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Bhagavad Gita 2.64

Chapter 2, verse 64

Meaning

But a self-governed person can move among the very same things, with senses free of craving and aversion and under their own control. That person reaches prasāda: a clear, settled calm.

The Sanskrit

रागद्वेषविमुक्तैस्तु विषयानिन्द्रियैश्चरन् ।
आत्मवश्यैर्विधेयात्मा प्रसादमधिगच्छति ॥ ६४ ॥

rāgadveṣavimuktais tu viṣayān indriyaiś caran
ātmavaśyair vidheyātmā prasādam adhigacchati

Say it

raa-guh-dvay-shuh-vi-mook-tais too vi-shuh-yaan in-dri-yaish chuh-run
aat-muh-vuh-shyair vi-dhay-yaat-maa pruh-saa-dum uh-dhi-guch-chuh-ti

Word by word

rāga-dveṣa-vimuktaiḥ tu
but with (senses) freed from craving and aversion
viṣayān indriyaiḥ caran
moving among sense-objects with the senses
ātma-vaśyaiḥ
(senses) under one's own control
vidheya-ātmā
one whose mind is well governed
prasādam adhigacchati
attains clarity and serenity
Read it in context: verses 2.61–64How one passing thought becomes a fallWith the story so far, commentary, and today's lesson: Catch the slide at the first step

Another translation and audio recitation: verse 2.64 on holy-bhagavad-gita.org.