SrI:\u00a0 SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:\u00a0 SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:\u00a0 SrImath varavaramunayE nama:<\/small><\/p>\n
Chapter 9<\/a><\/p>\n << Chapter 9 verse 32<\/a><\/p>\n kim punar brAhmaNA: puNyA bhakthA rAjarshayas thathA | <\/em> puNyA: – taken such births due to previous puNyas (virtuous deeds) (that they will attain liberation) (Hence) Is it necessary to explain that those brAhmaNas (the priestly class) and rAjarshis (kingly sages) who have taken such births due to previous puNyas (virtuous deeds) will attain liberation if they engage in devotion towards me? Hence due to being present in this world which is temporary and filled with sorrow, engage in devotion towards me.<\/p>\n ‘Why doubt then, about the merit-full loving br\u0101hma\u1e47as and king-saints. Do you, who are in this transient and joyless world, worship Me'[1. Vide Bh\u0101g<\/em>: II-7-4: Te vai vidanty etc.\u2019].<\/span><\/p>\n By putting trust in Me, even women[2. Editor’s note: Women are mentioned here for a couple of reasons. One is that there is suffering\/pain involved with female bodies with the monthly cycles and tremendous pain giving birth (often in the old days to 10+ children), etc. Secondly along the same lines as mentioned in the above note 1, \u015a\u0101stras don\u2019t prescribe Sastrokta upaya anushthana (Up\u0101sana, practice of formal means for Moksha) for women. Nevertheless, women (as better-halves) automatically achieve liberation along with their husbands by dint of their husbands\u2019 spiritual progress alone, or by themselves taking refuge in the Lord and becoming His devotees as mentioned in this verse. It is also worth mentioning here that in Hinduism, women are held in the highest regard. Taittir\u012bya Upanishad teaches \u201cmatrudevo bhava, pitrudevo bhava, acharyadevo bhava, atithidevo bhava\u201d, which literally means \u201cbe one for whom the Mother is God (God\u2019s representative to be precise), be one for whom the Father is God, be one for whom the Teacher is God, be one for whom the guest is God.\u201d, because every being receives nourishing\/nurturing\/love from one\u2019s mother primarily, while receiving protection and support from one\u2019s father primarily, etc.<\/em>], the vai\u015byas, (or the trading [or farming] class who, by the very nature of their calling, commit sin, [in terms of inadvertent killing of insects, etc., while farming, etc.])[2. Editor’s note: These sins can be gotten rid of by unselfish performance of work.] (see footnote 2 below) or the \u015a\u016bdras (services class), though sin-born[3. Editor’s note: \u201csin-born\u201d is to be understood on multiple levels. At a very general\/basic level every living being in this material world is sin-born since there\u2019s much suffering in this world. At a higher level, in the context at hand, \u201csin-born\u201d because of past Karma (p\u0101pa\/bad) resulting in births with certain limitations in terms of formal\/ready opportunities for spiritual advancement in the environments one is born into. For example, Up\u0101sana (formal means for moksha) aren\u2019t prescribed for \u015audras. While Up\u0101sana are available for Vaisyas, Satra y\u0101ga isn\u2019t available. But Lord Krishna is saying here that, these limitations are of no consequence in that, by taking refuge in Him, by becoming His devotees (as detailed in the Itih\u0101s\u0101s and Pur\u0101\u1e47\u0101s) all (regardless of caste, gender, etc.) can attain moksha. Here\u2019s a case of the tables turned whereby the so-called virtue-born (such as Brahmanas) tend to slog along so many formal paths for Moksha (Up\u0101san\u0101), while the same Moksha is easily and readily obtained by the so-called \u201csin-born\u201d by simply taking refuge in the Lord and becoming His devotees. Indeed Brahmanas that have realized this feel inferior to others in this regard as related in Ramanuja\u2019s Ten Words<\/a>. In the grand scheme of things, both p\u0101pa (bad karma) and punya (good karma) are fetters (impediments) to Moksha. One is an iron fetter and the other a gold fetter but it doesn\u2019t matter, just like how it doesn\u2019t matter whether the prison walls are made of gold or iron.<\/em>] (see footnote 4 below), do yet go to the supreme state. While so, that well-born br\u0101hma\u1e47as (priest-class) and king-saints are established in My love, need not be questioned.<\/span><\/p>\n Joyless world<\/em>: because it is stricken with the three-fold afflictions (t\u0101pa<\/em>);[2. The three kinds of sufferings man is subject to, viz<\/em>,, \u0101dhy-\u0101tmika= self-caused, \u0101dhi-bhautika=those arising from the external world, and \u0101dhi-daivika=providential visitations.] and it is fleeting.<\/span><\/p>\n You (Arjuna)! are a king-saint and are living in such a world. Do you worship Me.<\/span><\/p>\n The nature of bhakti<\/em> (God-love) is thus described:\u2014<\/span><\/p>\n >> Chapter 9 verse 34<\/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 32 SlOkam \u2013 Original kim punar brAhmaNA: puNyA bhakthA rAjarshayas thathA | anithyam asukham lOkam imam prApya bhajasva mAm || word-by-word meaning puNyA: – taken such births due to previous puNyas (virtuous deeds) brAhmaNA: – brAhmaNas (the priestly class) … 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-3926","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\/3926","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=3926"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3926\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}SlOkam \u2013 Original<\/a><\/h3>\n
\n anithyam asukham lOkam imam prApya bhajasva mAm ||<\/em><\/p>\nword-by-word meaning <\/h3>\n
\nbrAhmaNA: – brAhmaNas (the priestly class)
\nrAjarshaya thathA – rAjarishis (kingly sages)
\nbhakthA: – if they engage in devotion towards me<\/p>\n
\nkim puna: – is it necessary to explain?<\/p>\n
\nanithyam – temporary
\nasukham – filled with sorrow
\nimam lOkam – this world
\nprApya – due to being present in
\nmAm bhajasva – engage in devotion towards me<\/p>\nSimple Translation <\/h3>\n
Rendering based on ALkoNdavilli gOvindhAchArya swAmy\u2019s English translation of gIthA bhAshyam<\/h3>\n
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