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Chapter 7<\/a><\/p>\n << Chapter 7 verse 2<\/a><\/p>\n manushyANAm sahasrEshu kaScidhyathati sidhdhayE |<\/em> manushyANAm – among those who are qualified to learn SAsthram Only one\u00a0 among thousands of those who are qualified to learn SAsthram, tries continuously until attaining liberation. Only one among those thousands (who continuously pursue the path of perfection) truly knows me.<\/p>\n ‘One perchance amid a thousand mortals strives for perfection. Even of those who so strive for perfection, it is seldom one knows Me truly.’<\/span><\/p>\n Men are capable of acting in accordance with the behests of \u015a\u0101stra. Thousands may so act, but hardly one is found who will persevere till the end \u2014viz<\/em>: perfection,\u2014 is attained. Of thousands again, who may be found to be sustaining in their efforts to reach the goal, scarcely one is discovered, who, understanding Me, works through Me to perfection. Of thousands who may know Me, rarely one knows Me verily as I am. Not one, is meant. So it is declared further on thus:\u2014<\/span><\/p>\n (Sa mah\u0101tm\u0101 etc<\/em>).: \u2018That great-souled one is most hard to find\u2019 (VII-19<\/a>).<\/span><\/p>\n (M\u0101\u1e43 tu veda etc<\/em>) : \u2018But Me, not one knows\u2019 (VII-26<\/a>)[1. Vide Bh\u0101gavata, III-24-28: \u2018Bahujanma-vipakvena, \u2018samyag yoga-sa-m\u0101dhin\u0101, \u2018drashtum yatante yata-yah, \u2018\u015b\u016bny-\u0101gateshu yat padam.\u2019].<\/span><\/p>\n >> Chapter 7 verse 4<\/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 7 << Chapter 7 verse 2 SlOkam \u2013 Original manushyANAm sahasrEshu kaScidhyathati sidhdhayE | yathathAm api sidhdhAnAm kaSchin mAm vEththi thathvatha: || word-by-word meaning manushyANAm – among those who are qualified to learn SAsthram sahasrEshu – among thousands kaSchith – only one sidhdhayE yathathi … 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":[17,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3061","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chapter-7","category-simple"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3061","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=3061"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3061\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13541,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3061\/revisions\/13541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}SlOkam \u2013 Original<\/a><\/h3>\n
\n yathathAm api sidhdhAnAm kaSchin mAm vEththi thathvatha: ||<\/em><\/p>\nword-by-word meaning<\/h3>\n
\nsahasrEshu – among thousands
\nkaSchith – only one
\nsidhdhayE yathathi – tries continuously until attaining liberation
\nyathathAm sidhdhAnAm api – among those
\n(sahasrEshu) kaSchith – one (among thousands)
\nmAm – me
\nthathvatha: – truly
\nvEththi – knows<\/p>\nSimple Translation<\/h3>\n
Rendering based on ALkoNdavilli gOvindhAchArya swAmy\u2019s English translation of gIthA bhAshyam<\/h3>\n
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