Bhagavad Gita · 2.71
॥
Devanāgarī
विहाय कामान्यः सर्वान्पुमांश्चरति निःस्पृहः ।
निर्ममो निरहङ्कारः स शान्तिमधिगच्छति ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
vihāya kāmān yaḥ sarvān pumāṁś carati niḥspṛhaḥ |
nirmamo nirahaṅkāraḥ sa śāntim adhigacchati ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
विहायvihāyahaving left behind, having cast off.
कामान्kāmānpassionate desires.
यःyaḥwho.
सर्वान्sarvānall.
पुमान्pumāna person.
चरतिcaratiacts, lives, moves.
निःस्पृहःniḥspṛhaḥfree from craving, without desires (for the fruits).
निर्ममःnirmamaḥfree from the sense of ‘mine,’ without possessiveness.
निरहङ्कारःnirahaṅkāraḥfree from false ego (ahaṅkāra).
सःsaḥhe.
शान्तिम्śāntimpeace, true tranquility.
अधिगच्छतिadhigacchatiattains, reaches.
Translation
“That person who, having cast off all passionate desires, moves through this world without craving for the results of actions, without the sense of ‘mine,’ and without false ego — he alone attains true peace.”
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