Chapter 2 · The Yoga of Analysis

श्रीकृष्णŚrī Kṛṣṇa speaks
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Text 2.70

आपूर्यमाणमचलप्रतिष्ठं समुद्रमाप: प्रविशन्ति यद्वत् तद्वत्कामा यं प्रविशन्ति सर्वे स शान्तिमाप्नोति न कामकामी

āpūryamāṇam achala-pratiṣhṭhaṁ samudram āpaḥ praviśhanti yadvat tadvat kāmā yaṁ praviśhanti sarve sa śhāntim āpnoti na kāma-kāmī

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Word-for-Word Śabda-Artha (16 words)

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Krishna gives the famous ocean image: as waters enter the ever-full, unmoving ocean without disturbing it, one whom all desires enter in the same way attains peace — not the one who chases after desires. Vastness of capacity, not suppression, is the picture here.

✨ Devotional Takeaway:This image is about vastness of capacity, not suppression — the ocean doesn't fight the rivers, it's simply too vast to be disturbed by them.