SrI:\u00a0 SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:\u00a0 SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:\u00a0 SrImath varavaramunayE nama:<\/small><\/p>\n
Chapter 15<\/a><\/p>\n << Chapter 15 verse 19<\/a><\/p>\n ithi guhyathamam SAsthram idham uktham mayA’nagha |<\/em> anagha – Oh sinless! Oh sinless! Oh descendant of bharatha! In this manner, this most secretive scripture, purushOththama vidhyA, was instructed by me to you. Knowing this, one shall become wise to attain me and shall have accomplished all the necessary tasks for such attainment.<\/p>\n ‘Thus is this most Occult Science unfolded by Me, O Sinless! Knowing it Bh\u0101rata! one shall become wise and shall have accomplished all his work.’<\/span><\/p>\n Considering you sinless<\/em> i.e.<\/em>, worthy, this Secret of all secret Sciences, viz.<\/em>, the revelation to you of the Purushottama-aspect of Myself has been divulged.<\/span><\/p>\n He who knows this shall become wise:<\/em>, i.e.,<\/em> he shall have acquired every wisdom which one who aspires to reach Me ought to possess.<\/span><\/p>\n He shall have accomplished, all his work:<\/em> i.e.<\/em>, He shall have performed every act of duty which one of his stamp[1. Editor’s note: i.e., kind<\/em>] is expected to perform.<\/span><\/p>\n This Stanza informs us that the Purushottama-knowledge \u2014declared in this Lecture\u2014 a knowledge learnt from \u015a\u0101stra, is alone sufficient to accomplish what is stated in this Stanza (viz.,<\/em> becoming wise etc); and no direct knowledge (or actual witnessing etc., of Purushottama) is demanded (as a sine qua none<\/em> for growth of spiritual wisdom, and all that may follow thereon).<\/span><\/p>\n OM TAT SAT<\/span><\/p>\n Thus closes Discourse Fifteen,<\/span><\/p>\n Named, the Pur\u0101\u1e47a-traya-Purushottama-Yoga<\/em>,<\/span><\/p>\n or<\/span><\/p>\n The Way to the Primal Spirit Supreme<\/span><\/p>\n With \u015ari R\u0101m\u0101nuja\u2019s<\/em> Commentary thereon,<\/span><\/p>\n In the colloquy between \u015ari K\u1e5bish\u1e47a<\/em> and Arjuna<\/em>,<\/span><\/p>\n In the Science of Yoga<\/em>,<\/span><\/p>\n In the Theosophy (Divine knowledge) of the Upanishads<\/em>,<\/span><\/p>\n Or the Chants of \u015ar\u012b Bhagav\u0101n<\/em>,<\/span><\/p>\n The Bhagavad G\u012bt\u0101[1. This Lecture contains an explicit explanation of the Three inevitable Postulates, viz., achit<\/em> (matter), chit<\/em> (soul) and \u012a\u015bvara<\/em> (God) to render a complete solution of the mystery of Life and Universe. This is the fundamental Thesis of R\u0101m\u0101nuj\u0101\u2019s Visishtadvaitic Monism.]<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n >> Chapter 16 Introduction<\/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 15 << Chapter 15 verse 19 SlOkam \u2013 Original ithi guhyathamam SAsthram idham uktham mayA’nagha | Ethadh budhvA budhdhimAn syAth kruthakruthyaS cha bhAratha || word-by-word meaning anagha – Oh sinless! bhAratha – Oh descendant of bharatha! ithi – in this manner idham – this … 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-6305","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\/6305","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=6305"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6305\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16013,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6305\/revisions\/16013"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}SlOkam \u2013 Original<\/a><\/h3>\n
\n Ethadh budhvA budhdhimAn syAth kruthakruthyaS cha bhAratha ||<\/em><\/p>\nword-by-word meaning<\/h3>\n
\nbhAratha – Oh descendant of bharatha!
\nithi – in this manner
\nidham – this purushOththama vidhyA
\nguhya thamam SAsthram – most secretive scripture
\nmayA – by me
\nuktham – instructed (to you).
\nEthath budhdhvA – knowing this
\nbudhdhimAn syAth – one shall become wise to attain me;
\nkrutha kruthya: cha – shall have accomplished all the necessary tasks for such attainment.<\/p>\nSimple Translation<\/h3>\n
Rendering based on ALkoNdavilli gOvindhAchArya swAmy\u2019s English translation of gIthA bhAshyam<\/h3>\n
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