{"id":1802,"date":"2016-09-23T21:15:28","date_gmt":"2016-09-23T21:15:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/?p=1802"},"modified":"2016-09-23T21:15:28","modified_gmt":"2016-09-23T21:15:28","slug":"3-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/3-26\/","title":{"rendered":"3.26 na budhdhi bhEdham janayEdh"},"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\/3-25\">&lt;&lt; Chapter 3 verse 25<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>SlOkam \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/3-26-original\/\">Original<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><em>na budhdhi bhEdham janayEdh agyAnAm karmasanginAm |<\/em><br \/>\n<em> jOshayEth sarvakarmANi vidhvAn yuktha: samAcharan ||<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>word-by-word meaning<\/h3>\n<p>agyAnAm &#8211; not aware of the nature of AthmA in full<br \/>\nkarmasanginAm &#8211; for the mumukshus who are connected to karma<br \/>\nbudhdhi bhEdham &#8211; change in intelligence (that there is another means to self-realisation apart from karma yOga)<br \/>\nna janayEth &#8211; should not create<br \/>\nvidhvAn &#8211; Being well aware of the nature of AthmA in full<br \/>\nyuktha: &#8211; with intelligence (that karma yOga itself can be means for self-realisation without the assistance of gyAna yOga)<br \/>\nsamAcharan &#8211; practicing karma yOga properly<br \/>\nsarva karmANi jOshayEth &#8211; should bring happiness in all activities (to those who practice karma yOga)<\/p>\n<h3>Simple Translation<\/h3>\n<p>For the mumukshus who are connected to karma and are not aware of the nature of AthmA in full, one should not create change in intelligence (that there is another means to self-realisation apart from karma yOga); one should be well aware of the nature of AthmA in full with intelligence (that karma yOga itself can be means for self-realisation without the assistance of gyAna yOga), should bring happiness in all activities by practicing karma yOga properly.<\/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;Let not be unsettled, the mind of the unwise,<br \/>\nattached to works. Let the wise heartily (<em>yukta\u1e25<\/em>) enter into works, to encourage them.&#8217;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <em>unwise<\/em> (<em>avidv\u0101msa\u1e25<\/em>): are the unlearned in all the wisdom concerning \u0101tm\u0101.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Attached to works<\/em>: are those who wed themselves to works entirely, who lacking knowledge of <em>\u0101tm\u0101<\/em>, are unable to take up j\u00f1\u0101na; or those who are but fitted to walk the Path of Works, which to them is the sole Means by which to achieve \u0101tm\u0101-illumination.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let the wise man also behave like the work-attached person, albeit his possession of full \u0101tm\u0101-knowledge, and albeit absence of interest for him in the result of works, and who is fit to walk in the Path of <em>j\u00f1\u0101na-yoga<\/em>. For,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He is looked up to by the world as the best pattern for imitation. To profit the world therefore, by dictating to it the principles of right and wrong, he must set a personal example; which is, by himself treading the Path of Works.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <em>unwise<\/em> are the moksha-aspirants, who ignorant of a thorough knowledge of \u0101tm\u0101, are incapable of adopting the <em>j\u00f1\u0101na-yoga<\/em> method.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They are <em>work-attached<\/em> (<em>karma-sangi\u1e47a\u1e25<\/em>): or those who from the persistence of past habits of doing works, have inherited the same tendencies, fitting them for that Path (<em>Karma-Yoga<\/em>).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let not the intention of such people be unhinged by preaching to them the existence of other methods\u2014besides karma-yoga-by which \u0101tm\u0101-cognition may be accomplished.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What the wise man has to do in these circumstances, is to seem as if, like the work-attached persons, he is at one heartily (<em>yukta\u1e25<\/em>) with them for work, and that <em>Karma-yoga<\/em> alone, with no extraneous help of <em>J\u00f1\u0101na-yoga<\/em> is sufficient to lead to \u0101tm\u0101-illumination.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By taking the lead thus in the Karma-Path, he must inspire other people with love for good works (so that eventually they may become competent to take higher steps and reach perfection).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The difference between how the wise man practices <em>Karma-Yoga<\/em>, \u2014and how the unwise man\u2014, having been pointed out, the doctrine of how one may act, and yet contemplate on disownment of responsibility as actor, is now inculcated.\u2014<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/3-27\">&gt;&gt; Chapter 3 verse 27<\/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 25 SlOkam \u2013 Original na budhdhi bhEdham janayEdh agyAnAm karmasanginAm | jOshayEth sarvakarmANi vidhvAn yuktha: samAcharan || word-by-word meaning agyAnAm &#8211; not aware of the nature of AthmA in full karmasanginAm &#8211; for the mumukshus who are connected to &#8230; <a title=\"3.26 na budhdhi bhEdham janayEdh\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/3-26\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about 3.26 na budhdhi bhEdham janayEdh\">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-1802","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\/1802","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=1802"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1802\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}