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Chapter 18<\/a><\/p>\n << Chapter 18 Verse 18<\/a><\/p>\n gyAnam karma cha karthA cha thridhaiva guNabhEdhatha: |<\/em> guNa sankhyAnE – while counting the effect of qualities (such as sathvam, rajas and thamas) While counting the effect of qualities (such as sathvam, rajas and thamas) per the nature of those qualities, the three aspects – knowledge (about the karma to be performed), the action\/ritual (which is performed) and the doer (who performs the karma), are all explained in three different ways individually. Hear their true nature too from me.<\/p>\n ‘Knowledge and Actor are (each) threefold Knowledge<\/em> regarding the work (or act) to be performed.<\/span><\/p>\n The act<\/em> or work that is to be performed.<\/span><\/p>\n And its Actor<\/em> is the performer thereof.<\/span><\/p>\n Gu\u1e47a-sa\u1e47khy\u0101ne<\/em> = When enumerating the varieties of the effects of the Gu\u1e47as (or qualities).<\/span><\/p>\n Their true nature<\/em> = The nature of Knowledge etc., as differenced (or affected) by the Gu\u1e47as (or qualities).<\/span><\/p>\n >> Chapter 18 Verse 20<\/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 18 SlOkam \u2013 Original gyAnam karma cha karthA cha thridhaiva guNabhEdhatha: | prOchyathE guNasankhyAnE yathAvach chruNu thAnyapi || word-by-word meaning guNa sankhyAnE – while counting the effect of qualities (such as sathvam, rajas and thamas) guNa bhEdhatha: – per … 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-6802","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\/6802","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=6802"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6802\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}SlOkam \u2013 Original<\/a><\/h3>\n
\n prOchyathE guNasankhyAnE yathAvach chruNu thAnyapi ||<\/em><\/p>\nword-by-word meaning <\/h3>\n
\nguNa bhEdhatha: – per the nature of those qualities
\ngyAnam – knowledge (about the karma to be performed)
\nkarma – the action\/ritual (which is performed)
\nkarthA cha – the doer (who performs the karma)
\nthridhA Eva prOchyathE – are all explained in three different ways individually.
\nthAni api – Those too
\nyathAvath SruNu – hear their true nature.<\/p>\nSimple Translation <\/h3>\n
Rendering based on ALkoNdavilli gOvindhAchArya swAmy\u2019s English translation of gIthA bhAshyam<\/h3>\n
\nas differenced by the Gu\u1e47as, declared in the Science of the Gu\u1e47as. Hear from Me their true nature as well.’<\/span><\/p>\n
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