SrI:\u00a0 SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:\u00a0 SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:\u00a0 SrImath varavaramunayE nama:<\/small><\/p>\n
Chapter 14<\/a><\/p>\n << Chapter 14 verse 17<\/a><\/p>\n Simple<\/a><\/p>\n \u016brdhva\u1e41 gacchanti sattva-sth\u0101 ‘Upward rise those fixed in Satva; in the middle Thus in the manner explained, those who are established in Satva rise upward<\/em>, i.e.<\/em>, gradually accomplish liberation from sams\u0101ra-bondage.<\/span><\/p>\n Staying in the middle<\/em> are those who from a greed for Svarga and such like fruits are of Rajas-disposition, who therefore engage in such activities as would fetch them reward; and then getting it and enjoying it, they are born again, and again engage in similar works. Hence, inasmuch as this quality is attended with recurrence of (material) births, it is full of misery.<\/span><\/p>\n Those of Tamas are engaged in low occupations, and descend more and more into doing meaner acts. These go downward<\/em>, i.e.<\/em>, retrograde into the lowest types of humanity, then back into animals, then worms, insects etc, then into plants, going even there into the condition of creepers and thickets; thence still more back into the condition of grass (the lowest type of plants), sticks, clod, stones etc.<\/span><\/p>\n How the upward ascent takes place is now explained, \u2014 by those who, by adopting a strict course of food[1. As detailed in Bh: Gi:<\/em> XVII-7<\/a> and 8<\/a>; VI-16<\/a>–17<\/a>, XVIII-52<\/a>.], and by the disinterested[2. Editor’s note: disinterested= without selfish interest] performance of meritorious works, gradually become more and more Satva-natured, and transcend the (combination of the) qualities.<\/span><\/p>\n >> Chapter 14 verse 19<\/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 14 << Chapter 14 verse 17 Simple \u016brdhva\u1e41 gacchanti sattva-sth\u0101 madhye ti\u1e63\u1e6dhanti r\u0101jas\u0101\u1e25 jaghanya-gu\u1e47a-v\u1e5btti-sth\u0101 adho gacchanti t\u0101mas\u0101\u1e25 ‘Upward rise those fixed in Satva; in the middle stay those of Rajas; downward go those fixed in the low impulses of Tamas-quality.’ Thus in the manner … 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":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5978","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-original"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5978","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=5978"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5978\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nmadhye ti\u1e63\u1e6dhanti r\u0101jas\u0101\u1e25
\njaghanya-gu\u1e47a-v\u1e5btti-sth\u0101
\nadho gacchanti t\u0101mas\u0101\u1e25<\/p>\n
\nstay those of Rajas; downward go those fixed in the low impulses of Tamas-quality.’<\/span><\/p>\n
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