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Bhagavad Gītā 2.71

BG 2.71

विहाय कामान्यः सर्वान्पुमांश्चरति निःस्पृहः। निर्ममो निरहंकारः स शांतिमधिगच्छति

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

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

Word meanings (from the gita/gita dataset)

vihāya—giving up; kāmān—material desires; yaḥ—who; sarvān—all; pumān—a person; charati—lives; niḥspṛihaḥ—free from hankering; nirmamaḥ—without a sense of proprietorship; nirahankāraḥ—without egoism; saḥ—that person; śhāntim—perfect peace; adhigachchhati—attains

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Cite as: Bhagavad Gītā 2.71, in HREEM (hreem.cc/library/BG/2.71), after https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/gita/gita@main (gita/gita on GitHub, Unlicense).

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