SrI:\u00a0 SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:\u00a0 SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:\u00a0 SrImath varavaramunayE nama:<\/small><\/p>\n
Chapter 12<\/a><\/p>\n << Chapter 12 verse 13<\/a><\/p>\n santhushta: sathatham yOgI yathAthmA dhrudaniSchaya: |<\/em> santhushta: – being content … one who is content, meditates upon self always, is having a controlled-mind, is having firm knowledge\/faith (in what is explained in SAsthram), is having a heart which is focussed on me and conviction and who loves me (by engaging in karma yOgam), he is dear to me.<\/p>\n ‘Content, ever yog\u012b, steady-minded, firm-faithed, and of manas and buddhi offered to Me, \u2014such Bhakta is dear to Me.’<\/span><\/p>\n Advesht\u0101<\/em>=Non-hater of any being, i.e.<\/em>, hating neither friend nor foe.<\/span><\/p>\n Maitra\u1e25<\/em>=To be benign, i.e.<\/em>, showing good-will to both well-wishers and ill-wishers, under the conviction that they love and hate, under the impulse imparted by \u012a\u015bvara to match his own (past good or ill deeds).’<\/span><\/p>\n Karu\u1e47a\u1e25<\/em>=To be clement i.e.<\/em>, evincing tenderness or sympathy towards both friend and foe in their sufferings.<\/span><\/p>\n Nirmama\u1e25<\/em>=To be exempt from selfishness, i.e.<\/em>, to be free from the notion of \u2018mine-ness\u2019 attached to body, senses, or other belongings.<\/span><\/p>\n Nir-aha\u00f1k\u0101ra\u1e25<\/em>=To be exempt from self-love; i.e.<\/em>, to be free from the notion of \u2018I-ness,\u2019 or body-identified soul-ness.<\/span><\/p>\n And therefore unaffected by pain and pleasure<\/em> i.e.<\/em>, to be free from grief and joy consequent on the mind-affections (s\u0101\u1e45kalpika<\/em>) of pain, pleasure etc.<\/span><\/p>\n Ksham\u012b<\/em>=To be patient, i.e.<\/em>, to remain unaffected by physical incidents (or accidents).<\/span><\/p>\n Santushta\u1e25<\/em>=content with any chance-procured thing serving for corporeal sustenance.<\/span><\/p>\n Ever yogi<\/em>=To be ever engaged in meditaton of spirit as distinct from matter.<\/span><\/p>\n Yat-\u0101tma<\/em>=The being able to govern the workings of the mind.<\/span><\/p>\n D\u1e5bidha-ni\u015bchaya\u1e25<\/em>=To be firmly rooted in faith or belief as regards the knowledge of spirit declared in the \u015a\u0101stras.<\/span><\/p>\n Manas and buddhi offered to Me<\/em>=Head and heart concurring that by works performed without interest for fruit, the Lord V\u0101sudeva alone is worshipped (served), and that so worshipped, He would guide one\u2019s efforts to obtain Soul-vision, etc.<\/span><\/p>\n Such Bhakta \u2014worshipping Me by his acts,\u2014 is dear to Me.<\/span><\/p>\n >> Chapter 12 verse 15<\/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 13 SlOkam \u2013 Original santhushta: sathatham yOgI yathAthmA dhrudaniSchaya: | mayyarpithamanObudhdhir yO madhbhaktha: sa mE priya: || word-by-word meaning santhushta: – being content sathatham yOgI – one who meditates upon self always yathAthmA – having a controlled-mind dhruda niSchaya: … 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-4719","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\/4719","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=4719"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4719\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15086,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4719\/revisions\/15086"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}SlOkam \u2013 Original<\/a><\/h3>\n
\n mayyarpithamanObudhdhir yO madhbhaktha: sa mE priya: ||<\/em><\/p>\nword-by-word meaning<\/h3>\n
\nsathatham yOgI – one who meditates upon self always
\nyathAthmA – having a controlled-mind
\ndhruda niSchaya: – having firm knowledge\/faith (in what is explained in SAsthram)
\nmayi arpitha manO budhdhi: – having a heart which is focussed on me and conviction
\nya: madh bhaktha: – one who loves me (by engaging in karma yOgam)
\nsa: – he
\nmE – to me
\npriya: – dear<\/p>\nSimple Translation<\/h3>\n
Rendering based on ALkoNdavilli gOvindhAchArya swAmy\u2019s English translation of gIthA bhAshyam<\/h3>\n
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