{"id":1914,"date":"2016-10-03T21:33:33","date_gmt":"2016-10-03T21:33:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/?p=1914"},"modified":"2016-10-03T21:33:33","modified_gmt":"2016-10-03T21:33:33","slug":"3-39-original","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/3-39-original\/","title":{"rendered":"3.39 \u0101v\u1e5bta\u1e41 j\u00f1\u0101nam etena (Original)"},"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-original\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chapter 3<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/3-38-original\/\">&lt;&lt; Chapter 3 verse 38<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/3-39\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Simple<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u0101v\u1e5bta\u1e41 j\u00f1\u0101nam etena<br \/>\nj\u00f1\u0101nino nitya-vairi\u1e47\u0101<br \/>\nk\u0101ma-r\u016bpe\u1e47a kaunteya<br \/>\ndu\u1e63p\u016bre\u1e47\u0101nalena ca<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8216;The understanding (<em>j\u00f1\u0101na<\/em>[4. <em>J\u00f1\u0101na<\/em> is a term in Samsk\u1e5bit, which, according to the place where it occurs, variously means, knowledge,<br \/>\nwisdom, reason, understanding, sense intelligence, intellect, consciousness and sentiency. In Ved\u0101nta works, all<br \/>\nthese terms are used with reference to spiritual matters. Sir William Hamilton in his Metaphysics (i-193) says:<br \/>\n\u2018consciousness and knowledge each involves the other,\u2019 and yet each term finds its appropriate use according to<br \/>\nthe tenor of particular passages which have to be elucidated.]) of the <em>j\u00f1\u0101ni<\/em> (the wise man), Kaunteya[5. A matronymic for Arjuna; Son of Kunti = Arjuna.]! is enwrapped by this eternal foe, in the guise of lust, insatiable and inexhaustible.&#8217;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The intellect or understanding of the intelligent or enlightened man, in respect of \u0101tm\u0101-knowledge, is beclouded by the eternal foe which comes in the shape of lust, \u2014that which generates a fascination for object-enjoyments.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <em>dushp\u016bra<\/em> or insatiable, i. e., it hungers and thirsts after gratifications, though inaccessible to its grasp.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <em>anala<\/em>[6. <em>Anala<\/em> means also fire. In which case, lust is like fire, which, once it attacks a thing, will burn it outright. So lust burns a man out.] or inexhaustible, i.e., nothing will completely satisfy lust. When it gets one object it desired for, it will want another. It is unappeasable. (Inexhaustible greed is never satisfied).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What are the instruments by which lust takes possession of \u0101tm\u0101? It is said:\u2014<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/3-40-original\/\">&gt;&gt; Chapter 3 verse 40<\/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.org<\/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 38 Simple \u0101v\u1e5bta\u1e41 j\u00f1\u0101nam etena j\u00f1\u0101nino nitya-vairi\u1e47\u0101 k\u0101ma-r\u016bpe\u1e47a kaunteya du\u1e63p\u016bre\u1e47\u0101nalena ca &#8216;The understanding (j\u00f1\u0101na[4. J\u00f1\u0101na is a term in Samsk\u1e5bit, which, according to the place where it occurs, variously means, knowledge, wisdom, reason, understanding, sense intelligence, intellect, consciousness and &#8230; <a title=\"3.39 \u0101v\u1e5bta\u1e41 j\u00f1\u0101nam etena (Original)\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/3-39-original\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about 3.39 \u0101v\u1e5bta\u1e41 j\u00f1\u0101nam etena (Original)\">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":[13,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1914","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chapter-3","category-original"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1914","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=1914"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1914\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}