SrI:\u00a0 SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:\u00a0 SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:\u00a0 SrImath varavaramunayE nama:<\/small><\/p>\n
Chapter 18<\/a><\/p>\n << Chapter 18 Verse 16<\/a><\/p>\n Simple<\/a><\/p>\n yasya n\u0101ha\u1e45k\u1e5bto bh\u0101vo ‘He who is exempt from \u2018self-ness,\u2019 whose mind Self-ness (=aha\u1e47k\u1e5biti=aha\u1e47k\u0101ra)<\/em> = Egoity = that function of the mind which attaches to one\u2019s own self the notion of \u2018I do the act\u2019 (aham karomi<\/em>) arising out of self-love. This idea is absent in him who is sufficiently enlightened to refer all agentship to Paramapurusha.<\/span><\/p>\n Whose mind is not tainted<\/em> = \u2018Since I am no (independent) agent, the fruit resulting from the act, doth not concern me. The act itself is not mine.\u2019 Whose enlightenment is of this sort, his mind is said to be untainted. The inference is that though he kill all these people (lok\u0101n<\/em>) \u2014i.e.,<\/em> not merely Bh\u012bshma etc.,\u2014 in the conflict, he killeth not<\/em>. Hence by the act called war, he is not fettered<\/em> i.e.,<\/em> he does not commit himself in a manner so as to be a party to share in the good or the evil fruit consequent on such an act.<\/span><\/p>\n That this (higher) reflection of one\u2019s not being (independently) actor, arises from the prevalence of Satva-gu\u1e47a, that Satvam is therefore worthy of acquisition (or culture), and that differences in acts result from the Gu\u1e47as, are now explained at length in order to demonstrate wherein inducement or incentive to act lies.<\/span><\/p>\n >> Chapter 18 Verse 18<\/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 16 Simple yasya n\u0101ha\u1e45k\u1e5bto bh\u0101vo buddhir yasya na lipyate hatv\u0101pi sa im\u0101\u1e3b lok\u0101n na hanti na nibadhyate ‘He who is exempt from \u2018self-ness,\u2019 whose mind is not tainted, \u2014even though he kill those beings, he killeth not, nor is … 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":[11,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6788","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chapter-18","category-original"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6788","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=6788"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6788\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6788"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nbuddhir yasya na lipyate
\nhatv\u0101pi sa im\u0101\u1e3b lok\u0101n
\nna hanti na nibadhyate<\/p>\n
\nis not tainted, \u2014even though he kill those beings, he killeth not, nor is he fettered.’<\/span><\/p>\n
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\npramAthA (preceptors) \u2013 http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org<\/a>
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