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Chapter 16<\/a><\/p>\n << Chapter 16 Verse 8<\/a><\/p>\n EthAm dhrushtim avashtabhya nashtAthmAnO\u2019lpabudhdhaya: |<\/em> (The demoniac people) Holding on to this crooked view, not seeing the AthmA (which is different from the body), being small-minded (not being able to differentiate between the body which is known and the soul which is the knower), being engaged in evil activities (which harm everyone) and being inauspicious, the demoniac people become the cause for the ruin of the universe.<\/p>\n ‘Adopting this view, the soul-lost, small-witted, and deed-cruel, vile<\/a> (beings), become the ruin of the Universe.’<\/span><\/p>\n Adopting<\/em> : means embracing or holding.<\/span><\/p>\n Nasht-\u0101tm\u0101na\u1e25<\/em> = Soul-lost, or those who have lost their souls, or who have not seen that a soul is<\/em> distinct from body (either by faith or by experience).<\/span><\/p>\n Alpa-buddhaya\u1e25<\/em> = Small-witted = those who cannot cognize that there is a \u2018cognizer\u2019 \u2014\u0100tma\u2014 in the \u2018cognized\u2019 body, which is like a pot (which one sees as a separate object).<\/span><\/p>\n Ugra-karm\u0101\u1e47a\u1e25<\/em> = Deed-cruel = Those who are persecutors or molesters of all beings, by their cruel acts.<\/span><\/p>\n These creatures are pests who undermine the Universe.<\/span><\/p>\n >> Chapter 16 Verse 10<\/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 8 SlOkam \u2013 Original EthAm dhrushtim avashtabhya nashtAthmAnO\u2019lpabudhdhaya: | prabhavanthyugrakarmAna: kshayAya jagathO\u2019SubhA: || word-by-word meaning (The demoniac people) EthAm dhrushtim – this crooked view avashtabhya – holding on to nashtAthmAna: – not seeing the AthmA (which is different from … 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-6418","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\/6418","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=6418"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6418\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16203,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6418\/revisions\/16203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}SlOkam \u2013 Original<\/a><\/h3>\n
\n prabhavanthyugrakarmAna: kshayAya jagathO\u2019SubhA: ||<\/em><\/p>\nword-by-word meaning<\/h3>\n
\nEthAm dhrushtim – this crooked view
\navashtabhya – holding on to
\nnashtAthmAna: – not seeing the AthmA (which is different from the body)
\nalpa budhdhaya: – being small-minded (not being able to differentiate between the body which is known and the soul which is the knower)
\nugra karmANa: – being engaged in evil activities (which harm everyone)
\naSubhA: – being inauspicious
\nkshayAya prabhavanthi – become the cause for the ruin of the universe<\/p>\nSimple Translation<\/h3>\n
Rendering based on ALkoNdavilli gOvindhAchArya swAmy\u2019s English translation of gIthA bhAshyam<\/h3>\n
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