Bhagavad Gita 2.71
Chapter 2, verse 71
Meaning
Someone who lets go of all desires and moves through life without craving, without the feeling that things are 'mine', and without the self-importance of 'I', reaches peace.
The Sanskrit
विहाय कामान्यः सर्वान्पुमांश्चरति निःस्पृहः ।
निर्ममो निरहङ्कारः स शान्तिमधिगच्छति ॥ ७१ ॥
vihāya kāmān yaḥ sarvān pumāṃś carati niḥspṛhaḥ
nirmamo nirahaṃkāraḥ sa śāntim adhigacchati
Say it
vi-haa-yuh kaa-maan yuh sur-vaan poo-maansh chuh-ruh-ti nih-spri-huh
nir-muh-mo ni-ruh-hun-kaa-ruh suh shaan-ti-mud-hi-guch-chuh-ti
Word by word
- vihāya kāmān sarvān
- letting go of all desires
- yaḥ pumān carati
- the person who moves through life
- niḥspṛhaḥ
- free of craving
- nirmamaḥ
- without 'this is mine'
- nirahaṃkāraḥ
- without ego, the sense of 'I am the doer'
- saḥ śāntim adhigacchati
- that person reaches peace
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 2.71 on holy-bhagavad-gita.org.
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