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Chapter 3<\/a><\/p>\n << Chapter 3 verse 32<\/a><\/p>\n sadhruSam chEshtathE svasyA: prakruthEr gyAnavAnapi |<\/em> gyAnavAn api – even one who is having knowledge (on truth which is acquired from SAsthram) (This is because) (thAni – those) Even one who is having knowledge (on truth which is acquired from SAsthram) is engaged (in worldly maters) matching his eternal attachment towards worldly pleasures. This is because chEthanas (souls) who are together with achEthana (material bodies) will only follow eternal taste [towards such matters]. What can the injunctions of SAsthram do to those [souls]?<\/p>\n ‘Even the j\u00f1\u0101ni<\/em> follows the bent of his nature[1. Nature here means the sum of tendencies, dispositions, tastes, inclinations, etc., which are seen to evoke in each individual, -the man thus apparently unaccountably differing from another,- varieties so exhibited being accounted for by the habits formed in previous births, which eventuate in the present birth, (Read my Articles on \u2018Predestination and Free-will.\u2019 In the Theosophist<\/em>, 1896-97).]; all creatures follow nature[2. Nature here means the sum of tendencies, dispositions, tastes, inclinations, etc., which are seen to evoke in each individual, -the man thus apparently unaccountably differing from another,- varieties so exhibited being accounted for by the habits formed in previous births, which eventuate in the present birth, (Read my Articles on \u2018Predestination and Free-will.\u2019 In the Theosophist<\/em>, 1896-97).]; what can (\u015a\u0101stra)-restriction avail?’<\/span><\/p>\n The j\u00f1\u0101ni<\/em>, \u2014the man of wisdom\u2014 is well acquainted with the \u015a\u0101stra-declarations as regards the distinctive nature of \u0101tm\u0101 from matter (prak\u1e5biti), and knows also full well that \u0101tm\u0101 should form the sole object of his contemplation. And yet the force of old habits (in connection with matter) is such that he is carried along in the current of old nature\u2019s tendencies, and he finds occupation with material objects. The reason is that creatures become confirmed in whatever habits they form with nature, \u2014whatever habits they create from their association with the inert companion achit<\/em>=(matter); and in those habits they persist.<\/span><\/p>\n In the face of these inured habits, what availeth \u015a\u0101stra, which would impose restraint (on these habits)?![3. Cf. the Mah\u0101bh\u0101rata verse: \u2018Janm\u0101ntara sahasreshu y\u0101 buddhir bh\u0101vit\u0101 nri\u1e47\u0101m, t\u0101m eva bhajate jantur upade\u015bo nirarthaka\u1e25.]<\/span><\/p>\n How one (slavishly) follows (material) nature is now explained :\u2014<\/span><\/p>\n >> Chapter 3 verse 33.5<\/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 32 SlOkam \u2013 Original sadhruSam chEshtathE svasyA: prakruthEr gyAnavAnapi | prakruthim yAnthi bhUthAni nigraha: kim karishyathi || word-by-word meaning gyAnavAn api – even one who is having knowledge (on truth which is acquired from SAsthram) svasyA: prakruthE: sadhruSam – … 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-1868","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\/1868","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=1868"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1868\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}SlOkam \u2013 Original<\/a><\/h3>\n
\n prakruthim yAnthi bhUthAni nigraha: kim karishyathi ||<\/em><\/p>\nword-by-word meaning<\/h3>\n
\nsvasyA: prakruthE: sadhruSam – matching his eternal attachment towards worldly pleasures
\nchEshtathE – engaged (in worldly maters);<\/p>\n
\nbhUthAni – chEthanas (souls) who are together with achEthana (material bodies)
\nprakruthim – only eternal taste
\nyAnthi – follow.<\/p>\n
\nnigraha: – injunctions of SAsthram
\nkim karishyathi – what can it do?<\/p>\nSimple Translation<\/h3>\n
Rendering based on ALkoNdavilli gOvindhAchArya swAmy\u2019s English translation of gIthA bhAshyam<\/h3>\n
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