SrI:\u00a0 SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:\u00a0 SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:\u00a0 SrImath varavaramunayE nama:<\/small><\/p>\n
Chapter 16<\/a><\/p>\n << Chapter 16 Verse 17<\/a><\/p>\n ahankAram balam dharpam kAmam krOdham cha samSrithA: |<\/em> ahankAram – ego (of thinking that everything can be accomplished on their own) Holding on to ego (of thinking that everything can be accomplished on their own), (that my strength is enough to achieve everything) self strength, pride (of thinking that there is no match for self), lust (to accomplish everything with such desire) and anger (to destroy everyone who causes hurdles for such accomplishments), having jealousy (to blame me with their cunning ways) towards me who is present in such persons and others (controlling all) and unable to tolerate me (they are engaging in various yAgams etc as explained before).<\/p>\n ‘Espoused to self-hood, strength, consequence, lust and wrath, do they in malice antagonize Me in their own and others\u2019 bodies.’<\/span><\/p>\n Aha\u1e47k\u0101ra<\/em> = Self-hood, = the conceit: \u2018I<\/em> can do everything without any extraneous aid.’<\/span><\/p>\n Balam<\/em> = In so doing, \u2018my single strength is all-sufficient.\u2019 Hence;<\/span><\/p>\n Darpam<\/em> = Consequence; = \u2018the importance of Myself to the exclusion of others.\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n Inasmuch as I am so, \u2018by My mere lusting or willing after, every desire is fulfilled.\u2019 \u2018And those who cause me evil, I shall slay them all’ = wrath (krodha)<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n Surrendering themselves to such passions, they evince malice towards Me, the Omnific Purushottama, dwelling in themselves as well as in the bodies of others, and make enemies with Me; meaning that by sophistry they endeavour to discover reasons for disproving the very fact of My existence, hate Me, and giving themselves up to passions stated above, perform sacrifices and other acts.<\/span><\/p>\n >> Chapter 16 Verse 19<\/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 17 SlOkam \u2013 Original ahankAram balam dharpam kAmam krOdham cha samSrithA: | mAm AthmaparadhEhEshu pradhvishanthO\u2019bhyasUyakA: || word-by-word meaning ahankAram – ego (of thinking that everything can be accomplished on their own) balam – (that my strength is enough to … 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-6463","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\/6463","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=6463"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6463\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16300,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6463\/revisions\/16300"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}SlOkam \u2013 Original<\/a><\/h3>\n
\n mAm AthmaparadhEhEshu pradhvishanthO\u2019bhyasUyakA: ||<\/em><\/p>\nword-by-word meaning<\/h3>\n
\nbalam – (that my strength is enough to achieve everything) self strength
\ndharpam – pride (of thinking that there is no match for self)
\nkAmam – lust (to accomplish everything with such desire)
\nkrOdham cha – and anger (to destroy everyone who causes hurdles for such accomplishments)
\nsamSrithA: – holding on to
\nAthma para dhEhEshu mAm – towards me who is present in such persons and others (controlling all)
\nabhyasUyakA: – having jealousy (to blame me with their cunning ways)
\npradhvishantha: – unable to tolerate (me)
\n(are engaging in various yAgams etc as explained before).<\/p>\nSimple Translation<\/h3>\n
Rendering based on ALkoNdavilli gOvindhAchArya swAmy\u2019s English translation of gIthA bhAshyam<\/h3>\n
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