Chapter 2 · The Yoga of Analysis

श्रीकृष्णŚrī Kṛṣṇa speaks

Text 2.57

य: सर्वत्रानभिस्नेहस्तत्तत्प्राप्य शुभाशुभम् नाभिनन्दति न द्वेष्टि तस्य प्रज्ञा प्रतिष्ठिता

yaḥ sarvatrānabhisnehas tat tat prāpya śhubhāśhubham nābhinandati na dveṣhṭi tasya prajñā pratiṣhṭhitā

Recitation · Text 2.57
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Word-for-Word Śabda-Artha (15 words)

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Krishna adds: one without attachment anywhere, who neither delights on obtaining good nor is dejected on encountering evil, has steady wisdom firmly established. The mark here is not the absence of experience, but the absence of being swept away by it.

✨ Devotional Takeaway:The mark of wisdom here isn't the absence of good and bad experiences — it's not being swept away by either.