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Chapter 4<\/a><\/p>\n << Chapter 4 verse 18<\/a><\/p>\n yasya sarvE samArambhA: kAmasankalpavarjithA: |<\/em> yasya – for the one (who is mumukshu (liberation seeker)) The wise say that the efforts of an enlightened person (who is mumukshu) in carrying out nithya (daily), naimiththika (occasion based) and kAmya (desirous of particular goal) karma, devoid of kAma (attachment) in the results and sankalpa (will\/desire due to confusing body with soul) will lead to his karma (puNya (virtues) and pApa (vices)) being burnt up in the fire of gyAna (knowledge which is part of karma).<\/p>\n ‘He, whose all-acts are devoid of desire and delusion (sa\u1e45kalpa<\/em>), \u2014the wise say\u2014 is the enlightened man, whose works are burnt up in the fire of wisdom.’<\/span><\/p>\n K\u0101ma<\/em>, desire, is the attachment (i.e., longing) for fruit. Sa\u1e45kalpa<\/em> is delusion, imagining, or fancy. Delusion is the fanciful or wrong notion in one\u2019s mind. The fancying (sa\u1e45kalpa<\/em>) here alluded to consists in the thought which identifies \u0101tma with prak\u1e5biti<\/em> (matter), and its (the latter\u2019s) gu\u1e47\u0101s (qualities), and mis-conceiving them all as one (principle).<\/span><\/p>\n To the moksha-aspirant<\/em>, all the nitya<\/em>[1. The daily duties (nitya<\/em>) are Sn\u0101na, Sandhy\u0101, Vai\u015bvadeva-brahma-yaj\u00f1a, Deva-\u1e5bshi-pit\u1e5bi-tarpa\u1e47a, and Aup\u0101sana. The occassioned (naimittika<\/em>) are the \u015ar\u0101ddh\u0101s, Tarpa\u1e47as, etc., performed on the Eclipse-day, Sa\u1e47kranti, Mah\u0101laya, etc., P\u016brva-M\u012bm\u0101msa says: ‘nitya naimittika karm\u0101chara\u1e47e phalam n\u0101sti; akara\u1e47e pratyav\u0101ya\u1e25’.], naimittika<\/em>[2. The daily duties (nitya<\/em>) are Sn\u0101na, Sandhy\u0101, Vai\u015bvadeva-brahma-yaj\u00f1a, Deva-\u1e5bshi-pit\u1e5bi-tarpa\u1e47a, and Aup\u0101sana. The occassioned (naimittika<\/em>) are the \u015ar\u0101ddh\u0101s, Tarpa\u1e47as, etc., performed on the Eclipse-day, Sa\u1e47kranti, Mah\u0101laya, etc., P\u016brva-M\u012bm\u0101msa says: ‘nitya naimittika karm\u0101chara\u1e47e phalam n\u0101sti; akara\u1e47e pratyav\u0101ya\u1e25’.] etc., frugiferous (k\u0101mya<\/em>) acts, necessitating the worldly activities such as earning money etc., for their sake, are devoid of desire (k\u0101ma<\/em>).<\/span><\/p>\n To him, those acts are further exempt from fancies (sa\u1e45kalpa<\/em>), because he performs them with the distinct knowledge he has of \u0101tma, as contrasted with matter (prak\u1e5biti<\/em>).<\/span><\/p>\n Whoso does work in this fashion \u2014work involving meditation of atma-wisdom\u2014 the wise, or truth-knowers consider him as one, whose all past deeds have become consumed in the fire of that (\u0101tma)-wisdom.<\/span><\/p>\n Hence to work, is assignable a knowledge -(or-wisdom)- aspect.<\/span><\/p>\n The same subject is further elaborated;<\/span><\/p>\n >> Chapter 4 verse 20<\/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 18 SlOkam \u2013 Original yasya sarvE samArambhA: kAmasankalpavarjithA: | gyAnAgnidhagdhakarmANam tham Ahu: paNditham budhA: || word-by-word meaning yasya – for the one (who is mumukshu (liberation seeker)) sarvE samArambhA: – the efforts in nithya (daily), naimiththika (occasion based) and … 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-2119","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\/2119","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=2119"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2119\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}SlOkam \u2013 Original<\/a><\/h3>\n
\n gyAnAgnidhagdhakarmANam tham Ahu: paNditham budhA: ||<\/em><\/p>\nword-by-word meaning<\/h3>\n
\nsarvE samArambhA: – the efforts in nithya (daily), naimiththika (occasion based) and kAmya (desirous of particular goal) karma
\nkAma sankalpa varjithA: – devoid of kAma (attachment) in the results and sankalpa (will\/desire due to confusing body with soul)
\ntham paNditham – such enlightened person
\ngyAnAgni dhagdha karmANam – one who is having karma (puNya (virtues) and pApa (vices)) that is burnt up in the fire of gyAna (knowledge which is part of karma)
\nbudhA: – the wise
\nAhu: – say<\/p>\nSimple Translation<\/h3>\n
Rendering based on ALkoNdavilli gOvindhAchArya swAmy\u2019s English translation of gIthA bhAshyam<\/h3>\n
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