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GĪTĀ 2.64Sāṅkhya-yoga · The Yoga of Knowledge

2.64Krishna
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रागद्वेषवियुक्तैस्तु विषयानिन्द्रियैश्चरन् ।आत्मवश्यैर्विधेयात्मा प्रसादमधिगच्छति ॥

rāgadveṣaviyuktais tu viṣayān indriyaiś caran |ātmavaśyair vidheyātmā prasādam adhigacchati ||

रागद्वेषवियुक्तैः · rāgadveṣaviyuktaiḥ
freed from attraction and aversion
तु · tu
but
विषयान् · viṣayān
sense-objects
चरन् · caran
moving among, engaging
आत्मवश्यैः · ātmavaśyaiḥ
under one's control, self-governed
अधिगच्छति · adhigacchati
attains

“But one whose self is disciplined, moving among sense-objects with senses freed from attraction and aversion and under control — attains serenity.”

— Original plain-language translation

The ascent mirrors the descent: no flight from the world — the sage moves among objects, only without likes and dislikes driving. Prasāda (serenity, literally 'clarity/settling') is both the method's fruit and, in the next verse, its further cause.

— Reader's notes (original)

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