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Chapter 2 · Verse 52 · Sankhya Yoga

Bhagavad Gita 2.52

contemplative Jnana & Wisdom Attachment & Letting Go Moksha & Liberation

Sanskrit

यदा ते मोहकलिलं बुद्धिर्व्यतितरिष्यति। तदा गन्तासि निर्वेदं श्रोतव्यस्य श्रुतस्य च।।2.52।।

Transliteration

yadā te moha-kalilaṁ buddhir vyatitariṣhyati tadā gantāsi nirvedaṁ śhrotavyasya śhrutasya cha

हिंदी अर्थ

जब तुम्हारी बुद्धि मोह और भ्रम से मुक्त हो जाएगी, तब तुम सभी सुनी और सुनने योग्य बातों के प्रति उदासीन हो जाओगे।

Word by Word

yadā when
te your
moha delusion
kalilam quagmire
buddhiḥ intellect
vyatitariṣhyati crosses
tadā then
gantāsi you shall acquire
nirvedam indifferent
śhrotavyasya to what is yet to be heard
śhrutasya to what has been heard
cha and
Simplified Perspective

When the intellect finally breaks free from delusion's grip, a profound indifference arises—not from apathy, but from seeing through the illusion of what needs to be known and what has already been learned. The Vedantic seeker understands that beyond all knowledge accumulated and all knowledge yet to come lies the unchanging Self, untouched by the flux of information and experience.

In our modern obsession with endless learning and perpetual consumption of ideas, this verse calls us to recognize when we have gathered enough and to turn inward toward the silence where true wisdom dwells.

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Bhagavad Gita 2.52 — BG 2.52

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Sanskrit text from the Bhagavad Gita (public domain). Commentary © Mahakatha.

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