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Chapter 3<\/a><\/p>\n << Chapter 3 verse 21<\/a><\/p>\n na mE pArthAsthi karthavyam thrishu lokEshu kinchana |<\/em> [hE] pArtha – Oh son of kunthI! (this is because) Oh son of kunthI! For me, who is the sarvESvara (born) in three types of species, there is no duty that must be performed; (this is because) I have nothing to be attained (by performing an action) which is not fulfilled [yet]. Still I am engaged in actions (pertaining to the varNASrama dharma of my births).<\/p>\n ‘In all the three worlds[1. The three worlds is a world-conception. Richard Garbe in his address before the Philological Congress at Chicago, 1893, says: “It may be here remarked, by the way, that the Pythagoreans, and Ocellus in particular, distinguish as parts of the world, the heaven, the earth, and the interval between them, which they term, lofty and aerial.”……”Pythagoras, as after him Ocellus, peoples the middle or a\u0113rial region with demons, as heaven with Gods, and the earth with men. Here again they agree precisely with the Hindus, who place the Gods above, man beneath, and spiritual creatures flitting unseen, in the intermediate regions.”], P\u0101rtha[2. Epithet of Arjuna, being a descendant of Prithu-Chakravarti.]! nothing is there (binding) for Me to do; nothing is there not gained or to gain. Yet I am in work’<\/span><\/p>\n In all the three worlds[3. The three worlds is a world-conception. Richard Garbe in his address before the Philological Congress at Chicago, 1893, says: “It may be here remarked, by the way, that the Pythagoreans, and Ocellus in particular, distinguish as parts of the world, the heaven, the earth, and the interval between them, which they term, lofty and aerial.”……”Pythagoras, as after him Ocellus, peoples the middle or a\u0113rial region with demons, as heaven with Gods, and the earth with men. Here again they agree precisely with the Hindus, who place the Gods above, man beneath, and spiritual creatures flitting unseen, in the intermediate regions.”], where I could, by mere will, be present in the guise of man, or deva<\/em>, or anything I choose[4. This alludes to the mystery of Divine Avat\u0101ras, (read Part I. Occidental of my Papers on Inspiration<\/em>, etc. God has nothing to gain for Himself by his ‘Descents’, which are intended as sacrifice and service for others. The three Lokas or kosmic regions are the Deva, the Pit\u1e5b, and the Manushya, Lokas.], there is no work which I am bound to do, for I am the Lord of all (Sarve\u015bvara\u1e25<\/em>[5. Sarve\u015bvare\u015bvara\u1e25 = The 97th name of Vish\u1e47u. “Yatra dev\u0101n\u0101m adhi-Deva \u0101ste<\/em>“, (Kaush\u012btak\u012b Br\u0101hma\u1e47opanishat), “Tam daivat\u0101n\u0101m Parama\u00f1cha Daivatam<\/em>” (\u015avet\u0101\u015bvatara: Up:)]), for I have nothing which has not been gained or which I have to gain by working. Hence the sole reason why I have applied myself to work (ceaselessly) is for the interests of the world.<\/span><\/p>\n >> Chapter 3 verse 23<\/a><\/p>\n archived in https:\/\/githa.koyil.org<\/a><\/p>\n pramEyam (goal) \u2013 http:\/\/koyil.org<\/a> SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 3 << Chapter 3 verse 21 SlOkam \u2013 Original na mE pArthAsthi karthavyam thrishu lokEshu kinchana | nAnavAptham avApthavyam vartha Eva cha karmaNi || word-by-word meaning [hE] pArtha – Oh son of kunthI! thrishu lOkEshu – (born in) three types of species [dhEva (celestial … 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-1775","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\/1775","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=1775"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1775\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}SlOkam \u2013 Original<\/a><\/h3>\n
\n nAnavAptham avApthavyam vartha Eva cha karmaNi ||<\/em><\/p>\nword-by-word meaning<\/h3>\n
\nthrishu lOkEshu – (born in) three types of species [dhEva (celestial beings), manushya (human beings), thiryak (animals)]
\nmE – for me, who is the sarvESvara
\nkarthavyam – duty that must be performed
\nkinchana – anything
\nna asthi – not present;<\/p>\n
\nanavAptham – that which is not fulfilled
\navApthavyam – to be attained (by performing an action)
\nkinchana – anything
\nna asthi – not present.
\ncha – still
\nkarmaNi – in actions (pertaining to the varNASrama dharma of my births)
\nvartha Eva – I am engaged<\/p>\nSimple Translation<\/h3>\n
Rendering based on ALkoNdavilli gOvindhAchArya swAmy\u2019s English translation of gIthA bhAshyam<\/h3>\n
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