Bhagavad Gita
    Chapter 2 · The Way of Knowledge

    Verse 71

    Sanskrit Text — Chapter 2, Verse 71

    विहाय कामान्यः सर्वान्पुमांश्चरति निःस्पृहः। निर्ममो निरहंकारः स शांतिमधिगच्छति।।2.71।।

    Transliteration (IAST)

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

    Translation

    The one who, abandoning all desires, abides without longing, possession, and the sense of 'I' and 'mine', wins peace.
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