SrI:\u00a0 SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:\u00a0 SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:\u00a0 SrImath varavaramunayE nama:<\/small><\/p>\n
Chapter 9<\/a><\/p>\n << Chapter 9 verse 29<\/a><\/p>\n api chEth sudhurAchArO bhajathE mAm ananyabhAk |<\/em> su dhurAchAra api – even if he has very lowly characteristics\/conduct (This is because,) Even if one has very lowly characteristics\/conduct, if he worships me without desire for any other benefit, he is as good as the best among gyAnis; he deserves to be praised. This is because, he has very firm faith and attachment (in me).<\/p>\n ‘Even if one were of flagitiously<\/a> wicked ways, if he but pay Me exclusive worship, he is to be esteemed as virtuous; for he has verily steered aright.'[1. Vide Bh\u0101g<\/em>: III-33-7: ‘Ahobata \u015bvapacho etc.’ Cp: Bh: Gi:<\/em> IV-36; and IX-32.]<\/span><\/p>\n People are born of several castes, each caste having its own rules of conduct, whether of the mandatory or the prohibitory kind. Even if they should transgress those laws, they are deserving of being accounted as righteous men, if, in the manner aforesaid, they do but worship Me, with a worship exclusively devoted to Me. Such a person is to be esteemed or honored as a s\u0101dhu or the most staunchly eminent Vaish\u1e47ava; or to be classed as equal to those of My worshippers already mentioned.<\/span><\/p>\n But how is this possible? Because His (present) conduct or resolution is definitely settled in the right direction (viz<\/em>., of unswervingly worshipping Me). His firm attitude of mind consists in his implicit belief, \u2014which all cannot get\u2014 that \u201cthe Lord alone is the Cause of the infinite Kosmos, the Para-brahma, N\u0101r\u0101ya\u1e47a, the Ruler of movable and immovable things, \u2018My own\u2019 Sovereign Lord, \u2018My\u2019 Teacher, \u2018My\u2019 friend, and \u2018My\u2019 Object of supreme delight.\u201d Such a man is hence a good or righteous man.<\/span><\/p>\n He is also to be honored, or, in other words, he is not an object to be lightly regarded, on account of any slight derelictions from the institutes of his caste, inasmuch as all his attention and effort are co-centred on the kind of worship aforesaid. He is thus to be more honored.<\/span><\/p>\n But if it be objected, that transgression of customary laws (of caste), must impede the further and further development of the flow of God-devotion, as in the manner declared in the \u015aruti:\u2014 \u2018He shall not attain Him, who has not ceased from wickedness, who is not free from passions, whose mind is distracted, and engrossed with manifold occupation, even though he may possess knowledge (of Brahm)\u2019[1. Kath: Up: II-24 \u2018N\u0101virato du\u015bcharitan n\u0101\u015b\u0101nto n\u0101sam\u0101hita\u1e25, n\u0101\u015b\u0101nta-m\u0101naso v\u0101`pi praj\u00f1\u0101ne-nainam \u0101pnuy\u0101t.\u2019], the answer is:\u2014<\/span><\/p>\n >> Chapter 9 verse 31<\/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 9 << Chapter 9 verse 29 SlOkam \u2013 Original api chEth sudhurAchArO bhajathE mAm ananyabhAk | sAdhur Eva sa manthavya: samyag vyavasithO hi sa: || word-by-word meaning su dhurAchAra api – even if he has very lowly characteristics\/conduct mAm – in me ananyabhAk – … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3913","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\/3913","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=3913"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3913\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}SlOkam \u2013 Original<\/a><\/h3>\n
\n sAdhur Eva sa manthavya: samyag vyavasithO hi sa: ||<\/em><\/p>\nword-by-word meaning <\/h3>\n
\nmAm – in me
\nananyabhAk – without desire for any other benefit
\nbhajathE chEth – if he worships me
\nsa: – he
\nsAdhu Eva – as good as the best among gyAnis;
\nmanthavya: – he deserves to be praised.<\/p>\n
\nsa: – He
\nsamyak – very
\nvyavasitha hi – has firm faith and attachment (in me).<\/p>\nSimple Translation <\/h3>\n
Rendering based on ALkoNdavilli gOvindhAchArya swAmy\u2019s English translation of gIthA bhAshyam<\/h3>\n
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