{"id":2041,"date":"2016-10-19T19:50:06","date_gmt":"2016-10-19T19:50:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/?p=2041"},"modified":"2016-10-19T19:50:06","modified_gmt":"2016-10-19T19:50:06","slug":"4-12-original","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/4-12-original\/","title":{"rendered":"4.12 k\u0101\u1e45k\u1e63anta\u1e25 karma\u1e47\u0101\u1e41 siddhi\u1e41 (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\/4-original\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chapter 4<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/4-11-original\/\">&lt;&lt; Chapter 4 verse 11<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/4-12\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Simple<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">k\u0101\u1e45k\u1e63anta\u1e25 karma\u1e47\u0101\u1e41 siddhi\u1e41<br \/>\nyajanta iha devat\u0101\u1e25<br \/>\nk\u1e63ipra\u1e41 hi m\u0101nu\u1e63e loke<br \/>\nsiddhir bhavati karma-j\u0101<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8216;Those who wish for the fulfilment of works, worship the <em>devatas<\/em> (lower gods) here. In mortal realms, work-born fruit is speedily realized.&#8217;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Generally all men, who long for the fruit of their works, worship Indra[3. The Ruler of <em>svarga<\/em>, \u2014the paradise or material heaven. He is also a Vedic Deity. He is the Original of Jupiter Tonans of the West and the Thor of the North. Derived from the root <em>ind<\/em>, to govern. Consult Vish\u1e47u Pur\u0101\u1e47a and other works for various accounts of Indra.], and other <em>devatas<\/em>(material celestials). It is seldom that one takes to My worship \u2014Me, Who am the Soul of Indra and other gods,\u2014 and Who am the actual Recipient of all Sacrifices (Yaj\u00f1\u0101s).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why is this the case? Because the workers readily find the fulfilment of their works in the mortal regions alone, such as obtaining progeny, cattle, food etc., (all, \u2014material prosperity).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Manushya-loka<\/em>=mortal world: implies all material spheres, <em>svarga<\/em> etc., (included in the material globe, the <em>brahm\u0101n\u1e0da<\/em>, the mundane egg).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">People of the world, witless by reason of the vast past accumulation of sins not having exhausted itself, desire for immediate fruit, to secure which, therefore, they readily resort to the worship of Indra and other minor deities. The fruit is either prosperity in this world, such as offspring, food, cattle etc., or prosperity in higher spheres, such as obtaining <em>svarga<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He is rare, who dreading <em>sams\u0101ra<\/em>[4. Lit: that which &#8216;runs or courses&#8217;; means the circuit or circle of wordly existence, mundane life, material existence, matter-tied or matter-consorting existence, conditioned secular career, or matter-soul existence, coursing through a transmigratory revolution of births and deaths alternating. In Indian terms, Purusha consorting with Prakriti (or spirit-matter combination).] in his heart, aspires for <em>moksha<\/em>; who would therefore engage in <em>karma-yoga<\/em>, as a duty, \u2014as worship rendered to Me.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(The next verse) points out the way how to get rid of sins which obstruct the undertaking of the kind of <em>karma-yoga<\/em> described above.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/4-13-original\/\">&gt;&gt; Chapter 4 verse 13<\/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 4 &lt;&lt; Chapter 4 verse 11 Simple k\u0101\u1e45k\u1e63anta\u1e25 karma\u1e47\u0101\u1e41 siddhi\u1e41 yajanta iha devat\u0101\u1e25 k\u1e63ipra\u1e41 hi m\u0101nu\u1e63e loke siddhir bhavati karma-j\u0101 &#8216;Those who wish for the fulfilment of works, worship the devatas (lower gods) here. 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