SrI:\u00a0 SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:\u00a0 SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:\u00a0 SrImath varavaramunayE nama:<\/small><\/p>\n
Chapter 18<\/a><\/p>\n << Chapter 18 Verse 77<\/a><\/p>\n yathra yOgESvara: krishNO yathra pArthO dhanurdhara: |<\/em> yathra \u2013 where Where there is krishNa who commands all glories, where there is arjuna who is holding the bow, there ,all wealth, victory, glories and virtues remain well established; this is my opinion.<\/p>\n ‘(In short), I trow<\/a> that where there dwells Yoga\u2019s Lord, K\u1e5bish\u1e47a, (and) where the bow-bearer P\u0101rtha, there shall eternally dwell Fortune and Victory, Power and Virtue.’<\/span><\/p>\n Yoge\u015bvara<\/em> = Yoga’s Lord<\/em> i.e,<\/em> The Lord or Designer of all the various dispensations or combinations (yoga<\/em>) appropriate to the singular natures characteristic of the sum of Sentient and Insentient existences, \u2014Superior and Inferior\u2014 composing the Universe); the Lord, to Whose Will is subject the diversities of all existences \u2014save Himself\u2014consisting in their several essential natures; in (their periods of) duration; &c., and in (their) modes of operation.<\/span><\/p>\n K\u1e5bish\u1e47a<\/em> = The son of Vasudeva.<\/span><\/p>\n (And) where the bow-bearer[1. Indicating that Arjuna is now ready to do the Lord\u2019s bidding, contrasting with his unwillingness shown before (read Bh: Gi:<\/em> 1-47<\/a>] P\u0101rtha<\/em>, (dwells); the son of His (K\u1e5bish\u1e47a\u2019s) paternal-aunt \u2014whose sole Refuge is His Foot-Couple.[2. Shows that Refuge in God is the cardinal virtue that God recognizes, not mere consanguinity<\/a>.]<\/span><\/p>\n (Where these Personages dwell, or read, heard or spoken of, together,[3. Esoterically, these personages are N\u0101r\u0101ya\u1e47a and Nara, dwelling together as Teacher and Pupil in eternal companionship. Doubtless connected with Nerens and Nerieds (vide G.P. Tiele\u2019s Outlines of Ancient Religions, P.148]) there do ever (or permanently) dwell Fortune (\u015br\u012b\u1e25<\/em>), Victory (vijaya<\/em>), Power (or Prosperity, bh\u016bti<\/em>) and Virtue (or Law or Righteousness, n\u012bti<\/em>).<\/span><\/p>\n OM TAT SAT<\/span><\/p>\n Thus closes the Eighteenth Discourse,<\/span><\/p>\n Named, Moksh-opade\u015ba-Yoga<\/em>,<\/span><\/p>\n or<\/span><\/p>\n The Book of the Teaching of Salvation,<\/span><\/p>\n With \u015ari R\u0101m\u0101nuja\u2019s<\/em> Commentary thereon,<\/span><\/p>\n In the colloquy between \u015ari K\u1e5bish\u1e47a<\/em> and Arjuna<\/em>,<\/span><\/p>\n In the Science of Yoga<\/em>,<\/span><\/p>\n In the Gnosis[4. Theosophy (Divine knowledge)] of the Upanishads<\/em>,<\/span><\/p>\n Or the Chants of \u015ar\u012b Bhagav\u0101n<\/em>,<\/span><\/p>\n The Bhagavad-G\u012bt\u0101<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n BOW TO BLEST R\u0100M\u0100NUJA.<\/span><\/p>\n >> Back to Preface<\/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 77 SlOkam \u2013 Original yathra yOgESvara: krishNO yathra pArthO dhanurdhara: | thathra SrIrvijayO bhUthirdhruvA nIthirmathirmama || word-by-word meaning yathra \u2013 where yOgESvara: – one who commands all glories krishNa: – krishNa (is present) yathra \u2013 where dhanurdhara: – holding … 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-7568","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\/7568","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=7568"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7568\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17215,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7568\/revisions\/17215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}SlOkam \u2013 Original<\/a><\/h3>\n
\nthathra SrIrvijayO bhUthirdhruvA nIthirmathirmama ||<\/em><\/p>\nword-by-word meaning<\/h3>\n
\nyOgESvara: – one who commands all glories
\nkrishNa: – krishNa (is present)
\nyathra \u2013 where
\ndhanurdhara: – holding the bow
\npArtha: – arjuna (is present)
\nthathra \u2013 there
\nSrI: – all wealth
\nvijaya: – victory
\nbhUthi: – glories
\nnIthi: – virtues
\ndhruvA \u2013 (remain) well established
\nmama: mathi: – this is my opinion.<\/p>\nSimple Translation<\/h3>\n
Rendering based on ALkoNdavilli gOvindhAchArya swAmy\u2019s English translation of gIthA bhAshyam<\/h3>\n
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