{"id":2238,"date":"2016-11-03T21:21:03","date_gmt":"2016-11-03T21:21:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/?p=2238"},"modified":"2023-11-28T08:15:11","modified_gmt":"2023-11-28T08:15:11","slug":"4-32","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/4-32\/","title":{"rendered":"4.32 Evam bahuvidhA yagyA"},"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\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chapter 4<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/4-31\">&lt;&lt; Chapter 4 verse 31<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>SlOkam \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/4-32-original\/\">Original<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><em>Evam bahuvidhA yagyA vithathA brahmaNO mukhE |<\/em><br \/>\n<em> karmajAn vidhdhi thAn sarvAn Evam gyAthvA vimOkshyasE ||<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>word-by-word meaning<\/h3>\n<p>Evam &#8211; in this manner<br \/>\nbahuvidhA: &#8211; many types<br \/>\nyagyA: &#8211; karma yOgas<br \/>\nbrahmaNa: mukhE &#8211; in the karma yOga which is a means to attain AthmA (self-realisation)<br \/>\nvithathA: &#8211; are present<br \/>\nthAn sarvAn &#8211; all those karma yOgas<br \/>\nkarmajAn &#8211; springing from nithya\/naimiththika karma<br \/>\nvidhdhi &#8211; know that<br \/>\nEvam &#8211; in this manner<br \/>\ngyAthvA &#8211; knowing and practicing it<br \/>\nvimOkshyasE &#8211; be freed from samsAram (bondage in material realm)<\/p>\n<h3>Simple Translation<\/h3>\n<p>In this manner, many types of karma yOgas are present in the karma yOga which is a means to attain AthmA (self-realiaation). Know that all those karma yOgas are springing from nithya\/naimiththika karma. Knowing and practicing it, be freed from samsAram (bondage in material realm).<\/p>\n<h3>Rendering based on ALkoNdavilli gOvindhAchArya swAmy\u2019s English translation of gIthA bhAshyam<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8216;Thus have the varieties of yaj\u00f1a been expounded, as means leading to <em>brahma<\/em> (\u0101tma). Know them all as springing from action (karma), Knowing thus, you shall be emancipated.&#8217;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Such, in truth, are the various kinds of <em>Karma-Yoga-<\/em> known to be the various Means for attaining to real \u0101tma-state (<em>brahma\u1e47o mukhe<\/em>[1. <em>Brahma\u1e47o mukhe<\/em>. The term <em>brahma<\/em> signifies here the true nature of \u0101tma; and <em>mukhe<\/em> signifies the means to attain that \u0101tma. So that <em>brahma\u1e47o mukhe<\/em>, means &#8216;the means to attain \u0101tma\u2019 (vide <em>T\u0101tparya chandrika<\/em>, by Ved\u0101nt\u0101ch\u0101rya).]) described so far.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Know them, (the yaj\u00f1as) all, to spring from action, \u2014as already explained\u2014 involving the regular performance of the daily (<em>nitya<\/em>), incidental (<em>naimittika<\/em>) etc., duties.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Knowing thus and reducing the same to practice, you shall be freed (from bondage).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The wisdom aspect of <em>karma<\/em> has been explained by showing how wisdom (<em>j\u00f1ana<\/em> or knowledge) is involved in work (<em>karma<\/em>). The importance of the wisdom\u2014element in this compound of <em>j\u00f1ana-karma<\/em> (wisdom-work) is now dwelt on:\u2014<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/4-33\">&gt;&gt; Chapter 4 verse 33<\/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.<\/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 31 SlOkam \u2013 Original Evam bahuvidhA yagyA vithathA brahmaNO mukhE | karmajAn vidhdhi thAn sarvAn Evam gyAthvA vimOkshyasE || word-by-word meaning Evam &#8211; in this manner bahuvidhA: &#8211; many types yagyA: &#8211; karma yOgas brahmaNa: mukhE &#8211; in the &#8230; <a title=\"4.32 Evam bahuvidhA yagyA\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/4-32\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about 4.32 Evam bahuvidhA yagyA\">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-2238","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\/2238","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=2238"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2238\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12161,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2238\/revisions\/12161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}