SrI:\u00a0 SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:\u00a0 SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:\u00a0 SrImath varavaramunayE nama:<\/small><\/p>\n
Chapter 18<\/a><\/p>\n << Chapter 18 Introduction<\/a><\/p>\n arjuna uvAcha arjuna uvAcha – Arjuna said Arjuna said – Oh mighty armed! Oh one who controls the senses! Oh killer of demon kESi! I desire to know the truth of sanyAsa (renunciation, which is explained as the means for mOksham in upanishaths) and thyAga (sacrifice) and if they are different from each other (or the same).<\/p>\n ‘Of Sanny\u0101sa[1. Surrendering oneself to action-less contemplation (=J\u00f1\u0101na-yoga or Sanny\u0101sa in the sense employed in Notably, Ty\u0101ga (renunciation)[3. Abandonment of action = Negative side of Renunciation.] and Sanny\u0101sa (resignation)[4. Surrendering oneself to action-less contemplation (=J\u00f1\u0101na-yoga or Sanny\u0101sa in the sense employed in Sts: 1, 2 and 3., Lec:5) = Positive<\/em> side of Renunciation.] were dictated as the Means to Moksha, according to the \u015arutis, for example:<\/span><\/p>\n \u2018Some by Ty\u0101ga (renunciation) achieve Immortality, not by action, not by (means of) progeny, nor money, (=property).\u2019[5. Tait: Up\u00b0: N\u0101r\u0101:<\/em> X-21. \u2018Na karma\u1e47\u0101 &c.\u2019 Ranga R\u0101m\u0101nuja quotes the authority \u2018Sanny\u0101sas ty\u0101ga ity ukta\u015b \u015bara\u1e47\u0101gatir ity api\u2019 according to which Sanny\u0101sa and Ty\u0101ga mean one and mean seeking the Lord as the One Refuge. Ty\u0101ga here is the negative side of Renunciation.]<\/span><\/p>\n \u2018Those Yatis (or Sanny\u0101sins) all, who ascertaining to themselves of what is good, from the knowledge acquired from the Ved\u0101ntas; and made pure of heart by means of Sanny\u0101sa-yoga(=resignation), are delivered (from bondage) by reaching the Immortal (=God) in the Brahma-loka at the close of mortal life (=par\u0101nta-k\u0101le<\/em> = at the dissolution of the last karma-body, vide., Ranga R\u0101m\u0101nuja’s Commentary on Taittiriya-Upanishat, N\u0101r\u0101ya\u1e47am)\u2019[6. Tait: Up\u00b0: N\u0101r\u0101: X-22; also Mund: Up: III-2-6. \u2018Ved\u0101nta vij\u00f1\u0101na &c.\u2019. Ranga R\u0101m\u0101nuja explains Sannyasa<\/em> in this passage to mean Prapadana or unconditional surrender (to the Deity) = the positive side of Renunciation.]<\/span><\/p>\n Distinctly do I desire to know the truth regarding Sanny\u0101sa and Ty\u0101ga. The import is this: Do these two terms mean different things, or do they mean the same thing? If they mean different, I wish to learn in what does the difference consist; if not, what is the unique sense conveyed by both?<\/span><\/p>\n In order to prove that the nature of both is identical and to show what that nature is, \u015ar\u012b Bhagav\u0101n first exhibits the error of an objector. He says:<\/span><\/p>\n >> Chapter 18 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 18 << Chapter 18 Introduction SlOkam \u2013 Original arjuna uvAcha sanyAsasya mahAbAhO thathvam ichchAmi vEdhithum | thyAgasya cha hrushIkESa pruthak kESinishUdhana || word-by-word meaning arjuna uvAcha – Arjuna said mahAbAhO – Oh mighty armed! hrushIkESa – Oh one who controls the senses! kESInishUdhana – … 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":[11,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chapter-18","category-simple"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6659","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=6659"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6659\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16504,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6659\/revisions\/16504"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}SlOkam \u2013 Original<\/a><\/h3>\n
\nsanyAsasya mahAbAhO thathvam ichchAmi vEdhithum |<\/em>
\n thyAgasya cha hrushIkESa pruthak kESinishUdhana ||<\/em><\/p>\nword-by-word meaning<\/h3>\n
\nmahAbAhO – Oh mighty armed!
\nhrushIkESa – Oh one who controls the senses!
\nkESInishUdhana – Oh killer of demon kESi!
\nsanyAsasya – about sanyAsa (renunciation, which is explained as the means for mOksham in upanishaths)
\nthyAgasya cha – and about thyAga (sacrifice)
\nthathvam – truth
\npruthak vEdhithum – to know if they are different from each other (or the same).
\nichchAmi – I desire<\/p>\nSimple Translation<\/h3>\n
Rendering based on ALkoNdavilli gOvindhAchArya swAmy\u2019s English translation of gIthA bhAshyam<\/h3>\n
\nSts: 1, 2 and 3., Lec:5) = Positive<\/em> side of Renunciation.], Strong-armed! and of Ty\u0101ga[2. Abandonment of action = Negative side of Renunciation.], H\u1e5bish\u012bke\u015ba!, I would fain<\/a> distinctly know the truth, O Ke\u015bi-Slayer.’<\/span><\/p>\n
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