SrI:\u00a0 SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:\u00a0 SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:\u00a0 SrImath varavaramunayE nama:<\/small><\/p>\n
Chapter 4<\/a><\/p>\n << Chapter 4 verse 14<\/a><\/p>\n Evam gyAthvA krutham karma pUrvair api mumukshubhi: |<\/em> Evam gyAthvA – knowing (me) in this manner (and having their sins eliminated) Knowing (me) in this manner (and having their sins eliminated), ancestors who were mumukshus (liberation seekers) performed karma yOga which was explained previously. You too (becoming free from such sins by knowing me) perform the same ancient karma yOga only which was performed by ancestors such as sUrya, manu et al.<\/p>\n ‘So understanding, did the moksha-seeking ancients do work. Do you also work, like the ancients, in the ancient way.’<\/span><\/p>\n Understanding Me in the way propounded above, did the ancients work (work as if it were all My Worship); \u2014the moksha-aspiring and sinless ancients.<\/span><\/p>\n Do you also \u2014released from all evil by your knowledge of Me in the way inculcated\u2014 work, or observe Karma-Yoga in the old style, as adopted by the ancients, Vivasv\u0101n, Manu etc., (read iv-i<\/a>), \u2014Karma-Yoga, as taught by Me at that time, and such as is going to be expounded further on.<\/span><\/p>\n The difficulty of understanding the kind of Karma-(yoga) \u2014which is going to be described\u2014 is stated:\u2014<\/span><\/p>\n >> Chapter 4 verse 16<\/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 14 SlOkam \u2013 Original Evam gyAthvA krutham karma pUrvair api mumukshubhi: | kuru karmaiva thasmAth thvam pUrvai: pUrvatharam krutham || word-by-word meaning Evam gyAthvA – knowing (me) in this manner (and having their sins eliminated) pUrvai: mumukshubhi: api – … 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-2077","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\/2077","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=2077"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2077\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2077"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2077"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}SlOkam \u2013 Original<\/a><\/h3>\n
\n kuru karmaiva thasmAth thvam pUrvai: pUrvatharam krutham ||<\/em><\/p>\nword-by-word meaning<\/h3>\n
\npUrvai: mumukshubhi: api – ancestors who were mumukshus (liberation seekers)
\nkarma – karma yOga which was explained previously
\nkrutham – performed.
\nthasmAth – thus
\nthvam – you too (becoming free from such sins by knowing me)
\npUrvai: – ancestors such as sUrya, manu et al
\nkrutham – performed
\npUrvatharam – ancient
\nkarma Eva – karma yOga only
\nkuru – perform.<\/p>\nSimple Translation<\/h3>\n
Rendering based on ALkoNdavilli gOvindhAchArya swAmy\u2019s English translation of gIthA bhAshyam<\/h3>\n
\npramANam (scriptures) \u2013 http:\/\/granthams.koyil.org<\/a>
\npramAthA (preceptors) \u2013 http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org<\/a>
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