SrI:\u00a0 SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:\u00a0 SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:\u00a0 SrImath varavaramunayE nama:<\/small><\/p>\n
Chapter 4<\/a><\/p>\n << Chapter 4 verse 13<\/a><\/p>\n na mAm karmANi limpanthi na mE karmapalE spruhA |<\/em><\/p>\n karmANi – activities such as creation etc Activities such as creation etc do not bind me (who is sarvESvara). There is no desire in me for the fruits of the activities such as creation etc;<\/p>\n So, the activities such as creation etc in the material realm, are performed by bhagavAn as leelA (sport\/pastime). The leelA itself is the goal, and there is no separate goal\/benefit which is derived from the leelA by bhagavAn.<\/p>\n ‘Works soil Me not. No interest have I in works\u2019 fruit.’<\/span><\/p>\n Because, the wonderful works of creation etc., do not soil Me, i. e., do not bind Me. The wonderful variety, such as deva<\/em>, man etc., are beings created by their own deeds of merit and demerit. Hence, inasmuch as one\u2019s own deed, or no-deed results in his becoming conditioned or not conditioned in material existence (pr\u0101pt\u0101pr\u0101pta-viveka<\/em>), the man himself is his author; and I, am free, i.e., I am No-author (in the sense that I am not answerable for the conditions which creatures bring upon themselves by their own deeds or works).<\/span><\/p>\n I am No-author, again, for another reason: that the born (or created in the world) embodied souls (kshetraj\u00f1as<\/em>), \u2014who by the conditions of creation, get endowed with limbs and bodies\u2014 take to enjoying the things of the world, as a consequence of their (selfish) attachment to fruit[2. Cp. Svet: Up: 1-8. \u2018An\u012b\u015ba\u015b-ch\u0101tm\u0101 badhyate bhokt\u1e5bi-bh\u0101v\u0101t\u2019 etc., and many other passages.]. Hence it is these that have interest in the fruits of kosmic creations, not that I have any interest.<\/span><\/p>\n The S\u016btra-k\u0101ra (or Vy\u0101sa, the framer of what are known as Brahma-s\u016btras<\/em>, Ved\u0101nta-s\u016btras<\/em> or Vy\u0101sa-s\u016btras<\/em>, or aphorisms exegetic of the Upanishads), says :\u2014<\/span><\/p>\n \u2018(The Lord) cannot be reproached with ‘inequality and cruelty’, for (karma<\/em>=merit and demerit) are regarded (by Him)\u2019[3. (Brahma-s\u016btra II-1 -34) = \u2018Vaishamya-nairgh\u1e5bi\u1e47ye na, s\u0101pekshatv\u0101t\u2019 etc.]<\/span><\/p>\n Bhagav\u0101n Par\u0101\u015bara as well, declares:\u2014<\/span><\/p>\n \u2018In the act constituting the creation of beings, (He the Lord) is but the directing (or instrumental) Cause, because the creating forces verily have their roots in nature (pradh\u0101na<\/em>)[5. ‘Pradh\u0101na’ means the tendencies in the matter-stuff of creation, impressed thereon by the spiritual entities who are encased therein, by their Karma<\/em>. Hence \u2018pradh\u0101na\u2019 means karmic<\/em> forces, or samsk\u0101r\u0101s or skandh\u0101s (as the Buddhists call). This is equivalent to the Greek notion of ‘plastic nature’.].<\/span><\/p>\n \u2018Save that ideal (or instrumental) Cause, no other is desired, and, O chief of ascetics!, the beings (deva<\/em>) etc., come into their (conditioned) existences in accordance with (their) own (karma<\/em>)-potencies.\u2019[6. Vish\u1e47u Pur:<\/em> I-4-51, 52:\u2014 I, Paramount Spirit (Paramapurusha), indeed, am the fashioning ideal Cause of the created beings, the devas<\/em> and such like ; but the chief factors determining the diversities of the kosmos, such as the devas<\/em>, man etc., are the antecedent karma<\/em>-potencies.<\/span><\/p>\n Save the instrumentality (or ideality), save the schematic power vested in Me, the Supreme Spirit, no other is needed to fashion out the marvellous representation of creatures, as devas<\/em> etc., in their embodied condition, except the inherent primal karma<\/em>-potencies, by which creatures become enfigured.<\/span><\/p>\n >> Chapter 4 verse 14<\/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 13 SlOkam \u2013 Original na mAm karmANi limpanthi na mE karmapalE spruhA | word-by-word meaning karmANi – activities such as creation etc mAm – me (who is sarvESvara) na limpanthi – do not bind; mE – for me (who … 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-2067","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\/2067","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=2067"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2067\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}SlOkam \u2013 Original<\/a><\/h3>\n
word-by-word meaning<\/h3>\n
\nmAm – me (who is sarvESvara)
\nna limpanthi – do not bind;
\nmE – for me (who is avAptha samastha kAma (free of any unfulfilled desire))
\nkarma palE – the fruits of the activities such as creation etc
\nna spruhA – no desire;<\/p>\nSimple Translation<\/h3>\n
Additional notes<\/h4>\n
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Rendering based on ALkoNdavilli gOvindhAchArya swAmy\u2019s English translation of gIthA bhAshyam<\/h3>\n
\n‘Nimitta-m\u0101tram-ev\u0101yam’ etc.]<\/span><\/p>\n
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