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Chapter 18<\/a><\/p>\n << Chapter 18 Verse 6<\/a><\/p>\n niyathasya thu sanyAsa: karmaNO nOpapadhyathE |<\/em> niyathasya karmaNa: – of the karmas such as nithya (daily), naimiththika (periodical) etc Abandonment of the karmas such as nithya (daily), naimiththika (periodical) etc does not fit; abandonment of such karma due to bewilderment (thinking karma is defective) is said to be caused due to thAmasa guNam (the mode of ignorance).<\/p>\n ‘Abstention from a prescribed duty is not meet<\/a>. Such abstention out of misconception, is considered as T\u0101masa.’<\/span><\/p>\n Prescribed (niyata<\/em>) duties are the Nitya, Naimittika etc., \u2014the Mah\u0101yaj\u00f1a[1. The daily duties (nitya<\/em>) are Sn\u0101na, Sandhy\u0101, Vai\u015bvadeva-brahma-yaj\u00f1a, Deva-\u1e5bshi-pit\u1e5bi-tarpa\u1e47a, and Aup\u0101sana. The occassioned (naimittika<\/em>) are the \u015ar\u0101ddh\u0101s, Tarpa\u1e47as, etc., performed on the Eclipse-day, Sa\u1e47kranti, Mah\u0101laya, etc., P\u016brva-M\u012bm\u0101msa says: ‘nitya naimittika karm\u0101chara\u1e47e phalam n\u0101sti; akara\u1e47e pratyav\u0101ya\u1e25’. The five Great Sacraments (Mah\u0101yaj\u00f1a) or Acts of Divine Worship ordained for every holy man are:- 1. Adhy\u0101pana<\/em> = The teaching of the Sacred Scriptures, etc., called Brahma-yaj\u00f1a<\/em>. 2. Tarpa\u1e47a<\/em> = The oblation of water, food, etc., called Pit\u1e5bi-yaj\u00f1a<\/em>. 3. Homa<\/em> = The offering of clarified butter, etc., into fire, called Deva-yaj\u00f1a<\/em>. 4. Bali<\/em> = The distribution of food to creatures in general, called Bh\u016bta-yaj\u00f1a<\/em>. 5. Athiti-p\u016bjana<\/em> = entertainment of holy guests, called N\u1e5bi-yaj\u00f1a<\/em>. Vide Manu<\/em>, III 69 to 73.]. Ceasing altogether to perform them is not rightful, as according to: \u2018Actionless, you shall not be able even to sustain your bodily existence\u2019 (Gi:<\/em> III-8<\/a>), even bodily existence would (without action) be impossible. As for sustaining bodily existence, it (has been shown that it) must be done from partaking of the vestiges of food after its consecratian to Yaj\u00f1a, only such food being conducive to produce holy knowledge. Otherwise, as declared in: \u2018But those who cook for self-enjoyment \u2014sinners\u2014 incur sin\u2019 (Gi:<\/em> III-13<\/a>), food unconsecrated to Yaj\u00f1a is sinful, and such food is productive of erroneous knowledge in the mind. For, as affirmed by the \u015aruti: ‘O Somya! mind verily is formed of food,\u2019[2. Chh: Up\u00b0:<\/em> VI-5-4 and VII-26-2 \u2018Anna-mayam etc.\u2019] etc., mind is by food verily fed and nourished; also, that knowledge of the kind of direct apperception<\/a> of Brahm (Brahma-s\u0101ksh\u0101tk\u0101ra<\/em> = God-cognition) is dependent on the purity of food, is evidenced by such passages as: \u2018Food (being) pure, mind (becomes) pure; mind (being) pure, sustained (or perfect)[3. Perfect memory<\/em> means incessant meditation or memory of God.] memory (ensues); memory obtained, the loosening (follows) of all knots (bondage).\u2019[4. Chh: Up\u00b0:<\/em> VI-5-4 and VII-26-2 \u2018Anna-mayam etc.