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Bhagavad Gita 6.22

यं लब्ध्वा चापरं लाभं मन्यते नाधिकं ततः। यस्मिन्स्थितो न दुःखेन गुरुणापि विचाल्यते।।

yaṁ labdhvā chāparaṁ lābhaṁ manyate nādhikaṁ tataḥ yasmin sthito na duḥkhena guruṇāpi vichālyate

Word-by-Word

SanskritTransliterationMeaning
yamyamwhich
labdhvālabdhvāhaving gained
chachaand
aparamaparamany other
lābhamlābhamgain
manyatemanyateconsiders
nananot
adhikamadhikamgreater
tataḥtataḥthan that
yasminyasminin which
sthitaḥsthitaḥbeing situated
nananever
duḥkhenaduḥkhenaby sorrow
guruṇāguruṇā(by) the greatest
apiapieven
vichālyatevichālyateis shaken

Having obtained it, he thinks there is no other gain superior to it; established in it, he is not moved even by heavy sorrow.

जिस लाभकी प्राप्ति होनेपर उससे अधिक कोई दूसरा लाभ उसके माननेमें भी नहीं आता और जिसमें स्थित होनेपर वह बड़े भारी दु:ख से भी विचलित नहीं होता है।।