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Chapter 18<\/a><\/p>\n << Chapter 18 Verse 21<\/a><\/p>\n yath thu kruthsnavadh Ekasmin kAryE saktham ahaithukam |<\/em> yath thu – the knowledge That knowledge which makes one engage in an act (of worshipping dead people and ghosts which leads to lowest results) like engaging in acts which give fulfilling results, without any reason (to engage in this manner), being situated in the false concept (of seeing AthmAs as being distinct from each other) and being very lowly, know that to be thAmasa gyAnam (which is acquired from thamO guNam).<\/p>\n ‘But that (Knowledge) is called T\u0101masa, which Any one act<\/em>, such as constitutes the worship of the hordes of Pretas, Bhut\u0101s etc., and considering this one act, which by nature carries but small fruit, as if it were all<\/em>, or as that which would bestow any and every fruit desired.<\/span><\/p>\n Without reason (ahetukam<\/em>) = Blindly thinking that that which is productive of but small result is pregnant with all results.<\/span><\/p>\n Without reality<\/em> (atatv\u0101rthavat<\/em>) = the notion of separateness in substance, quality etc., of \u0101tm\u0101-nature referred to previously (in Stanzas 20<\/a>, 21<\/a>).<\/span><\/p>\n Narrow<\/em> (alpam<\/em>), since it relates to such trivial acts as those of worshipping ghosts etc.<\/span><\/p>\n After thus showing the Gu\u1e47a-formed threefold character of Knowledge as abiding in one in the capacity of Performer of an act, the Gu\u1e47a-formed threefold character of the performed Act itself is now explained:-<\/span><\/p>\n >> Chapter 18 Verse 23<\/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 21 SlOkam \u2013 Original yath thu kruthsnavadh Ekasmin kAryE saktham ahaithukam | athathvArthavadh alpam cha thath thAmasam udAhrutham || word-by-word meaning yath thu – the knowledge Ekasmin kAryE – in an act (of worshipping dead people and ghosts which … 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-6835","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\/6835","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=6835"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6835\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}SlOkam \u2013 Original<\/a><\/h3>\n
\n athathvArthavadh alpam cha thath thAmasam udAhrutham ||<\/em><\/p>\nword-by-word meaning <\/h3>\n
\nEkasmin kAryE – in an act (of worshipping dead people and ghosts which leads to lowest results)
\nkruthsnavath – like engaging in acts which give fulfilling results
\nsaktham – to engage
\nahEthukam – without any reason (to engage in this manner)
\nathathvArthavath – being situated in the false concept (of seeing AthmAs as being distinct from each other)
\nalpam cha – being very lowly
\nthath – that knowledge
\nthAmasam udhAhrutham – is said to be thAmasa gyAnam (which is acquired from thamO guNam)<\/p>\nSimple Translation <\/h3>\n
Rendering based on ALkoNdavilli gOvindhAchArya swAmy\u2019s English translation of gIthA bhAshyam<\/h3>\n
\nclings to one act as if it were all, without reason, without grasping the reality, and narrow.’<\/span><\/p>\n
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