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Bhagavad Gita 2.66

नास्ति बुद्धिरयुक्तस्य न चायुक्तस्य भावना। न चाभावयतः शान्तिरशान्तस्य कुतः सुखम्।।

nāsti buddhir-ayuktasya na chāyuktasya bhāvanā na chābhāvayataḥ śhāntir aśhāntasya kutaḥ sukham

Word-by-Word

SanskritTransliterationMeaning
nananot
astiastiis
buddhiḥbuddhiḥintellect
ayuktasyaayuktasyanot united
nananot
chachaand
ayuktasyaayuktasyanot united
bhāvanābhāvanācontemplation
nananor
chachaand
abhāvayataḥabhāvayataḥfor those not united
śhāntiḥśhāntiḥpeace
aśhāntasyaaśhāntasyaof the unpeaceful
kutaḥkutaḥwhere
sukhamsukhamhappiness

There is no knowledge of the Self for the unsteady, and no meditation is possible for the unsteady, and no peace for the unmeditative, and how can there be happiness for one who has no peace?

(संयमरहित) अयुक्त पुरुष को (आत्म) ज्ञान नहीं होता और अयुक्त को भावना और ध्यान की क्षमता नहीं होती भावना रहित पुरुष को शान्ति नहीं मिलती अशान्त पुरुष को सुख कहाँ