SrI:\u00a0 SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:\u00a0 SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:\u00a0 SrImath varavaramunayE nama:<\/small><\/p>\n
Chapter 18<\/a><\/p>\n << Chapter 18 Verse 49<\/a><\/p>\n sidhdhim prApthO yathA brahma thathApnOthi nibOdha mE |<\/em> kaunthEya – Oh son of kunthI! (the nature of such brahma is) Oh son of kunthI! Briefly listen from me the means with which one who attains the firm state of dhyAna, attains self-realisation which is known as brahma; that brahma is the ultimate goal of gyAna (knowledge) which is in the form of dhyAna (meditation).<\/p>\n ‘Learn from Me in brief, Kaunteya! how the perfection-attained reaches Brahm[1. Brahm here means the soul in agreement with that sense intended to be conveyed by the same term according in Stanza 53<\/a> following.], the culminating Goal of Knowledge.’<\/span><\/p>\n The perfection-attained<\/em> = He who by ceaselessly practising Karma-Yoga has attained to the perfection of dhy\u0101na<\/em> or devotional contemplation.<\/span><\/p>\n Learn from Me briefly how, or by what conduct, such a person reaches Brahm:<\/span><\/p>\n Brahm (or soul) is described as that which is the High Goal or Aim of knowledge, or knowledge full of devotion.<\/span><\/p>\n >> Chapter 18 Verse 51<\/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 49 SlOkam \u2013 Original sidhdhim prApthO yathA brahma thathApnOthi nibOdha mE | samAsEnaiva kaunthEya nishtA gyAnasya yA parA || word-by-word meaning kaunthEya – Oh son of kunthI! sidhdhim prAptha: – one who attained the firm state of dhyAna yathA … 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-7027","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\/7027","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=7027"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7027\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7027"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}SlOkam \u2013 Original<\/a><\/h3>\n
\n samAsEnaiva kaunthEya nishtA gyAnasya yA parA ||<\/em><\/p>\nword-by-word meaning <\/h3>\n
\nsidhdhim prAptha: – one who attained the firm state of dhyAna
\nyathA brahma ApnOthi – with the means with which one attains self-realisation which is known as brahma
\nthathA – that means
\nsamAsEna – briefly
\nmE nibOdha – listen from me;<\/p>\n
\nyA gyAnasya parA nishtA: – that brahma is the ultimate goal of gyAna (knowledge) which is in the form of dhyAna (meditation)<\/p>\nSimple Translation <\/h3>\n
Rendering based on ALkoNdavilli gOvindhAchArya swAmy\u2019s English translation of gIthA bhAshyam<\/h3>\n
\npramANam (scriptures) \u2013 http:\/\/granthams.koyil.org<\/a>
\npramAthA (preceptors) \u2013 http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org<\/a>
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