SrI:\u00a0 SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:\u00a0 SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:\u00a0 SrImath varavaramunayE nama:<\/small><\/p>\n
Chapter 4<\/a><\/p>\n << Chapter 4 verse 10<\/a><\/p>\n yE yathA mAm prapadhyanthE thAms thathaiva bhajAmyaham |<\/em> yE – those I reach those who surrender unto me, In whichever way they desire me,\u00a0 in the same way that\u00a0 they desired (making me available). Oh son of pruthA (kunthI)! All the people live by enjoying my qualities in all ways.<\/p>\n ‘In the way they resort to Me (prapadyante<\/em>[3. This word has a special sense indicating the method of ‘Prapatti<\/em>‘.]) in that way do I serve to them. All men (of My ways) P\u0101rtha[4. Epithet of Arjuna, being a descendant of P\u1e5bithu-Chakravarti.]! go after Me in every way.’<\/span><\/p>\n Not only, by the method of Incarnations, in the forms of devas<\/em>, men etc., I am saviour to those who seek Me as their Refuge, but any other method or form<\/em>[5. This verse is a wonderful proof of the catholicity of the religion of Gita. It affords freedom of worship to all in any manner. As such, the verse is an authority for image-worship (Read, Bh: GI: VII-21<\/a>, IX-23<\/a> and 25<\/a>., also Bh\u0101gavata<\/em>, XI-3-52.] which it may be their pleasing option to select[6. Vide: \u015ari Bh\u0101gavata<\/em>, III-24-30: T\u0101ny eva te bhir\u016bp\u0101\u1e47i etc.]. Whatever that is, to that I adapt Myself. By whatever conception<\/em>[7. This verse is a wonderful proof of the catholicity of the religion of Gita. It affords freedom of worship to all in any manner. As such, the verse is an authority for image-worship (Read, Bh: GI: VII-21<\/a>, IX-23<\/a> and 25<\/a>., also Bh\u0101gavata<\/em>, XI-3-52.] they choose to seek Me, I manifest Myself to them in that mode<\/em>[8. This verse is a wonderful proof of the catholicity of the religion of Gita. It affords freedom of worship to all in any manner. As such, the verse is an authority for image-worship (Read, Bh: GI: VII-21<\/a>, IX-23<\/a> and 25<\/a>., also Bh\u0101gavata<\/em>, XI-3-52.].<\/span><\/p>\n Bhaj\u0101mi<\/em> is literally \u2018I serve (in love).\u2019 Here it means, \u2018I appear to them\u2019 (dar\u015bay\u0101mi<\/em>).<\/span><\/p>\n In short, albeit My nature is such as even Yogis (exclusively God-devoted men) find it to be transcending thought and speech, yet to all who are of My ways, I suit Myself in a manner that I am, to them, not only a Visible Demonstration, but they may enjoy Me by every one of their sense-faculties, and in all diverse ways.<\/span><\/p>\n Bringing now to a close, the digressive topic (of Avat\u0101ras), the subject of karma-yoga<\/em> is resumed. Before presenting the j\u00f1\u0101na<\/em>-aspect of karma-yoga<\/em>, it is first shown how rare are the persons who practice that kind of karma-yoga<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n >> Chapter 4 verse 12<\/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 4 << Chapter 4 verse 10 SlOkam \u2013 Original yE yathA mAm prapadhyanthE thAms thathaiva bhajAmyaham | mama varthmAnuvarthanthE manushyA: pArtha sarvaSa: || word-by-word meaning yE – those mAm – me yathA – in whichever way they desire prapadhyanthE – surrender unto me thathA … 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-2039","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\/2039","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=2039"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2039\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12660,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2039\/revisions\/12660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}SlOkam \u2013 Original<\/a><\/h3>\n
\n mama varthmAnuvarthanthE manushyA: pArtha sarvaSa: ||<\/em><\/p>\nword-by-word meaning<\/h3>\n
\nmAm – me
\nyathA – in whichever way they desire
\nprapadhyanthE – surrender unto me
\nthathA Eva – (making me available) in that same way they desired
\naham – I
\nthAn – them
\nbhajAmi – reach them
\npArtha – Oh son of pruthA (kunthI)!
\nmanushyA: – All the people
\nmama varthma – my qualities
\nsarvaSa: – in all ways (which they desire)
\nanuvarthanthE – lives by enjoying<\/p>\nSimple Translation<\/h3>\n
Rendering based on ALkoNdavilli gOvindhAchArya swAmy\u2019s English translation of gIthA bhAshyam<\/h3>\n
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