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Chapter 12<\/a><\/p>\n << Chapter 12 verse 9<\/a><\/p>\n abhyAsE\u2019pyasamarthO\u2019si mathkarmaparamO bhava |<\/em> abhyAsE api asamartha asi – if you lack the ability to train your mind in me If you lack the ability to train your mind in me, engage with great devotion in my deeds; by engaging in my deeds in this manner you will reach me (soon through abhyAsa yOga (constant practice) by developing firm attachment in your heart towards me).<\/p>\n ‘If for this effort also, you are unfit, then devote yourself to My works. Doing works for My<\/em> sake, you shall gain the Goal.’<\/span><\/p>\n If you are unable to inure<\/a> your mind for ceaseless contemplation of Me, then betake yourself to My works or services such as construction of temples, creation of (flower etc\u2014) gardens, lighting up lamps (in) and sweeping (My temples), sprinkling waters and otherwise beautifying (with paints, devices, scrolls etc., My places of worship), gathering flowers (for My worship), and worshipping Me therewith; singing My Names, perambulating (My temples and My images), praising by psalms, bowing, prostrating etc.<\/span><\/p>\n Perform these acts in ardent<\/a> affection. So performing, for My<\/em> sake, you shall (1) soon get your mind prepared for memory-practice (sm\u1e5bity-abhy\u0101sa<\/em>) and then (2) its firm fixture in Me.<\/span><\/p>\n >> Chapter 12 verse 11<\/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 verse 9 SlOkam \u2013 Original abhyAsE\u2019pyasamarthO\u2019si mathkarmaparamO bhava | madhartham api karmANi kurvan sidhdhim avApsyasi || word-by-word meaning abhyAsE api asamartha asi – if you lack the ability to train your mind in me math karma parama: bhava – engage … 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-4692","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\/4692","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=4692"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4692\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4692"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}SlOkam \u2013 Original<\/a><\/h3>\n
\n madhartham api karmANi kurvan sidhdhim avApsyasi ||<\/em><\/p>\nword-by-word meaning <\/h3>\n
\nmath karma parama: bhava – engage with great devotion in my deeds;
\nmadhartham karmANi kurvan api – by engaging in my deeds in this manner
\nsidhdhim avApsyasi – you will reach me (soon through abhyAsa yOga (constant practice) by developing firm attachment in your heart towards me).<\/p>\nSimple Translation <\/h3>\n
Rendering based on ALkoNdavilli gOvindhAchArya swAmy\u2019s English translation of gIthA bhAshyam<\/h3>\n
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