{"id":7516,"date":"2018-05-28T13:43:28","date_gmt":"2018-05-28T13:43:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/?p=7516"},"modified":"2025-06-03T17:30:27","modified_gmt":"2025-06-03T17:30:27","slug":"18-74","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/18-74\/","title":{"rendered":"18.74 ithyaham vAsudhEvasya"},"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\/18-73\">&lt;&lt; Chapter 18 Verse 73<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>SlOkam \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/18-74-original\/\">Original<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>sanjaya uvAcha-<\/p>\n<p><em>ithyaham vAsudhEvasya pArthasya cha mahAthmana: |<\/em><br \/>\n<em>samvAdhamimamaSraushamadhbhutham rOmaharshaNam ||<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>word-by-word meaning<\/h3>\n<p>sanjaya uvAcha \u2013 sanjaya said<\/p>\n<p>ithi \u2013 in this manner<br \/>\nvAsudhEvasya \u2013 between krishNa, the son of vasudhEva<br \/>\nmahAthmana: pArthasya cha \u2013\u00a0 and arjuna who is a very wise person<br \/>\nimam \u2013 this<br \/>\nrOmaharshaNam adhbhutham samvAdham \u2013 amazing conversation which causes goose bumps<br \/>\naham aSrausham \u2013 I heard<\/p>\n<h3>Simple Translation<\/h3>\n<p>Sanjay said, in this manner, I heard this amazing conversation between krishNa, the son of vasudhEva and arjuna who is a very wise person , which causes goose bumps.<\/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;\">Sa\u00f1jaya (now) addressed Dh\u1e5bitar\u0101shtra who had questioned him as to what his own sons (the Kauravas) and the P\u0101\u1e47\u1e0davas were going to enact in the (impending) war:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8216;Thus did I hear the discourse between V\u0101sudeva and the highly wise P\u0101rtha, so wondrous as to set the hairs athrill.&#8217;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>V\u0101sudeva<\/em> = The son of Vasudeva (showing how the Divine condescends to man hiding Its Divinity by the very mask of humility and fleshly form to which mankind is accustomed).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">P\u0101rtha = (Arjuna), the son of His(V\u0101sudeva\u2019s) paternal aunt (implying how dearly the Divine loves all its creation.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Mah\u0101tma<\/em> = (Lit: Great-Souled): is adjectival to Arjuna meaning, \u2018one who is eminently wise,\u2019 inasmuch as he has betaken himself to His (V\u0101sudeva\u2019s) Foot-Pair as his Rest.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Thus did I hear, etc<\/em> = I gathered this conversation \u2014so wondrous as to set the hairs athrill\u2014 just as it passed (between the interlocutors).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/18-75\">&gt;&gt; Chapter 18 Verse 75<\/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 73 SlOkam \u2013 Original sanjaya uvAcha- ithyaham vAsudhEvasya pArthasya cha mahAthmana: | samvAdhamimamaSraushamadhbhutham rOmaharshaNam || word-by-word meaning sanjaya uvAcha \u2013 sanjaya said ithi \u2013 in this manner vAsudhEvasya \u2013 between krishNa, the son of vasudhEva mahAthmana: pArthasya cha \u2013\u00a0 &#8230; 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