SrI:\u00a0 SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:\u00a0 SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:\u00a0 SrImath varavaramunayE nama:<\/small><\/p>\n
Chapter 17<\/a><\/p>\n << Chapter 17 Introduction<\/a><\/p>\n arjuna uvAcha arjuna uvAcha – arjuna spoke Oh krishNa! In which state are those\u00a0 who are performing yagya with faith even after disregarding the rules of SAsthram? Is it in sathva guNam (goodness), rajO guNam (passion) or in thamO guNam (ignorance)?<\/p>\n ‘How is that Sacrifice characterized, K\u1e5bish\u1e47a! which by men, is done in faith (\u015braddh\u0101<\/em>), but incompatible with \u015a\u0101stra\u2019s canons?’<\/span><\/p>\n What is that (spiritual) status (nish\u1e6dh\u0101<\/em>) which consists in one renouncing \u015a\u0101str\u0101’s biddings, but who yet performs a Sacrifice in full faith. \u2014Is that characterizable as falling under any one of the three qualities (of matter) Satvam, or Rajas or Tamas?<\/span><\/p>\n Thus questioned, Bhagav\u0101n, reserving the subject of the futility of performing anti-\u015a\u0101stra Sacrifices etc., albeit they be performed in faith, first expounds the three-fold nature of even the \u015a\u0101stra-conforming works, thus:<\/span><\/p>\n >> Chapter 17 Verse 2<\/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 17 << Chapter 17 Introduction SlOkam \u2013 Original arjuna uvAcha yE SAsthravidhim uthsrujya yajanthE SradhdhayAnvithA: | thEshAm nishtA thu kA krishNa sathvam AhO rajas thama: || word-by-word meaning arjuna uvAcha – arjuna spoke krishNa – Oh krishNa! yE – those SAsthra vidhim uthsrujya – … 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":[10,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6515","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chapter-17","category-simple"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6515","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=6515"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6515\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}SlOkam \u2013 Original<\/a><\/h3>\n
\nyE SAsthravidhim uthsrujya yajanthE SradhdhayAnvithA: |<\/em>
\n thEshAm nishtA thu kA krishNa sathvam AhO rajas thama: ||<\/em><\/p>\nword-by-word meaning <\/h3>\n
\nkrishNa – Oh krishNa!
\nyE – those
\nSAsthra vidhim uthsrujya – even after disregarding the rules of SAsthram
\nSradhdhayA anvithA: – with faith
\nyajanthE – performing yagya
\nthEshAm thu – their
\nnishtA – state
\nkA – in which?
\nsathvam – is it in sathva guNam (goodness)?
\nAhO raja: – or is it in rajO guNam (passion)?
\n(AhO) thama: – or is it in thamO guNam (ignorance)?<\/p>\nSimple Translation <\/h3>\n
Rendering based on ALkoNdavilli gOvindhAchArya swAmy\u2019s English translation of gIthA bhAshyam<\/h3>\n
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