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Chapter 17<\/a><\/p>\n << Chapter 17 Verse 17<\/a><\/p>\n sathkAra mAna pUjArtham thapO dhambhEna chaiva yath |<\/em> sathkAra mAna pUjArtham – to gain respect, praise and worship (such penance is) The penance which is practiced to gain respect, praise and worship and is done for show, is said to be caused by rajO guNam (passion) in this world; (such penance is) (based on the visible result)\u00a0unstable and impermanent.<\/p>\n ‘That is here called R\u0101jasa-Tapas which is practiced for the sake of gaining regard, praise and worship, and for display; (it is) unstable and unenduring.’<\/span><\/p>\n Satk\u0101ra<\/em> = Regard from others (in the mind).<\/span><\/p>\n M\u0101na<\/em> = Praise, or verbal adulation (by others).<\/span><\/p>\n P\u016bja = Worship such as bowing, prostrating etc., with the body.<\/span><\/p>\n Whatever Tapas is practiced, actuated with motives for fruit, for securing regard etc., from others, and to parade before others, is said to be R\u0101jasa.<\/span><\/p>\n Since this kind of Tapas constitutes the means for such (transitory) fruit such as Svarga etc, it is chalam<\/em> = unstable, because it is ever fraught with the fear of falling down therefrom; and it is adhruvam<\/em> = not lasting, or declining.<\/span><\/p>\n >> Chapter 17 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 17 << Chapter 17 Verse 17 SlOkam \u2013 Original sathkAra mAna pUjArtham thapO dhambhEna chaiva yath | kriyathE thadiha prOktham rAjasam chalam adhruvam || word-by-word meaning sathkAra mAna pUjArtham – to gain respect, praise and worship dhambEna cha Eva – and for show yath … 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-6590","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\/6590","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=6590"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6590\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16446,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6590\/revisions\/16446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}SlOkam \u2013 Original<\/a><\/h3>\n
\n kriyathE thadiha prOktham rAjasam chalam adhruvam ||<\/em><\/p>\nword-by-word meaning<\/h3>\n
\ndhambEna cha Eva – and for show
\nyath thapa: kriyathE – the penance which is practiced
\nthath – that penance
\niha – in this world
\nrAjasam prOktham – is said to be caused by rajO guNam (passion);<\/p>\n
\n(based on the visible result) chalam – unstable
\nadhruvam – impermanent<\/p>\nSimple Translation<\/h3>\n
Rendering based on ALkoNdavilli gOvindhAchArya swAmy\u2019s English translation of gIthA bhAshyam<\/h3>\n
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