2.64–65
Chapter 2, Verses 64–65
रागद्वेषवियुक्तैस्तु विषयानिन्द्रियैश्चरन्। आत्मवश्यैर्विधेयात्मा प्रसादमधिगच्छति৷৷ प्रसादे सर्वदुःखानां हानिरस्योपजायते। प्रसन्नचेतसो ह्याशु बुद्धिः पर्यवतिष्ठते৷৷
rāgadvēṣaviyuktaistu viṣayānindriyaiścaran. ātmavaśyairvidhēyātmā prasādamadhigacchati৷৷ prasādē sarvaduḥkhānāṅ hānirasyōpajāyatē. prasannacētasō hyāśu buddhiḥ paryavatiṣṭhatē৷৷
Translation
Verse 64
But the self-controlled soul, who moves amongst sense objects, free from either attachment or repulsion, he wins eternal Peace.
Verse 65
Having attained Peace, he becomes free from misery; for when the mind gains peace, right discrimination follows.
Translation — Purohit Swami
Commentary
Verse 64
रागद्वेषवियुक्तैः free from attraction and repulsion, तु but, विषयान् objects, इन्द्रियैः with senses, चरन् moving (amongst), आत्मवश्यैः selfrestrained, विधेयात्मा the selfcontrolled, प्रसादम् to peace, अधिगच्छति attains. Commentary: 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 Arjunas fourth estion, How does a sage of steady wisdom move about (Cf.III.7.19,25XVIII.9).
Verse 65
प्रसादे in peace, सर्वदुःखानाम् (of) all pains, हानिः destruction, अस्य of him, उपजायते arises (or happens), प्रसन्नचेतसः of the tranquil-minded, हि because, आशु soon, बुद्धिः intellect (or reason), पर्यवतिष्ठते becomes steady. Commentary: 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.
Commentary — Swami Sivananda
Sanskrit and transliteration of the Bhagavad Gita. Corpus compiled from the vedabase and the IIT Kanpur Gita Supersite.