\/em> SrEshta: – the wise person (in gyAnam (knowledge) and anushtAnam (application of knowledge)) Whichever actions the wise person (in gyAnam (knowledge) and anushtAnam (application of knowledge)) performs, common people perform the same actions. In whichever manner that wise person performs those actions, common people of the world also follow only that much.<\/p>\n ‘What the wise man does, another does likewise; Considering from the stand-point that by one\u2019s acts the world is profitted, then he ought to act (i.e., act altruistically.)<\/span><\/p>\n \u015aresh\u1e6dha\u1e25<\/em>: is a wise man, a worthy man, a man of note and respectability; and is one well versed in \u015a\u0101stras[1. \u015a\u0101stra means laws, learning, and therefore spiritual laws or science embodied in the Vedas or S\u1e5butis, etc.]. Whatever such a man does, is imitated by all other men. It may be that it is generally known that a certain act is one which ought to be performed, yet all men wait to see how a good man, a leader of society, takes the initiative, and then they will do it, following suit.<\/span><\/p>\n Hence a man of special distinction or character ought always to show the example to the world, by first playing himself the part in all duties assigned to his caste (var\u1e47a<\/em>[2. The four var\u1e47as<\/em> are Br\u0101hma\u1e47a, Kshatriya, Vai\u015bya and \u015a\u016bdra.]) and order in life (\u0101\u015brama<\/em>[3. The four \u0101\u015bramas are Brahmacharya (bachelor and student), G\u0101rhastya (married life), V\u0101naprastha (retired forest life) and Sany\u0101sa (monastic or ascetic life).]). If he should fail to do so, he commits sin, \u2014the sin of not having benefitted the world by example.<\/span><\/p>\n The consequence to himself will further be that he will slip from the Path of his own j\u00f1\u0101na-yoga<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n >> Chapter 3 verse 22<\/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 20 SlOkam \u2013 Original yadh yadh Acharathi SrEshtas thath thadhEvEtarO jana: | sa yath pramANam kuruthE lOkas thadhanuvarthathE || word-by-word meaning SrEshta: – the wise person (in gyAnam (knowledge) and anushtAnam (application of knowledge)) yadh yadh – whichever actions … 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-1768","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\/1768","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=1768"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1768\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}SlOkam \u2013 Original<\/a><\/h3>\n
\n sa yath pramANam kuruthE lOkas thadhanuvarthathE ||<\/em><\/p>\nword-by-word meaning<\/h3>\n
\nyadh yadh – whichever actions
\nAcharathi – he performs
\nthath thath Eva – the same actions
\nithara: jana: – common people
\nAcharathi – perform
\nsa: – that wise person
\nyath pramANam – in whichever manner (those actions)
\nkuruthE – performs
\nlOka: – common people of the world
\nthath (Eva) – only that much
\nanuvarthathE – follow.<\/p>\nSimple Translation<\/h3>\n
Rendering based on ALkoNdavilli gOvindhAchArya swAmy\u2019s English translation of gIthA bhAshyam<\/h3>\n
\nwhat law he may make, the world follows it.’<\/span><\/p>\n
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