{"id":6848,"date":"2018-04-17T23:56:18","date_gmt":"2018-04-17T23:56:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/?p=6848"},"modified":"2025-04-14T17:30:30","modified_gmt":"2025-04-14T17:30:30","slug":"18-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/18-25\/","title":{"rendered":"18.25 anubandham kshayam himsAm"},"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\/18-24\">&lt;&lt; Chapter 18 Verse 24<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>SlOkam \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/18-25-original\/\">Original<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><em>anubandham kshayam himsAm anavEkshya cha paurusham |<\/em><br \/>\n<em> mOhAdhArabhyathE karma yath thath thAmasam ucyhathE ||<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>word-by-word meaning<\/h3>\n<p>yath karma &#8211; The karma<br \/>\nanubandham &#8211; the sorrow which follows<br \/>\nkshayam &#8211; loss of wealth<br \/>\nhimsAm &#8211; suffering [it causes] to creatures<br \/>\npaurusham cha &#8211; (self&#8217;s) ability to accomplish the task<br \/>\nanavEkshya &#8211; without analysing<br \/>\nmOhAth &#8211; without knowing (that bhagavAn is the controller)<br \/>\nArabhyathE &#8211; commenced<br \/>\nthath &#8211; that karma<br \/>\nthAmasam uchyathE &#8211; is said to be thAmasa karma.<\/p>\n<h3>Simple Translation<\/h3>\n<p>The karma which is commenced without analysing the sorrow which follows, the loss of wealth, suffering [it causes] to creatures and (self&#8217;s) ability to accomplish the task, and without knowing (that bhagavAn is the controller), is said to be thAmasa karma.<\/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;That Act is called T\u0101masa which, in daring, is undertaken from delusion, heedless of issues, loss and hurt.&#8217;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Issues (anubandha)<\/em> = the pain etc., which is a necessary concomitant of work.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Loss (kshaya)<\/em> is the expenditure of money (etc.,) accruing from performing a work.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Hurt (hims\u0101) = injury<\/em> (trouble, annoyance, pain etc.,) that a work subjects creatures to.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Daring (paurusha)<\/em> = the boast of the person to be able to carry a work on to completion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A work done in such a heedless manner, <em>from delusion (moha)<\/em> or ignorance of the real Actor-ship of Paramapurusha, is called T\u0101masa.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/18-26\">&gt;&gt; Chapter 18 Verse 26<\/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 24 SlOkam \u2013 Original anubandham kshayam himsAm anavEkshya cha paurusham | mOhAdhArabhyathE karma yath thath thAmasam ucyhathE || word-by-word meaning yath karma &#8211; The karma anubandham &#8211; the sorrow which follows kshayam &#8211; 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