apuryamanam achala-pratishtham
samudram apah pravishanti yadvat। tadvat kama yam pravishanti sarve sa shantim apnoti na kama-kami॥ 2.70 ॥ |
A human being who is not disturbed by the incessant flow of desires—that enter like rivers into the ocean, which is ever being filled but is always still—can alone achieve peace, and not the man who strives to satisfy such desires.
vihaya kaman yah sarvan
pumams charati nihsprhah:। nirmamo nirahankarah sa shantim adhigacchati॥ 2.71 ॥ |
A human being who has given up all desires for sense gratification, who lives free from desires, who has given up all sense of proprietorship and is devoid of false ego—he alone can attain real peace.
esa brahmi sthitih Arjuna
nainam prapya vimuhyati। sthitvasyam anta-kale ’pi brahma-nirvanam rcchati॥ 2.72 ॥ |
Arjuna, such is the state of the Godly & spiritual life, after attaining which a man is not bewildered. If one is thus situated even at the hour of death, one can enter into the kingdom of God.
Om Tat Sat
Iti Srimad Bhagavadgeetaasoopanishatsu Brahmavidyaayaam Yogashaastre Sri Krishnaarjunasamvaade Saankhyayogo Naama Dvitiyo’dhyaayah:॥ 2 ॥ |
Thus in the Upanishads of the glorious Bhagavad Gita, the science of the Eternal, the scripture of Yoga, the dialogue between Sri Krishna and Arjuna, ends the second discourse entitled.