{"id":2760,"date":"2016-12-04T18:30:28","date_gmt":"2016-12-04T18:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/?p=2760"},"modified":"2016-12-04T18:30:28","modified_gmt":"2016-12-04T18:30:28","slug":"6-27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/6-27\/","title":{"rendered":"6.27 praSAnthamanasam hyEnam"},"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\/6-26\">&lt;&lt; Chapter 6 verse 26<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>SlOkam \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/6-27-original\/\">Original<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><em>praSAnthamanasam hyEnam yOginam sukham uththamam |<\/em><br \/>\n<em> upaithi SAntharajasam brahmabhUtham akalmasham ||<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>word-by-word meaning  <\/h3>\n<p>praSAntha manasam &#8211; having mind fixed (in AthmA, as said in previous SlOkam)<br \/>\nakalmasham &#8211; (as a result of that) being free from sins<br \/>\nSAntha rajasam &#8211; (as a result of that) being relieved of rajO guNam (passion)<br \/>\nbrahma bhUtham &#8211; (as a result of that) being positioned in the true nature of the self<br \/>\nyOginam &#8211; one who is engaged in Athma yOgam (yOga of self-enjoyment)<br \/>\nEnam &#8211; such person<br \/>\nuththamam sukham &#8211; the greatest bliss of self-enjoyment<br \/>\nupaithi hi &#8211; reaches him<\/p>\n<h3>Simple Translation  <\/h3>\n<p>The greatest bliss of self-enjoyment reaches one who is having a fixed mind on the self, who is free from sins, who is relieved of rajO guNam (passion), who is positioned in the true nature of the self and who is engaged in Athma yOgam (yOga of self-enjoyment).<\/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;Supreme bliss verily comes to that yogi whose mind has attained peace, whose <em>rajas<\/em>-nature has been calmed, who is stainless and <em>brahma<\/em>-like.&#8217;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2018Mind in peace\u2019 means: mind immovably fixed in \u0101tma, or mind placed in \u0101tma.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From this state, it (naturally) follows that the yogi has had all his stains or sins expunged.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This implies that the <em>rajas<\/em>-quality (or passion-nature) has been stilled down (or eradicated).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hence is he brahma-like. Brahma is \u0101tma. Brahma-like is to be re-established in his own true essence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To such a yogi (or one who has reached the pinnacle of meditation), comes exquisite transcendent felicity, <em>i.e.<\/em>, \u0101tma-beatitude.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Hi<\/em>, translated as \u2018verily\u2019, is an indeclinable particle, giving a reason; meaning that by reason of \u0101tma-nature being essentially blissful, (the yogi attains to it).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/6-28\">&gt;&gt; Chapter 6 verse 28<\/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 26 SlOkam \u2013 Original praSAnthamanasam hyEnam yOginam sukham uththamam | upaithi SAntharajasam brahmabhUtham akalmasham || word-by-word meaning praSAntha manasam &#8211; having mind fixed (in AthmA, as said in previous SlOkam) akalmasham &#8211; (as a result of that) being free &#8230; <a title=\"6.27 praSAnthamanasam hyEnam\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/6-27\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about 6.27 praSAnthamanasam hyEnam\">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-2760","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\/2760","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=2760"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2760\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2760"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}