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 Urdhvam gachchanthi saththvasthA: madhyE thishtanthi rAjasA: |<\/em> saththvasthA: – those who have abundance of sathva guNam Those who have abundance of sathva guNam, (eventually) reach the higher position of mOksham (liberation); those who have abundance of rajO guNam, suffer in middle level births (which mostly give sorrow only); those who have abundance of thamO guNam, being further engaged in inferior thamO guNam activities, attain very lowly births (due to increased ignorance).<\/p>\n ‘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 SlOkam \u2013 Original Urdhvam gachchanthi saththvasthA: madhyE thishtanthi rAjasA: | jaghanyaguNavruththisthA: adhO gachchanthi thAmas\u0101: || word-by-word meaning saththvasthA: – those who have abundance of sathva guNam Urdhvam gachchanthi – (eventually) reach the higher position of mOksham (liberation); rAjasA: … 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-5980","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\/5980","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=5980"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5980\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15605,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5980\/revisions\/15605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}SlOkam \u2013 Original<\/a><\/h3>\n
\n jaghanyaguNavruththisthA: adhO gachchanthi thAmas\u0101: ||<\/em><\/p>\nword-by-word meaning<\/h3>\n
\nUrdhvam gachchanthi – (eventually) reach the higher position of mOksham (liberation);
\nrAjasA: – those who have abundance of rajO guNam
\nmadhyE thishtanthi – suffer in middle level births (which mostly give sorrow only);
\nthAmasA: – those who have abundance of thamO guNam
\njaghanya guNa vruththisthA: – being further engaged in inferior thamO guNam activities
\nadhO gachchanthi – attain very lowly births (due to increased ignorance).<\/p>\nSimple Translation<\/h3>\n
Rendering based on ALkoNdavilli gOvindhAchArya swAmy\u2019s English translation of gIthA bhAshyam<\/h3>\n
\nstay those of Rajas; downward go those fixed in the low impulses of Tamas-quality.’<\/span><\/p>\n
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