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Chapter 18<\/a><\/p>\n << Chapter 18 Verse 3<\/a><\/p>\n niSchayam SruNu mE thathra thyAgE bharathasaththama |<\/em> bharatha saththama – Oh best among the descendants of bharatha! Oh best among the descendants of bharatha! Hear from me, the truth about this thyAga which is viewed differently by different persons. Oh leader among men! Was this thyAga (which is observed while performing karmas) not explained previously (by me) as three-fold?<\/p>\n ‘Hear from Me, O Bharata-Best! the truth about this Ty\u0101ga. Verily Ty\u0101ga, O Tiger of men! is distinguished as threefold.’<\/span><\/p>\n While yet performing Vaidika-works there can yet be Ty\u0101ga or Renunciation (not abandonment) which I have already expounded to you as of three kinds:<\/span><\/p>\n (Firstly): Renunciation with reference to fruit;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n (Secondly): Renunciation with reference to work<\/em>;<\/span><\/p>\n (Thirdly): Renunciation with reference to agent.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n Renunciation with reference to fruit<\/em>, in other words, (performing works, and) abandoning fruits thereof, such as Svarga etc., they beget, found its expression in the Stanza:<\/span><\/p>\n \u2018With mind, \u0101tma-absorbed, rest all works in Me. Rid of desire and \u2018 my-ness\u2019 and of (mental) fever, fight\u2019 (Gi:<\/em> III-30<\/a>). The phrase, [nir\u0101\u015b\u012b\u1e25<\/em>] rid of desire<\/em> means : \u2018Let not the fruit<\/em> of Svarga etc., be for me.\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n Renunciation with reference to work<\/em> is (performance of work, but) renouncal or abandonment of the egoistic notion : \u2018This work is mine<\/em>, and is the means for procuring my<\/em> fruit\u2019 (implied in the phrase [nirmama\u1e25<\/em>] rid of \u2018my-ness\u2019).<\/span><\/p>\n Renunciation with reference to agent<\/em> is (performance of work, but) resting them in, or surrendering them to, the High Lord, with the thought that He is the Agent (or Author or Actor), and abandoning the idea that self is the agent or author of his works, (implied in the phrase [Mayi sannyasya<\/em>] surrendering or resigning them to Me).<\/span><\/p>\n >> Chapter 18 Verse 5<\/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 Verse 3 SlOkam \u2013 Original niSchayam SruNu mE thathra thyAgE bharathasaththama | thyAgO hi purushavyAghra thrividha: samprakIrthitha: || word-by-word meaning bharatha saththama – Oh best among the descendants of bharatha! thathra thyAgE – about this thyAga which is viewed differently … 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-6676","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\/6676","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=6676"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6676\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}SlOkam \u2013 Original<\/a><\/h3>\n
\n thyAgO hi purushavyAghra thrividha: samprakIrthitha: ||<\/em><\/p>\nword-by-word meaning <\/h3>\n
\nthathra thyAgE – about this thyAga which is viewed differently by different persons
\nniSchayam – truth
\nmE SruNu – hear from me;
\npurusha vyAghra – Oh leader among men!
\nthyAga: – this thyAga (which is observed while performing karmas)
\nthrividha: – three-fold
\nsamprakIrthitha: hi – was it not explained previously (by me)?<\/p>\nSimple Translation <\/h3>\n
Rendering based on ALkoNdavilli gOvindhAchArya swAmy\u2019s English translation of gIthA bhAshyam<\/h3>\n
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