{"id":2570,"date":"2016-11-27T17:28:08","date_gmt":"2016-11-27T17:28:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/?p=2570"},"modified":"2016-11-27T17:28:08","modified_gmt":"2016-11-27T17:28:08","slug":"6-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/6-8\/","title":{"rendered":"6.8 gyAnavigyAnathrupthAthmA"},"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\/6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chapter 6<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/6-7\">&lt;&lt; Chapter 6 verse 7<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>SlOkam \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/6-8-original\/\">Original<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><em>gyAnavigyAnathrupthAthmA kUtasthO vijithEndhriya: |<\/em><br \/>\n<em> yuktha ithyuchyathE yOgI samaloshtrASmakAnchana: ||<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>word-by-word meaning  <\/h3>\n<p>gyAna vigyAna thrupthAthmA &#8211; having a mind which is content with knowledge and greater knowledge<br \/>\nkUtastha: &#8211; being firmly placed on the pure AthmA<br \/>\nvijithEndhriya: &#8211; having conquered his sensory organs<br \/>\nsama lOshtASma kAnchana: &#8211; being equally disposed towards a block of soil, stone and gold<br \/>\nyOgI &#8211; karma yOgi<br \/>\nyukta: ithi uchyathE &#8211; is said to be qualified for this practice [of yOga] in the form of Self-realization.<\/p>\n<h3>Simple Translation  <\/h3>\n<p>karma yOgi who is having a mind which is content with knowledge and greater knowledge, who is being firmly placed on the pure AthmA, who has conquered his sensory organs, who is equally disposed towards a block of soil, stone and gold, is said to be qualified for this practice [of yOga] in the form of Self-realization.<\/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 (karma-)yogi is fit for yoga (<em>yukta\u1e25<\/em>), whose mind is content with knowledge and higher knowledge; who is constant; who has conquered the senses; and who looketh equally on a clod, a stone and on gold.[1. Cp, <a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/14-24\/\">Bh: Gi: XIV-24<\/a>.]&#8217;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>J\u00f1\u0101na<\/em> is knowledge or wisdom concerning the nature of \u0101tma. <em>Vij\u00f1\u0101na<\/em> is higher knowledge concerning \u0101tma as contrasted with (the nature of) matter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>T\u1e5bipt-\u0101tm\u0101<\/em>: is he whose sole contentment abides in these two kinds of knowledge.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>K\u016btastha\u1e25<\/em> = He who is constant, or who remains perpetually unchanging amidst the ever varying phenomenal conditions such as the conditioned form-existences as the being the <em>devas<\/em>, etc. (He who contemplates on such <em>stable<\/em> nature of \u0101tma is <em>k\u016btastha\u1e25<\/em>). Hence he is, <em>vijiten-driya\u1e25<\/em>, or he who has brought the senses under complete subjugation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Sama-losht-\u0101\u015bma-k\u0101\u00f1chana\u1e25<\/em>=He to whom, a clod (of earth), (a piece of) stone, or (a bit of) gold are all of equal value, for when once \u0101tma has been realised in its distinctive nature from matter, all material objects cease to have for him any pleasure-giving importance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That karma-yogi, to whom all material objects, clod, stone, gold etc., are of equal worth, is said to be <em>yukta\u1e25<\/em>, meaning that he is fit to practise meditation leading to \u0101tma-vision.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Also:\u2014<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/6-9\">&gt;&gt; Chapter 6 verse 9<\/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 6 &lt;&lt; Chapter 6 verse 7 SlOkam \u2013 Original gyAnavigyAnathrupthAthmA kUtasthO vijithEndhriya: | yuktha ithyuchyathE yOgI samaloshtrASmakAnchana: || word-by-word meaning gyAna vigyAna thrupthAthmA &#8211; having a mind which is content with knowledge and greater knowledge kUtastha: &#8211; being firmly placed on the pure AthmA &#8230; <a title=\"6.8 gyAnavigyAnathrupthAthmA\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/6-8\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about 6.8 gyAnavigyAnathrupthAthmA\">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":[16,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chapter-6","category-simple"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2570","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=2570"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2570\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}