Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 2, Verse 65
प्रसादे सर्वदुःखानां हानिरस्योपजायते । प्रसन्नचेतसो ह्याशु बुद्धिः पर्यवतिष्ठते
prasāde sarvaduḥkhānāṃ hānirasyopajāyate | prasannacetaso hyāśu buddhiḥ paryavatiṣṭhate
Translation
In peace there is an end of all his miseries; for, the reason of the tranquil-minded soon becomes steady.
— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri
Word meanings
- prasāde
- in (the state of) peace
- sarvaduḥkhānām
- (of) all, of pains
- hāniḥ
- destruction
- asya
- of him
- upajāyate
- arises
- prasannacetasaḥ
- peaceful, mind, whose, his
- hi
- indeed
- āśu
- quickly
- buddhiḥ
- the Reason
- paryavatiṣṭhate
- settles down
Śaṅkarācārya's commentary
In that tranquillity (prasāda), all his miseries come to an end; for the buddhi of the tranquil-minded (prasanna-cetas) very quickly becomes firmly established (paryavatiṣṭhate) in the Self. Inner peace is the doorway to steady knowledge.