{"id":3201,"date":"2016-12-21T23:26:25","date_gmt":"2016-12-21T23:26:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/?p=3201"},"modified":"2016-12-21T23:26:25","modified_gmt":"2016-12-21T23:26:25","slug":"7-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/7-13\/","title":{"rendered":"7.13 thribhir guNamayair bhAvair"},"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\/7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chapter 7<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/7-12\">&lt;&lt; Chapter 7 verse 12<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>SlOkam \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/7-13-original\/\">Original<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><em>thribhir guNamayair bhAvair Ebhi: sarvam idham jagath |<\/em><br \/>\n<em> mOhitham nAbhijAnAthi mAm Ebhya: param avyayam ||<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>word-by-word meaning  <\/h3>\n<p>sarvam idham jagath &#8211; all jIvAthmAs in this world<br \/>\nEbhi: thribhi: guNamayai: bhAvai: &#8211; by the objects which are of these three qualities (sathva, rajas, thamas)<br \/>\nmOhitham &#8211; confused<br \/>\nEbhya: param &#8211; superior to these<br \/>\navyayam &#8211; always unchanging<br \/>\nmAm &#8211; me<br \/>\nna abhijAnAthi &#8211; does not know<\/p>\n<h3>Simple Translation (based on puththUr krishNamAchArya swAmy\u2019s thamh translation)<\/h3>\n<p>All jIvAthmAs in this world being confused by the objects which are of these three qualities (sathva, rajas, thamas), do not know me who is superior to these and always unchanging.<\/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;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/beguile#English\">Beguiled<\/a> is the world by things possessed of these three qualities. That I am the Exhaustless, Superior to these, it knows not.&#8217;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All this Universe, abounding in objects animate and inanimate is Mine. At appointed periods, it emanates from Me, and at appointed periods, it immanates into Me. It is existent in Me alone, forming My body which I ensoul.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hence, I alone am the Ever-existent, both in potential and in kinetic conditions, (<em>i.e.<\/em>, I am both Cause and Effect). For all things constitute My body, and are related to Me as adjuncts. Whether I be considered as the Cause, or as Sovereign Lord (<em>\u015aeshi<\/em>) or as the Possesser of the countless hosts of Glorious attributes (<em>kaly\u0101\u1e47agu\u1e47ah<\/em>), and in many another manner, I am the Most Superior above all things. There is not a second who is fit to be so characterized.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>But the world knows Me not as such<\/em>, <em>i.e.<\/em>, knows Me not as above and beyond all <em>s\u0101tvika<\/em>, <em>r\u0101jasa<\/em> and <em>t\u0101masa<\/em> things; knows Me not as the Exalted Being possessed of the multitude of the extraordinary Blessed Qualities; knows Me not as That (joy) compared with which no other thing exists which can, the least, claim to any of the characteristics which constitute that Joy[1. Meaning is, that all delights are found in Me, the Brahm; for says <em>Chh: Up:<\/em> III-14-4: &#8216;Sarva-K\u0101mas sarva-Gandhas-sarva-Rasah. <em>Tait: Up\u00b0: \u0100ra\u1e47<\/em>: VII-1: \u2018Raso vai Sah\u2019 etc.].<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Avyaya<\/em>=The Exhaustless=The Infinite=The Changeless.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Though I am Such, the ignorant world, consisting of devas, man, animals, trees (etc)., fascinated by the trivial and ephemeral tri-quality-full objects, \u2014appearing as bodies and senses, adopted to furnish enjoyments to creatures according to the dispensations of old (prior) karmas\u2014 recognises Me not as Such.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(If Arjuna should ask:\u2014). \u2018How is it that, when You do exist\u2014the Immeasurable Beatitude, the Eternal, the Changeless, Who surpasses every delight that world-objects are capable of affording, \u2014(how is it) desire arises in all enjoying \u0101tmas for the most vulgar, gu\u1e47a-impregnated, and inconstant pleasures?\u2019, the answer is:\u2014<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/7-13-5\">&gt;&gt; Chapter 7 verse 13.5<\/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 7 &lt;&lt; Chapter 7 verse 12 SlOkam \u2013 Original thribhir guNamayair bhAvair Ebhi: sarvam idham jagath | mOhitham nAbhijAnAthi mAm Ebhya: param avyayam || word-by-word meaning sarvam idham jagath &#8211; all jIvAthmAs in this world Ebhi: thribhi: guNamayai: bhAvai: &#8211; by the objects which &#8230; <a title=\"7.13 thribhir guNamayair bhAvair\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/7-13\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about 7.13 thribhir guNamayair bhAvair\">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-3201","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\/3201","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=3201"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3201\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}