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Chapter 12<\/a><\/p>\n << Chapter 12 Introduction<\/a><\/p>\n arjuna uvAcha arjuna uvAcha – arjuna asked arjuna asked – Who among the two types of people will attain their goal quickly- a) those devotees who perfectly worship you desiring to be together with you always as explained in previous SlOkam and b) those who worship the jIvAthmA (self) which is inconceivable by the sensory organs?<\/p>\n Queries Arjuna:<\/span><\/p>\n ‘Of those who thus \u2014Your bhaktas\u2014 ever devout, worship You, and of those who betake to the Imperishabie-Immanifest, which are the better informed of yoga?’<\/span><\/p>\n Satata-yukt\u0101\u1e25<\/em>=ever devout (or ever intent in thought for union with You): are those of the character portrayed in the Stanza: \u2018Doing work for<\/em> Me\u2019 etc., (Gi:<\/em> XI-55<\/a>).<\/span><\/p>\n Tv\u0101m up\u0101sate<\/em>=Worship You=Worship You, the Lord, deeming You as the very Fulfilment of their sublimest ambition; \u2014You the Perfect, \u2014the Sovereign of all Kosmic glories, \u2014the Possessor of such countless and exalted characteristics as (Divine) Beauty, Affability, etc., and Omniscience, Infallible Will etc\u2014; these are Your Lovers.<\/span><\/p>\n The other worshippers are the worshippers of The Imperishable-Immanifest (Aksharam-avyaktam<\/em>), those who contemplate on the nature of pratyag\u0101tma<\/em> (=j\u012bv\u0101tma= Individual soul).<\/span><\/p>\n Pratyag-\u0101tma<\/em> is aksharam<\/em>=imperishable;and avyaktam<\/em>=indiscernible, inasmuch as \u0101tma is that which is not an object of perception or manifest to any of the senses, the eye etc.<\/span><\/p>\n Of these two classes, which are the better yoga-informed (yoga-vit-tam\u0101h<\/em>)!, meaning, who would reach their respective goals sooner?.<\/span><\/p>\n \u2018Before long, P\u0101rtha! I become\u2019 etc. (Gi:<\/em> XII-7<\/a>), is the Stanza further on, in which it will be made clear that the \u2018better-versed of yoga\u2019 is with reference to the rapid reaching of the (God-)Goal.<\/span><\/p>\n >> Chapter 12 verse 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 12 << Chapter 12 Introduction SlOkam \u2013 Original arjuna uvAcha Evam sathathayukthA yE bhakthAs thvAm paryupAsathE | yE chApyaksharam avyaktham thEshAm kE yOgaviththamA: || word-by-word meaning arjuna uvAcha – arjuna asked Evam – as explained in previous SlOkam sathatha yukthA: – desiring to be … 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":[5,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4633","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chapter-12","category-simple"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4633","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=4633"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4633\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}SlOkam \u2013 Original<\/a><\/h3>\n
\nEvam sathathayukthA yE bhakthAs thvAm paryupAsathE |<\/em>
\n yE chApyaksharam avyaktham thEshAm kE yOgaviththamA: ||<\/em><\/p>\nword-by-word meaning <\/h3>\n
\nEvam – as explained in previous SlOkam
\nsathatha yukthA: – desiring to be together with you always
\nyE bhakthA: – those devotees
\nthvAm – you
\nparyupAsathE – worship perfectly
\nyE chApi – those
\navyaktham – inconceivable by the sensory organs
\naksharam – (who worship) the jIvAthmA (self)
\nthEshAm – among these two
\nkE – who
\nyOga viththamA: – will attain their goal quickly?<\/p>\nSimple Translation <\/h3>\n
Rendering based on ALkoNdavilli gOvindhAchArya swAmy\u2019s English translation of gIthA bhAshyam<\/h3>\n
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