{"id":3834,"date":"2017-02-18T21:56:06","date_gmt":"2017-02-18T21:56:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/?p=3834"},"modified":"2017-02-18T21:56:06","modified_gmt":"2017-02-18T21:56:06","slug":"9-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/9-18\/","title":{"rendered":"9.18 gathir bharthA prabhu: sAkshI"},"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\/9-17\">&lt;&lt; Chapter 9 verse 17<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>SlOkam \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/9-18-original\/\">Original<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><em>gathir bharthA prabhu: sAkshI nivAsa: SaraNam suhruth |<\/em><br \/>\n<em> prabhava: praLaya: sthAnam nidhAnam bhIjam avyayam ||<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>word-by-word meaning  <\/h3>\n<p>(asya jagatha &#8211; for the residents of this world)<br \/>\ngathi &#8211; the goal<br \/>\nbharthA &#8211; the chEthana (sentient being) who is the substratum<br \/>\nprabhu &#8211; the chEthana who controls<br \/>\nsAkshi &#8211; the chEthana who witnesses<br \/>\nnivAsa &#8211; residence etc where everyone resides<br \/>\nSaraNam &#8211; the chEthana who provides the necessities and removes the unwanted aspects<br \/>\nsuhruth &#8211; the chEthana who desires for the well-being<br \/>\nprabhava praLaya sthAnam &#8211; the abode of creation and dissolution<br \/>\nnidhAnam &#8211; appearing from this world and submerging into it<br \/>\navyayam bhIjam &#8211; the imperishable seed (for this world)<br \/>\n(aham Eva &#8211; I am only)<\/p>\n<h3>Simple Translation  <\/h3>\n<p>(I am only the) goal, chEthana (sentient being) who is the substratum, chEthana who controls, chEthana who witnesses, residence etc where everyone resides, chEthana who provides the necessities and removes the unwanted aspects, chEthana who desires for the well-being, abode of creation and dissolution, appearing from this world and submerging into it and imperishable seed for the residents of this 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;(I am) the Way, the Prop (or Spouse), the Master, the Witness, the Abode, the Refuge, the Friend; the Seat of evolution and dissolution, the Deposit, and the Imperishable Seed.&#8217;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Gati\u1e25<\/em>=That which is reached, or the several regions (of bliss) reached; the Way; the Goal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Bhart\u0101<\/em>=He who Supports, the Prop or the Stay (like the husband of the house); Or the Sustainer (like Gravitation).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Prabhu\u1e25<\/em>=The Master=the Ruler the Sovereign.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>S\u0101kshi<\/em>=The Witness or immediate Seer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Niv\u0101sa\u1e25<\/em>=The Abode or the Place where all things dwell.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>\u015aara\u1e47am<\/em>=The Refuge, or The Intelligent Being, to Whom souls may resort, for fulfilment of hopes and avoidance of evils.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Suh\u1e5bit<\/em>= Friend, or Who wishes all well.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Prabhava-pra\u1e37aya-sth\u0101nam<\/em>=The Seat, I am, of whatever comes into being, in whatever dissolves, and wherever these may happen.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Nidh\u0101nam<\/em>, That in which is deposited=the things that are born and disappear. Myself are they.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Avyayam bijam<\/em>=The Imperishable Seed, the Exhaustless Cause, wherever found.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/9-19\">&gt;&gt; Chapter 9 verse 19<\/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 17 SlOkam \u2013 Original gathir bharthA prabhu: sAkshI nivAsa: SaraNam suhruth | prabhava: praLaya: sthAnam nidhAnam bhIjam avyayam || word-by-word meaning (asya jagatha &#8211; for the residents of this world) gathi &#8211; the goal bharthA &#8211; the chEthana (sentient &#8230; <a title=\"9.18 gathir bharthA prabhu: sAkshI\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/9-18\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about 9.18 gathir bharthA prabhu: sAkshI\">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-3834","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\/3834","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=3834"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3834\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3834"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3834"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}