Bhagavad Gita 2.64रागद्वेषवियुक्तैस्तु विषयानिन्द्रियैश्चरन्।आत्मवश्यैर्विधेयात्मा प्रसादमधिगच्छति ॥
rāga-dveṣha-viyuktais tu viṣhayān indriyaiśh
charan ātma-vaśhyair-vidheyātmā prasādam adhigachchhati
Sanskrit recitation
A steady mind in a noisy world · 2.54–2.72 · Teaching
Translation
But the self-controlled man, moving among objects with the senses restrained and free from attraction and repulsion, attains peace.
Hindi translation
।।2.64 -- 2.65।। वशीभूत अन्तःकरणवाला कर्मयोगी साधक रागद्वेषसे रहित अपने वशमें की हुई इन्द्रियोंके द्वारा विषयोंका सेवन करता हुआ अन्तःकरणकी निर्मलता को प्राप्त हो जाता है। निर्मलता प्राप्त होनेपर साधकके सम्पूर्ण दुःखोंका नाश हो जाता है और ऐसे शुद्ध चित्तवाले साधककी बुद्धि निःसन्देह बहुत जल्दी परमात्मामें स्थिर हो जाती है।
Meaning
The mind and the senses are naturally endowed with the two currents of attraction and repulsion. Therefore, the mind and the senses like certain objects and dislike certain other objects. But the disciplined man moves among senseobjects with the mind and the senses free from attraction and repulsion and mastered by the Self, attains to the peace of the Eternal. The senses and the mind obey his will, as the disciplined self has a very strong will. The disciplined self takes only those objects which are ite necessary for the maintenance of the body without any love or hatred. He never takes those objects which are forbidden by the scriptures.In this verse Lord Krishna gives the answer to Arjuna's fourth question, How does a sage of steady wisdom move about (Cf.III.7.19,25XVIII.9).
After Swami Sivananda
A steady mind in a noisy world· 2.54–2.72→
Teachers usually read this idea across several verses together, one shared reflection covers the whole unit.
- 2.54Arjuna said, "O Krishna, what is the description of one who has steady wisdom and is…
- 2.55The Blessed Lord said, "When a man completely casts off, O Arjuna, all the desires of the…
- 2.56He whose mind is not shaken by adversity, who does not long for pleasures, and is free…
- 2.57He who is everywhere without attachment, upon encountering anything good or bad, neither…
- 2.58When, like the tortoise which withdraws all its limbs on all sides, he withdraws his…
- 2.59The objects of the senses turn away from the abstinent man, leaving the longing behind;…
- 2.60The turbulent senses, O Arjuna, can violently carry away the mind of a wise person, even…
- 2.61Having restrained them all, he should sit steadfast, intent on Me; his wisdom is steady…
- 2.62When one thinks of objects, attachment to them arises; from attachment, desire is born;…
- 2.63Anger leads to delusion, which causes loss of memory; this, in turn, leads to the…
2.64But the self-controlled man, moving among objects with the senses restrained and free from…
- 2.65In that peace, all pains are destroyed; for the intellect of the tranquil-minded soon…
- 2.66There is no knowledge of the Self for the unsteady, and no meditation is possible for the…
- 2.67For the mind, which follows in the wake of the wandering senses, carries away his…
- 2.68Therefore, O mighty-armed Arjuna, his knowledge is steady whose senses are completely…
- 2.69That which is night to all beings, in that the self-controlled man is awake; when all…
- 2.70He attains peace into whom all desires enter, just as waters enter the ocean which, filled…
- 2.71That person attains peace who, abandoning all desires, moves about without longing,…
- 2.72O son of Pritha, this is the eternal state, the Brahmic seat. Attaining this, one is not…
Word-by-word→
- tu
- but
- rāga
- attachment
- charan
- while using
- dveṣha
- aversion
- prasādam
- the Grace of God
- indriyaiḥ
- by the senses
- viyuktaiḥ
- free
- viṣhayān
- objects of the senses
- adhigachchhati
- attains
- vidheya-ātmā
- one who controls the mind
- ātma-vaśhyaiḥ
- controlling one’s mind
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