{"id":2282,"date":"2016-11-08T19:37:45","date_gmt":"2016-11-08T19:37:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/?p=2282"},"modified":"2023-11-28T10:24:11","modified_gmt":"2023-11-28T10:24:11","slug":"4-37","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/4-37\/","title":{"rendered":"4.37 yathaidhAmsi samidhdhO\u2019gnir"},"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\/4-36\">&lt;&lt; Chapter 4 verse 36<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>SlOkam \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/4-37-original\/\">Original<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><em>yathaidhAmsi samidhdhO\u2019gnir bhasmasAth kuruthE\u2019rjuna |<\/em><br \/>\n<em> gyAnAgni: sarvakarmANi bhasmasAth kuruthE thathA ||<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>word-by-word meaning<\/h3>\n<p>arjuna &#8211; Oh arjuna!<br \/>\nsamidhdha: agni &#8211; fierce fire<br \/>\nEdhAmasi &#8211; firewood<br \/>\nyathA basmasAth kuruthE &#8211; as reduces to ashes<br \/>\nthathA &#8211; similarly<br \/>\ngyAnAgni: &#8211; fire of knowledge<br \/>\nsarva karmANi &#8211; firewood of all karma (actions)<br \/>\nbasmasAth kuruthE &#8211; reduces to ashes<\/p>\n<h3>Simple Translation<\/h3>\n<p>Oh arjuna! As fierce fire reduces\u00a0firewood to ashes, the fire of knowledge reduces firewood of all karma (actions) to ashes.<\/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;Like the kindled fire, Arjuna!, consuming a heap of sticks, the fire of wisdom reduces all action to ashes.&#8217;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the manner that fire, well-kindled, burns up a faggot of sticks, the fire of wisdom relating to true \u0101tma-nature reduces all the long accumulated mass of sin, attaching itself to jiv\u0101tma, into ashes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/4-38\">&gt;&gt; Chapter 4 verse 38<\/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 36 SlOkam \u2013 Original yathaidhAmsi samidhdhO\u2019gnir bhasmasAth kuruthE\u2019rjuna | gyAnAgni: sarvakarmANi bhasmasAth kuruthE thathA || word-by-word meaning arjuna &#8211; Oh arjuna! samidhdha: agni &#8211; fierce fire EdhAmasi &#8211; firewood yathA basmasAth kuruthE &#8211; as reduces to ashes thathA &#8211; &#8230; <a title=\"4.37 yathaidhAmsi samidhdhO\u2019gnir\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/4-37\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about 4.37 yathaidhAmsi samidhdhO\u2019gnir\">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-2282","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\/2282","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=2282"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2282\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12164,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2282\/revisions\/12164"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2282"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}