{"id":7118,"date":"2018-05-20T11:50:44","date_gmt":"2018-05-20T11:50:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/?p=7118"},"modified":"2018-05-20T11:50:44","modified_gmt":"2018-05-20T11:50:44","slug":"18-61","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/18-61\/","title":{"rendered":"18.61 ISvara: sarvabhUthAnAm"},"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\/18-60\">&lt;&lt; Chapter 18 Verse 60<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>SlOkam \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/18-61-original\/\">Original<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>ISvara: sarvabhUthAnAm hrudhdhESE\u2019rjuna thish\u1e6dathi |<br \/>\nbhrAmayan sarvabhUthAni yanthrArUdAni mAyayA ||<\/p>\n<h3>word-by-word meaning  <\/h3>\n<p>arjuna &#8211; Oh arjuna!<br \/>\nISvara: &#8211; vAsudhEva who controls everyone<br \/>\nsarva bhUthAnAm hrudhdhESE &#8211; in the heart (which is the origin for knowledge), of all beings<br \/>\nyanthra ArUdAni &#8211; in the body which is the machine, an effect of matter<br \/>\nsarva bhUthAni &#8211; all beings<br \/>\nmAyayA &#8211; in this mAyA (samsAram &#8211; material realm) which is filled with sathva, rajO, thamO guNam<br \/>\nbhrAmayan &#8211; makes them act according to those qualities<br \/>\nthistathi &#8211; remains.<\/p>\n<h3>Simple Translation  <\/h3>\n<p>Oh arjuna! vAsudhEva who controls everyone, remains in the heart (which is the origin for knowledge) of all beings which are in the body which is the machine (an effect of matter), makes those beings act according to the qualities viz sathvam, rajas, thamas, in this mAya (samsAram &#8211; material realm) which are filled with those qualities.<\/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;\u012a\u015bvara, Arjuna! sits in the heart-region of all beings, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/borne#Adjective\">borne<\/a> (as it were) on a machine, spinning them by His m\u0101y\u0101.'[1. Magic, Marvellous or Mysterious Power of the Almighty, vide., Commentary to <a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/7-14-original\/\">VII-14<\/a>.]<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>\u012a\u015bvara<\/em> = The all-powerfull Ruling Lord, V\u0101sudeva.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>H\u1e5bid-de\u015be<\/em> = The region or cavity of the heart, which is the source of all intelligence or consciousness, the basis of all active (<em>prav\u1e5bitti<\/em>) and passive (<em>niv\u1e5bitti<\/em>) energies of man.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Lord has taken up His abode here. To do what? He Himself makes the machine, called the body, \u2014the body with limbs and senses, etc., moulded out of matter-stuff; the creatures are made to ride this machine and whirled round in it by His <em>m\u0101y\u0101<\/em>, the maya that is full of the gu\u1e47as, satvam etc. The creatures are made to spin in this machine consistently with the gu\u1e47as (for which they are predisposedly born). This import was already expressed in the Stanzas: \u2018And I am infixed in the hearts of all; from Me is memory, knowledge and (its) <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/forfeiture#Noun\">forfeiture<\/a>\u2019 (<em>Gi:<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/15-15-original\/\">XV-15<\/a>). \u2018From Me does all operate\u2019 (<em>Gi:<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/10-8-original\/\">X-8<\/a>). \u015arutis also, as the following, proclaim likewise: \u2018Who, seated in \u0101tma etc.\u2019[2. <em>Bri: Up:<\/em> V-7-22, \u2018Ya \u0101tman &amp;c.\u2019]<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The way to get rid of this m\u0101y\u0101 is explained:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/18-62\">&gt;&gt; Chapter 18 Verse 62<\/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 60 SlOkam \u2013 Original ISvara: sarvabhUthAnAm hrudhdhESE\u2019rjuna thish\u1e6dathi | bhrAmayan sarvabhUthAni yanthrArUdAni mAyayA || word-by-word meaning arjuna &#8211; Oh arjuna! 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