Bhagavad Gita 2.65प्रसादे सर्वदुःखानां हानिरस्योपजायते।प्रसन्नचेतसो ह्याशु बुद्धिः पर्यवतिष्ठते ॥
prasāde sarva-duḥkhānāṁ hānir asyopajāyate
prasanna-chetaso hyāśhu buddhiḥ paryavatiṣhṭhate
Sanskrit recitation
A steady mind in a noisy world · 2.54–2.72 · Teaching
Translation
In that peace, all pains are destroyed; for the intellect of the tranquil-minded soon becomes steady.
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
When the mental peace is attained, there is no hankering after senseobjects. The Yogi has perfect mastery over his reason. The intellect abides in the Self. It is ite steady. The miseries of the body and the mind come to an end.
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→
- hi
- indeed
- asya
- his
- sarva
- all
- āśhu
- soon
- hāniḥ
- destruction
- prasāde
- by divine grace
- buddhiḥ
- intellect
- upajāyate
- comes
- duḥkhānām
- of sorrows
- prasanna-chetasaḥ
- with a tranquil mind
- paryavatiṣhṭhate
- becomes firmly established
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