SrI:\u00a0 SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:\u00a0 SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:\u00a0 SrImath varavaramunayE nama:<\/small><\/p>\n
Chapter 18<\/a><\/p>\n << Chapter 18 Verse 40<\/a><\/p>\n brAhmaNakshathriyaviSAm SUdhrANAm cha paranthapa |<\/em> paranthapa – Oh tormenter of enemies! Oh tormenter of enemies! The qualities of brAhmaNas, kshathriyas, vaiSyas and SUdhras which were\u00a0acquired based on (previous) karma, and their activities, are highlighted individually (in SASthram).<\/p>\n ‘The duties, O Foe-harasser! of Br\u0101hma\u1e47as, Kshatriyas, Vai\u015byas and \u015audras, are assigned according to the qualities born of (their) nature.’<\/span><\/p>\n Svabh\u0101va = nature = own or inherent nature, of Br\u0101hma\u1e47as, etc. This nature<\/em> means the past Karma that has been the cause of determining the several births as Br\u0101hma\u1e47a etc. The Gu\u1e47as, viz: Satvam etc., are born of this.<\/span><\/p>\n Of the Br\u0101hma\u1e47a, the quality dominating is Satvam which supresses the qualities of Rajas and Tamas.<\/span><\/p>\n Of the Kshatriya, the quality dominating is Rajas, by suppressing the qualities of Satvam and Tamas.<\/span><\/p>\n Of the Vai\u015bya, the quality slightly dominating is Tamas, by overpowering the qualities of Satvam and Rajas.<\/span><\/p>\n But of the \u015a\u016bdra, the quality strongly regnant<\/a> is Tamas, by eclipsing the qualities of Satvam and Rajas.<\/span><\/p>\n Duties, varying according to the qualities born of the natures of Br\u0101hma\u1e47as etc., are assigned by the \u015a\u0101stras; i.e.,<\/em> the \u015a\u0101stras define that such are the qualities possessed by the Br\u0101hma\u1e47as etc., such the duties proper to their station, and such their occupations etc.<\/span><\/p>\n >> Chapter 18 Verse 42<\/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 40 SlOkam \u2013 Original brAhmaNakshathriyaviSAm SUdhrANAm cha paranthapa | karmANi pravibhakthAni svabhAvaprabhavair guNai: || word-by-word meaning paranthapa – Oh tormenter of enemies! brAhmaNa kshathriya viSAm – of brAhmaNas, kshathriyas and vaiSyas SUdhrANAm cha – and of SUdhras svabhAva prabhavai: … 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-6959","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\/6959","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=6959"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6959\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}SlOkam \u2013 Original<\/a><\/h3>\n
\n karmANi pravibhakthAni svabhAvaprabhavair guNai: ||<\/em><\/p>\nword-by-word meaning <\/h3>\n
\nbrAhmaNa kshathriya viSAm – of brAhmaNas, kshathriyas and vaiSyas
\nSUdhrANAm cha – and of SUdhras
\nsvabhAva prabhavai: guNai: – the qualities for each of them acquired based on (previous) karma
\nkarmANi – activities
\npravibhakthAni – are highlighted individually (in SASthram)<\/p>\nSimple Translation <\/h3>\n
Rendering based on ALkoNdavilli gOvindhAchArya swAmy\u2019s English translation of gIthA bhAshyam<\/h3>\n
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