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Chapter 2 · Verse 65 · Sankhya Yoga

Bhagavad Gita 2.65

serene Bhakti & Devotion Mind & Meditation Attachment & Letting Go

Sanskrit

प्रसादे सर्वदुःखानां हानिरस्योपजायते। प्रसन्नचेतसो ह्याशु बुद्धिः पर्यवतिष्ठते।।2.65।।

Transliteration

prasāde sarva-duḥkhānāṁ hānir asyopajāyate prasanna-chetaso hyāśhu buddhiḥ paryavatiṣhṭhate

Word by Word

prasāde by divine grace
sarva all
duḥkhānām of sorrows
hāniḥ destruction
asya his
upajāyate comes
prasanna-chetasaḥ with a tranquil mind
hi indeed
āśhu soon
buddhiḥ intellect
paryavatiṣhṭhate becomes firmly established
Simplified Perspective

When the turbulent waters of the mind settle into grace, all sorrow dissolves like salt in the ocean—this is the natural law of consciousness that Krishna reveals. The moment you stop fighting your nature and surrender to the divine intelligence within, your intellect crystallizes into unshakeable wisdom.

This grace is not distant; it arrives the instant your mind genuinely releases its grip on outcome and control. In our modern chase for achievement, this verse invites us to notice: the breakthroughs come not from pushing harder, but from the sudden clarity that emerges when we exhale.

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Bhagavad Gita 2.65 — BG 2.65

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

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