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Chapter 8<\/a><\/p>\n << Chapter 8 verse 9<\/a><\/p>\n prayANakAlE manasA’chalEna bhakthyA yukthO yOgabalEna chaiva |<\/em> bhaktyA yuktha: – with bhakthi … whosoever with bhakthi, with the strength of such [bhakthi] yOga and with the heart that is not chasing lowly pleasures, during the last moments, at the time of death, holding the vital life air in between the eye-brows, meditates well upon that divine supreme purusha (supreme lord) only, he attains that supreme purusha only (implies that he attains the wealth that is similar to that of such parama purusha).<\/p>\n ‘With, at time of departure, unwavering mind united to Bhakti, (God-love) and fortified by Yoga (meditation); and with Pr\u0101\u1e47a well drawn in between the brows; (he) reaches that Purusha, Divine.’<\/span><\/p>\n Kavim<\/em>=Sage<\/em>=Sarvaj\u00f1am<\/em>=Him, who is Omniscient.<\/span><\/p>\n Pur\u0101\u1e47am<\/em>=The Ancient or Primeval.<\/span><\/p>\n Anus\u0101sit\u0101ram<\/em>=The Ruler or Law-Giver of the Universe.<\/span><\/p>\n A\u1e47or-a\u1e47\u012by\u0101msam<\/em>=The Minutose of the minute, or the Subtler than the subtile \u0101tma (j\u012bv-\u0101tma<\/em>).<\/span><\/p>\n Sarvasya-dh\u0101t\u0101ram<\/em>=The Creator of all.<\/span><\/p>\n Achintya-r\u016bpam<\/em>=Possessing a Form inconceivable, i.e.<\/em>, not conceivable by comparison with other things conceivable, or Form transcendental; and Sun-Colored, or resplendently glorious as (for example) the Sun is; and beyond tamas<\/em> (tamas<\/em>=darkness=matter) meaning : possessing a metaphysical transcendant luminous divine Form, beyond our limited conception.<\/span><\/p>\n Whoso, with mind made steady and strengthened by the daily practice of meditative devotion (Bhakti-yukta-yoga-balena<\/em>) gathers up, at the time of death, the pr\u0101\u1e47a or life-breath at the point between the brows; and intently thinks at that place, of the Purusha Divine (or Spirit of God in the way described), goes to Himself, or achieves a state equal to Divinity; i.e., will become possessed of a power and glory such as those pertaining to Divinity Itself.<\/span><\/p>\n Next is described the mode of meditation, to be adopted by the \u0101tma-seeker (Kaivaly-\u0101rthi<\/em> or jij\u00f1\u0101su).<\/span><\/p>\n >> Chapter 8 verse 11<\/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 9 SlOkam \u2013 Original prayANakAlE manasA’chalEna bhakthyA yukthO yOgabalEna chaiva | bhruvOr madhyE prANam AveSya samyak sa tham param purusham upaithi dhivyam || word-by-word meaning bhaktyA yuktha: – with bhakthi yOga balEna – with the strength of such [bhakthi] … 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-3500","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\/3500","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=3500"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3500\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13656,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3500\/revisions\/13656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3500"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3500"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}SlOkam \u2013 Original<\/a><\/h3>\n
\n bhruvOr madhyE prANam AveSya samyak sa tham param purusham upaithi dhivyam ||<\/em><\/p>\nword-by-word meaning <\/h3>\n
\nyOga balEna – with the strength of such [bhakthi] yOga
\nachalEna manasA – with the heart that is not chasing lowly pleasures
\nprayANa kAlE – during the last moments, at the time of death
\nbhruvO: madhyE prANam AvESya – holding the vital life air in between the eye-brows
\nya: – whosoever
\ndhivyam param purusham – that divine parama purusha (supreme lord)
\nsamyak anusmarEth – meditates upon well
\nsa: – he
\ntham Eva – that supreme purusha only
\nupaithi – attains (implies that he attains the wealth that is similar to that of such parama purusha).<\/p>\nSimple Translation <\/h3>\n
Rendering based on ALkoNdavilli gOvindhAchArya swAmy\u2019s English translation of gIthA bhAshyam<\/h3>\n
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