Bhagavad Gita 2.66
Chapter 2, verse 66
Meaning
A scattered mind has no steady understanding and no inner focus. Without focus there is no peace, and without peace, where could happiness come from?
The Sanskrit
नास्ति बुद्धिरयुक्तस्य न चायुक्तस्य भावना ।
न चाभावयतः शान्तिरशान्तस्य कुतः सुखम् ॥ ६६ ॥
nāsti buddhir ayuktasya na cāyuktasya bhāvanā
na cābhāvayataḥ śāntir aśāntasya kutaḥ sukham
Say it
naas-ti bood-dhir uh-yook-tuh-syuh nuh chaa-yook-tuh-syuh bhaa-vuh-naa
nuh chaa-bhaa-vuh-yuh-tuh shaan-tir uh-shaan-tuh-syuh koo-tuh soo-khum
Word by word
- na asti buddhiḥ
- there is no (steady) understanding
- ayuktasya
- for one who is undisciplined, not collected
- na ca bhāvanā
- nor is there contemplation / inner focus
- na ca abhāvayataḥ śāntiḥ
- and for one without that focus, no peace
- aśāntasya kutaḥ sukham
- for one without peace, where is happiness?
Read it in context: verses 2.65–68A mind that follows the senses is a boat in the windWith the story so far, commentary, and today's lesson: Peace comes before happiness, not after
Another translation and audio recitation: verse 2.66 on holy-bhagavad-gita.org.
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