{"id":1511,"date":"2021-12-30T23:06:40","date_gmt":"2021-12-30T23:06:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glancesideways.com\/?p=1511"},"modified":"2026-03-10T07:19:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T07:19:07","slug":"svaha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glancesideways.com\/index.php\/2021\/12\/30\/svaha\/","title":{"rendered":"Svaha"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns gs-Art-Full is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1809\" height=\"2560\" src=\"http:\/\/glancesideways.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/E108-Style-Svaha-min-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1507\" srcset=\"https:\/\/glancesideways.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/E108-Style-Svaha-min-scaled.jpg 1809w, https:\/\/glancesideways.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/E108-Style-Svaha-min-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/glancesideways.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/E108-Style-Svaha-min-724x1024.jpg 724w, https:\/\/glancesideways.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/E108-Style-Svaha-min-768x1087.jpg 768w, https:\/\/glancesideways.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/E108-Style-Svaha-min-1086x1536.jpg 1086w, https:\/\/glancesideways.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/E108-Style-Svaha-min-1447x2048.jpg 1447w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1809px) 100vw, 1809px\" \/><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns gs-Quote-Shastra is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-layout-2 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>All the Vedic mantras say we must sacrifice ourselves in the plane of dedication. In the Vedic mantra, sv\u0101h\u0101 means, \u201cFirst dedicate yourself. See to your own self first.\u201d K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a says in Bhagavad-g\u012bt\u0101 (6.5), \u201c<em>\u0100tmaiva hy \u0101tmano bandhur \u0101tmaiva ripur \u0101tmana\u1e25:<\/em> the mind is the conditioned soul\u2019s best friend or his worst enemy.\u201d We must see to our own self first\u2014charity begins at home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since we live in this illusory environment, we cannot see K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a, His devotees, His glories, His Dh\u0101m, His Pastimes, or His Name and fame. We cannot see anything of K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a in this environment because our eyes are covered by illusion. First, it is necessary to clean our mirror, and then we can see our figure in the mirror.<\/p>\n<cite>Sw\u0101m\u012b B.R \u015ar\u012bdhar<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All the Vedic mantras say we must sacrifice ourselves in the plane of dedication. In the Vedic mantra, sv\u0101h\u0101 means, \u201cFirst dedicate yourself. See to your own self first.\u201d K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a says in Bhagavad-g\u012bt\u0101 (6.5), \u201c\u0100tmaiva hy \u0101tmano bandhur \u0101tmaiva ripur \u0101tmana\u1e25: the mind is the conditioned soul\u2019s best friend or his worst enemy.\u201d We must [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2194,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10,17,12,13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/glancesideways.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1511"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/glancesideways.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/glancesideways.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glancesideways.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glancesideways.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1511"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/glancesideways.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1511\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2968,"href":"https:\/\/glancesideways.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1511\/revisions\/2968"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glancesideways.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/glancesideways.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glancesideways.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glancesideways.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}