SrI:\u00a0 SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:\u00a0 SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:\u00a0 SrImath varavaramunayE nama:<\/small><\/p>\n
Chapter 6<\/a><\/p>\n << Chapter 6 verse 25<\/a><\/p>\n yathO yathO niScharathi manaS chanchalam asthiram |<\/em> chanchalam – being naturally fickle Being naturally fickle, not firmly engaging in (matters related to AthmA), mind is seeking about those aspects (worldly desires) due to attachment in them; one should captivate such mind in AthmA only (by the constant meditation of “This AthmA is more joyful than everything else”), turning it away from those aspects.<\/p>\n ‘From there and there to wherever else the fickle, unsteady mind rambles, it shall again be forced back and placed under the power of \u0101tma alone.’<\/span><\/p>\n Wherever the mind, by nature fickle, and refusing to stay in \u0101tma, wanders out to cling to its cherished objects, let effort be made to withdraw it therefrom, and rested in \u0101tma, persuading it to believe (or think) that therein is found supreme happiness.<\/span><\/p>\n >> Chapter 6 verse 27<\/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 6 << Chapter 6 verse 25 SlOkam \u2013 Original yathO yathO niScharathi manaS chanchalam asthiram | thathas thathO niyamyaithadh AthmanyEva vaSam nayEth || word-by-word meaning chanchalam – being naturally fickle asthiram – not firmly engaging in (matters related to AthmA) mana: – mind yatha: … 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-2756","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\/2756","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=2756"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2756\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13011,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2756\/revisions\/13011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}SlOkam \u2013 Original<\/a><\/h3>\n
\n thathas thathO niyamyaithadh AthmanyEva vaSam nayEth ||<\/em><\/p>\nword-by-word meaning<\/h3>\n
\nasthiram – not firmly engaging in (matters related to AthmA)
\nmana: – mind
\nyatha: yatha: – due to attachment in those aspects (worldly desires)
\nniScharathi – seeking about
\nthatha: thatha: – from those aspects
\nEthath niyamya – turning away with genuine efforts
\nAthmani Eva – in AthmA only
\nvaSam nayEth – should captivate (by the constant meditation of “This AthmA is more joyful than everything else”)<\/p>\nSimple Translation<\/h3>\n
Rendering based on ALkoNdavilli gOvindhAchArya swAmy\u2019s English translation of gIthA bhAshyam<\/h3>\n
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