Bhagavad Gita 2.70 meaningWho you really are
In simple wordsSo simple a child gets it
“Be like the ocean: rivers pour in, but it stays calm.”
What it means
“A person finds peace when desires flow into them like rivers into the ocean — the ocean takes them in and stays calm and full. Someone who chases desires never finds that peace.”
The original Sanskrit · known as “Apuryamanam Achala Pratishtham”
आप ूर्यमाणमचलप्रतिष्ठं समुद्रमापः प्रविशन्ति यद्वत् । तद्वत्कामा यं प्रविशन्ति सर्वे स शान्तिमाप्नोति न कामकामी ॥
āpūryamāṇamacalapratiṣṭhaṃ samudramāpaḥ praviśanti yadvat tadvatkāmā yaṃ praviśanti sarve sa śāntimāpnoti na kāmakāmī
Translations
Literal translation
That man attains peace into whom all desires enter in the same way as the waters flow into a sea that remains unchanged (even) when being filled up from all sides. Not so one who is desirous of objects.
Swami Gambhirananda
हिंदी अनुवाद
जैसे सब ओर से परिपूर्ण अचल प्रतिष्ठा वाले समुद्र में (अनेक नदियों के) जल (उसे विचलित किये बिना) समा जाते हैं? वैसे ही जिस पुरुष के प्रति कामनाओं के विषय उसमें (विकार उत्पन्न किये बिना) समा जाते हैं? वह पुरुष शान्ति प्राप्त करता है? न कि भोगों की कामना करने वाला पुरुष।
Swami Tejomayananda
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