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Bhagavad Gita 2.15

यं हि न व्यथयन्त्येते पुरुषं पुरुषर्षभ। समदुःखसुखं धीरं सोऽमृतत्वाय कल्पते।।

yaṁ hi na vyathayantyete puruṣhaṁ puruṣharṣhabha sama-duḥkha-sukhaṁ dhīraṁ so ’mṛitatvāya kalpate

Word-by-Word

SanskritTransliterationMeaning
यम्yamwhom
हिhicertainly
nanot
व्यथयन्तिvyathayantidisturb
एतेetethese
पुरुषम्purushamperson
पुरुषर्षभpurusharshabhaO best among men
समदुःखसुखम्sama-duhkha-sukhamequal in pain and pleasure
धीरम्dhiramthe wise one
सःsahhe
अमृतत्वायamritatvayafor immortality
कल्पतेkalpateis fit

That firm man, whom surely these afflictions do not, O chief among men, to whom pleasure and pain are the same, is fit for attaining immortality.

हे पुरुषश्रेष्ठ ! दुख और सुख में समान भाव से रहने वाले जिस धीर पुरुष को ये व्यथित नहीं कर सकते हैं वह अमृतत्व (मोक्ष) का अधिकारी होता है।।

Topics: Mental Health, Self-Realization