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Chapter 5<\/a><\/p>\n << Chapter 5 verse 18<\/a><\/p>\n ihaiva thair jitha: sargO yeshAm sAmyE sthitham mana: | <\/em> yEshAm mana: – the minds of those Those whose minds are firmly focussed on equality of AthmAs (explained in previous SlOkam), overcome samsAram (bondage) in this current state of practice itself. brahma is that which is free from defect (of being related to worldly matters) and (due to that) AthmA which is equal, is known as brahma. Thus, they [mentioned in the beginning] are well situated in brahma.<\/p>\n ‘By them, whose mind is fixed in (this) equality (or sameness), even here is migration (sarga<\/em>) overcome. Verily is brahma<\/em> (\u0101tma) stainless and equal. Hence are they fixed in brahma<\/em>.’<\/span><\/p>\n Even here<\/em>=Even during the progress (of the Karma- yoga practice). Sarga<\/em>=taking up of continued physical existences, is overcome. That is, sams\u0101ra<\/em>[1. Lit: that which \u2018runs or courses\u2019; means the circuit or circle of wordly existence, mundane life, material existence, matter-tied or matter-consorting existence, conditioned secular career, or matter-soul existence, coursing through a transmigratory revolution of births and deaths alternating. In Indian terms, Purusha consorting with Prakriti (or spirit-matter combination).] (mundane life) is conquered by him, whose mind is imbued with the notion of equality of all \u0101tmas, as above described.<\/span><\/p>\n Brahma<\/em> or the \u0101tma-category is indeed equal (or equal-natured), when it is stainless, i.e.<\/em>, divested from the stain accruing from matter-consorted existence.<\/span><\/p>\n When their mind is fixed in the \u0101tma-equality, (it may then be considered that) they are fixed in \u0101tma itself.<\/span><\/p>\n Fixture in brahma<\/em> (\u0101tma<\/em>) is indeed the victory over sams\u0101ra<\/em>[2. Lit: that which \u2018runs or courses\u2019; means the circuit or circle of wordly existence, mundane life, material existence, matter-tied or matter-consorting existence, conditioned secular career, or matter-soul existence, coursing through a transmigratory revolution of births and deaths alternating. In Indian terms, Purusha consorting with Prakriti (or spirit-matter combination).] (worldliness).<\/span><\/p>\n The sense is that those who could reflect on the equalness of all \u0101tmas are, indeed, muktas<\/em> (liberated beings).<\/span><\/p>\n How a karma-yogi<\/em> might attain to this equal-seeing summit of wisdom, is now taught:<\/span><\/p>\n >> Chapter 5 verse 20<\/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 18 SlOkam \u2013 Original ihaiva thair jitha: sargO yeshAm sAmyE sthitham mana: | nirdhOsham hi samam brahma thasmAth brahmaNi thE sthithA: || word-by-word meaning yEshAm mana: – the minds of those sAmyE – equality of AthmAs (explained in previous … 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-2438","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\/2438","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=2438"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2438\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12718,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2438\/revisions\/12718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}SlOkam \u2013 Original<\/a><\/h3>\n
\n nirdhOsham hi samam brahma thasmAth brahmaNi thE sthithA: ||<\/em><\/p>\nword-by-word meaning<\/h3>\n
\nsAmyE – equality of AthmAs (explained in previous SlOkam)
\nsthitham – firmly focussed
\nthai: – by them
\niha Eva: – in this current state of practice
\nsarga: – samsAram (bondage)
\njitha: – is overcome.
\nnirdhOsham – free from defect (of being related to worldly matters)
\nsamam hi – (due to that) AthmA which is equal
\nbrahma – is known as brahma (AthmA).
\nthasmAth – Thus
\nthE – they
\nbrahmaNi – in brahma
\nsthithA: – are well situated.<\/p>\nSimple Translation<\/h3>\n
Rendering based on ALkoNdavilli gOvindhAchArya swAmy\u2019s English translation of gIthA bhAshyam<\/h3>\n
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