SrI:\u00a0 SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:\u00a0 SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:\u00a0 SrImath varavaramunayE nama:<\/small><\/p>\n
Chapter 12<\/a><\/p>\n << Chapter 12 verse 18<\/a><\/p>\n thulyanindhAsthuthir maunI santhushtO yEna kEnachit |<\/em> thulya nindhA sthuthi: – being equal towards praise and blame … who is equal towards praise and blame, who is silent (while others praise or blame him), who is satisfied with anything which he gets, even if that is insignificant, who is detached from home etc and is having firm mind in AthmA, that man who is devoted to me is dear to me.<\/p>\n ‘Unto praise and blame the same; silent; with The absence of hate towards foe or friend was already made mention of in Stanza: \u2018Hater not of any creature\u2019 etc., (Gi:<\/em> XII-13<\/a>); and equanimity to them, herein mentioned, is of a more pronounced type viz:<\/em> equanimity even when they are face to face.<\/span><\/p>\n Aniketa\u1e25<\/em>=not home-tied, means divested of love for home etc., because of the mind firmly devoted to \u0101tma;<\/span><\/p>\n Similarly, bearing honor and disgrace equally; such a man of Bhakti<\/em> is dear to Me.<\/span><\/p>\n Thus, having shown the superiority of the votary of Bhakti-yoga, (=God-seeker) over the votary of \u0101tma = soul-seeker, the subject-matter (viz.<\/em>, Bhakti-yoga) is now brought to a close.<\/span><\/p>\n >> Chapter 12 verse 20<\/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 18 SlOkam \u2013 Original thulyanindhAsthuthir maunI santhushtO yEna kEnachit | anikEtha: sthiramathir bhakthimAn mE priyO nara: || word-by-word meaning thulya nindhA sthuthi: – being equal towards praise and blame maunI – being silent (while others praise or blame him) … 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-4747","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\/4747","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=4747"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4747\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}SlOkam \u2013 Original<\/a><\/h3>\n
\n anikEtha: sthiramathir bhakthimAn mE priyO nara: ||<\/em><\/p>\nword-by-word meaning <\/h3>\n
\nmaunI – being silent (while others praise or blame him)
\nyEna kEnachith santhushta: – being satisfied with anything which he gets, even if that is insignificant
\nanikEtha: – being detached from home etc
\nsthiramathi: – having firm mind in AthmA
\nbhakthimAn nara – the man who is devoted to me
\nmE priya: – is dear to me<\/p>\nSimple Translation <\/h3>\n
Rendering based on ALkoNdavilli gOvindhAchArya swAmy\u2019s English translation of gIthA bhAshyam<\/h3>\n
\nanything satisfied; not home-tied; mind-steady; that man of Bhakti is dear to Me.’<\/span><\/p>\n
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