Chapter 2 · Verse 55 · Sankhya Yoga
Bhagavad Gita 2.55
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
In plain words
You are exhausted from chasing—chasing approval, chasing outcomes, chasing the life you think you should have. Krishna says: the moment you stop demanding that life bend to your will, and instead trust what you already are, the burning stops. This doesn't mean you stop caring or working. It means you work without the stranglehold of needing things to go a certain way.
Word by Word
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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