Bhagavad Gita 2.57 meaningWho you really are
In simple wordsSo simple a child gets it
“They don’t cling. Good news doesn’t make them wild; bad news doesn’t break them.”
What it means
“Someone who isn't clingy about anything, and doesn't get overexcited by good things or upset by bad ones, has steady wisdom.”
The original Sanskrit
यः सर्वत्रानभिस्नेहस्तत्तत्प्राप्य शुभाशुभम् । नाभिनन्दति न द्वेष्टि तस्य प्रज्ञा प्रतिष्ठिता ॥
yaḥ sarvatrānabhisnehastattatprāpya śubhāśubham nābhinandati na dveṣṭi tasya prajñā pratiṣṭhitā
Translations
Literal translation
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.
Swami Gambhirananda
हिंदी अनुवाद
जो सर्वत्र अति स्नेह से रहित हुआ उन शुभ तथा अशुभ वस्तुओं को प्राप्त क र न प्रसन्न होता है और न द्वेष करता है? उसकी प्रज्ञा प्रतिष्ठित (स्थिर) है।
Swami Tejomayananda
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Keep reading · 2.58“When a person can pull their senses back from distractions, like a tortoise pulling in its limbs, their wisdom is steady.”