{"id":6866,"date":"2018-04-19T12:26:02","date_gmt":"2018-04-19T12:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/?p=6866"},"modified":"2018-04-19T12:26:02","modified_gmt":"2018-04-19T12:26:02","slug":"18-27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/18-27\/","title":{"rendered":"18.27 rAgI karmapalaprEpsur"},"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\/18-26\">&lt;&lt; Chapter 18 Verse 26<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>SlOkam \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/18-27-original\/\">Original<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><em> rAgI karmapalaprEpsur lubdhO himsAthmakO\u2019Suchi:|<\/em><br \/>\n<em> harshaSOkAnvitha: karthA rAjasa: parikIrthitha: ||<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>word-by-word meaning  <\/h3>\n<p>rAgI &#8211; being desirous of fame<br \/>\nkarma pala prEpsu: &#8211; being desirous of the results of the karma<br \/>\nlubdha: &#8211; being a miser (to spend the money required to perform the karma)<br \/>\nhimsAthmaka: &#8211; harming others to perform his karma<br \/>\naSuchi : &#8211; being impure (lacking the purity which is required to perform the karma)<br \/>\nharsha SOkAnvitha: &#8211; being the one who becomes joyous and sorrowful (due to the victory or defeat respectively in war etc)<br \/>\nkarthA &#8211; the performer of the karma<br \/>\nrAjasa: pari kIrthitha: &#8211; is said to be a rAjasa karthA<\/p>\n<h3>Simple Translation  <\/h3>\n<p>The performer of the karma who is desirous of fame, desirous of the results of the karma, a miser (to spend the money required to perform the karma), harms others to perform his karma, is impure (lacking the purity which is required to perform the karma) and who becomes joyous and sorrowful (due to the victory or defeat respectively in war etc), is said to be a rAjasa karthA.<\/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 is R\u0101jasa-Actor who is ambitious, fruit-<br \/>\nseeking, niggardly, hurtful, impure, and enslaved by joy and grief.&#8217;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ambitious (<em>r\u0101gi<\/em>) = An eager desiring after fame, power honor, or distinction.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fruit-seeking = expecting to reap the benefits of work done.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Niggardy (<em>lubdha<\/em>) = The being unwilling to Incur expenditure demanded by a work.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hurtful (<em>hims-\u0101tmaka<\/em>) = The getting of a work done by subjecting others to cruelty.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Impure (<em>a\u015buchi\u1e25<\/em>) = The being destitute of (personal and other) holiness, a prerequisite for work.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And <em>a slave to joy and grief<\/em>, consequent on success or failure attending any work such as war; \u2014such is the R\u0101jasa-Actor.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/18-28\">&gt;&gt; Chapter 18 Verse 28<\/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 26 SlOkam \u2013 Original rAgI karmapalaprEpsur lubdhO himsAthmakO\u2019Suchi:| harshaSOkAnvitha: karthA rAjasa: parikIrthitha: || word-by-word meaning rAgI &#8211; 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