Bhagavad Gita 2.38
Chapter 2, verse 38
Meaning
Treat pleasure and pain, gain and loss, winning and losing as equal. Act from that even mind, and the action will not bring you wrongdoing.
The Sanskrit
सुखदुःखे समे कृत्वा लाभालाभौ जयाजयौ ।
ततो युद्धाय युज्यस्व नैवं पापमवाप्स्यसि ॥ ३८ ॥
sukhaduḥkhe same kṛtvā lābhālābhau jayājayau
tato yuddhāya yujyasva naivaṃ pāpam avāpsyasi
Say it
soo-khuh-doo-khay suh-may kri-tvaa laa-bhaa-laa-bhou juh-yaa-juh-you
tuh-to yood-dhaa-yuh yooj-yuss-vuh nai-vum paa-pum uh-vaap-syuh-si
Word by word
- sukha-duḥkhe
- pleasure and pain
- same kṛtvā
- treating as equal
- lābha-alābhau
- gain and loss
- jaya-ajayau
- victory and defeat
- tataḥ yuddhāya yujyasva
- then commit yourself to the fight
- na evam pāpam avāpsyasi
- this way you will incur no wrong
Read it in context: verses 2.37–40Even mind, then actWith the story so far, commentary, and today's lesson: Effort that is never wasted
Another translation and audio recitation: verse 2.38 on holy-bhagavad-gita.org.
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