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Chapter 8<\/a><\/p>\n << Chapter 8 verse 2<\/a><\/p>\n SrI bhagavAn uvAcha SrI bhagavAn uvAcha – Shri Krishna said Shri Krishna said, ‘ “brahma” is the AthmA which is relieved from any connection to matter; “adhyAthmam” is\u00a0 nothing but matter; the act of emission (of male sperm into female ovary) for procreation is called “karma”. ‘<\/p>\n The blest Bhagav\u0101n responded thus:-<\/span><\/p>\n ‘The superior, imperishable (akshara<\/em>=\u0101tm\u0101), is Brahma; nature (svabh\u0101va<\/em>) is called Adhy\u0101tma; and that act of emission by which beings are brought forth is signified as Karma.’<\/span><\/p>\n What is designated as Tad-brahma<\/em> is the superior-indestructible (soul=paramam aksharam<\/em>). Aksharam<\/em> is that which is not subject to decay, and is the collective name for kshetraj\u00f1as<\/em> (the informers of uninformed matter-stuff= matter-joined souls). So declare such \u015aruti\u2014texts as :<\/span><\/p>\n \u2018Avyakta<\/em> (indiscernible compound of spirit-matter) merges into akshara<\/em> (the indivisible compound), akshara<\/em> into tamas (the impartite compound).\u2019[1. Sub: Up\u00b0<\/em>: Avyaktam akshare l\u012byate, aksharam tamasi l\u012byate.Tamas<\/em>=chaos.]<\/span><\/p>\n And Paramam aksharam<\/em>, the superior-indestructible (or indivisible) is \u0101tma-nature, divorced or disengaged from prak\u1e5biti<\/em> (or akshara<\/em>=the spirit-matter amalgam).<\/span><\/p>\n \u2018Svabh\u0101va<\/em>=Nature, is called adhy\u0101tma<\/em>.\u2019 The term adhy\u0101tma<\/em> signifies Nature=matter, or that subtle elemental stuff and its accompanying erratic tendencies \u2014the non-soul which adheres to soul, and which is referred to in the Panch-\u0101gni-vidy\u0101<\/em>[2. The subtile quintuple process, the last of which becomes the seminal fluid. It is the evolution of the soul in subtle matter, by a five-fold condensation or concentration. This is a spiritual descent into embodiment, called the Sacrifice of the Five Fires, Both these (akshara<\/em> and adhy\u0101tma<\/em>) have to be known by the emancipation-seekers (mumukshu<\/em>), \u2014the one akshara<\/em> (soul) as that which is worthy of election, and adhy\u0101tma<\/em> (matter) as that which is worthy of rejection.<\/span><\/p>\n Next is karma<\/em>, \u2014act, \u2014referring to that emittive act which results in the (final) fashioning out of creatures, the becoming human etc, \u2014(embodied states). The emittive act (visarga<\/em>) which results into this state, is the act of intercourse with the female. The \u015aruti declares :\u2014’The waters sacrificed in the fifth (fire=woman) \u2014comes to be called purusha<\/em> (embodied soul)\u2019.[3. Chh: Up:<\/em> \u2018Pa\u00f1cham\u0101m \u0101hu-t\u0101v-\u0101pa\u1e25 purusha-vachaso Charanti\u2019. vide<\/em> Bha: Vish:<\/em> p: 1384,\u2019.] This act is called karma<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n This karma<\/em> as well as akshara<\/em> and adhy\u0101tma<\/em> are requisites of knowledge, to the moksha-seeker, so that by that knowledge he may know that he is to dread what it signifies and desist from involving himself in that which is worthy of rejection.<\/span><\/p>\n So teaches G\u012bta further on (Yadicchanto etc<\/em>): \u2018That, desiring, they observe (the vow of) Brahmacharya\u2019 (VIII-11<\/a>).<\/span><\/p>\n >> Chapter 8 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 8 << Chapter 8 verse 2 SlOkam \u2013 Original SrI bhagavAn uvAcha aksharam brahma paramam svabhAvO\u2019dhyAthmam uchyathE | bhUthabhAvOdhbhavakarO visarga: karmasamgyitha: || word-by-word meaning SrI bhagavAn uvAcha – Shri Krishna said brahma – “brahma” is paramam aksharam – the AthmA which is relieved from … 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":[18,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chapter-8","category-simple"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3444","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=3444"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3444\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13554,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3444\/revisions\/13554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}SlOkam \u2013 Original<\/a><\/h3>\n
\naksharam brahma paramam svabhAvO\u2019dhyAthmam uchyathE | <\/em>
\nbhUthabhAvOdhbhavakarO visarga: karmasamgyitha: ||<\/em><\/p>\nword-by-word meaning<\/h3>\n
\nbrahma – “brahma” is
\nparamam aksharam – the AthmA which is relieved from any connection to matter;
\nadhyAthmam – “adhyAthmam” is
\nsvabhAva: uchyathE – nothing but matter;
\nbhUthabhAva udhbhavakara: visarga: – the act of emission (of male sperm into female ovary)\u00a0 for procreation
\nkarma samgyitha: – is called “karma”.<\/p>\nSimple Translation<\/h3>\n
Rendering based on ALkoNdavilli gOvindhAchArya swAmy\u2019s English translation of gIthA bhAshyam<\/h3>\n
\nVide Chh: Up\u00b0:<\/em> v-3 to 10 for a description.], as that which has to be known (by the aspirants).<\/span><\/p>\n
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