{"id":6096,"date":"2017-11-18T23:54:12","date_gmt":"2017-11-18T23:54:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/?p=6096"},"modified":"2025-01-09T10:54:31","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T10:54:31","slug":"15-3_15-3-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/15-3_15-3-5\/","title":{"rendered":"15.3 aSvaththam Enam suvirUdamUlam &#038; 15.3.5 thatha: padham thath parimArgithavyam"},"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\/15\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chapter 15<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/15-2-5\">&lt;&lt; Chapter 15 verse 2.5<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>SlOkam \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/15-3_15-3-5-original\/\">Original<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><em>aSvaththam Enam suvirUdamUlam asangaSasthrENa drudEna chithvA |<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>thatha: padham thath parimArgithavyam yasmin gathA na nivarthanthi bhUya: ||<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>word-by-word meaning<\/h3>\n<p>Enam &#8211; previously explained<br \/>\nsuvirUdamUlam &#8211; having deeply fixed root<br \/>\naSvaththam &#8211; the peepal tree (i.e., samsAram)<br \/>\ndhrudEna &#8211; firm (due to having good knowledge)<br \/>\nasanga SasthrENa &#8211; weapon of detachment (in worldly pleasures made of the three qualities)<br \/>\nchithvA &#8211; cleaving<br \/>\nthatha: &#8211; due to that detachment<br \/>\nyasmin gathA: bhUya: na nivarthanthi thath padham &#8211; the goal of not having to return to this samsAram<br \/>\nparimArgithavyam &#8211; should seek.<\/p>\n<h3>Simple Translation<\/h3>\n<p>Cleaving the previously explained\u00a0 peepal tree with deeply fixed root, with the firm weapon (due to having good knowledge) of detachment (in worldly pleasures made of the three qualities), one should seek the goal of not having to return to this samsAram.<\/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;Having by the mighty weapon of non-attachment, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/hewn#Adjective\">hewn<\/a> down this firm-rooted <em>A\u015bvattha<\/em>; Then is that state to be sought after, reaching which they return not again.&#8217;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The A\u015bvattha Tree of the aforesaid kind has its diverse roots wide spreading below.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The strong axe or weapon is that of non-attachment for the Gu\u1e47a-sated enjoyments, \u2014a weapon furnished by ripe spiritual enlightenment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/cleave#Verb\">Cleaving<\/a> the Tree <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/asunder#Adverb\">asunder<\/a> by this weapon, detachment from (or dislike for) sense-delights, is produced, followed up by a search for that (high spiritual) state which, when once attained, there is no falling back from.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How will this attachment for Gu\u1e47a-full pleasures, persisting for a long time past, depart? And its (attachment\u2019s) cause, <em>vipar\u012bta-j\u00f1\u0101na<\/em> or perverted understanding?<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/15-4\">&gt;&gt; Chapter 15 Verse 4<\/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 15 &lt;&lt; Chapter 15 verse 2.5 SlOkam \u2013 Original aSvaththam Enam suvirUdamUlam asangaSasthrENa drudEna chithvA | thatha: padham thath parimArgithavyam yasmin gathA na nivarthanthi bhUya: || word-by-word meaning Enam &#8211; previously explained suvirUdamUlam &#8211; having deeply fixed root aSvaththam &#8211; the peepal tree (i.e., &#8230; <a title=\"15.3 aSvaththam Enam suvirUdamUlam &#038; 15.3.5 thatha: padham thath parimArgithavyam\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/15-3_15-3-5\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about 15.3 aSvaththam Enam suvirUdamUlam &#038; 15.3.5 thatha: padham thath parimArgithavyam\">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":[8,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6096","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chapter-15","category-simple"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6096","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=6096"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6096\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15921,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6096\/revisions\/15921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}