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Bhagavad Gita 2.64

रागद्वेषवियुक्तैस्तु विषयानिन्द्रियैश्चरन्। आत्मवश्यैर्विधेयात्मा प्रसादमधिगच्छति।।

rāga-dveṣha-viyuktais tu viṣhayān indriyaiśh charan ātma-vaśhyair-vidheyātmā prasādam adhigachchhati

Word-by-Word

SanskritTransliterationMeaning
rāgarāgaattachment
dveṣhadveṣhaaversion
viyuktaiḥviyuktaiḥfree
tutubut
viṣhayānviṣhayānobjects of the senses
indriyaiḥindriyaiḥby the senses
charancharanwhile using
ātma-vaśhyaiḥātma-vaśhyaiḥcontrolling one’s mind
vidheya-ātmāvidheya-ātmāone who controls the mind
prasādamprasādamthe Grace of God
adhigachchhatiadhigachchhatiattains

But the self-controlled man, moving among objects with the senses restrained and free from attraction and repulsion, attains peace.

आत्मसंयमी (विधेयात्मा) पुरुष रागद्वेष से रहित अपने वश में की हुई (आत्मवश्यै) इन्द्रियों द्वारा विषयों को भोगता हुआ प्रसन्नता (प्रस्ेााद) प्राप्त करता है।।