\u2019] <\/span><\/p>\n Hence, since Mah\u0101yaj\u00f1as, etc.,[5. The daily duties (nitya<\/em>) are Sn\u0101na, Sandhy\u0101, Vai\u015bvadeva-brahma-yaj\u00f1a, Deva-\u1e5bshi-pit\u1e5bi-tarpa\u1e47a, and Aup\u0101sana. The occassioned (naimittika<\/em>) are the \u015ar\u0101ddh\u0101s, Tarpa\u1e47as, etc., performed on the Eclipse-day, Sa\u1e47kranti, Mah\u0101laya, etc., P\u016brva-M\u012bm\u0101msa says: ‘nitya naimittika karm\u0101chara\u1e47e phalam n\u0101sti; akara\u1e47e pratyav\u0101ya\u1e25’. The five Great Sacraments (Mah\u0101yaj\u00f1a) or Acts of Divine Worship ordained for every holy man are:- 1. Adhy\u0101pana<\/em> = The teaching of the Sacred Scriptures, etc., called Brahma-yaj\u00f1a<\/em>. 2. Tarpa\u1e47a<\/em> = The oblation of water, food, etc., called Pit\u1e5bi-yaj\u00f1a<\/em>. 3. Homa<\/em> = The offering of clarified butter, etc., into fire, called Deva-yaj\u00f1a<\/em>. 4. Bali<\/em> = The distribution of food to creatures in general, called Bh\u016bta-yaj\u00f1a<\/em>. 5. Athiti-p\u016bjana<\/em> = entertainment of holy guests, called N\u1e5bi-yaj\u00f1a<\/em>. Vide Manu<\/em>, III 69 to 73.] \u2014the Nitya, Naimittika-duties\u2014 practised until the last moment of departure, are worthy of adoption as leading to Brahm-knowledge, abstention therefrom is not meet<\/a><\/em>. The ceasing, thus, to do knowledge-creating work, influenced by ignorance (moha<\/em>) is called t\u0101masa. For to tamas<\/em> as origin is traceable the idea of abstention, arising from ignorance; ergo<\/em>, an effect of tamas<\/em>. That tamas<\/em> is indeed the root of ignorance or unwisdom was declared in: \u2018Inattention and infatuation, come from Tamas, as well as unwisdom\u2019, (Gi:<\/em> XIV-17<\/a>).<\/span><\/p>\n Ignorance or unwisdom is that which is hostile to wisdom, and it is erroneous (or perverted = vipar\u012bta<\/em>) knowledge.<\/span><\/p>\n The same is illustrated further on as in:<\/span><\/p>\n \u2018That intellect is T\u0101masa, P\u0101rtha! which, (being) enshrouded in Tamas (mis) apprehends Adharma as Dharma and all things pervertedly.\u2019 (Gi:<\/em> XVIII-32<\/a>).<\/span><\/p>\n Hence, the surceasal[6. i.e.,<\/em> ceasing] to perform nitya<\/em>, naimittika<\/em> etc., duties arises from perverted knowledge.<\/span><\/p>\n >> Chapter 18 Verse 8<\/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 6 SlOkam \u2013 Original niyathasya thu sanyAsa: karmaNO nOpapadhyathE | mOhAth thasya parithyAgas thAmasa: parikIrthitha: || word-by-word meaning niyathasya karmaNa: – of the karmas such as nithya (daily), naimiththika (periodical) etc sanyAsa: thu – abandonment na upapadhyathE – does … 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-6688","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\/6688","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=6688"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6688\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}SlOkam \u2013 Original<\/a><\/h3>\n
\n mOhAth thasya parithyAgas thAmasa: parikIrthitha: ||<\/em><\/p>\nword-by-word meaning <\/h3>\n
\nsanyAsa: thu – abandonment
\nna upapadhyathE – does not fit;
\nmOhAth – due to bewilderment (thinking karma is defective)
\nthasya – such karma
\nparithyAga: – abandonment
\nthAmasa parikIrthitha: – said to be caused due to thAmasa guNam (the mode of ignorance).<\/p>\nSimple Translation <\/h3>\n
Rendering based on ALkoNdavilli gOvindhAchArya swAmy\u2019s English translation of gIthA bhAshyam<\/h3>\n
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