Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 2, Verse 57
यः सर्वत्रानभिस्नेहस्तत्तत्प्राप्य शुभाशुभम् । नाभिनन्दति न द्वेष्टि तस्य प्रज्ञा प्रतिष्ठिता
yaḥ sarvatrānabhisnehastattatprāpya śubhāśubham | nābhinandati na dveṣṭi tasya prajñā pratiṣṭhitā
Translation
Whoso, without attachment anywhere, on meeting with anything good or bad, neither exults nor hates, his knowledge becomes steady.
— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri
Word meanings
- yaḥ
- who
- sarvatra
- everywhere
- anabhisnehaḥ
- un-attached
- tat tat
- that (whatever)
- prāpya
- having obtained
- śubhāśubham
- pleasant, and, unpleasant, and
- na
- not
- abhinandati
- rejoices
- na
- not
- dveṣṭi
- hates
- tasya
- of him
- prajñā
- the intelligence
- pratiṣṭhitā
- is established
Śaṅkarācārya's commentary
He who is everywhere free from attachment (anabhisneha), and who, on encountering anything pleasant or unpleasant, neither rejoices nor reviles — his knowledge (prajñā) becomes firmly established. Evenness in the face of opposite circumstances is the steady tenor of right knowledge.