GITA ON EQUANIMITY–PART 12 (EVENNESS OF MIND)

एषा ब्राह्मी स्थितिः पार्थ नैनां प्राप्य विमुह्यति । स्थित्वास्यामन्तकालेऽपि ब्रह्मनिर्वाणमृच्छति ॥७२॥ eṣā brāhmī sthitiḥ pārtha, naināṁ prāpya vimuhyati sthitvāsyām anta-kāle ’pi, brahma-nirvāṇam ṛcchati O Partha (Arjuna), such is the state of a God realized soul.  Attaining to this state no one gets deluded. Being established in this state even at the hour of death, one […]

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GITA ON EQUANIMITY–PART 10 (EVENNESS OF MIND)

या निशा सर्वभूतानां तस्यां जागर्ति संयमी । यस्यां जाग्रति भूतानि सा निशा पश्यतो मुनेः ॥६९॥ yā niśā sarva-bhūtānāṁ, tasyāṁ jāgarti saṁyamī yasyāṁ jāgrati bhūtāni, sā niśā paśyato muneḥ That, which is night to all beings (who are turned away from God), in that state, the disciplined Yogī keeps awake. And that in which all beings […]

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GITA ON EQUANIMITY–PART 8 (EVENNESS OF MIND)

रागद्वेषवियुक्तैस्तु विषयानिन्द्रियैश्चरन् । आत्मवश्यैर्विधेयात्मा प्रसादमधिगच्छति ॥६४॥ प्रसादे सर्वदुःखानां हानिरस्योपजायते । प्रसन्नचेतसो ह्याशु बुद्धिः पर्यवतिष्ठते ॥६५॥ rāga-dveṣa-vimuktais tu, viṣayān indriyaiś caran ātma-vaśyair vidheyātmā, prasādam adhigacchati prasāde sarva-duḥkhānāṁ, hānir asyopajāyate prasanna-cetaso hy āśu, buddhiḥ paryavatiṣṭhate But a self-controlled yogi (Karmayoga aspirant), freed from attraction and aversion (Rāga-Dveṣau), with his senses under control though moving about amongst the […]

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GITA ON EQUANIMITY – PART 7 (EVENNESS OF MIND)

तानि सर्वाणि संयम्य युक्त आसीत मत्परः । वशे हि यस्येन्द्रियाणि तस्य प्रज्ञा प्रतिष्ठिता ॥६१॥ tāni sarvāṇi saṁyamya, yukta āsīta mat-paraḥ vaśe hi yasyendriyāṇi, tasya prajñā pratiṣṭhitā The aspirant of Karmayoga, having controlled all the senses, should sit for meditation, devoting heart and soul to Me. Because, whose senses are under control, his wisdom is steady.   […]

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GITA ON EQUANIMITY – PART 6 (EVENNESS OF MIND)

विषया विनिवर्तन्ते निराहारस्य देहिनः। रसवर्जं रसोऽप्यस्य परं दृष्ट्वा निवर्तते॥५९॥ viṣayā vinivartante, nirāhārasya dehinaḥ, rasa-varjaṁ raso ’py asya, paraṁ dṛṣṭvā nivartate Sense objects drop out for him who fasts (since he is not presently enjoying the sense objects with his senses) but the relish or longing for them may persist. This relish also disappears when he […]

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GITA ON EQUANIMITY – PART 5 (EVENNESS OF MIND)

CHAPTER 2 (cont’d) यः सर्वत्रानभिस्नेहस्तत्तत्प्राप्य शुभाशुभम् । नाभिनन्दति न द्वेष्टि तस्य प्रज्ञा प्रतिष्ठिता ॥५७॥ yaḥ sarvatrānabhisnehas, tat tat prāpya śubhāśubham nābhinandati na dveṣṭi, tasya prajñā pratiṣṭhitā He who is unattached from everywhere (under all conditions), who is not delighted on receiving pleasant and nor dejected by unpleasant, his wisdom is stable.    57 यदा संहरते चायं […]

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