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Bhagavad Gītā 2.64: Calm among things
रागद्वेषवियुक्तैस्तु विषयानिन्द्रियैश्चरन् ।
आत्मवश्यैर्विधेयात्मा प्रसादमधिगच्छति ॥
rāgadveṣaviyuktaistu viṣayānindriyaiścaran
ātmavaśyairvidheyātmā prasādamadhigacchati
Recitation: NehalDaveND (Wikimedia Commons) · CC BY-SA 4.0, adapted, original recording
Meaning
But one who moves among sense objects with senses free from attraction and aversion, self-controlled and disciplined, attains clarity (prasāda). The ideal is not withdrawal from experience but engagement without being driven by likes and dislikes.
For children
Krishna says: “You can enjoy the world around you. Just don’t grab too hard at what you like or get cross at what you don’t. Then you will feel calm and happy inside.”
Arjuna has asked how a person of steady wisdom lives (2.54). Kṛṣṇa explains that such a person lives in the world, not apart from it.
Word by word
रागद्वेषवियुक्तैस्तु — Free from grabbing and pushing away
- rāga: liking, attachment
- dveṣa: dislike, aversion
- viyukta: free from
- tu: but
विषयानिन्द्रियैश्चरन् — moving among the things the senses meet
- viṣaya: things of the senses
- indriya: sense
- caran: moving among
आत्मवश्यैर्विधेयात्मा — with senses that obey, self-controlled
- ātmavaśya: under one’s own control
- vidheyātman: self-disciplined
प्रसादमधिगच्छति — a person reaches a clear, calm peace
- prasāda: clarity, calm peace
- adhigacchati: reaches, attains
Kṛṣṇa speaks this verse. The Sanskrit is checked against four editions; meanings and word notes are simple learning aids written for MahaPrabha Gurukul, awaiting review by a Sanskrit teacher.