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Chapter 6<\/a><\/p>\n << Chapter 6 verse 45<\/a><\/p>\n thapasvibhyO’dhikO yOgI gyAnibhyO’pi mathOdhika: |<\/em> yOgI – yOga practitioner yOgi is thought to be greater than those who merely engage in penance; yOgi is thought to be greater than those who are knowledgeable in worldly matters; yOgi is thought to be greater than those who are engaged in merely performing karma (actions). Oh arjuna! Thus you shall become a yOgi.<\/p>\n ‘The yogi ranks higher than the tapasv\u012bs<\/em>, higher yet than the j\u00f1\u0101n\u012bs<\/em>; higher is he than the karm\u012bs<\/em>. Hence, Arjuna! become thou the yogi.’<\/span><\/p>\n As Yoga (or The<\/em> Path) leads to the highest aspiration of man, it is greater than what is attainable by the austere and ascetic mode of life (tapas<\/em>); greater than what is attainable by various kinds of knowledge[1. Ved\u0101nt\u0101ch\u0101rya says in T\u0101tparya-chandrika<\/em>: ‘Santi hi tat tad-yoga-\u015b\u0101strokt \u0101ni aupa-nishad-okt\u0101ni cha, devat\u0101ntara chandra-s\u016bry\u0101di-graha pran-en-driya-visha-y\u0101\u1e47i j\u00f1\u0101n\u0101ni’. Knowledge such as attaining psychic powers, or getting a knowledge of planets, the Sun, vital energy etc.] inferior to \u0101tma-knowledge, (this is the j\u00f1\u0101ni<\/em> meant here); greater even than what is attainable by performers of A\u015bvamedha[2. Lit: horse-sacrifices, a ceremony emblematic of the immolation of a horse, by a king ambitious of universal empire. See Yajur-Veda, 22nd to 25th Chapters. They are not real sacrifices, but emblematic ceremonies. After certain prayers have been recited, the victims are let loose without injury. If the animals are actually immolated, they are in turn said to wreak their vengeance on the Sacrificer. Vide, Bh\u0101gavata<\/em>; IV-28-26: \u2018tam yaj\u00f1\u0101-pa\u015bavo nena sa\u1e43 j\u00f1apt\u0101 ye day\u0101\u1e37un\u0101, ku\u1e6dh\u0101rai\u015b chicc\u1e25idu\u1e25 kruddh\u0101\u1e25 smaranto m\u012bvam asya yat.\u2019] and other Veda-writ ritualistic ceremonies (the karm\u012bs<\/em>).<\/span><\/p>\n Hence the yogi is superior to the tapasv\u012bs<\/em>, to the j\u00f1\u0101n\u012bs<\/em> and to the karm\u012bs<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n You, Arjuna!, become, therefore, this (kind of) yog\u012b.<\/span><\/p>\n So far, thus, the subject relating to (or how to acquire) \u0101tma-intuition (or \u0101tma-knowledge) as preliminary to the Higher knowledge (Para-vidy\u0101=God-intuition, or God-wisdom or Theosophy) propounded by Praj\u0101pati in the (Upanishad) passages, (Chh: Up. VIII-7, et seq:)[3. The reader is referred to R\u0101m\u0101nuja\u2019s Proem to Lec: III and the Table of Vidy\u0101s appended at end of Lec: III.], has been discoursed upon. The next verse [4. NOTE: Originally “This verse” in the printed version of this book referring to the following verse.] is a eulogy on this Higher Theosophy.<\/span><\/p>\n >> Chapter 6 verse 47<\/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 45 SlOkam \u2013 Original thapasvibhyO’dhikO yOgI gyAnibhyO’pi mathOdhika: | karmibhyASchAdhikO yOgI thasmAth yOgI bhavArjuna || word-by-word meaning yOgI – yOga practitioner thapasvibhya: adhika: (matha:) – is thought to be greater than those who merely engage in penance; (yOgI – … 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-2969","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\/2969","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=2969"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2969\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13342,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2969\/revisions\/13342"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}SlOkam \u2013 Original<\/a><\/h3>\n
\nkarmibhyASchAdhikO yOgI thasmAth yOgI bhavArjuna ||<\/em><\/p>\nword-by-word meaning <\/h3>\n
\nthapasvibhya: adhika: (matha:) – is thought to be greater than those who merely engage in penance;
\n(yOgI – yOga practitioner)
\ngyAnibhya: api – those who are knowledgeable in worldly matters
\nadhika: matha: – is thought to be greater than
\nyOgI – yOga practitioner
\nkarmibhya: cha – those who are engaged in merely performing karma (actions)
\nadhika: (matha:) – is thought to be greater than.
\narjuna – Oh arjuna!
\nthasmAth – Thus
\n(thvam – you)
\nyOgI bhava – become a yOgi.<\/p>\nSimple Translation <\/h3>\n
Rendering based on ALkoNdavilli gOvindhAchArya swAmy\u2019s English translation of gIthA bhAshyam<\/h3>\n
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