Bhagavad Gita · Sankhya Yoga — The Yoga of Knowledge

Chapter 2, Verse 70

"Bhagavad Gita 2.70" — meaning and explanation.

Meaning

2.70 He attains peace into whom all desires enter as waters enter the ocean which, filled from all sides, remains unmoved; but not the man who is full of desires.

।।2.70।। जैसे सब ओर से परिपूर्ण अचल प्रतिष्ठा वाले समुद्र में (अनेक नदियों के) जल (उसे विचलित किये बिना) समा जाते हैं? वैसे ही जिस पुरुष के प्रति कामनाओं के विषय उसमें (विकार उत्पन्न किये बिना) समा जाते हैं? वह पुरुष शान्ति प्राप्त करता है? न कि भोगों की कामना करने वाला पुरुष।।

Explanation

2.70 आपूर्यमाणम् filled from all sides? अचलप्रतिष्ठम् based in stillness? समुद्रम् ocean? आपः water? प्रविशन्ति enter? यद्वत् as? तद्वत् so? कामाः desires? यम् whom? प्रविशन्ति enter? सर्वे all? सः he? शान्तिम् peace? आप्नोति attains? न not? कामकामी desirer of desires.Commentary Just as the ocean filled with waters from all sides remains unmoved? so also the sage who is resting in his own Svarupa or the Self is not a bit affected though desires of all sorts enter from all sides. The sage attains peace or liberation but not he who longs for objects of sensual enjoyment and entertains various desires. (Cf.XVIII.53?54).

Life Lesson

Study Bhagavad Gita 2.70 slowly, then express its central teaching through one thoughtful action in daily life.

Context

Bhagavad Gita Chapter 2, verse 70, from Krishna's dialogue with Arjuna at Kurukshetra.

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