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Chapter 18<\/a><\/p>\n << Chapter 18 Verse 52<\/a><\/p>\n ahankAram balam dharpam kAmam krOdham parigraham |<\/em> ahankAram – considering dhEham (body) to be AthmA (self) (resulting in) (one who practices dhyAna yOga) … giving up the consideration of dhEham (body) to be AthmA (self) and the strength of the impressions which nurture such ahankAram, (and the resulting) pride, greed. anger and relatives, without possessiveness on anything which is not owned by him, only considering self-realisation as enjoyable, one who practices dhyAna yOga will truly be self-realised.<\/p>\n ‘With aha\u1e45k\u0101ra, power, pride, lust, wrath and Buddhi made holy<\/em> = The intellect or consciousness got to be occupied with subjects relating to \u0101tma.<\/span><\/p>\n Manas firmly reined in:<\/em> \u0100tma here means manas; the feelings to be put in opposition to sense-wiles, and manas (or the mind) thus rendered fit for Yoga or contemplation.<\/span><\/p>\n Resigning<\/em> pursuits such as the senses hanker after, viz:<\/em> sound (=the ear-sense tempting the mind to hear songs etc), \u2014means: keeping them at a distance;<\/span><\/p>\n It is these pursuits that occasion friendships and hostilities. Ceasing from those pursuits would thus be giving up loves and hates<\/em>;<\/span><\/p>\n Seeking solitude<\/em> is resorting to sequestered spots where one is aloof from all disturbances to meditation;<\/span><\/p>\n Light diet<\/em> is moderate diet, between overloading and famishing<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n Speech, body and mind, governed<\/em> means directing them all towards meditation;<\/span><\/p>\n Ever devoted to Dhy\u0101na-Yoga<\/em> = Being daily engaged in Bhakti-Contemplation, till the day of departure;<\/span><\/p>\n Wedded to dispassion<\/em> = Gradually increasing the aversion for all things other than \u0101tma, by dwelling over their imperfections;<\/span><\/p>\n Aha\u1e45k\u0101ra<\/em> = The love of self in what is not-self; or the mis-notion that apprehends what is not \u0101tma as \u0101tma;<\/span><\/p>\n Balam<\/em> = Power of previous associations (v\u0101sanas<\/em>), which helps growth of aha\u1e45k\u0101ra<\/em>;<\/span><\/p>\n Darpam<\/em> = Pride or conceit<\/a> that follows from balam<\/em>. These and lust, wrath<\/em> and covetousness<\/em><\/a> should be laid aside.<\/span><\/p>\n Nir-mama\u1e25<\/em> = The being free from \u2018my-ness,\u2019 or the notion of possession in what is not one\u2019s own.<\/span><\/p>\n Peace<\/em> = The serenity of bliss accruing from \u0101tma-enjoyment; when a person so characterized practises Dhy\u0101na-Yoga or God-contemplation (=bhakti-yoga<\/em>), he is rendered fit for the state of Brahm; i.e.,<\/em> he is entirely released from all bonds and realising the true nature of \u0101tma, enters into its bliss.<\/span><\/p>\n >> Chapter 18 Verse 54<\/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 52 SlOkam \u2013 Original ahankAram balam dharpam kAmam krOdham parigraham | vimuchya nirmama: SAnthO brahmabhUyAya kalpathE || word-by-word meaning ahankAram – considering dhEham (body) to be AthmA (self) balam – the strength of the impressions which nurture such ahankAram … 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-7040","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\/7040","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=7040"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7040\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}SlOkam \u2013 Original<\/a><\/h3>\n
\n vimuchya nirmama: SAnthO brahmabhUyAya kalpathE ||<\/em><\/p>\nword-by-word meaning <\/h3>\n
\nbalam – the strength of the impressions which nurture such ahankAram<\/p>\n
\ndharpam – pride
\nkAmam – greed
\nkrOdham – anger
\nparigraham – relatives
\nvimuchya – giving up
\nnirmama: – without possessiveness on anything which is not owned by him
\nSAntha: – only considering self-realisation as enjoyable<\/p>\n
\nbrahma bhUyAya kalpathE – truly be self-realised.<\/p>\nSimple Translation <\/h3>\n
Rendering based on ALkoNdavilli gOvindhAchArya swAmy\u2019s English translation of gIthA bhAshyam<\/h3>\n
\ncovetousness given up; from \u2018my-ness\u2019 freed; \u2014the man of peace is fitted for the state of Brahm.’<\/span><\/p>\n
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