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Chapter 5<\/a><\/p>\n << Chapter 5 verse 17<\/a><\/p>\n vidhyA vinaya sampannE brAhmaNE gavi hasthini |<\/em> paNdithA: – the wise The wise see equally the AthmAs which are of the same form\/nature in a brAhmaNa who has knowledge and humility and in a brAhmaNA (who lacks them), in a cow (which is physically small) and in an elephant (which is physically huge), in a dog (which is killed and eaten) and in a chaNdALa (who kills and eats such dogs).<\/p>\n ‘The wise equally regard the br\u0101hma\u1e47a, or one of culture and conduct, or the cow, or the elephant, or even the dog or even the abject outcaste[1. \u015avap\u0101ka<\/em>, lit: he who cooks a dog and eats.].’<\/span><\/p>\n Br\u0101hm\u0101\u1e47a<\/em> (by mere birth) or br\u0101hma\u1e47a<\/em> (the spiritual class in India; any spiritual men generally) possessed of learning and conduct. Cow, elephant, dog, an abject outcaste and so on, are examples by which to illustrate the great differences between one another, in which (embodied) \u0101tmas seemingly so appear.<\/span><\/p>\n The equal-seeing<\/em> (or regarding), for the knowers of \u0101tma-nature, consists in the regarding of all \u0101tmas (residing in those bodies) as equal, by reason of their essential characteristic, viz., intelligence (j\u00f1\u0101na) being a common property. The varied appearances are due to (prak\u1e5biti) matter; not to (\u0101tma) spirit.<\/span><\/p>\n The wise see that all \u0101tmas (in whatever bodies they may chance to dwell) are equal, viewed by the standard of the attribute of intelligence being shared by them all in common.<\/span><\/p>\n >> Chapter 5 verse 19<\/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 5 << Chapter 5 verse 17 SlOkam \u2013 Original vidhyA vinaya sampannE brAhmaNE gavi hasthini | Suni chaiva SvapAkE cha paNdithA: samadharSina: || word-by-word meaning paNdithA: – the wise vidhyA vinaya sampannE (brAhmaNE) – in a brAhmaNa who has knowledge and humility brAhmaNE – … 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":[15,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chapter-5","category-simple"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2433","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=2433"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2433\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12116,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2433\/revisions\/12116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}SlOkam \u2013 Original<\/a><\/h3>\n
\n Suni chaiva SvapAkE cha paNdithA: samadharSina: ||<\/em><\/p>\nword-by-word meaning<\/h3>\n
\nvidhyA vinaya sampannE (brAhmaNE) – in a brAhmaNa who has knowledge and humility
\nbrAhmaNE – in a brAhmaNA (who lacks them)
\ngavi – in a cow (which is physically small)
\nhasthini – in an elephant (which is physically huge)
\nSuni – in a dog (which is killed and eaten)
\nSvapAkE cha Eva – in a chaNdALa (one who kills and eats such dogs)
\nsama dharSina: – (as the AthmAs in them are in the same form) see them equally<\/p>\nSimple Translation<\/h3>\n
Rendering based on ALkoNdavilli gOvindhAchArya swAmy\u2019s English translation of gIthA bhAshyam<\/h3>\n
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