{"id":6947,"date":"2018-05-07T23:43:15","date_gmt":"2018-05-07T23:43:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/?p=6947"},"modified":"2025-04-22T01:57:27","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T01:57:27","slug":"18-38","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/18-38\/","title":{"rendered":"18.38 vishayEndhriyasamyOgAdh"},"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\/18-37\">&lt;&lt; Chapter 18 Verse 37<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>SlOkam \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/18-38-original\/\">Original<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><em>vishayEndhriyasamyOgAdh yath thadhagrE\u2019mruthOpamam |<\/em><br \/>\n<em> pariNAmE visham iva thath sukham rAjasam smrutham ||<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>word-by-word meaning<\/h3>\n<p>vishayEndhriya samyOgAth &#8211; Due to senses coming into contact with objects (like food, beverages etc)<br \/>\nagrE &#8211; in the beginning stages (of enjoyment of those objects)<br \/>\nyath thath amruthOpamam &#8211; that happiness which feels like nectar<br \/>\npariNAmE &#8211; in the end (when the result of such enjoyment arrives)<br \/>\nvisham iva &#8211; that which gives poison like sorrow<br \/>\nthath sukham &#8211; that happiness<br \/>\nrAjasam smrutham &#8211; is said to be caused by rajO guNam<\/p>\n<h3>Simple Translation<\/h3>\n<p>The happiness which feels like nectar in the beginning stages (of enjoyment) due to senses coming into contact with objects (like food, beverages etc) and which gives poison like sorrow in the end (when the result of such enjoyment arrives), is said to be caused by rajO guNam.<\/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 declared R\u0101jasa-Happiness, which by contact of sense with object, is at first as nectar, but venom in the end.&#8217;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What, when enjoying objects by means of the senses, seems as nectar, but which <em>in the end<\/em>, \u2014when no more relish or hunger remains for obtaining such sense-gratification, when it is realized too as a premium paid for infernum\u2014, is felt as if a potion were taken of poison, that is said to be R\u0101jasa-Happiness.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/18-39\">&gt;&gt; Chapter 18 Verse 39<\/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 37 SlOkam \u2013 Original vishayEndhriyasamyOgAdh yath thadhagrE\u2019mruthOpamam | pariNAmE visham iva thath sukham rAjasam smrutham || word-by-word meaning vishayEndhriya samyOgAth &#8211; Due to senses coming into contact with objects (like food, beverages etc) agrE &#8211; 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