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Chapter 13<\/a><\/p>\n << Chapter 13 verse 11<\/a><\/p>\n gyEyam yath thath pravakshyAmi yath gyAthvA’mrutham aSnuthE |<\/em> yath gyAthvA – knowing which I will explain to you well about AthmA which is to be known, knowing which one attains the imperishable state [of AthmA]; it is beginningless (and endless), my subordinate\/servitor, great and is not known by the word sath (AthmA in an effect state) or asath (AthmA in causal state).<\/p>\n ‘That will I declare which is to be known, knowing which one tastes immortality; (that which is) the beginningless; having Me for the Highest; the brahma; called neither \u2018ens\u2019 nor \u2018nonens\u2019.’<\/span><\/p>\n That which is to be known<\/em>: is that which is to be gained, viz<\/em>: the nature of pratyag-\u0101tma (soul), \u2014to be known by means of the virtues: Reverence etc., (vide supra<\/a><\/em>).<\/span><\/p>\n Immortality<\/em>: is the immortal soul itself, exempt from the material necessities of birth, decrepitude<\/a>, death etc,<\/span><\/p>\n An\u0101di<\/em>=That which has no beginning; for to pratyag-\u0101tma (soul) there is no birth; hence it has no end; for says the \u015aruti: \u2018The intelligent soul (vipa\u015bchit<\/em>) is neither born nor dies\u2019[1. Ka\u1e6dh: Up:<\/em> II-18. ‘Naj\u0101yate m\u1e5biyate v\u0101 vipa\u015bchit’.].<\/span><\/p>\n Mat-param<\/em>=That (soul) to which I am the High (para<\/em>), as declared in the Stanza: \u2018But know My other Nature, superior, the j\u012bva\u2019 (Gi<\/em>: XII-5<\/a>), by which, teaching that soul-nature is in essence that which is body to, and which depends on, the Blessed Lord.<\/span><\/p>\n Similarly do \u015arutis declare, as for example:<\/span><\/p>\n \u2018Who seated in the soul; in the interior of the soul; Whom the soul knows not; to Whom the soul is body; Who rules in the inside of the soul\u2019[2. Bri: Up:<\/em> V-7-22: ‘Ya \u0101tmano`ntaro &c.’], etc. And also,<\/span><\/p>\n \u2018He is the Cause, and the Lord of the lord of the senses; to Him there is no progenitor or lord;[3. \u015avet: Up:<\/em> VI-9: ‘Sak\u0101ra\u1e47am karan\u0101dhip\u0101dhipo nacp\u0101sya kaschijjanit nach\u0101dhipa\u1e25’.]………(He is) the Lord of matter (pradh\u0101na<\/em>) and soul (Kshetraj\u00f1a<\/em>), and the Master of qualities.\u2019[4. \u015avet: Up:<\/em> VI-16: ‘Pradh\u0101na kshetraj\u00f1a pathi\u1e5b gune\u015ba\u1e25.’]<\/span><\/p>\n Brahma<\/em>=That which is great, because soul is an entity separate from body, and is that which cannot be parted or divided off by body etc. (Brahma=indivisible, impartite). So brahma<\/em>=the Category of Kshetraj\u00f1a=soul;<\/span><\/p>\n \u015aruti also declares:\u2014 \u2018He can become infinite.\u2019[5. \u015avet: Up:<\/em> V-9. ‘Sach\u0101nanthay\u0101ya kalpate’.] Soul\u2019s limitation by body is due to Karma; but limitlessness or infinity would be its attribute when liberated. In G\u012bt\u0101 also the term brahma<\/em> is applied to designate soul as in: \u2018He, transcending these gu\u1e47as, is fitted to be brahma\u2019 (Gi<\/em>: XIV-26<\/a>); \u2018I am brahma\u2019s Prop, \u2014the immortal, imperishable (brahma)\u2019 (Gi:<\/em> XIV-27<\/a>). \u2018Brahma, purified, grieves not, craves not; same to all beings, he acquires the highest love for Me\u2019. (G\u012b: XVIII-54)<\/span><\/p>\n It is called neither sat=ens<\/em>, nor asat=non-ens<\/em>, because it is that which never undergoes the states known as causes and effects. The term \u2018Ens\u2019 comes to be applied to it when it (soul) assumes names and forms such as deva etc; and when no such names and forms are donned, the name \u2018Non-ens\u2019 comes to be applied to it. (Hence, essentially) it is neither \u2018ens\u2019 nor \u2018non-ens\u2019. Declare also the \u015arutis thus:\u2014<\/span><\/p>\n \u2018Asat<\/em> (non-being) was in the beginning, from it was sat<\/em> (being) born.\u2019[6. \u2018This verily was unfashioned, which was (then) fashioned out into names and forms;\u2019[7. B\u1e5bi: Up:<\/em> I-4-7: ‘Taddhedam etc.’] and so on, showing that the occurrence of states \u2014as cause and as effect\u2014 to soul is due to the enshroudment brought on by ignorance (avidy\u0101<\/em>); and is not inherent to the nature of the soul itself. Hence soul-nature is undefinable by such terms as sat<\/em> and asat<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n It may be said that the \u015aruti: \u2018Asat<\/em> was in the beginning, etc\u2019 refers to the causal state in which Parabrahm (God) is; to which it is replied that the causal state of Parabrahm is the state of Parabrahm having the principles, chit<\/em> and achit<\/em> (soul and matter) as the<\/em> body. Hence in the causal state, the body also, viz<\/em>: kshetra and kshetraj\u00f1a (matter and soul) are fit to be designated as asat<\/em>; but a causal state to kshetraj\u00f1a<\/em> (soul) is accounted for by karma, the pure soul-nature itself being one which can neither be called \u2018ens\u2019 (sat<\/em>) nor \u2018non-ens\u2019 (asat<\/em>).[8. Vide: Bh: G\u012b:<\/em> IV-34<\/a>.]<\/span><\/p>\n >> Chapter 13 verse 13<\/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 13 << Chapter 13 verse 11 SlOkam \u2013 Original gyEyam yath thath pravakshyAmi yath gyAthvA’mrutham aSnuthE | anAdhi mathpara\u1e41 brahma na sath than nAsadhuchyathE || word-by-word meaning yath gyAthvA – knowing which amrutham aSnuthE – attaining the imperishable state [of AthmA] yath thath gyEyam … 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":[6,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5413","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chapter-13","category-simple"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5413","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=5413"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5413\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15510,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5413\/revisions\/15510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5413"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5413"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}SlOkam \u2013 Original<\/a><\/h3>\n
\n anAdhi mathpara\u1e41 brahma na sath than nAsadhuchyathE ||<\/em><\/p>\nword-by-word meaning<\/h3>\n
\namrutham aSnuthE – attaining the imperishable state [of AthmA]
\nyath thath gyEyam – about such AthmA which is to be known
\npravakshyAmi – I will explain you well;
\nanAdhi – beginningless (and endless)
\nmath param – my subordinate\/servitor
\nbrahma – great
\nthath – that
\nna sath na asath uchyathE – it is not known by the word sath (AthmA in an effect state) or asath (AthmA in causal state)<\/p>\nSimple Translation<\/h3>\n
Rendering based on ALkoNdavilli gOvindhAchArya swAmy\u2019s English translation of gIthA bhAshyam<\/h3>\n
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