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Bhagavad Gita · Chapter 2: Sankhya Yoga · Speaker: Krishna

Bhagavad Gita 2.71: Vihaya kamanyah

Krishna says that the person who gives up all desires and lives free of craving, without the sense of “mine” and without ego, attains peace.

Bhagavad Gita 2.71

विहाय कामान्यः सर्वा­न्पु­मां­श्च­र­ति निःस्पृहः ।निर्ममो निरहङ्कारः स शा­न्ति­म­धि­ग­च्छ­ति ॥

Vihaya kamanyah sar­van­pu­mansh­cha­ra­ti nihsprihah
Nirmamo ni­ra­han­ka­rah sa shan­ti­ma­dhi­gachchha­ti

vihāya kāmānyaḥ sar­vān­pu­māṃś­ca­ra­ti niḥspṛhaḥ |
nirmamo ni­ra­haṅ­kā­raḥ sa śān­ti­ma­dhi­gac­cha­ti ||

Our meaning Krishna says that the person who gives up all desires and lives free of craving, without the sense of “mine” and without ego, attains peace.

हिंदी अर्थ कृष्ण कहते हैं कि जो व्यक्ति सब कामनाओं को छोड़कर, लालसा से रहित होकर विचरता है, जिसमें “मेरा” का भाव और अहंकार नहीं है, वह शांति पाता है।

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  1. विहाय vihāya having given up (absolutive (having done)) Dictionary: vi-hā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1003, col. 1 to leave behind, relinquish, quit, abandon
  2. कामान् kāmān desires (noun (masculine), accusative plural) Dictionary: kāma, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 271, col. 3 wish, desire, longing
  3. यः yaḥ who (pronoun (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: yad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 844, col. 2 who, which, what, whichever, whatever, that
  4. सर्वान् sarvān all (pronoun (masculine), accusative plural) Dictionary: sarva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1184, col. 3 whole, entire, all, every
  5. पुमान् pumān a man (noun (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: 2. puṃs, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 630, col. 3
  6. चरति carati moves about, lives (present, 3rd person singular) Dictionary: car, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 389, col. 1 to move one's self, go, walk, move, stir, roam about, wander
  7. निःस्पृहः niḥspṛhaḥ free from longing (adjective (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: niḥ-spṛha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 539, col. 2 free from desire, not longing for
  8. निर्ममः nirmamaḥ without "mine" (adjective (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: nir-mama, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 541, col. 3 unselfish, disinterested, (esp.) free from all worldly connections
  9. निरहङ्कारः nirahaṅkāraḥ without ego (adjective (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: nir-ahaṃkāra, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 540, col. 1 free from egotism, unselfish, humble
  10. सः saḥ he (pronoun (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: tad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 434, col. 1 m. he, f. she, n. it, that, this
  11. शान्तिम् śāntim peace (noun (feminine), accusative singular) Dictionary: śānti, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1064, col. 3 tranquillity, peace, quiet, peace or calmness of mind
  12. अधिगच्छति adhigacchati attains (present, 3rd person singular) Dictionary: adhi-gam, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 20, col. 3 to meet, find, discover, obtain

Public-domain translations

Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882. Public domain. Page 51–52.

The man who, casting off all desires, lives free from attachments, who is free from egoism1, and from (the feeling that this or that is) mine2, obtains tranquillity.

  1. Either pride or, better, the false notion mentioned infra, p. 55. ↩
  2. An almost identical expression occurs in the Dhammapada, stanza 367, and Maitrî-upanishad, p. 37. ↩
English translation: K. T. Telang, The Bhagavadgîtâ (The Sacred Books of the East, vol. VIII, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1882); public domain. archive.org (page 51–52, scan leaf n64–n65). Shown verbatim.
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Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882. Public domain. Page 51–52.

The man who, casting off all desires, lives free from attachments, who is free from egoism1, and from (the feeling that this or that is) mine2, obtains tranquillity.

  1. Either pride or, better, the false notion mentioned infra, p. 55. ↩
  2. An almost identical expression occurs in the Dhammapada, stanza 367, and Maitrî-upanishad, p. 37. ↩
English translation: K. T. Telang, The Bhagavadgîtâ (The Sacred Books of the East, vol. VIII, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1882); public domain. archive.org (page 51–52, scan leaf n64–n65). Shown verbatim.

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Annie Besant, 1895. Public domain. Page 38.

Who so forsaketh all desires and goeth onwards free from yearnings, humble and unselfish—he goeth to Peace.

English translation: Annie Besant, The Bhagavad Gîtâ, or The Lord's Song (London: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1895); public domain. archive.org (page 38, scan leaf n44). Shown verbatim.

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Swami Swarupananda, 1909 (first printed 1907). Public domain. Page 61.

That man who lives devoid of longing, abandoning all desires, without the sense of 'I' and 'mine,' he attains to peace.

English translation: Swami Swarupananda, Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita (Mayavati: Prabuddha Bharata Press, 1909; first printed in Prabuddha Bharata, 1907–1909); public domain. archive.org (page 61, scan leaf n72). Shown verbatim.

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Sanskrit text: The Bhagavad-Gita, or The Lord's Song, with the text in Devanagari and an English translation, 1922. Meanings: written for Pujadeep with AI help and reviewed. Source and changes

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Krishna speaks this verse, in chapter 2 (Sankhya Yoga).

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Sanskrit text: The Bhagavad-Gita, or The Lord's Song, with the text in Devanagari and an English translation, 1922. Meanings: written for Pujadeep with AI help and reviewed. See the source

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Sanskrit text
The Bhagavad-Gita, or The Lord's Song, with the text in Devanagari and an English translation (Annie Besant, G. A. Natesan & Co., Madras, 1922). Public domain. The Sanskrit on these pages was read from this printing’s page images.
Translation
The Bhagavadgîtâ with the Sanatsugâtîya and the Anugîtâ, translated by Kâshinâth Trimbak Telang (The Sacred Books of the East, vol. VIII, ed. F. Max Müller) (Kashinath Trimbak Telang, F. Max Müller, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1882). Public domain. Shown verbatim, as printed.
Translation
The Bhagavad Gîtâ, or The Lord's Song, translated by Annie Besant (Annie Besant, Theosophical Publishing Society, London, 1895). Public domain. Shown verbatim, as printed.
Sanskrit text
Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita, with Sanskrit Text; Paraphrase with Word-by-word Literal Translation; English Rendering and Comments, Index, &c., by the Swami Swarupananda (Himalayan Series, No. XX) (Swami Swarupananda, The Editors and Publishers, Advaita Ashrama, Mayavati, Prabuddha Bharata Press, Mayavati, Almora, Himalayas, 1909). Public domain. Used only to date the text. The Devanagari on this page is a reading text and is not copied from this printing.
Common wording
In this text, 32 words follow today's common wording, checked against sanskritdocuments.org; Sanskrit Wikisource; Gita Press, Gorakhpur; GRETIL, Göttingen and Bhaktivedanta Book Trust.
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