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Chapter 18<\/a><\/p>\n << Chapter 18 Verse 29<\/a><\/p>\n pravruththim cha nivruththim cha kAryAkAryE bhayAbhayE |<\/em> pArtha – Oh son of kunthI! Oh son of kunthI! That knowledge which discerns the righteous acts which are means for worldly wealth and for salvation, do’s and dont’s (for those who are focussed on these means), the abode of fear and non-fear and the truth of being bound in samsAram and being liberated from it, is made of sathva guNam.<\/p>\n ‘That is S\u0101tvika-Reason, P\u0101rtha! which discerns action and inaction, duty and non-duty, fear and non-fear, bondage and release.’<\/span><\/p>\n Action or advance (prav\u1e5bitti<\/em>)[1. ] = the Dharma (or method) to be observed for achieving material goods (abhyudaya<\/em>.)<\/span><\/p>\n Inaction or retiring (niv\u1e5bitti)[2. ] = the Dharma (or method) by which Moksha (release) is effectible.<\/span><\/p>\n Duty and non-duty (k\u0101ry-\u0101k\u0101rye<\/em>) = The knowing by a person of what may be done and what may be avoided, according to time, place and circumstances; by a person who may have embraced either of the courses of prav\u1e5bitti<\/em> or niv\u1e5bitti<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n Fear and non-fear (bhay-\u0101bhaye<\/em>). Fear is that which is occasioned by infraction of \u015a\u0101stra. Non-fear is that which is occasioned by observance of \u015a\u0101stra.<\/span><\/p>\n Bondage (bandha<\/em>) = the exact nature of Sams\u0101ra.<\/span><\/p>\n Release (moksh\u0101<\/em>) = the exact nature of liberation therefrom (i.e.,<\/em> from bondage).<\/span><\/p>\n The S\u0101tvika-Reason is that which discriminates all this.<\/span><\/p>\n >> Chapter 18 Verse 31<\/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 29 SlOkam \u2013 Original pravruththim cha nivruththim cha kAryAkAryE bhayAbhayE | bandham mOksham cha yA vEththi budhdhi: sA pArtha sAthvikI || word-by-word meaning pArtha – Oh son of kunthI! pravruththim cha – the righteous acts which are means for … 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-6888","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\/6888","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=6888"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6888\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}SlOkam \u2013 Original<\/a><\/h3>\n
\n bandham mOksham cha yA vEththi budhdhi: sA pArtha sAthvikI ||<\/em><\/p>\nword-by-word meaning <\/h3>\n
\npravruththim cha – the righteous acts which are means for worldly wealth
\nnivruththim cha – the righteous acts which are means for salvation
\nkArya akAryE – do’s and dont’s (for those who are focussed on these means)
\nbhaya abhayE – the abode of fear and non-fear
\nbandham mOksham cha – the truth of being bound in samsAram and being liberated from it
\nyA vEththi – that knowledge which discerns
\nsA budhdhi: sAthvikI – that knowledge is made of sathva guNam<\/p>\nSimple Translation <\/h3>\n
Rendering based on ALkoNdavilli gOvindhAchArya swAmy\u2019s English translation of gIthA bhAshyam<\/h3>\n
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