{"id":4334,"date":"2017-05-25T01:30:45","date_gmt":"2017-05-25T01:30:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/?p=4334"},"modified":"2017-05-25T01:30:45","modified_gmt":"2017-05-25T01:30:45","slug":"11-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/11-20\/","title":{"rendered":"11.20 dhyAvApruthivyOr idham antharam hi"},"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\/11\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chapter 11<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/11-19\">&lt;&lt; Chapter 11 verse 19<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>SlOkam \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/11-20-original\/\">Original<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><em>dhyAvApruthivyOr idham antharam hi vyAptham thvayaikEna dhiSaS cha sarvA: |<\/em><br \/>\n<em> dhrushtvAdbhutham rUpam ugram thavEdham lOkathrayam pravyathitham mahAthman ||<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>word-by-word meaning  <\/h3>\n<p>dhyAvApruthivyO: idham antharam &#8211; the space between the higher worlds and lower worlds<br \/>\nsarvA dhiSaS cha &#8211; all directions<br \/>\nthvayA EkEna &#8211; by you only<br \/>\nvyAptham hi &#8211; haven&#8217;t been pervaded?<br \/>\nmahAthman &#8211; Oh one with unlimited will!<br \/>\nthava &#8211; your<br \/>\nidham ugram adhbhutham rUpam dhrushtvA &#8211; seeing this amazingly fierce divine form<br \/>\nlOka thrayam &#8211; three types of people [the favourable ones, unfavourable ones and the unconcerned ones]<br \/>\npravyathitham &#8211; have become fearful<\/p>\n<h3>Simple Translation  <\/h3>\n<p>Haven&#8217;t the space between the higher worlds and lower worlds, and all directions been pervaded by you only? Oh one with unlimited will! Seeing this amazingly fierce divine form of yours, the three types of people [the favourable ones, unfavourable ones and the unconcerned ones] of this world, have become fearful.<\/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;Indeed, is the interval between the heavens<br \/>\n(above) and earth (below), and every direction, filled by Yourself alone. At sight of this, \u2014Your Marvellous Awful Form\u2014 all the Three Worlds, O Great Soul! are panic-struck.&#8217;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The terms, heaven and earth, imply all the upper and all the lower worlds (respectively). \u2018The interval between\u2019 is to mean the intervening plenum or space. In the spaces in which all the globes dwell, and in every direction, are You and You alone extended.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Your marvellous Awful Form<\/em> is solely by reason of its infinite pervasion, ineffably awe-inspiring.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All the three worlds: the worlds inhabited by Brahm\u0101 etc., the Deva and Asura bands, the Pit\u1e5bi-hosts, the Siddhas, the Gandharvas, the Yakshas, the Rakshas etc., \u2014all present now to witness the (impending) conflict (between the P\u0101\u1e47\u1e0davas and Kauravas),\u2014 the three worlds distinguished as the habitat of (1) the friendly, (2) the inimical and (3) the middling, beings.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Panic-struck<\/em> is to be over-terrified or staggered with awe.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Great Soul<\/em>=One, Whose soul\u2019s (or mind\u2019s) working is unfathomable.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Like unto Arjuna, unto all beings were granted divine sight competent for direct apperception of the Kosmos-enfolding Image (of the Lord). If it be asked why, it is because to prove to Arjuna the extent of His Power.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hence it is stated:\u2014<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2018At sight of this, Your Marvellous Awful Form, all the Worlds Three, O Great Soul! are panic-struck\u2019 (<em>G\u012bt\u0101:<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/11-20-original\/\">XI-20<\/a>).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/11-21\">&gt;&gt; Chapter 11 verse 21<\/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 noreferrer\">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 11 &lt;&lt; Chapter 11 verse 19 SlOkam \u2013 Original dhyAvApruthivyOr idham antharam hi vyAptham thvayaikEna dhiSaS cha sarvA: | dhrushtvAdbhutham rUpam ugram thavEdham lOkathrayam pravyathitham mahAthman || word-by-word meaning dhyAvApruthivyO: idham antharam &#8211; the space between the higher worlds and lower worlds sarvA dhiSaS &#8230; <a title=\"11.20 dhyAvApruthivyOr idham antharam hi\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/11-20\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about 11.20 dhyAvApruthivyOr idham antharam hi\">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":[4,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chapter-11","category-simple"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4334","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=4334"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4334\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}