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Chapter 2 · Verse 55 · Sankhya Yoga

Bhagavad Gita 2.55

serene Attachment & Letting Go Jnana & Wisdom Self & Identity

Sanskrit

श्री भगवानुवाच प्रजहाति यदा कामान् सर्वान् पार्थ मनोगतान्। आत्मन्येवात्मना तुष्टः स्थितप्रज्ञस्तदोच्यते।।2.55।।

Transliteration

śhrī bhagavān uvācha prajahāti yadā kāmān sarvān pārtha mano-gatān ātmany-evātmanā tuṣhṭaḥ sthita-prajñas tadochyate

Word by Word

śhrī-bhagavān uvācha The Supreme Lord said
prajahāti discards
yadā when
kāmān selfish desires
sarvān all
pārtha Arjun, the son of Pritha
manaḥ-gatān of the mind
ātmani of the self
eva only
ātmanā by the purified mind
tuṣhṭaḥ satisfied
sthita-prajñaḥ one with steady intellect
tadā at that time
uchyate is said
Simplified Perspective

Krishna reveals the ultimate measure of spiritual maturity: when the mind releases its grip on every desire born of ego, and the Self alone becomes its own fulfillment. This is not cold renunciation but the warmth of coming home to your own deepest nature.

When your inner world no longer hungers for external validation or outcomes, you have arrived at steadiness—the unshakeable peace that no circumstance can touch. In modern life, this means the freedom to act with full commitment while remaining inwardly unmoved by success or failure, approval or rejection.

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Bhagavad Gita 2.55 — BG 2.55

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

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