{"id":3829,"date":"2017-02-18T21:35:34","date_gmt":"2017-02-18T21:35:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/?p=3829"},"modified":"2024-05-03T06:18:20","modified_gmt":"2024-05-03T06:18:20","slug":"9-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/9-17\/","title":{"rendered":"9.17 pithA\u2019ham asya jagathO"},"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\/9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chapter 9<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/9-16\">&lt;&lt; Chapter 9 verse 16<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>SlOkam \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/9-17-original\/\">Original<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><em>pithA\u2019ham asya jagathO mAthA dhAthA pithAmaha: | <\/em><br \/>\n<em> vEdhyam pavithram OmkAra rik sAma yajur Eva cha ||<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>word-by-word meaning<\/h3>\n<p>asya jagatha: &#8211; for these creatures [of the world]<br \/>\npithA &#8211; being the father<br \/>\nmAthA &#8211; the mother<br \/>\ndhAthA &#8211; (the other) chEthana (sentient being) who helps in creation<br \/>\npithAmaha &#8211; the grand father<br \/>\nvEdhyam pavithram &#8211; the purifying aspect to be learned from vEdham<br \/>\nOmkAra &#8211; the praNava (which gives knowledge)<br \/>\nrik sAma yaju cha &#8211; being the rig vEdha, sAma vEdha and yajur vEdha<br \/>\naham Eva &#8211; I am only<\/p>\n<h3>Simple Translation<\/h3>\n<p>I am only the father, mother, (the other) chEthana (sentient being) who helps in creation, grand father, purifying aspect to be learned from vEdham, praNava and rig vEdha, sAma vEdha and yajur vEdha for these creatures [of the world].<\/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;Of this Universe, I am the Father, the Mother, the Patriarch, the Grandsire; the Knowable, the Holy, the syllable \u2018Aum\u2019; also the Rik, the S\u0101ma, the Yajus.'[3. The three divisions of the Vedas=the <em>Tray\u012b<\/em>.]<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is Myself Who stand to this Universe, composed of moving and non-moving things, in the relation of Father, of Mother, of Patriarch and of Grandsire.[4. Cp: <em>Sub: Up:<\/em> 6: \u2018M\u0101t\u0101 Pit\u0101 Bhr\u0101t\u0101 Niv\u0101sa\u015b \u015aara\u1e47am Suh\u1e5bid Gatir N\u0101r\u0101ya\u1e47a\u1e25\u2019. About Motherhood of God, vide P: 747, Neely&#8217;s Hist: Part of Rel.]<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The term <em>Dh\u0101ta<\/em>=Patriarch, signifies that intelligent Original Progenitor Who is the Cause of birth, distinct from the immediate mother and father.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Whatever little, that by the Vedas is knowable, is Myself; and Myself am the Holy Sanctifier.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Indicator also, the <em>Pra\u1e47ava<\/em> (Aum), the Seed of the Vedas, is Myself.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Veda itself composed of Rik, S\u0101ma and Yajus, is Myself.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/9-18\">&gt;&gt; Chapter 9 verse 18<\/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 9 &lt;&lt; Chapter 9 verse 16 SlOkam \u2013 Original pithA\u2019ham asya jagathO mAthA dhAthA pithAmaha: | vEdhyam pavithram OmkAra rik sAma yajur Eva cha || word-by-word meaning asya jagatha: &#8211; for these creatures [of the world] pithA &#8211; being the father mAthA &#8211; the &#8230; <a title=\"9.17 pithA\u2019ham asya jagathO\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/9-17\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about 9.17 pithA\u2019ham asya jagathO\">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":[19,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3829","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chapter-9","category-simple"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3829","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=3829"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3829\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14026,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3829\/revisions\/14026"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}