Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 2, Verse 64

रागद्वेषविमुक्तैस्तु विषयानिन्द्रियैश्चरन् । (रागद्वेषवियुक्तैस्तु) आत्मवश्यैर्विधेयात्मा प्रसादमधिगच्छति

rāgadveṣavimuktaistu viṣayānindriyaiścaran | (rāgadveṣaviyuktaistu) ātmavaśyairvidheyātmā prasādamadhigacchati

Translation

He attains peace, who, self-controlled, approaches objects with senses devoid of love and hatred and brought under his own control.

— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri

Word meanings

rāgadveṣaviyuktaiḥ

with (from) attraction, and, (from) repulsion, and, disjoined

tu

indeed

viṣayān

objects (of sense)

indriyaiḥ

with senses

caran

moving

ātmavaśyaiḥ

of the Self, by the controlled

vidheyātmā

subdued, self, whose, he

prasādam

to peace

adhigacchati

attains

Śaṅkarācārya's commentary

In contrast: he who is self-controlled (vidheyātmā), and approaches sense-objects with senses purged of love and hatred (rāga-dveṣa-viyuktaiḥ) and brought under his own command (ātma-vaśyaiḥ), attains tranquillity (prasāda). He does not avoid objects altogether but moves among them unstained.