{"id":5559,"date":"2017-08-27T20:54:03","date_gmt":"2017-08-27T20:54:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/?p=5559"},"modified":"2017-08-27T20:54:03","modified_gmt":"2017-08-27T20:54:03","slug":"13-20-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/13-20-5\/","title":{"rendered":"13.20.5 purusha: prakruthisthO hi"},"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\/13\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chapter 13<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/13-20\">&lt;&lt; Chapter 13 verse 20<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>SlOkam \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/13-20-5-original\/\">Original<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><em>purusha: prakruthisthO hi bhunkthE prakruthijAn guNAn<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>word-by-word meaning  <\/h3>\n<p>prakrusthistha: &#8211; being connected to matter<br \/>\npurusha: &#8211; jIvAthmA<br \/>\nprakruthijAn &#8211; caused by such connection<br \/>\nguNAn &#8211; joy\/sorrow which are derived through guNas (qualities such as sathva, rajas and thamas)<br \/>\nbhunkthE hi &#8211; is he not enjoying?<\/p>\n<h3>Simple Translation  <\/h3>\n<p>Isn&#8217;t jIvAthmA, being connected to matter, enjoying the joy\/sorrow which are derived through guNas (qualities such as sathva, rajas and thamas) which are caused by such connection?<\/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;Verily being in matter planted, the soul eats of the matter-bred products.&#8217;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The term <em>gu\u1e47\u0101<\/em>=lit: quality, is figuratively used here to represent the <em>products<\/em> of matter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Prak\u1e5biti-stha\u1e25 purusha<\/em> is the soul which by its own intrinsic (soul-) nature, is made for self-bliss; but it is now seated in (<em>i.e.,<\/em> consorts with) matter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Matter-bred products<\/em>=The products or manifest effects of the gu\u1e47as, <em>satva<\/em> etc., arising <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/adventitiously#Adverb\">adventitiously<\/a> from the circumstance of the (matter-soul-) association.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Bhu\u1e45kte<\/em>=eats of or experiences, joys and griefs.[3. <em>Vide: Br: S\u016b:<\/em> III-2-4, 5]<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How this consorting (or conjunction) with matter has come about, is now explained:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/13-21\">&gt;&gt; Chapter 13 verse 21<\/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.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SrI:\u00a0 SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:\u00a0 SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:\u00a0 SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 13 &lt;&lt; Chapter 13 verse 20 SlOkam \u2013 Original purusha: prakruthisthO hi bhunkthE prakruthijAn guNAn word-by-word meaning prakrusthistha: &#8211; being connected to matter purusha: &#8211; jIvAthmA prakruthijAn &#8211; caused by such connection guNAn &#8211; joy\/sorrow which are derived through guNas (qualities such as sathva, &#8230; <a title=\"13.20.5 purusha: prakruthisthO hi\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/13-20-5\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about 13.20.5 purusha: prakruthisthO hi\">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-5559","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\/5559","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=5559"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5559\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}