Gita Verse 2.71

Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 2, Verse 71

Sanskrit Verse

विहाय कामान्यः सर्वान्पुमांश्चरति निःस्पृहः।

निर्ममो निरहंकारः स शांतिमधिगच्छति।।2.71।।

Transliteration

vihāya kāmān yaḥ sarvān pumānśh charati niḥspṛihaḥ

nirmamo nirahankāraḥ sa śhāntim adhigachchhati

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

Swami Sivananda's translation

That person attains peace who, abandoning all desires, moves about without longing, without the sense of ownership, and without egoism.

Chapter link: Gita Chapter 2