2.56 दुःखेष्वनुद्विग्नमनाः सुखेषु विगतस्पृहः। वीतरागभयक्रोधः स्थितधीर्मुनिरुच्यते
duḥkheṣv
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duḥkheṣhu—amidst miseries;anudvigna-manāḥ—one whose mind is undisturbed;sukheṣhu—in pleasure;vigata-spṛihaḥ—without craving;vīta—free from;rāga—attachment;bhaya—fear;krodhaḥ—anger;sthita-dhīḥ—enlightened person;muniḥ—a sage;uchyate—is called
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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He whose mind is undisturbed amidst sorrows, who is free from desire amidst pleasures, and from whom longing, fear, and wrath have departed—he is said to be a firm-minded sage.
The sage, whose mind is unruffled in suffering, whose desire is not roused by enjoyment, who is without attachment, anger or fear - take him to be one who stands at that lofty level.
He whose mind is not perturbed in pain, who has no longing for pleasures, who is free from desire, fear and anger - he is called a sage of firm wisdom.
That monk is called a man of steady wisdom when his mind is unperturbed in sorrow, he is free from longing for delights, and has gone beyond attachment, fear and anger.
He whose mind is not shaken by adversity, who does not hanker after pleasures, and who is free from attachment, fear and anger, is called a sage of steady wisdom.
2.58 यदा संहरते चायं कूर्मोऽङ्गानीव सर्वशः। इन्द्रियाणीन्द्रियार्थेभ्यस्तस्य प्रज्ञा प्रतिष्ठिता
yadā saṃharate c
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yadā—when;sanharate—withdraw;cha—and;ayam—this;kūrmaḥ—tortoise;aṅgāni—limbs;iva—as;sarvaśhaḥ—fully;indriyāṇi—senses;indriya-arthebhyaḥ—from the sense objects;tasya—his;prajñā—divine wisdom;pratiṣhṭhitā—fixed in
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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When he withdraws all his senses from sense-objects, just as a tortoise withdraws all its limbs, then he is declared to be a man of stabilized intellect.
He who can withdraw his senses from the attraction of their objects, as the tortoise draws his limbs within its shell - take it that such a one has attained Perfection.
When one is able to draw his senses from the objects of sense on every side, as a tortoise draws in its limbs, then his wisdom is firmly set.
And when this one fully withdraws the senses from the objects of the senses, as a tortoise wholly (withdraws) the limbs, then his wisdom remains established.
When, like the tortoise which withdraws its limbs on all sides, he withdraws his senses from the sense-objects, then his wisdom becomes steady.
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सांख्ययोग
Chapter 2: Sankhya Yoga
sāṃkhyayoga
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2.57 यः सर्वत्रानभिस्नेहस्तत्तत्प्राप्य शुभाशुभम्। नाभिनन्दति न द्वेष्टि तस्य प्रज्ञा प्रतिष्ठिता
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Word meanings
yaḥ—who;sarvatra—in all conditions;anabhisnehaḥ—unattached;tat—that;tat—that;prāpya—attaining;śhubha—good;aśhubham—evil;na—neither;abhinandati—delight in;na—nor;dveṣhṭi—dejected by;tasya—his;prajñā—knowledge;pratiṣhṭhitā—is fixed
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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He who has no desire for anything, and who neither rejoices nor hates upon obtaining this or that, good or bad—his intellect is properly stabilized.
He who wherever he goes is attached to no person and to no place by ties of flesh; who accepts good and evil alike, neither welcoming the one nor shrinking from the other - take him to be one who is merged in the Infinite.
He who has no love on any side, who when he finds good or evil, neither rejoices nor hates - his wisdom is firmly set.
The wisdom of that person remains established who has not attachment for anything anywhere, who neither welcomes nor rejects anything whatever good or bad when he comes across it.
He who is everywhere without attachment, on meeting with anything good or bad, who neither rejoices nor hates, his wisdom is fixed.
