{"id":5988,"date":"2017-11-03T20:30:54","date_gmt":"2017-11-03T20:30:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/?p=5988"},"modified":"2024-12-30T15:30:36","modified_gmt":"2024-12-30T15:30:36","slug":"14-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/14-20\/","title":{"rendered":"14.20 guNAn EthAn athIthya thrIn"},"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\/14-19\">&lt;&lt; Chapter 14 verse 19<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>SlOkam \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/14-20-original\/\">Original<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><em>guNAn EthAn athIthya thrIn dhEhI dhEhasamudbhavAn |<\/em><br \/>\n<em> janmamruthyujarAdhu:khair vimukthO\u2019mrutham aSnuthE ||<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>word-by-word meaning<\/h3>\n<p>dhEhI &#8211; This AthmA who has the body<br \/>\ndhEha samudhbhavAn &#8211; in the body which is a transformation of prakruthi (matter)<br \/>\nEthAn &#8211; these<br \/>\nthrIn guNAn &#8211; three qualities<br \/>\nathIthya &#8211; transcending (and seeing self which is different from matter and is an embodiment of knowledge)<br \/>\njanma mruthyu jara dhu:khai: vimuktha: &#8211; being freed from sorrow caused by birth, death, old age<br \/>\namrutham aSnuthE &#8211; enjoys the immortal self<\/p>\n<h3>Simple Translation<\/h3>\n<p>When this AthmA who has the body which is a transformation of prakruthi (matter), transcends these three qualities which are in such body (and sees self which is different from matter and is an embodiment of knowledge), he enjoys the immortal self, being freed from sorrow caused by birth, death, old age.<\/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;Transcending these three body-bred qualities, the<br \/>\nembodied (ego), freed from the pains of death and age, tastes immortality.'[1. Cp: <em>Vish: Pur:<\/em> I-7-47: &#8220;Gu\u1e47a-traya-mayam etc.&#8221;]<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These three qualities Satvam etc., are born of the matter-stuff symbolized by \u2018body\u2019. When the embodied (entity) overcrosses these and cognizes that which is different from them, <em>viz:<\/em> \u0101tma, which is essentially of the nature of intelligence, he becomes relieved from birth, death, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/dotage#Noun\">dotage<\/a> and other such sorrows and attains to \u0101tma-enjoyment. This is (akin to) My state.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arjuna queries as to what sort of conduct distinguishes the person who has transcended the qualities and how he can so transcend them?<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/14-21\">&gt;&gt; Chapter 14 verse 21<\/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 19 SlOkam \u2013 Original guNAn EthAn athIthya thrIn dhEhI dhEhasamudbhavAn | janmamruthyujarAdhu:khair vimukthO\u2019mrutham aSnuthE || word-by-word meaning dhEhI &#8211; This AthmA who has the body dhEha samudhbhavAn &#8211; in the body which is a transformation of prakruthi (matter) EthAn &#8230; <a title=\"14.20 guNAn EthAn athIthya thrIn\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/14-20\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about 14.20 guNAn EthAn athIthya thrIn\">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-5988","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\/5988","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=5988"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5988\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15848,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5988\/revisions\/15848"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}