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Bhagavad Gita 2.69

या निशा सर्वभूतानां तस्यां जागर्ति संयमी। यस्यां जाग्रति भूतानि सा निशा पश्यतो मुनेः।।

yā niśhā sarva-bhūtānāṁ tasyāṁ jāgarti sanyamī yasyāṁ jāgrati bhūtāni sā niśhā paśhyato muneḥ

Word-by-Word

SanskritTransliterationMeaning
which
niśhāniśhānight
sarva-bhūtānāmsarva-bhūtānāmof all living beings
tasyāmtasyāmin that
jāgartijāgartiis awake
sanyamīsanyamīself-controlled
yasyāmyasyāmin which
jāgratijāgratiare awake
bhūtānibhūtānicreatures
that
niśhāniśhānight
paśhyataḥpaśhyataḥsee
muneḥmuneḥsage

That which is night to all beings, in that the self-controlled man is awake; when all beings are awake, that is night for the sage who sees.

सब प्रणियों के लिए जो रात्रि है? उसमें संयमी पुरुष जागता है और जहाँ सब प्राणी जागते हैं? वह (तत्त्व को) देखने वाले मुनि के लिए रात्रि है।।