{"id":2378,"date":"2016-11-15T22:38:24","date_gmt":"2016-11-15T22:38:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/?p=2378"},"modified":"2016-11-15T22:38:24","modified_gmt":"2016-11-15T22:38:24","slug":"5-10-original","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/5-10-original\/","title":{"rendered":"5.10 brahma\u1e47y \u0101dh\u0101ya karm\u0101\u1e47i (Original)"},"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\/5-original\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chapter 5<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/5-8-and-9-original\/\">&lt;&lt; Chapter 5 verse 8 and 9<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/5-10\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Simple<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">brahma\u1e47y \u0101dh\u0101ya karm\u0101\u1e47i<br \/>\nsa\u1e45ga\u1e41 tyaktv\u0101 karoti ya\u1e25<br \/>\nlipyate na sa p\u0101pena<br \/>\npadma-patram iv\u0101mbhas\u0101<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8216;Whoso performeth acts, ascribing them to matter (<em>brahma<\/em>), and abandoning all attachment, is not touched by sin, like unto the lotus-leaf unwetted by water.&#8217;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The term <em>brahma<\/em> here signifies <em>prak\u1e5biti<\/em> (matter). That such application of the term obtains, is exemplified by such passages as:\u2014<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2018The great <em>brahma<\/em> (matter) is my womb (seat)\u2019 (<a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/14-3-original\/\">xiv-3<\/a>). Whoso performs work, reflecting that all activities such as hearing, seeing etc., pertain to matter, and matter\u2019s modifications into the organized forms of senses; and whoso therefore, performs work imputing it to <em>brahma<\/em> (matter), and, renouncing all attachment, thinks \u2018naught do <em>I<\/em> do,\u2019 he remains uncontaminated with the sin that arises from the misconception of taking matter for \u0101tma, \u2014that causes bondage.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The analogy to this idea is that of the lotus-leaf and water. Though they are in contact with each other, water remains intact with reference to the leaf.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/5-11-original\/\">&gt;&gt; Chapter 5 verse 11<\/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.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SrI:\u00a0 SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:\u00a0 SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:\u00a0 SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 5 &lt;&lt; Chapter 5 verse 8 and 9 Simple brahma\u1e47y \u0101dh\u0101ya karm\u0101\u1e47i sa\u1e45ga\u1e41 tyaktv\u0101 karoti ya\u1e25 lipyate na sa p\u0101pena padma-patram iv\u0101mbhas\u0101 &#8216;Whoso performeth acts, ascribing them to matter (brahma), and abandoning all attachment, is not touched by sin, like unto the lotus-leaf unwetted &#8230; <a title=\"5.10 brahma\u1e47y \u0101dh\u0101ya karm\u0101\u1e47i (Original)\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/5-10-original\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about 5.10 brahma\u1e47y \u0101dh\u0101ya karm\u0101\u1e47i (Original)\">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":[15,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chapter-5","category-original"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2378","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=2378"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2378\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2378"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}