Bhagavad Gita 15.5 meaningThe upside-down tree
In simple wordsSo simple a child gets it
“Without pride or clinging, the wise find their forever home.”
What it means
“Free from pride and confusion, having overcome clinging, always centred in the self, with desires gone and beyond the opposites of pleasure and pain — the wise reach that eternal place.”
The original Sanskrit
निर्मानमोहा जितसङ्गदोषा अध्यात्मनित्या विनिवृत्तकामाः । द्वन्द्वैर्विमुक्ताः सुखदुःखसंज्ञैर्- गच्छन्त्यमूढाः पदमव्ययं तत् ॥
nirmānamohā jitasaṅgadoṣā adhyātmanityā vinivṛttakāmāḥ dvandvairvimuktāḥ sukhaduḥkhasaṃjñaira- gacchantyamūḍhāḥ padamavyayaṃ tat
Translations
Literal translation
The wise ones who are free from pride and non-discrimination, who have conquered the evil of association, who are ever devoted to spirituality, completely free from desires, free from the dualities called happiness and sorrow, reach that undecaying State.
Swami Gambhirananda
हिंदी अनुवाद
जिनका मान और मोह निवृत्त हो गया है, जिन्होंने संगदोष को जीत लिया है, जो अध्यात्म में स्थित हैं जिनकी कामनाएं निवृत्त हो चुकी हैं और जो सुख-दु:ख नामक द्वन्द्वों से विमुक्त हो गये हैं, ऐसे सम्मोह रहित ज्ञानीजन उस अव्यय पद को प्राप्त होते हैं।
Swami Tejomayananda
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