{"id":2286,"date":"2016-11-08T19:45:26","date_gmt":"2016-11-08T19:45:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/?p=2286"},"modified":"2023-11-29T09:03:12","modified_gmt":"2023-11-29T09:03:12","slug":"4-38","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/4-38\/","title":{"rendered":"4.38 na hi gyAnEna sadhruSam"},"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\/4-37\">&lt;&lt; Chapter 4 verse 37<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>SlOkam \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/4-38-original\/\">Original<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><em>na hi gyAnEna sadhruSam pavithram iha vidhyathE |<\/em><br \/>\n<em> thath svayam yOgasamsidhdha: kAlEnAthmani vindhathi ||<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>word-by-word meaning<\/h3>\n<p>iha &#8211; in this world<br \/>\ngyAnEna sadhruSam &#8211; matching knowledge about self<br \/>\npavithram &#8211; purifying<br \/>\nna vidhyathE &#8211; (any other option) not present.<br \/>\nthath &#8211; such knowledge<br \/>\nsvayam &#8211; himself<br \/>\nyOga samsidhdha: &#8211; one who has acquired perfection in (previously mentioned) karma yOga<br \/>\nkAlEna &#8211; over time<br \/>\nAthmani &#8211; in self<br \/>\nvindhathi &#8211; attains\/realises<\/p>\n<h3>Simple Translation<\/h3>\n<p>In this world, there is nothing purifying as knowledge about self. One who has acquired such knowledge of perfection in (previously mentioned) karma yOga, realises the self over time.<\/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;No purifier, like wisdom, is there existing. He<br \/>\nwho is (karma-)yoga-perfect realizes it in himself in time.&#8217;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Inasmuch as there exists here \u2014in the universe\u2014no other purer (or more sanctifying) thing than \u0101tma-wisdom, it is destructive of all sin. By perfecting oneself, therefore, by easily practicing karma-yoga (<em>yoga-samsiddha\u1e25<\/em>), in the way taught, one realizes in himself, in due course of time, the \u0101tma-nature.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The same is made (further) clearer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/4-39\">&gt;&gt; Chapter 4 verse 39<\/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 37 SlOkam \u2013 Original na hi gyAnEna sadhruSam pavithram iha vidhyathE | thath svayam yOgasamsidhdha: kAlEnAthmani vindhathi || word-by-word meaning iha &#8211; in this world gyAnEna sadhruSam &#8211; matching knowledge about self pavithram &#8211; purifying na vidhyathE &#8211; (any &#8230; <a title=\"4.38 na hi gyAnEna sadhruSam\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/4-38\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about 4.38 na hi gyAnEna sadhruSam\">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-2286","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\/2286","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=2286"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2286\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12167,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2286\/revisions\/12167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}