SrI:\u00a0 SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:\u00a0 SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:\u00a0 SrImath varavaramunayE nama:<\/small><\/p>\n
Chapter 10<\/a><\/p>\n << Chapter 10 verse 11<\/a><\/p>\n arjuna uvAcha arjuna uvAcha – Arjuna said Arjuna said, “Your highness is known as param brahma (the supreme brahman), param jyOthi (the supreme light) and as parama pAvana (the supremely pure) (in Sruthi\/vEdham).”<\/p>\n ‘Thou art the Supreme-Great, the Supernal Light, the Superbly Holy (Paramam-Pavitram).’<\/span><\/p>\n Thou art He Whom the \u015arutis proclaim as Param-brahma, Param-dh\u0101ma, and Paramam-Pavitram.<\/span><\/p>\n Parambrahma<\/em> or Supreme-Great is He as stated in:\u2014<\/span><\/p>\n \u2018Search for Him from Whom alone are all these beings born; by Whom the born live on; into Whom they enter and merge; He is Brahm\u2019.[1. Tait: Up\u00b0:<\/em> iii-1-1. \u2018Yato v\u0101 im\u0101ni bh\u016btani j\u0101yante, yena j\u0101t\u0101ni j\u012bvanti etc.]<\/span><\/p>\n \u2018The Brahma-knower attains the supreme (state)\u2019[2. Tait: Up\u00b0:<\/em> ii-1-1. \u2018Brahma-vid \u0101pnoti param\u2019.]<\/span><\/p>\n \u2018Is not he, the knower of Param-brahma, who verily becomes Brahm Himself?\u2019[3. Mu\u1e47\u1e0d: Up\u00b0:<\/em> iii-2-9. \u2018Sa yo ha vai tat Param-Brahma veda Brahmaiva bhavati.\u2019]<\/span><\/p>\n Similarly, Param-dh\u0101ma<\/em>[4. Mu\u1e47\u1e0d\u00b0: Up\u00b0:<\/em> iii-2-1. \u2018Sa vedaitat Paramam-dh\u0101ma\u2019.]= Param-jyoti\u1e25<\/em>=Supernal Light, as declared in:<\/span><\/p>\n \u2018Now, (where) above all this, the Supernal Divine Light shines forth\u2019.[5. Chh: Up\u00b0:<\/em> iii-13-7. \u2018Atha yad ata\u1e25 Divo Jyotir d\u012bpyate.\u2019]<\/span><\/p>\n \u2018Reaching the Supreme Light, one resurrects in his own essential nature.\u2019[6. Chh: Up:<\/em> viii-3-4. \u2018Param-Jyotir upasampadya svena r\u016bpe\u1e47a `bhinishpadyate.\u2019]<\/span><\/p>\n \u2018Him, the Light of lights, the devas etc.\u2019[7. i:Up\u00b0:<\/em> vi-4-6. \u2018Ta\u1e43 dev\u0101\u2014Jyotish\u0101m Jyotish\u2019.]<\/span><\/p>\n Similarly, Paramam-Pavitram<\/em>, the Superbly Holy or Sanctifier, or He Who purifies the devotee of all his sins, \u2014the sins of the past (P\u016brv-\u0101gha<\/em>) and the sins of the future (Uttar\u0101gha<\/em>). The \u015arutis say:\u2014<\/span><\/p>\n \u2018As water wets not the lotus-leaf, so do evil deeds cling not to him who understands thus.\u2019[8. Chh: Up:<\/em> iv-14-3. \u2018Yath\u0101 pushkara-pal\u0101\u015ba \u0101po na\u015blishyanta evam evam vidi p\u0101pam-karma na \u015blishyate.\u2019]<\/span><\/p>\n \u2018As the point of a reed (Ishik\u0101<\/em>) cast into the fire, is at once burnt, so do indeed the sins of him become consumed.\u2019[9. Chh: Up\u00b0:<\/em> v-24-3. \u2018Tad yat\u1e25esh\u012bk\u0101-t\u016blam agnau protam prad\u016b-yet-aiva\u1e43 ha`sya sarve p\u0101pm\u0101na\u1e25 prad\u016byante\u2019.]<\/span><\/p>\n \u2018N\u0101r\u0101ya\u1e47a is Param-brahma, N\u0101r\u0101ya\u1e47a is the Highest Truth, N\u0101r\u0101ya\u1e47a is the Supreme Light, N\u0101r\u0101ya\u1e47a is the Paramount \u0100tma.\u2019[10. Tait: Up: N\u0101r\u0101. 11. \u2018N\u0101r\u0101ya\u1e47a Param-brahma, tatvam N\u0101r\u0101ya\u1e47a\u1e25 para\u1e25, N\u0101r\u0101ya\u1e47a paro-jyotir \u0101tm\u0101 N\u0101r\u0101ya\u1e47ah parah\u2019.]<\/span><\/p>\n >> Chapter 10 verse 12 part 2<\/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 10 << Chapter 10 verse 11 SlOkam \u2013 Original arjuna uvAcha param brahma param dhAma pavithram paramam bhavAn | word-by-word meaning arjuna uvAcha – Arjuna said param brahma – as param brahma (the supreme brahman) param dhAma – as param jyOthi (the supreme light) … 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":[3,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4028","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chapter-10","category-simple"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4028","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=4028"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4028\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14269,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4028\/revisions\/14269"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}SlOkam \u2013 Original<\/a><\/h3>\n
\nparam brahma param dhAma pavithram paramam bhavAn |<\/em><\/p>\nword-by-word meaning<\/h3>\n
\nparam brahma – as param brahma (the supreme brahman)
\nparam dhAma – as param jyOthi (the supreme light)
\nparamam pavithram – known as parama pAvana (the supremely pure) (in Sruthi\/vEdham)
\nbhavAn – your highness<\/p>\nSimple Translation<\/h3>\n
Rendering based on ALkoNdavilli gOvindhAchArya swAmy\u2019s English translation of gIthA bhAshyam<\/h3>\n
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\npramAthA (preceptors) \u2013 http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org<\/a>
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