SrI:\u00a0 SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:\u00a0 SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:\u00a0 SrImath varavaramunayE nama:<\/small><\/p>\n
Chapter 7<\/a><\/p>\n << Chapter 7 verse 16<\/a><\/p>\n thEshAm gyAni nithyayuktha Ekabhakthir viSishyathE |<\/em> thEshAm – among these four Among these four, the gyAni who is always united with me and is exclusively devoted to me is the best. For such gyAni, I am very dear and he too is dear to me.<\/p>\n ‘Of these, the j\u00f1\u0101ni is distinguished, as the ever-united and single-loving. Very dear indeed am I to the j\u00f1\u0101ni; he also is dear to Me.’<\/span><\/p>\n Of these four classes, the j\u00f1\u0101ni<\/em> or the God-lover is the most distinguished, for he is, nitya-yukta\u1e25<\/em> and eka-bhakti\u1e25<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n Nitya-yukta\u1e25<\/em>=ever-united, i.e.<\/em>, ever-united to Me, by reason of My being his sole Goal. Others establish relations with Me only so long as their objects of desire are gained [or classes (1), (2), (3), verse 16<\/a>, ante].<\/span><\/p>\n Eka-bhakti\u1e25<\/em>=single-loving, i.e.<\/em>, I am to the j\u00f1\u0101ni<\/em>, his exclusively single Object of love; to the others, their love for Me has but the motive of gaining their several objects of desire, using Me as but the means by which to gain them.<\/span><\/p>\n Hence the j\u00f1\u0101ni<\/em> is My Elect.<\/span><\/p>\n And what is more?:\u2014<\/span><\/p>\n To the j\u00f1\u0101ni<\/em>, I am the Object of his most passionate love. Atyartha<\/em>=most, means beyond description or beyond utterance or expression.[1. Cp: the striking parallel to Bhakti<\/em> in the words of St: Augustine: “Quid est credere in Deum ? credend amare, credendo diligere, credendo in eurn ire, et ejus membris incorporari.” Meaning: what is to believe in God? Believing is loving (with passionate warmth =the love of emotion<\/em>); Believing is loving (with reasoned attachment – the love of esteem<\/em>): Believing is to pass in to Him, to be incorporated with his members.] The j\u00f1\u0101ni’s<\/em> love for Me is so deep and abundant,\u2014so it is meant\u2014that even for Me, the Omniscient and Omnipotent, it is difficult to fathom.<\/span><\/p>\n His love (for Me) can have no limits assigned to it, as in the case of Prahl\u0101da,\u2014the pre-eminent among the j\u00f1\u0101nis<\/em>,\u2014of whom it is said:\u2014<\/span><\/p>\n ‘Though bitten by huge snakes, he did not know (or feel) he had a body; so much was his mind devotionally immersed in K\u1e5bish\u1e47a; so transported by rapture induced by incessant recollections of Him'[2. Vish\u1e47u-pur\u0101\u1e47a<\/em>: I-17-39. \u2018Satv\u0101sakta mati\u1e25 K\u1e5bish\u1e47e dasyam\u0101no mahoragaih, na vived-\u0101tmano g\u0101tram tat-smrity-\u0101hl\u0101da-samsthita\u1e25\u2019.].<\/span><\/p>\n He also<\/em>[3. Also<\/em> has here the force: ‘My<\/em> love to him is cool compared with the warmth and intensity of his<\/em> love to Me. Or, it is impossible, even for Me<\/em>, to sufficiently reciprocate his love for Me’.] is similarly loved by<\/em> Me.<\/span><\/p>\n >> Chapter 7 verse 18<\/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 16 SlOkam \u2013 Original thEshAm gyAni nithyayuktha Ekabhakthir viSishyathE | priyO hi gyAninO\u2019thyartham aham sa cha mama priya: || word-by-word meaning thEshAm – among these four nithya yuktha: – one who is always united with me Ekabhakthi: – exclusively … 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-3302","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\/3302","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=3302"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3302\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}SlOkam \u2013 Original<\/a><\/h3>\n
\n priyO hi gyAninO\u2019thyartham aham sa cha mama priya: ||<\/em><\/p>\nword-by-word meaning <\/h3>\n
\nnithya yuktha: – one who is always united with me
\nEkabhakthi: – exclusively devoted to me
\ngyAnI – the gyAni
\nviSishyathE – is best
\naham – I
\ngyAnina: – for such gyAni
\nathyartham priya: – very dear
\nsa: cha – he too
\nmama – for me
\npriya: – dear<\/p>\nSimple Translation <\/h3>\n
Rendering based on ALkoNdavilli gOvindhAchArya swAmy\u2019s English translation of gIthA bhAshyam<\/h3>\n
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