Bhagavad Gita · 2.56
॥
Devanāgarī
दुःखेष्वनुद्विग्नमनाः सुखेषु विगतस्पृहः ।
वीतरागभयक्रोधः स्थितधीर्मुनिरुच्यते ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
duḥkheṣv anudvignamanāḥ sukheṣu vigataspṛhaḥ |
vītarāgabhayakrodhaḥ sthitadhīr munir ucyate ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
दुःखेषुduḥkheṣuin sufferings, amid misfortunes.
अनुद्विग्नमनाःanudvigna-manāḥone whose mind (manas) is undisturbed (an-udvigna).
सुखेषुsukheṣuin happiness, amid pleasures.
विगतस्पृहःvigata-spṛhaḥone whose craving (spṛhā) has departed (vigata), free from longings.
वीतरागभयक्रोधःvīta-rāga-bhaya-krodhaḥone who is free (vīta) from attachment (rāga), fear (bhaya), and anger (krodha).
स्थितधीःsthita-dhīḥa person of steady intelligence (dhī).
मुनिःmuniḥa sage.
उच्यतेucyateis called.
Translation
“One whose mind is undisturbed amid sufferings, who does not crave pleasures, who is free from attachment, fear, and anger — such a one is called a sage of steady intelligence.”
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