{"id":2461,"date":"2016-11-22T17:51:47","date_gmt":"2016-11-22T17:51:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/?p=2461"},"modified":"2016-11-22T17:51:47","modified_gmt":"2016-11-22T17:51:47","slug":"5-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/5-23\/","title":{"rendered":"5.23 SaknOthIhaiva ya: sOdum"},"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\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chapter 5<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/5-22\">&lt;&lt; Chapter 5 verse 22<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>SlOkam \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/5-23-original\/\">Original<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><em>SaknOthIhaiva ya: sOdum prAk SarIravimOkshaNAth |<\/em><br \/>\n<em> kAmakrOdhOdhbhavam vEgam sa yuktha: sa sukhI nara: ||<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>word-by-word meaning  <\/h3>\n<p>SarIra vimOkshaNAth prAk &#8211; before shedding the body<br \/>\niha Eva &#8211; at this present time itself (i.e., in the stage of practising the means)<br \/>\nkAma krOdha udhbhavam vEgam &#8211; the passion which arises out of lust and anger (in the mind, body and speech)<br \/>\nya: &#8211; that karma yOgi<br \/>\nsOdum SaknOthi &#8211; who is able to tolerate<br \/>\nsa: nara: &#8211; that man only<br \/>\nyuktha: &#8211; qualified to attain self-enjoyment;<br \/>\nsa: sukhI &#8211; he only attains self-enjoyment (after shedding the body).<\/p>\n<h3>Simple Translation  <\/h3>\n<p>That karma yOgi who is able to tolerate the passion which arises out of lust and anger (in the mind, body and speech) at this present time itself (i.e., in the stage of practising the means) before shedding the body, only he is qualified to attain self-enjoyment; he only attains self-enjoyment (after shedding the body).<\/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;That man is fit (<em>yukta\u1e25<\/em>), and is happy, who, even here, before deliverance from body, is able to resist the violence born of lust and anger.&#8217;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2018Even here before separation from body\u2019: means even during the prosecution of the Means of Salvation (i.e., during practice of yoga while yet in body).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Whoso, even then, is able, from the grateful experiences he may have of \u0101tma, to oppose the on-rush of desires and passions, he is said to be <em>yukta<\/em>=harmonized, or he who is fit to pursue yoga. And finds his sole bliss in \u0101tma-experience after departing from the body.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/5-24\">&gt;&gt; Chapter 5 verse 24<\/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 5 &lt;&lt; Chapter 5 verse 22 SlOkam \u2013 Original SaknOthIhaiva ya: sOdum prAk SarIravimOkshaNAth | kAmakrOdhOdhbhavam vEgam sa yuktha: sa sukhI nara: || word-by-word meaning SarIra vimOkshaNAth prAk &#8211; before shedding the body iha Eva &#8211; at this present time itself (i.e., in the &#8230; <a title=\"5.23 SaknOthIhaiva ya: sOdum\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/5-23\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about 5.23 SaknOthIhaiva ya: sOdum\">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-2461","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\/2461","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=2461"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2461\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}