Chapter 2 Verse 70 of 72

• āpūryamāṇam acala-pratiṣṭhaḿ
• samudram āpaḥ praviśanti yadvat
• tadvat kāmā yaḿ praviśanti sarve
• sa śāntim āpnoti na kāma-kāmī

Translation

A person 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.

Synonyms

• āpūryamāṇam

  always being filled

• pratiṣṭham

  steadily situated

• samudram

  the ocean

• āpaḥ

  waters

• praviśanti

  enter

• yadvat

  as

• tadvat

  so

• kāmāḥ

  desires

• yam

  unto whom

• praviśanti

  enter

• sarve

  all

• saḥ

  that person

• śāntim

  peace

• āpnoti

  achieves

• na

  not

• kāmī

  one who desires to fulfill desires.

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