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Chapter 16<\/a><\/p>\n << Chapter 16 Verse 23<\/a><\/p>\n thasmAch chAsthram pramANam thE kAryAkAryavyavasthithau |<\/em> thasmAth – Thus (Thus) Thus, vEdham is the only authority (due to its being the cause for wisdom) for you to determine what is to be pursued and what is to be discarded. Thus, knowing truly the principle (of supreme lord) which is explained in SAsthram and the means to attain him, you are qualified to pursue the ordained activities (and the wisdom) here, in this karma bhUmi [ordained place for carrying out one’s deeds] .<\/p>\n ‘Hence your Authority is \u015a\u0101stra, to judge what is duty and not. Knowing what \u015a\u0101stra’s canons teach and do enjoin, it is now for you to act.’<\/span><\/p>\n \u015a\u0101stra alone is your Supreme Authority deciding for you what is worthy for you to adopt and what is worthy to reject.<\/span><\/p>\n What \u015a\u0101stra-canons teach and enjoin<\/em> are what the Vedas and their exegetic<\/a> Codes, viz.,<\/em> Dharma-\u015a\u0101stra (= Moral social Institutes), Itih\u0101sas and Pur\u0101\u1e47as (=legendary lore of men and Gods) etc, teach<\/em> as regards (1) the Highest Truth of Purushottama, and enjoin (2) works or services which are pleasing to Him, and constituting Means to reaching Him. Knowing both these, (1) Truth and (2) Works, \u2014neither more nor less,\u2014 it is meet<\/a> for you now to act in accordance therewith.<\/span><\/p>\n OM TAT SAT<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n Thus closes the Sixteenth Discourse,<\/span><\/p>\n Named, Daiv-\u0100sura-Sampad-Vibh\u0101ga-Yoga<\/em>,<\/span><\/p>\n or<\/span><\/p>\n The Book of the Division of the Divine and the Undivine,<\/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<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n >> Chapter 17 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 16 << Chapter 16 Verse 23 SlOkam \u2013 Original thasmAch chAsthram pramANam thE kAryAkAryavyavasthithau | gyAthvA SAsthravidhAnOktham karma karthum ihArhasi || word-by-word meaning thasmAth – Thus thE – for you kArya akArya vyavasthithau – to determine what is to be pursued and what is … 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-6506","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\/6506","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=6506"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6506\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}SlOkam \u2013 Original<\/a><\/h3>\n
\ngyAthvA SAsthravidhAnOktham karma karthum ihArhasi ||<\/em><\/p>\nword-by-word meaning <\/h3>\n
\nthE – for you
\nkArya akArya vyavasthithau – to determine what is to be pursued and what is to be discarded
\nSAsthram – vEdham is the only
\npramANam – authority (due to its being the cause for wisdom);<\/p>\n
\nSAsthra vidhAnOktham – the principle (of supreme lord) which is explained in SAsthram and the means to attain him
\ngyAthvA – knowing truly
\niha – here, in this karma bhUmi
\nkarma – ordained activities (and the wisdom)
\nkarthum arhasi – you are qualified to pursue.<\/p>\nSimple Translation <\/h3>\n
Rendering based on ALkoNdavilli gOvindhAchArya swAmy\u2019s English translation of gIthA bhAshyam<\/h3>\n
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