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Chapter 16<\/a><\/p>\n << Chapter 16 Verse 6<\/a><\/p>\n pravruththim cha nivruththim cha janA na vidhur AsurA: |<\/em> AsurA: janA: – the persons who are in demoniac category The persons who are in demoniac category do not know the vaidhika dharmam (the path shown by vEdham) which is the means for liberation and aiSvarya (material wealth, control) ; purity (which is required to practice vaidhika rituals), holy conduct (sandhyA vandhanam etc which brings in such purity) and being truthful are not present in them.<\/p>\n ‘The Non-divine know not (the ways of) \u2018activity\u2019 or of \u2018passivity\u2019; \u2018Neither cleanliness, nor holy conduct, nor truth is found in them.’<\/span><\/p>\n Prav\u1e5bitti<\/em> = Activity or \u2018Effort,\u2019 or engaging in Veda-enjoined Dharma, for securing (material) prosperity (power, riches, svarga, siddhis<\/em> etc.)[1. For a full description of what the two Paths of Prav\u1e5bitti<\/em> and Niv\u1e5bitti<\/em> are, consult Bh\u0101g:<\/em> VII-15, 47 to 57. Also Mah\u0101bh\u0101, \u015a\u0101nti Parva, Moksha Dharma,<\/em> Ch: 217; Bh: G\u012b:<\/em> VIII-23<\/a> to 25<\/a>, refers to Niv\u1e5bitti<\/em> = Passivity (or cessation from prav\u1e5bitti<\/em>) or engaging in such Veda-enjoined Dharma as leads to moksha<\/em> (spiritual beatitude). (Niv\u1e5bitti<\/em> is literally retirement, or giving up all desires for material happiness, thus contrasting with prav\u1e5bitti<\/em>.[2. For a full description of what the two Paths of Prav\u1e5bitti<\/em> and Niv\u1e5bitti<\/em> are, consult Bh\u0101g:<\/em> VII-15, 47 to 57. Also Mah\u0101bh\u0101, \u015a\u0101nti Parva, Moksha Dharma,<\/em> Ch: 217; Bh: G\u012b:<\/em> VIII-23<\/a> to 25<\/a>, refers to The Non-divine (\u0100sura<\/em>) do not understand these ways.<\/span><\/p>\n \u015aaucham<\/em>=Cleanliness of heart inside and of person outside, so as to be fit for performing Veda-bid works.<\/span><\/p>\n \u0100ch\u0101ra\u1e25<\/em>=Good or holy conduct, such as the performance of Twilight-Prayers (=sandhy\u0101-vandana<\/em>) etc., by which \u015baucha<\/em> would be produced, as declared in:<\/span><\/p>\n \u2018He who omits sandhya<\/em> is always unholy, and unfit for any duties\u2019.[3. Daksha-smriti<\/em>: \u2018Sandhy\u0101-hino suchie nityam &c.\u2019]<\/span><\/p>\n Satyam<\/em>=The utterance of that which is in conformity with fact.<\/span><\/p>\n These qualities are not to be found in the Non-divine natures.<\/span><\/p>\n >> Chapter 16 Verse 8<\/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 16 << Chapter 16 Verse 6 SlOkam \u2013 Original pravruththim cha nivruththim cha janA na vidhur AsurA: | na Saucham nApi chAchArO na sathyam thEshu vidhyathE || word-by-word meaning AsurA: janA: – the persons who are in demoniac category pravruththim cha – and the … 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-6402","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\/6402","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=6402"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6402\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16195,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6402\/revisions\/16195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}SlOkam \u2013 Original<\/a><\/h3>\n
\nna Saucham nApi chAchArO na sathyam thEshu vidhyathE ||<\/em><\/p>\nword-by-word meaning<\/h3>\n
\npravruththim cha – and the means for aiSvarya (material wealth, control)
\nnivruththim cha – vaidhika dharmam (the path shown by vEdham) which is the means for liberation
\nna vidhu: – do not know;
\nthEshu – in them
\nSaucham na vidhyathE – purity (which is required to practice vaidhika rituals) is not present;
\nAchAra: api na vidhyathE – holy conduct (sandhyA vandhanam etc which brings in such purity) is not present;
\nsathyam na vidhyathE – being truthful is also not present in them.<\/p>\nSimple Translation<\/h3>\n
Rendering based on ALkoNdavilli gOvindhAchArya swAmy\u2019s English translation of gIthA bhAshyam<\/h3>\n
\nthe destination to which these Paths lead.]<\/span><\/p>\n
\nthe destination to which these Paths lead.]<\/span><\/p>\n
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