Bhagavad Gita 2.15 meaningWho you really are
In simple wordsSo simple a child gets it
“If you stay calm in good and bad times, you become truly free.”
What it means
“The person who stays steady through pleasure and pain, untroubled by either, is ready for true freedom.”
The original Sanskrit
यं हि न व्यथयन्त्येते पुरुषं पुरुषर्षभ । समदुःखसुखं धीरं सोऽमृतत्वाय कल्पते ॥
yaṃ hi na vyathayantyete puruṣaṃ puruṣarṣabha samaduḥkhasukhaṃ dhīraṃ so.amṛtatvāya kalpate
Translations
Literal translation
O (Arjuna, who are) foremost among men, verily, the person whom these do not torment, the wise man to whom sorrow and happhiness are the same he is fit for Immortality.
Swami Gambhirananda
हिंदी अनुवाद
हे पुरुषश्रेष्ठ ! दुख और सुख में समान भाव से रहने वाले जिस धीर पुरुष को ये व्यथित नहीं कर सकते हैं वह अमृतत्व (मोक्ष) का अधिकारी होता है।
Swami Tejomayananda
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