Bhagavad Gita 2.70
Chapter 2, verse 70
Meaning
Rivers keep pouring into the ocean, yet it stays full and unmoved, settled in its own depth. Likewise, the person into whom every desire flows without stirring them up finds peace. The one who keeps chasing desires does not.
The Sanskrit
आपूर्यमाणमचलप्रतिष्ठं
समुद्रमापः प्रविशन्ति यद्वत् ।
तद्वत्कामा यं प्रविशन्ति सर्वे
स शान्तिमाप्नोति न कामकामी ॥ ७० ॥
āpūryamāṇam acalapratiṣṭhaṃ / samudram āpaḥ praviśanti yadvat
tadvat kāmā yaṃ praviśanti sarve / sa śāntim āpnoti na kāmakāmī
Say it
aa-poor-yuh-maa-num uh-chuh-luh-pruh-tish-thum
suh-moo-druh-maa-puh pruh-vi-shun-ti yud-vut
tud-vut kaa-maa yum pruh-vi-shun-ti sur-vay
suh shaan-ti-maap-no-ti nuh kaa-muh-kaa-mee
Word by word
- āpūryamāṇam
- being filled, always full
- acala-pratiṣṭham
- unmoving, firmly settled
- samudram āpaḥ praviśanti yadvat
- just as waters enter the ocean
- tadvat kāmāḥ yam praviśanti sarve
- so the one whom all desires enter
- saḥ śāntim āpnoti
- that person attains peace
- na kāma-kāmī
- not one who desires desires
Read it in context: verses 2.69–72The ocean that rivers cannot fillWith the story so far, commentary, and today's lesson: Be the ocean, not the bucket
Another translation and audio recitation: verse 2.70 on holy-bhagavad-gita.org.
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