Chapter 2, Verse 71
Sankhya Yoga — Sanskrit shloka, transliteration, word meanings, English translation, and commentary.
Original Sanskrit verse
Transliteration
Word meanings
vihāya—giving up; kāmān—material desires; yaḥ—who; sarvān—all; pumān—a person; charati—lives; niḥspṛihaḥ—free from hankering; nirmamaḥ—without a sense of proprietorship; nirahankāraḥ—without egoism; saḥ—that person; śhāntim—perfect peace; adhigachchhati—attains
English translation
That person attains peace who, abandoning all desires, moves about without longing, without the sense of ownership, and without egoism.
— Swami Sivananda
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Commentary
That man who lives destitute of longing; abandoning all desires; without the senses of I and mine; who is satisfied with the bare necessities of life; who does not care even for those bare necessities of life; who has no attachment even for the bare necessities of life; attains Moksha or eternal peace. (Cf. II.55).
Commentary by Swami Sivananda
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