{"id":2034,"date":"2016-10-18T18:35:52","date_gmt":"2016-10-18T18:35:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/?p=2034"},"modified":"2016-10-18T18:35:52","modified_gmt":"2016-10-18T18:35:52","slug":"4-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/4-10\/","title":{"rendered":"4.10 vItharAgabhayakrOdhA"},"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\/4-9\">&lt;&lt; Chapter 4 verse 9<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>SlOkam \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/4-10-original\/\">Original<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><em>vItharAgabhayakrOdhA manmayA mAm upASrithA: |<\/em><br \/>\n<em> bahavO gyAnathapasA pUthA madhbhAvam AgathA:<\/em> ||<\/p>\n<h3>word-by-word meaning<\/h3>\n<p>gyAna thapasA pUthA: &#8211; having eliminated the hurdles for the means by the penance of avathAra rahasya gyAna (knowing the truth about bhagavAn&#8217;s incarnations)<br \/>\nbahava: &#8211; many<br \/>\nmAm upASrithA: &#8211; meditating upon me<br \/>\nvItha rAga bhaya krOdhA: &#8211; being free from attachment (in worldly matters), fear (in not attaining those matters), anger (on those who block such attainment of worldly matters)<br \/>\nman mayA: &#8211; having their heart fully engaged with me<br \/>\nmadhbhAvam AgathA: &#8211; attained the state of mOksha (liberation) which resembles my state<\/p>\n<h3>Simple Translation<\/h3>\n<p>Having eliminated the hurdles for the means by the penance of avathAra rahasya gyAna, many,\u00a0 meditating upon me, being free from attachment (in worldly matters), fear (in not attaining those matters), anger (on those who block such attainment of worldly matters), having their heart fully engaged with me, attained the state of mOksha (liberation) which resembles my state.<\/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;Weaned are they from desire, dread and passion; full of Me, are they; entirely reliant on Me, are they; many[1. A distinct declaration of the plurality of souls.] are they, who, purified by wisdom-meditation (<em>j\u00f1\u0101na-tapas<\/em>), have come to My state (<em>mad-bh\u0101va<\/em>).&#8217;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Legion are the souls, who have become purified by contemplation on the wisdom (or knowledge) of My Avat\u0101r\u0101s and Acts. \u015aruti declares likewise:\u2014<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2018The wise (<em>dh\u012br\u0101h<\/em>) know the <em>rationale<\/em> or secret (<em>yonim<\/em>) of Him\u2019[2. &#8216;Tasya dhlrah parijananti yo-nim&#8217; (<em>Tait Up\u00b0: Purusha-sukta-19<\/em>. The rationale or secret of Him is in allusion to the Avat\u0101rs. Also Tait: \u0100ra\u1e47. III-13. The wise are N\u0101rada, etc., (vide commentary on Purusha-s\u016bkt\u0101).]. Only the <em>dh\u012bras<\/em> or the most eminent amongst the spiritually enlightened (the wise), understand the nature, mode etc., of His Incarnations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/4-11\">&gt;&gt; Chapter 4 verse 11<\/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 9 SlOkam \u2013 Original vItharAgabhayakrOdhA manmayA mAm upASrithA: | bahavO gyAnathapasA pUthA madhbhAvam AgathA: || word-by-word meaning gyAna thapasA pUthA: &#8211; having eliminated the hurdles for the means by the penance of avathAra rahasya gyAna (knowing the truth about &#8230; <a title=\"4.10 vItharAgabhayakrOdhA\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/4-10\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about 4.10 vItharAgabhayakrOdhA\">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-2034","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\/2034","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=2034"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2034\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}