{"id":6831,"date":"2018-04-11T23:36:37","date_gmt":"2018-04-11T23:36:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/?p=6831"},"modified":"2018-04-11T23:36:37","modified_gmt":"2018-04-11T23:36:37","slug":"18-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/18-21\/","title":{"rendered":"18.21 pruthakthvEna thu yath gyAnam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><small>SrI:\u00a0 SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:\u00a0 SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:\u00a0 SrImath varavaramunayE nama:<\/small><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/18\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chapter 18<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/18-20\">&lt;&lt; Chapter 18 Verse 20<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>SlOkam \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/18-21-original\/\">Original<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><em>pruthakthvEna thu yath gyAnam nAnAbhAvAn pruthagvidhAn |<\/em><br \/>\n<em> vEththi sarveshu bhUtEshu thath gyAnam vidhdhi rAjasam ||<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>word-by-word meaning  <\/h3>\n<p>sarvEshu bhUthEshu &#8211; In all creatures having different bodies such as brAhmaNa etc<br \/>\npruthakthvEna &#8211; considering their distinguished nature (of being brAhmaNa etc)<br \/>\npruthagvidhAn &#8211; being distinct by characteristics (such as fair, dark, tall, short)<br \/>\nnAnAbhAvAn &#8211; many different groups of AthmAs<br \/>\nyath gyAnam vEththi &#8211; the knowledge which helps one know<br \/>\nthath gyAnam &#8211; that knowledge<br \/>\nrAjasam vidhdhi &#8211; know to be rAjasa gyAnam (knowledge born of rajO guNam).<\/p>\n<h3>Simple Translation  <\/h3>\n<p>That knowledge which helps one know the many different groups of AthmAs which are in all creatures having different bodies such as brAhmaNa etc, through their distinguished nature (of being brAhmaNa etc) and to be distinct by characteristics (such as fair, dark, tall, short), know that to be rAjasa gyAnam (knowledge born of rajO guNam).<\/p>\n<h3>Rendering based on ALkoNdavilli gOvindhAchArya swAmy\u2019s English translation of gIthA bhAshyam<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8216;But that Knowledge, know, is R\u0101jasa, which<br \/>\napprehends among all beings, plurality in substance, and variety in quality, as distinct.&#8217;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Distinctness<\/em> is that which appearances such as Br\u0101hma\u1e47a etc., among beings, cause.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Plurality in substance<\/em> is considering \u0101tma-substance to vary with the variance of the bodies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Variety in quality<\/em> is considering \u0101tma to have the qualities of whiteness, length etc.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And this is Knowledge of the R\u0101jasa-kind, which also includes those engaged in an act as having interest for the fruit thereof.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/18-22\">&gt;&gt; Chapter 18 Verse 22<\/a><\/p>\n<p>archived in <a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\">https:\/\/githa.koyil.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>pramEyam (goal) \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/koyil.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">http:\/\/koyil.org<\/a><br \/>\npramANam (scriptures) \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/granthams.koyil.org\">http:\/\/granthams.koyil.org<\/a><br \/>\npramAthA (preceptors) \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\">http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org<\/a><br \/>\nSrIvaishNava education\/kids portal \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/pillai.koyil.org\/\">http:\/\/pillai.koyil.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SrI:\u00a0 SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:\u00a0 SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:\u00a0 SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 &lt;&lt; Chapter 18 Verse 20 SlOkam \u2013 Original pruthakthvEna thu yath gyAnam nAnAbhAvAn pruthagvidhAn | vEththi sarveshu bhUtEshu thath gyAnam vidhdhi rAjasam || word-by-word meaning sarvEshu bhUthEshu &#8211; In all creatures having different bodies such as brAhmaNa etc pruthakthvEna &#8211; 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