{"id":4685,"date":"2017-07-20T01:11:52","date_gmt":"2017-07-20T01:11:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/?p=4685"},"modified":"2017-07-20T01:11:52","modified_gmt":"2017-07-20T01:11:52","slug":"12-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/12-9\/","title":{"rendered":"12.9 atha chiththam samAdhAthum"},"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\/12\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chapter 12<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/12-8\">&lt;&lt; Chapter 12 verse 8<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>SlOkam \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/12-9-original\/\">Original<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><em>atha chiththam samAdhAthum na SaknOshi mayi sthiram |<\/em><br \/>\n<em> abhyAsayOgEna thathO mAm ichchApthu\u1e41 dhananjaya ||<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>word-by-word meaning  <\/h3>\n<p>dhananjaya &#8211; Oh arjuna!<br \/>\nmayi &#8211; in me<br \/>\natha sthiram chiththam samAdhAthum na SaknOshi &#8211; if unable to place your mind firmly<br \/>\nthatha: &#8211; due to that reason<br \/>\nabhyAsa yOgEna &#8211; by training your thoughts (in me who is having auspicious qualities) with great devotion (the heart\/mind will become fixed in me)<br \/>\nmAm Apthum ichcha &#8211; you will desire to attain me<\/p>\n<h3>Simple Translation  <\/h3>\n<p>Oh arjuna! If you are unable to place your mind firmly, due to that reason, by training your thoughts (in me who is having auspicious qualities) with great devotion (the heart\/mind will become fixed in me), you will desire to attain me.<\/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;If, to firmly plant in me the mind, you are unable,<br \/>\nthen by means of practice, seek, Dhana\u1e47jaya! to reach Me.&#8217;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If, at once, to steadily keep the mind in me, you find not possible, then ceaselessly endeavour by <em>discipline<\/em> to so fix it in Me, \u2014Me, the natural boundless Ocean of all the exalted countless glorious Attributes, such as Beauty, Compassion and Condescension, Love and Clemency, Sweetness and Dignity and Bounty; Courage, Valour and Daring; Wisdom, Lorship of spiritual kingdom (<em>satya-k\u0101matva<\/em>)[2. <em>Nitya-vibh\u016btimatvam<\/em>;], Lordship of secular kingdom (<em>satya-sankalpatva<\/em>)[3. Lila-vibh\u016btimatvam (Vide \u015arutapraka\u015bikacharya\u2019s commentary on \u015aara\u1e47\u0101gati-gadya).], Godship and Cause-ship of all things; \u2014Me, the Antithesis (or Antidote) of all vice.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Practice or effort is that of constant loving remembrance of Me. By this means, steadiness of mind is attained, and then you may seek to reach Me.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/12-10\">&gt;&gt; Chapter 12 verse 10<\/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\">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 12 &lt;&lt; Chapter 12 verse 8 SlOkam \u2013 Original atha chiththam samAdhAthum na SaknOshi mayi sthiram | abhyAsayOgEna thathO mAm ichchApthu\u1e41 dhananjaya || word-by-word meaning dhananjaya &#8211; Oh arjuna! mayi &#8211; in me atha sthiram chiththam samAdhAthum na SaknOshi &#8211; if unable to place &#8230; <a title=\"12.9 atha chiththam samAdhAthum\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/12-9\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about 12.9 atha chiththam samAdhAthum\">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-4685","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\/4685","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=4685"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4685\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4685"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}