{"id":950,"date":"2016-07-06T21:33:44","date_gmt":"2016-07-06T21:33:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/?p=950"},"modified":"2016-07-06T21:33:44","modified_gmt":"2016-07-06T21:33:44","slug":"2-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/2-5\/","title":{"rendered":"2.5 gurUnahathvA hi mahAnubhAvAn"},"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\/chapter-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chapter 2<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/2-4\">&lt;&lt; Chapter 2 verse 4<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>SlOkam \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/2-5-original\/\">Original<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><em>gurUnahathvA hi mahAnubhAvAn SrEyaScharththum [SrEyO bhOkthum] bhaikshamapIha lOkE |<\/em><br \/>\n<em>hathvArthakAmAmsthu gurUnihaiva bhunjIya bhOgAn rudhirapradhigdhAn ||<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>word-by-word meaning<\/h3>\n<p>mahAnubhAvAn &#8211; respectable<br \/>\ngurUn &#8211; elders (like bhIshma, dhrONa)<br \/>\nahathvA &#8211; without killing<br \/>\niha lOkE &#8211; in this world<br \/>\nbhaiksham bOkthum ap &#8211; begging for food<br \/>\nSrEya: hi &#8211; isn&#8217;t it superior?<br \/>\nartha kAmAn &#8211; being attached to wealth<br \/>\ngurUn hathvAthu &#8211; after killing the elders<br \/>\nrudhirapradhigdhAn &#8211; tainted with (their) blood<br \/>\nbhOgAn &#8211; (their) pleasures<br \/>\niha Eva &#8211; (standing) in their land<br \/>\nkatham bhunjIya &#8211; how will we enjoy?<\/p>\n<h3>Simple Translation<\/h3>\n<p>Isn&#8217;t it better to beg for food in this world than killing the respectable elders (like bhIshma, dhrONa)? Being attached to wealth, how will we enjoy (their) pleasures being tainted with (their) blood after killing the elders (standing) in their land?<\/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;\">Than killing these noble-souled teachers, it is in this world by far nobler to subsist by mendicancy; I should have to taste blood-tainted happiness of riches and lusts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/2-6\">&gt;&gt; Chapter 2 verse 6<\/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.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SrI:\u00a0 SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:\u00a0 SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:\u00a0 SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 2 &lt;&lt; Chapter 2 verse 4 SlOkam \u2013 Original gurUnahathvA hi mahAnubhAvAn SrEyaScharththum [SrEyO bhOkthum] bhaikshamapIha lOkE | hathvArthakAmAmsthu gurUnihaiva bhunjIya bhOgAn rudhirapradhigdhAn || word-by-word meaning mahAnubhAvAn &#8211; respectable gurUn &#8211; elders (like bhIshma, dhrONa) ahathvA &#8211; without killing iha lOkE &#8211; in this &#8230; <a title=\"2.5 gurUnahathvA hi mahAnubhAvAn\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/2-5\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about 2.5 gurUnahathvA hi mahAnubhAvAn\">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":[12,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chapter-2","category-simple"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/950","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=950"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/950\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}