{"id":5636,"date":"2017-08-30T22:10:44","date_gmt":"2017-08-30T22:10:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/?p=5636"},"modified":"2017-08-30T22:10:44","modified_gmt":"2017-08-30T22:10:44","slug":"13-28","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/13-28\/","title":{"rendered":"13.28 samam paSyan hi sarvathra"},"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\/13-27\">&lt;&lt; Chapter 13 verse 27<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>SlOkam \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/13-28-original\/\">Original<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><em>samam paSyan hi sarvathra samavasthitham ISvaram |<\/em><br \/>\n<em> na hinasthyAthmanAthmAnam thathO yAthi parAm gathim ||<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>word-by-word meaning  <\/h3>\n<p>sarvathra &#8211; in all bodies (such as dhEva (celestials), manushya (humans), thiryak (animals) and sthAvara (plants))<br \/>\nsamavasthitham ISvaram &#8211; the AthmA who is the svAmi (lord), AdhAra (support) and niyanthA (controller) (in each of those bodies)<br \/>\nsamam paSyan &#8211; one sees them equally (as explained previously)<br \/>\nAthmanA &#8211; through his own heart<br \/>\nAthmAnam &#8211; himself<br \/>\nna hinasthi hi &#8211; isn&#8217;t he protecting and not destroying it?<br \/>\nthatha: &#8211; through this equal vision<br \/>\nparAm gathim &#8211; higher goal of self realisation<br \/>\nyAthi hi &#8211; isn&#8217;t he attaining?<\/p>\n<h3>Simple Translation  <\/h3>\n<p>Isn&#8217;t one who sees equally in all bodies (such as dhEva (celestials), manushya (humans), thiryak (animals) and sthAvara (plants)), the AthmA who is the svAmi (lord), AdhAra (support) and niyanthA (controller) (in each of those bodies), protecting and not destroying himself through his heart? isn&#8217;t he attaining the higher goal of self realisation through this equal vision?<\/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, by seeing the lord (soul) abiding alike everywhere, one causes not to his self, mental injury; thereby does he pass to the higgoal.'[1. <a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/alkondavilli-govindhacharya\/\">I<\/a> draw the attention of the readers to the excellent article: &#8216;<em>Theosophical Axioms illustrated<\/em>&#8216;, No. II. Religious consciousness, by W. A. Mayers (Theosophist for Octr: 1898 p. 31, 32 where reference is made to the &#8216;<em>Spiritual Soul as the Basis of Unity<\/em>&#8216; &amp;c., much in accord with R\u0101m\u0101nuja\u2019s System.]<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u012a\u1e63vara=lord=\u0101tma=soul, which resides everywhere in the bodies of deva and the rest, as their sovereign (<em>\u015beshi<\/em>), their prop (<em>\u0101dh\u0101ra<\/em>) and ruler (<em>niyant\u1e5bi<\/em>); and which is free from the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/corporeal#Adjective\">corporeal<\/a> differences brought on by being a deva etc.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Seeing alike<\/em>=seeing that the soul wherever it do abide[2. reside], is, by its, essential character of intelligence [j\u00f1\u0101na or consciousness), the same.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By thus <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/comprehend#Verb\">comprehending<\/a> \u0101tma-nature, one does not harm that nature by his mind (<em>i.e.<\/em>, by thinking otherwise than as stated). <em>Harms not<\/em> = saves = deliverance (or redemption from sams\u0101ra. <em>i.e.<\/em> the soul is saved by understanding its nature <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/aright#Adverb\">aright<\/a>).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And then, by such knowledge, \u2014viz: by <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/comprehend#Verb\">comprehending<\/a> \u0101tma as the \u2018knower\u2019 and of uniform nature wherever it do dwell\u2014 one reaches the supreme goal; <em>i.e.<\/em>, one realizes the highest ambition, by obtaining \u0101tma-vision, in its true light. But if he should view \u0101tma as different in the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/differentiate#Verb\">differentiating<\/a> light which the diverse bodily forms, deva etc., present, he injures it <em>i.e.<\/em>, he hurls it into the midst of the ocean of sams\u0101ra.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/13-29\">&gt;&gt; Chapter 13 verse 29<\/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 27 SlOkam \u2013 Original samam paSyan hi sarvathra samavasthitham ISvaram | na hinasthyAthmanAthmAnam thathO yAthi parAm gathim || word-by-word meaning sarvathra &#8211; in all bodies (such as dhEva (celestials), manushya (humans), thiryak (animals) and sthAvara (plants)) samavasthitham ISvaram &#8211; &#8230; <a title=\"13.28 samam paSyan hi sarvathra\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/13-28\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about 13.28 samam paSyan hi sarvathra\">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-5636","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\/5636","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=5636"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5636\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}