SrI:\u00a0 SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:\u00a0 SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:\u00a0 SrImath varavaramunayE nama:<\/small><\/p>\n
Chapter 17<\/a><\/p>\n << Chapter 17 Verse 13<\/a><\/p>\n dhEvadhvijaguruprAgyapUjanam Saucham Arjavam |<\/em> dhEva dhvija guru prAgyA pUjanam – Worshipping celestial beings, twice-born persons [brAhmaNas], preceptor, learned persons Worshipping celestial beings, twice-born persons, preceptor, learned persons, the acts which lead to purity (such as taking a dip in holy rivers), acting in harmony with the mind, not engaging in intimate acts with women and not harming other beings are said to be the penances performed with the body.<\/p>\n ‘That is called Bodily Austerity (tapas<\/em>) which consists in the worship of the Devas, the Twice-born, the Teachers and wise men; in cleanliness, rectitude, chastity and harmless-ness’<\/span><\/p>\n Worship<\/em> (or reverent treatment rendered by the body) to the Gods, the Twice-born (=the deivas<\/em> or the Br\u0101hma\u1e47as<\/em>, the spiritual classes), the Teachers (=the gurus<\/em>) and other men, who are ripe in (spiritual) wisdom.<\/span><\/p>\n \u015aaucham<\/em> = Cleanliness of person by ablutions<\/a> in holy waters, etc.<\/span><\/p>\n \u0100rjavam<\/em> = Conduct in keeping with the intent (of mind).<\/span><\/p>\n Brahma-charyam<\/em> = Chastity or the absence of lustful looking at women etc.,<\/span><\/p>\n Ahims\u0101<\/em> = Absence of injury to creatures (harm lessness<\/em>).<\/span><\/p>\n These constitute Bodily Austerity.<\/span><\/p>\n >> Chapter 17 Verse 15<\/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 Verse 13 SlOkam \u2013 Original dhEvadhvijaguruprAgyapUjanam Saucham Arjavam | brahmacharyam ahimsA cha SArIram thapa uchyathE || word-by-word meaning dhEva dhvija guru prAgyA pUjanam – Worshipping celestial beings, twice-born persons [brAhmaNas], preceptor, learned persons Saucham – the acts which lead 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":[10,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6570","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\/6570","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=6570"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6570\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16251,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6570\/revisions\/16251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}SlOkam \u2013 Original<\/a><\/h3>\n
\n brahmacharyam ahimsA cha SArIram thapa uchyathE ||<\/em><\/p>\nword-by-word meaning<\/h3>\n
\nSaucham – the acts which lead to purity (such as taking a dip in holy rivers)
\nArjavam – acting in harmony with the mind
\nbrahmacharyam – not engaging in intimate acts with women
\nahimsA cha – not harming other beings
\nSArIram thapa uchyathE – are said to be the penances performed with the body<\/p>\nSimple Translation<\/h3>\n
Rendering based on ALkoNdavilli gOvindhAchArya swAmy\u2019s English translation of gIthA bhAshyam<\/h3>\n
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