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Chapter 18<\/a><\/p>\n << Chapter 18 Verse 46<\/a><\/p>\n SrEyAn svadharmO viguNa: paradharmAth svanu\u1e63tithAth |<\/em><\/p>\n svadharma: – karma yOga which is naturally pursuable (for a man who is with a body) It is best to practice karma yOga which is naturally pursuable (for a man who is with a body) even with shortcomings, rather than (sometimes) well practiced\u00a0 gyAna yOga which is to be pursued by someone else.<\/p>\n ‘Better one\u2019s own Dharma, (though) void of merit, than doing another\u2019s Dharma even though it be done excellently well.’<\/span><\/p>\n One’s own Dharma<\/em> is, as pointed out already, the sum of acts constituting My worship, fit for the person to observe, sacrificing all claims to agentship etc. Dharma or duty expressed in visible act (karma-yoga<\/em>) conforming with the nature of the incorporeated person, comes to him easily. Karma-yoga<\/em> is thus by nature one’s own Dharma<\/em>[1. Per M.R.Sampatkumaran Gitabhashya 1969: Tatparya Chandrika: ‘Svadharma<\/em>‘ here cannot refer to the duties of caste and stages of life; praise of these is redundant. Nor is it relevant to take it to mean the duties prescribed in the Vedas<\/em>, as contrasted with those of other religions. Nor can it refer to Arjuna’s duty of war, as contrasted with his desire to adopt the life of a mendicant ascetic. This has been dealt with already. Thus it can refer only to karma-yoga<\/em> as contrasted with j\u00f1\u0101na-yoga<\/em>.] albeit it be destitute of merit[i.e., defective in performance<\/em>[2. Per M.R.Sampatkumaran Gitabhashya 1969]]. By another’s Dharma<\/em> is meant Jn\u0101na-Yoga<\/em> demanding the ability on his part to conquer the senses, and it is a Yoga which presupposes the conquest of all the senses. This Yoga being, besides, subject to dangers, Karma-Yoga<\/em> is better, even though the former be performed excellently well on occasions.<\/span><\/p>\n Moreover it is shown :<\/span><\/p>\n >> Chapter 18 Verse 47<\/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 46 SlOkam \u2013 Original SrEyAn svadharmO viguNa: paradharmAth svanu\u1e63tithAth | word-by-word meaning svadharma: – karma yOga which is naturally pursuable (for a man who is with a body) viguNa: (api) – even with shortcomings svanushtithAth – (sometimes) well practiced … 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-7001","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\/7001","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=7001"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7001\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16859,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7001\/revisions\/16859"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}SlOkam \u2013 Original<\/a><\/h3>\n
word-by-word meaning<\/h3>\n
\nviguNa: (api) – even with shortcomings
\nsvanushtithAth – (sometimes) well practiced
\nparadharmAth –\u00a0 rather than gyAna yOga which is to be pursued by someone else
\nSrEyAn – best<\/p>\nSimple Translation<\/h3>\n
Rendering based on ALkoNdavilli gOvindhAchArya swAmy\u2019s English translation of gIthA bhAshyam<\/h3>\n
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