Chapter 2 · The Yoga of Analysis

श्रीकृष्णŚrī Kṛṣṇa speaks

Text 2.64

रागद्वेषवियुक्तैस्तु विषयानिन्द्रियैश्चरन् आत्मवश्यैर्विधेयात्मा प्रसादमधिगच्छति

rāga-dveṣha-viyuktais tu viṣhayān indriyaiśh charan ātma-vaśhyair-vidheyātmā prasādam adhigachchhati

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Word-for-Word Śabda-Artha (11 words)

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Krishna now describes the alternative: one who engages with sense objects through senses free from attachment and aversion, with the self under one's own control, attains grace. The senses themselves are not the enemy — attachment and aversion are.

✨ Devotional Takeaway:The senses themselves aren't framed as the enemy here — attachment and aversion, the reactions layered on top of them, are.