{"id":5965,"date":"2017-10-29T21:44:20","date_gmt":"2017-10-29T21:44:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/?p=5965"},"modified":"2017-10-29T21:44:20","modified_gmt":"2017-10-29T21:44:20","slug":"14-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/14-15\/","title":{"rendered":"14.15 rajasi praLayam gathvA"},"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\/14\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chapter 14<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/14-14\">&lt;&lt; Chapter 14 verse 14<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>SlOkam \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/14-15-original\/\">Original<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><em>rajasi praLayam gathvA karmasangishu jAyathE |<\/em><br \/>\n<em> thathA praleenas thamasi mUdayOnishu jAyathe ||<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>word-by-word meaning  <\/h3>\n<p>rajasi (pravrudhdhE) &#8211; when rajO guNam is on the rise<br \/>\npraLayam gathvA &#8211; if the AthmA sheds its body<br \/>\nkarma sangishu &#8211; in the clan of those who work to attain worldly benefits<br \/>\njAyathE &#8211; is born;<br \/>\nthathA &#8211; similarly<br \/>\nthamasi (pravrudhdhE) &#8211; when thamO guNam is on the rise<br \/>\npraleena: &#8211; one who dies<br \/>\nmUda yOnishu &#8211; in ignorant species (such as animals, plants)<br \/>\njAyathE &#8211; is born;<\/p>\n<h3>Simple Translation  <\/h3>\n<p>If the AthmA sheds its body when rajO guNam is on the rise, it is born in the clan of those who work to attain worldly benefits; if one dies when thamO guNam is on the rise, he is born in ignorant species (such as animals, plants)<strong>.<\/strong><\/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;Dying when Rajas is <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/regnant#Adjective\">regnant<\/a>, one is born<br \/>\namong those who are attached to works. Likewise, dying when Tamas is <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/regnant#Adjective\">regnant<\/a>, one is born in the wombs of the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/witless#Adjective\">witless<\/a>.&#8217;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If one breathes his last when Rajas holds sway, he comes to be born among those who perform works for the sake of reward. And having been so born, he will prevail on himself to launch on such works as would procure for him Svarga and similar material fruit.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Similarly, if one departs when under the influence of Tamas, he comes to be born in such wombs as those of dogs, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/swine#Noun\">swine<\/a> etc., where he would be utterly incapacitated for the performance of such works as would lead to the acquisition of any of the usual ambitions of men (riches etc.,)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/14-16\">&gt;&gt; Chapter 14 verse 16<\/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 14 &lt;&lt; Chapter 14 verse 14 SlOkam \u2013 Original rajasi praLayam gathvA karmasangishu jAyathE | thathA praleenas thamasi mUdayOnishu jAyathe || word-by-word meaning rajasi (pravrudhdhE) &#8211; when rajO guNam is on the rise praLayam gathvA &#8211; if the AthmA sheds its body karma sangishu &#8230; <a title=\"14.15 rajasi praLayam gathvA\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/14-15\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about 14.15 rajasi praLayam gathvA\">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":[7,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chapter-14","category-simple"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5965","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=5965"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5965\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}