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Chapter 13<\/a><\/p>\n << Chapter 13 verse 20.5<\/a><\/p>\n kAraNam guNasangO\u2019sya sadhasadhyOnijanmasu<\/em><\/p>\n asya – for this purusha (AthmA) For this purusha, the cause for being born in higher births (such as dhEva (celestial)) and lower births (such as animal, plant) is the attachment towards joy and sorrow which are caused by sathva, rajas and thamas qualities.<\/p>\n ‘Attachment to qualities (gunas) is the cause of births in good and evil wombs.’<\/span><\/p>\n This soul, born in a series of retrospective births among devas, man etc., \u2014all variations of matter-forms,\u2014 delights in (or evinces attachment for) gu\u1e47a-sated<\/a> pleasures etc., varying in their s\u0101tvika<\/em> and other characteristics according to the incidents of such births; and in so doing launches into activities, good or evil, in order to procure for itself such pleasures. In order then to reap the fruits of such good or evil acts, it is inevitably born again in good or evil wombs (respectively). Born, he acts again; acting, he is born again. This circumvolution never stops till he will take to the culture of the virtues: \u2018Reverence etc.,\u2019 (vide, Gi:<\/em> XIII-7<\/a> to<\/em> 11<\/a>) leading to soul-acquisition.<\/span><\/p>\n Hence, it is declared:<\/span><\/p>\n \u2018Attachment to gu\u1e47as is the cause of births in good and evil wombs.\u2019[1. Cp: Bh: Gi:<\/em> III-27<\/a>; Tat: Tra: Chit<\/em> 34: \u2018Gu\u1e47a-samsarga k\u1e5bitam;\u2019 Yoga S\u016b:<\/em> II-17; \u2018Drasht\u1e5bi &c;\u2019 Vish: Pur:<\/em> I-2-1 and VI-7-22, and Bh\u0101g:<\/em> VI-17-29. \u2018Dehin\u0101m &c.\u2019]<\/span><\/p>\n >> Chapter 13 verse 22<\/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 20.5 SlOkam \u2013 Original kAraNam guNasangO\u2019sya sadhasadhyOnijanmasu word-by-word meaning asya – for this purusha (AthmA) sath asath yOni janmasu – for being born in higher births (such as dhEva (celestial)) and lower births (such as animal, plant) kAraNam – … 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-5570","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\/5570","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=5570"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5570\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}SlOkam \u2013 Original<\/a><\/h3>\n
word-by-word meaning <\/h3>\n
\nsath asath yOni janmasu – for being born in higher births (such as dhEva (celestial)) and lower births (such as animal, plant)
\nkAraNam – cause
\nguNa sanga: – the attachment towards joy and sorrow which are caused by sathva, rajas and thamas qualities<\/p>\nSimple Translation <\/h3>\n
Rendering based on ALkoNdavilli gOvindhAchArya swAmy\u2019s English translation of gIthA bhAshyam<\/h3>\n
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