{"id":2029,"date":"2016-10-17T02:16:41","date_gmt":"2016-10-17T02:16:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/?p=2029"},"modified":"2016-10-17T02:16:41","modified_gmt":"2016-10-17T02:16:41","slug":"4-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/4-9\/","title":{"rendered":"4.9 janma karma cha mE dhivyam"},"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\/4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chapter 4<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/4-8\">&lt;&lt; Chapter 4 verse 8<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>SlOkam \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/4-9-original\/\">Original<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><em>janma karma cha mE dhivyam Evam yO vEththi thathvatha: |<\/em><br \/>\n<em> thyakthvA dhEham punar janma naithi mAm Ethi sO\u2019rjuna ||<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>word-by-word meaning<\/h3>\n<p>arjuna &#8211; Oh arjuna!<br \/>\nmE &#8211; my<br \/>\ndhivyam &#8211; spiritual (divine)<br \/>\njanma &#8211; incarnation<br \/>\nkarma &#8211; activities<br \/>\nya: &#8211; whosoever<br \/>\nEvam &#8211; as explained previously<br \/>\nthathvatha: &#8211; as it is<br \/>\nvEththi &#8211; meditates upon<br \/>\nsa: &#8211; he<br \/>\ndhEham &#8211; the current body<br \/>\nthyakthvA &#8211; giving up<br \/>\npuna: &#8211; again<br \/>\njanma &#8211; birth (which accepts another material body)<br \/>\nna Ethi &#8211; does not attain<\/p>\n<p>(but)<br \/>\nmAm Ethi &#8211; attains me<\/p>\n<h3>Simple Translation<\/h3>\n<p>Oh arjuna! Whosoever meditates upon my spiritual\/divine incarnations and activities as it is (truly) as explained previously, after giving up the current body, he does not take birth again (accepting another material body), but he attains me.<\/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;Whoso understands in their true nature, My<br \/>\nDivine Incarnations and Doings, he, Arjuna! does not come to re-birth after quitting the body, but goes to Me.&#8217;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Whoso, in verity, comprehends the divine, immaterial and unique nature of My Incarnations, and My Acts (connected therewith) which are solely designed for the benefit of those who seek Me as their Rest; and which are intended for the protection of the good (<em>s\u0101dhu<\/em>); \u2014whoso understands the real nature of Incarnate-manifestations (<em>viz<\/em>; <em>Vibhava<\/em>[2. ] manifestation\u2019, No. 3 from <em>Para<\/em>) \u2014and Works thereof,\u2014 as different from the compulsory births which come to beings as a consequence of their past deeds (<em>karma<\/em>), arising from the union between pure <em>\u0101tm\u0101<\/em> (spirit) and the triple-natured impure <em>prak\u1e5biti<\/em>(matter); \u2014whoso knows the Incarnations to be of Him, Who is possessed of such Glorious Attributes, such as Lordship over all, Omniscience, Firm-will etc.,\u2014 such a man does not return to re-birth after departing from his present body. He reaches Me alone.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That is, by accurate discriminative knowledge which he may possess regarding My divine Avat\u0101ras and Divine Acts, one becomes rid of all sin which may stand as a barrier against his coming to Me.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In his present birth alone, he will gain Me, by placing implicit reliance on Me (in the aforesaid manner), by making himself exclusively dear to Me, by making Me the absorbing Occupation for all his thoughts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The same (the superb godly character of these <em>s\u0101dhus<\/em> etc.,) is described:\u2014<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/4-10\">&gt;&gt; Chapter 4 verse 10<\/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 4 &lt;&lt; Chapter 4 verse 8 SlOkam \u2013 Original janma karma cha mE dhivyam Evam yO vEththi thathvatha: | thyakthvA dhEham punar janma naithi mAm Ethi sO\u2019rjuna || word-by-word meaning arjuna &#8211; Oh arjuna! mE &#8211; my dhivyam &#8211; spiritual (divine) janma &#8211; incarnation &#8230; <a title=\"4.9 janma karma cha mE dhivyam\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/4-9\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about 4.9 janma karma cha mE dhivyam\">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":[14,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2029","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chapter-4","category-simple"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2029","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=2029"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2029\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2029"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}