2.57 यः सर्वत्रानभिस्नेहस्तत्तत्प्राप्य शुभाशुभम्। नाभिनन्दति न द्वेष्टि तस्य प्रज्ञा प्रतिष्ठिता
yaḥ sarvatr
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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.
2.59 विषया विनिवर्तन्ते निराहारस्य देहिनः। रसवर्जं रसोऽप्यस्य परं दृष्ट्वा निवर्तते
viṣayā vinivartante nirāhārasya dehinaḥ | rasavarjaṃ ras
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viṣhayāḥ—objects for senses;vinivartante—restrain;nirāhārasya—practicing self restraint;dehinaḥ—for the embodied;rasa-varjam—cessation of taste;rasaḥ—taste;api—however;asya—person’s;param—the Supreme;dṛiṣhṭvā—on realization;nivartate—ceases to be
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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Leaving their taste behind, the sense-objects retreat from the embodied one who abstains from food; his taste too disappears when he beholds the Supreme.
The objects of sense turn from him who is abstemious. Even the relish for them is lost in him who has seen the Truth.
The objects of senses, excepting relish for the objects, turn away from the abstinent dweller in the body. Even the relish turns away from him when what is supreme over the senses i.e., the self, is seen.
The objects recede from an abstinent man, with the exception of the taste (for them). Even the taste of this person falls away after realization the Absolute.
The objects of the senses turn away from the abstinent man, leaving the longing (behind); but his longing also turns away on seeing the Supreme.
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सांख्ययोग
Chapter 2: Sankhya Yoga
sāṃkhyayoga
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2.58 यदा संहरते चायं कूर्मोऽङ्गानीव सर्वशः। इन्द्रियाणीन्द्रियार्थेभ्यस्तस्य प्रज्ञा प्रतिष्ठिता
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Word meanings
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.
