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Chapter 18<\/a><\/p>\n << Chapter 18 Verse 36<\/a><\/p>\n yath thadhagrE visham iva pariNAmE\u2019mruthOpamam |<\/em> yath thath – that happiness That happiness which is appearing to be sorrowful (due to lack of practice in AthmA related aspects, and having to undergo hardship due to that) while commencing (the yOga) and sweet like nectar (due to enjoying the true nature of AthmA) at the end (of the yOga) due to leaving aside other matters and enjoying AthmA exclusively, is said to be caused by sathva guNam.<\/p>\n ‘That is called S\u0101tvika-Happiness, which at That Happiness, which by hard effort at the beginning of Yoga has to be achieved, and which by its singular nature has not yet been tasted; and therefore seems like venom<\/em>, i.e.,<\/em> painful. But in the end<\/em>, or when by the strength of practice, its singular nature is experienced, it is like nectar.<\/span><\/p>\n And this Happiness springs from \u0101tma-knowing serenity<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n The mind or the understanding which concerns itself with \u0101tma is \u0101tma-knowing mind.<\/span><\/p>\n Serenity<\/em> means the calmness which comes to this mind when all other objects (save \u0101tma) have been divorced from its contemplation. From this divorcement arises the experience of \u0101tma, and this experience is the Happiness which is like nectar; and this is called S\u0101tvika-Happiness.<\/span><\/p>\n >> Chapter 18 Verse 38<\/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 36 SlOkam \u2013 Original yath thadhagrE visham iva pariNAmE\u2019mruthOpamam | thath sukham sAthvikam prOktham AthmabudhdhiprasAdhajam || word-by-word meaning yath thath – that happiness agrE – while commencing (the yOga) visham iva – appearing to be sorrowful (due to lack … 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-6942","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\/6942","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=6942"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6942\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6942"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}SlOkam \u2013 Original<\/a><\/h3>\n
\n thath sukham sAthvikam prOktham AthmabudhdhiprasAdhajam ||<\/em><\/p>\nword-by-word meaning <\/h3>\n
\nagrE – while commencing (the yOga)
\nvisham iva – appearing to be sorrowful (due to lack of practice in AthmA related aspects, and having to undergo hardship due to that)
\npariNAmE – at the end (of the yOga)
\namruthOpamam – sweet like nectar (due to enjoying the true nature of AthmA)
\nAthma budhdhi prasAdhajam – due to leaving aside other matters and enjoying AthmA exclusively
\nthath sukham – that happiness
\nsAthvikam prOktham – is said to be caused by sathva guNam<\/p>\nSimple Translation <\/h3>\n
Rendering based on ALkoNdavilli gOvindhAchArya swAmy\u2019s English translation of gIthA bhAshyam<\/h3>\n
\nfirst as venom is, but nectar in the end; \u2014springing from \u0101tma-knowing serenity.’<\/span><\/p>\n
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