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Chapter 11<\/a><\/p>\n << Chapter 11 verse 23<\/a><\/p>\n nabhasspruSam dhIptham anEkavarNam vyAththAnanam dhIpthaviSAlanEthram |<\/em> vishNO – Oh vishNu! Oh vishNu! Having seen your form which is standing tall, in contact with paramapadham (spiritual realm), which is shining, which is having many colours, wide open mouth and wide and shining eyes, isn’t it true that I, who am frightened, have not achieved sustenance of body,\u00a0 control of mind, senses etc?<\/p>\n ‘O Vish\u1e47u[1. The 259th and 663rd name of God = He who pervades all.]! my very inner self quakes at seeing You reaching the firmament, effulgent, of numerous colors, wide-opened mouths, and large shining eyes; and neither courage nor peace can I command.’<\/span><\/p>\n The term nabhas<\/em>= firmament or vault above, is in reference to the parama-vyoma<\/em> or the Supreme Space or Regions above, beyond the three Gu\u1e47as, (or the Heavens) chanted in the \u015arutis as :\u2014<\/span><\/p>\n \u2018That in the High Imperishable Vault (vyoma<\/em>)\u2019[2. \u2018Tad akshare parame vyoman\u2019 ah\u0101-N\u0101r: Up:<\/em> I.]., <\/span><\/p>\n \u2018The Sun-colored, beyond Tamas\u2019[3. \u2018\u0100ditya-var\u1e47am tamasa\u1e25 parastat\u2019 Tait: Ara\u1e47:<\/em> III-13.],.<\/span><\/p>\n \u2018The Dweller beyond this Rajas\u2019[4. \u2018Kshayantam asya rajasa\u1e25 par\u0101ke\u2019 Tait: Samh:<\/em> II-2-12.],.<\/span><\/p>\n \u2018He who is his (soul\u2019s) Supervisor, in the sublime firmament (vyoma<\/em>),\u2019[5. \u2018Yo asy-\u0101dhyaksha\u1e25 parame vpyoman\u2019. Tait: Sam\u1e25:<\/em> II-2-12.] etc.<\/span><\/p>\n Nabhas-sp\u1e5bi\u015bam<\/em> = reaching the firmament, means that You are the (infinite) Shelter or Receptacle of all the changeful Prak\u1e5biti-principle, and the Purusha-principle in all its several states of existence (bound, free etc). Also in a previous stanza, it was declared:\u2014<\/span><\/p>\n \u2018Indeed is the interval between the heavens and the earth filled\u2019 etc (Gita:<\/em> XI\u201420<\/a>).<\/span><\/p>\n Antar\u0101tma<\/em>=my very inner soul<\/em>, means the mind.<\/span><\/p>\n Courage<\/em>: To sustain bodily existence.<\/span><\/p>\n Peace<\/em>=Placidity for the senses.<\/span><\/p>\n O Vish\u1e47u<\/em>=O You, Who are all-Pervading!<\/span><\/p>\n At sight of Your most Miraculous and Awful Apparition<\/a>, all my limbs quiver and all my senses are aghast.<\/span><\/p>\n >> Chapter 11 verse 25<\/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 11 << Chapter 11 verse 23 SlOkam \u2013 Original nabhasspruSam dhIptham anEkavarNam vyAththAnanam dhIpthaviSAlanEthram | dhrushtvA hi thvA pravyathithAntharAthmA dhruthim na vindhAmi Samam cha vishNO || word-by-word meaning vishNO – Oh vishNu! nabhasspruSam – standing tall, in contact with paramapadham (spiritual realm) dhIptham – … 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-4354","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\/4354","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=4354"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4354\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}SlOkam \u2013 Original<\/a><\/h3>\n
\n dhrushtvA hi thvA pravyathithAntharAthmA dhruthim na vindhAmi Samam cha vishNO ||<\/em><\/p>\nword-by-word meaning <\/h3>\n
\nnabhasspruSam – standing tall, in contact with paramapadham (spiritual realm)
\ndhIptham – shining
\nanEka varNam – having many colours
\nvyAththAnanam – having wide open mouth
\ndhIptha vishAla nEthram – having wide and shining eyes
\nthvA – you
\ndhrushtvA – seeing
\npravyathithAntharAthmA – I who am frightened
\ndhruthim – sustaining the body
\nSamam cha – the control of mind, senses etc
\nna vindhAmi hi – have not achieved, isn’t it?<\/p>\nSimple Translation <\/h3>\n
Rendering based on ALkoNdavilli gOvindhAchArya swAmy\u2019s English translation of gIthA bhAshyam<\/h3>\n
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