Bhagavad Gita · 2.70
॥
Devanāgarī
आपूर्यमाणमचलप्रतिष्ठं
समुद्रमापः प्रविशन्ति यद्वत् ।
तद्वत्कामा यं प्रविशन्ति सर्वे
स शान्तिमाप्नोति न कामकामी ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
āpūryamāṇam acalapratiṣṭhaṁ
samudram āpaḥ praviśanti yadvat |
tadvat kāmā yaṁ praviśanti sarve
sa śāntim āpnoti na kāmakāmī ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
आपूर्यमाणम्āpūryamāṇamconstantly being filled.
अचलप्रतिष्ठम्acala-pratiṣṭhamthe one whose bounds (pratiṣṭham) are unmoved (acala).
समुद्रम्samudraminto the ocean.
आपःāpaḥthe waters (of rivers).
प्रविशन्तिpraviśantiflow, enter.
यद्वत्yadvatjust as.
तद्वत्tadvatso too.
कामाःkāmāḥdesires, streams of desire.
यम्yaminto whom.
प्रविशन्तिpraviśantienter.
सर्वेsarveall.
सःsaḥhe.
शान्तिम्śāntimpeace, tranquility.
आप्नोतिāpnotiattains.
नnanot.
कामकामीkāma-kāmīthe one who craves (kāmī) the fulfillment of desires (kāma).
Translation
“Just as the ocean, remaining unmoved within its bounds, is constantly filled by the rivers flowing into it, so too the one into whom all manner of desires enter without stirring him attains peace — not the one who craves the fulfillment of those desires.”
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