Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 2, Verse 69

Sanskrit Verse

या निशा सर्वभूतानां तस्यां जागर्ति संयमी।

यस्यां जाग्रति भूतानि सा निशा पश्यतो मुनेः।।2.69।।

Transliteration

yā niśhā sarva-bhūtānāṁ tasyāṁ jāgarti sanyamī

yasyāṁ jāgrati bhūtāni sā niśhā paśhyato muneḥ

Word meanings

yā—which; niśhā—night; sarva-bhūtānām—of all living beings; tasyām—in that; jāgarti—is awake; sanyamī—self-controlled; yasyām—in which; jāgrati—are awake; bhūtāni—creatures; sā—that; niśhā—night; paśhyataḥ—see; muneḥ—sage

Swami Sivananda's translation

That which is night to all beings, in that the self-controlled man is awake; when all beings are awake, that is night for the sage who sees.

Chapter link: Gita Chapter 2