Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 6, Verse 22
यं लब्ध्वा चापरं लाभं मन्यते नाधिकं ततः । यस्मिन्स्थितो न दुःखेन गुरुणापि विचाल्यते
yaṃ labdhvā cāparaṃ lābhaṃ manyate nādhikaṃ tataḥ | yasminsthito na duḥkhena guruṇāpi vicālyate
Translation
When, having obtained it, he thinks no other acquisition superior to it; when, therein established, he is not moved even by a great pain;
— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri
Word meanings
- yam
- which
- labdhvā
- having obtained
- ca
- and
- aparam
- another
- lābham
- gain
- manyate
- thinks
- na
- not
- adhikam
- greater
- tataḥ
- than that
- yasmin
- in which
- sthitaḥ
- established
- na
- not
- duḥkhena
- by sorrow
- guruṇā
- (by) heavy
- api
- even
- vicālyate
- is moved
Śaṅkarācārya's commentary
It: the gain of the Self. Therein: in the real Self. Pain: such as may be caused by a sword-cut, etc.