Chapter 2, Verse 15
Sankhya Yoga — Sanskrit shloka, transliteration, word meanings, English translation, and commentary.
Original Sanskrit verse
Transliteration
Word meanings
yam—whom; hi—verily; na—not; vyathayanti—distressed; ete—these; puruṣham—person; puruṣha-ṛiṣhabha—the noblest amongst men, Arjun; sama—equipoised; duḥkha—distress; sukham—happiness; dhīram—steady; saḥ—that person; amṛitatvāya—for liberation; kalpate—becomes eligible
English translation
That firm man, whom surely these afflictions do not, O chief among men, to whom pleasure and pain are the same, is fit for attaining immortality.
— Swami Sivananda
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Commentary
Dehadhyasa or identification of the Self with the body is the cause of pleasure and pain. The more you are able to identify yourself with the immortal; allpervading Self; the less will you be affected by the pairs of opposites (Dvandvas; pleasure and pain; etc.)Titiksha or the power of endurance develops the willpower. Calm endurance in pleasure and pain; and heat and cold is one of the alifications of an aspirant on the path of Jnana Yoga. It is one of the Shatsampat or sixfold virtues. It is a condition of right knowledge. Titiksha by itself cannot give you Moksha or liberation; but still; when coupled with discrimination and dispassion; it becomes a means to the attainment of Immortality or knowledge of the Self. (Cf. XVII.53)
Commentary by Swami Sivananda
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