{"id":6621,"date":"2018-03-03T23:42:10","date_gmt":"2018-03-03T23:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/?p=6621"},"modified":"2018-03-03T23:42:10","modified_gmt":"2018-03-03T23:42:10","slug":"17-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/17-24\/","title":{"rendered":"17.24 thasmAdhOm ithyudhAhruthya"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><small>SrI:\u00a0 SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:\u00a0 SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:\u00a0 SrImath varavaramunayE nama:<\/small><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/17\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chapter 17<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/17-23\">&lt;&lt; Chapter 17 Verse 23<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>SlOkam \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/17-24-original\/\">Original<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><em>thasmAdhOm ithyudhAhruthya yagyadhAnathapa:kriyA: |<\/em><br \/>\n<em> pravarthanthE vidhAnOkthA: sathatham brahma-vAdhinAm ||<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>word-by-word meaning  <\/h3>\n<p>thasmAth &#8211; as the vaidhika karmas along with these three words are created (in this manner, by me)<br \/>\nbrahmavAdhinAm &#8211; practiced by those [brAhmaNas, kshathriyas and vaiSyas] who recite vEdham<br \/>\nvidhAnOkthA: &#8211; as ordained in vEdha vAkyams (verses in vEdham)<br \/>\nyagya dhAna thapa: kriyA: &#8211; vaidhika rituals such as yAgam (sacrifices), dhAnam (charities), thavam (penances)<br \/>\nOm ithi udhAhruthya &#8211; only after reciting &#8220;Om&#8221; first<br \/>\nsathatham &#8211; always<br \/>\npravarthanthE &#8211; practiced<\/p>\n<h3>Simple Translation  <\/h3>\n<p>As the vaidhika karmas along with these three words are created (in this manner, by me), the vaidhika rituals such as yAgam (sacrifices), dhAnam (charities), thavam (penances) which are practiced by those [brAhmaNas, kshathriyas and vaiSyas] who recite vEdham as ordained in vEdha vAkyams (verses in vEdham), are practiced always, only after reciting &#8220;Om&#8221; first.<\/p>\n<h3>Rendering based on ALkoNdavilli gOvindhAchArya swAmy\u2019s English translation of gIthA bhAshyam<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8216;With Brahmav\u0101dis, therefore, all Veda-enjoined acts, Sacrifice (<em>yaj\u00f1a<\/em>), Gift (<em>d\u0101na<\/em>) and Austerity (<em>tapas<\/em>) always begin with the repetition of OM.&#8217;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Brahmav\u0101dis<\/em>=Veda-v\u0101dis, or those who follow the Vedas or the Three Castes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yaj\u00f1a, D\u0101na, and Tapas are Veda-prescribed performances. They always begin by the recital of the holy Syllable OM. Vedas also begin thus. Thus the connection of the symbol OM with Vedas and Veda-bid Yaj\u00f1as etc., has been shown. Since in conjunction with OM, Vedas are repeated, and Yaj\u00f1as etc., are performed by the Three Castes, the connection of OM with the Three Castes indicated by the word Br\u0101hma\u1e47as, has also been shown.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How the symbol TAT is connected with these is now shown:\u2014<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/17-25\">&gt;&gt; Chapter 17 Verse 25<\/a><\/p>\n<p>archived in <a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\">https:\/\/githa.koyil.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>pramEyam (goal) \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/koyil.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">http:\/\/koyil.org<\/a><br \/>\npramANam (scriptures) \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/granthams.koyil.org\">http:\/\/granthams.koyil.org<\/a><br \/>\npramAthA (preceptors) \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\">http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org<\/a><br \/>\nSrIvaishNava education\/kids portal \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/pillai.koyil.org\/\">http:\/\/pillai.koyil.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SrI:\u00a0 SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:\u00a0 SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:\u00a0 SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 17 &lt;&lt; Chapter 17 Verse 23 SlOkam \u2013 Original thasmAdhOm ithyudhAhruthya yagyadhAnathapa:kriyA: | pravarthanthE vidhAnOkthA: sathatham brahma-vAdhinAm || word-by-word meaning thasmAth &#8211; as the vaidhika karmas along with these three words are created (in this manner, by me) brahmavAdhinAm &#8211; practiced by those [brAhmaNas, &#8230; <a title=\"17.24 thasmAdhOm ithyudhAhruthya\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/17-24\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about 17.24 thasmAdhOm ithyudhAhruthya\">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-6621","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\/6621","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=6621"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6621\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}