{"id":3496,"date":"2017-01-05T19:10:41","date_gmt":"2017-01-05T19:10:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/?p=3496"},"modified":"2017-01-05T19:10:41","modified_gmt":"2017-01-05T19:10:41","slug":"8-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/8-9\/","title":{"rendered":"8.9 kavim purANam anuSAsithAram"},"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\/8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chapter 8<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/8-8\">&lt;&lt; Chapter 8 verse 8<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>SlOkam \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/8-9-original\/\">Original<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><em>kavim purANam anuSAsithAram aNOr aNIyAmsam anusmarEdhya: |<\/em><br \/>\n<em> sarvasya dhAthAram achintyarUpam AdhithyavarNam thamasa: parasthAth ||<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>word-by-word meaning  <\/h3>\n<p>kavim &#8211; omniscient<br \/>\npurANam &#8211; ancient<br \/>\nanuSAsithAram &#8211; controls (all worlds)<br \/>\nanO: aNIyAmsam &#8211; smaller than the minute jIvAthmA<br \/>\nsarvasya dhAthAram &#8211; creator of all<br \/>\nachinthya rUpam &#8211; having inconceivable distinguished form<br \/>\nAdhithya varNam &#8211; shining brightly like the sun<br \/>\nthamasa: parasthAth &#8211; parama purusha, who is beyond the &#8220;mUla prakruthi&#8221; (primordial matter)<br \/>\nanusmarEth &#8211; one who meditates upon<\/p>\n<h3>Simple Translation  <\/h3>\n<p>One who meditates upon the parama purusha who is omniscient, ancient, the controller (of all worlds), smaller than the minute jIvAthmA, the creator of all, having inconceivable distinguished form, shining brightly like the sun and beyond the &#8220;mUla prakruthi&#8221; (primordial matter) &#8230;.<\/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;Whoso thinks on Him, The Omniscient, the Ancient, The Ruler, The Subtler of the subtile, the Creator of all, of Ineffable Form, of the Color of the sun[1. Cp. Purusha-s\u016bkta I-7. (Ved\u0101ham etam Purusham Mah\u0101ntam \u0100dityavar\u1e47am tamasas-tu p\u0101re &amp;c); <em>Chh: Up:<\/em> 1-6-6 (ya eshontar-\u0101ditye hira\u1e47 maya\u1e25 Purusho) &amp;c.], and the Beyond of tamas.&#8217;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/8-10\">&gt;&gt; Chapter 8 verse 10<\/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 8 &lt;&lt; Chapter 8 verse 8 SlOkam \u2013 Original kavim purANam anuSAsithAram aNOr aNIyAmsam anusmarEdhya: | sarvasya dhAthAram achintyarUpam AdhithyavarNam thamasa: parasthAth || word-by-word meaning kavim &#8211; omniscient purANam &#8211; ancient anuSAsithAram &#8211; controls (all worlds) anO: aNIyAmsam &#8211; smaller than the minute jIvAthmA &#8230; <a title=\"8.9 kavim purANam anuSAsithAram\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/8-9\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about 8.9 kavim purANam anuSAsithAram\">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-3496","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\/3496","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=3496"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3496\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}