Learn·Chapter 2 · The yoga of knowledge·Verse 71 of 72

Bhagavad Gītā 2.71, word by word

विहाय कामान्यः सर्वान्पुमांश्चरति निःस्पृहः। निर्ममो निरहंकारः स शांतिमधिगच्छति

vihāya kāmān yaḥ sarvān pumānśh charati niḥspṛihaḥ nirmamo nirahankāraḥ sa śhāntim adhigachchhati

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In English

He attains peace who, giving up desire, moves through the world without aspiration, possessing nothing that he can call his own and is free from pride.

Translated by Shri Purohit Swami

That person attains peace who, abandoning all desires, moves about without longing, without the sense of ownership, and without egoism.

Translated by Swami Sivananda

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