{"id":6340,"date":"2017-12-10T23:44:25","date_gmt":"2017-12-10T23:44:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/?p=6340"},"modified":"2025-01-30T17:29:08","modified_gmt":"2025-01-30T17:29:08","slug":"16-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/16-1\/","title":{"rendered":"16.1 abhayam sathvasamSudhdhi:"},"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\/16\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chapter 16<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/16\">&lt;&lt; Chapter 16 Introduction<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>SlOkam \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/16-1-original\/\">Original<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>SrI bhagavAn uvAcha<br \/>\n<em>abhayam sathvasamSudhdhi: gyAnayOgavyavasthithi: |<\/em><br \/>\n<em>dhAnam dhamaS cha yagyaS cha svAdhyAyas thapa Arjavam ||<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>word-by-word meaning<\/h3>\n<p>SrI bhagavAn uvAcha &#8211; Lord Krishna said<br \/>\nabhayam &#8211; fearlessness<br \/>\nsathva samsudhdhi: &#8211; purity of heart<br \/>\ngyAna yOga vyavasthithi: &#8211; being focussed on AthmA (which is distinct from matter)<br \/>\ndhAnam &#8211; giving righteously earned wealth to noble people in charity<br \/>\ndhama: &#8211; restraining the mind from engaging in sensual pleasures<br \/>\nyagya: cha &#8211; engaging in pancha mahA yagyam etc (as thiruvArAdhanam to bhagavAn, without any expectation)<br \/>\nsvAdhyAya: &#8211; studying vEdham<br \/>\nthapa: &#8211; engaging in penances (such as EkAdhaSi vratham etc)<br \/>\nArjavam &#8211; having the mind, speech and actions in harmony<\/p>\n<h3>Simple Translation<\/h3>\n<p>Lord Krishna said &#8211; Fearlessneess, purity of heart, being focussed on AthmA (which is distinct from matter), giving righteously earned wealth to noble people in charity, restraining the mind from engaging in sensual pleasures, engaging in pancha mahA yagyam etc (as thiruvArAdhanam to bhagavAn, without any expectation), studying vEdham, engaging in penances (such as EkAdhaSi vratham etc), and having the mind, speech and actions in harmony &#8230;<\/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;Fearlessness, purity of heart, settlement in J\u00f1\u0101na-yoga, charity, self-restraint and sacrifices, sacred study, penance, uprightness;&#8217;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/16-2\">&gt;&gt; Chapter 16 Verse 2<\/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 16 &lt;&lt; Chapter 16 Introduction SlOkam \u2013 Original SrI bhagavAn uvAcha abhayam sathvasamSudhdhi: gyAnayOgavyavasthithi: | dhAnam dhamaS cha yagyaS cha svAdhyAyas thapa Arjavam || word-by-word meaning SrI bhagavAn uvAcha &#8211; Lord Krishna said abhayam &#8211; fearlessness sathva samsudhdhi: &#8211; purity of heart gyAna yOga &#8230; <a title=\"16.1 abhayam sathvasamSudhdhi:\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/16-1\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about 16.1 abhayam sathvasamSudhdhi:\">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":[9,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chapter-16","category-simple"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6340","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=6340"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6340\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16082,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6340\/revisions\/16082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}