Chapter 2 · The Yoga of Analysis

श्रीकृष्णŚrī Kṛṣṇa speaks

Text 2.71

विहाय कामान्य: सर्वान्पुमांश्चरति नि:स्पृह: निर्ममो निरहङ्कार: स शान्तिमधिगच्छति

vihāya kāmān yaḥ sarvān pumānśh charati niḥspṛihaḥ nirmamo nirahankāraḥ sa śhāntim adhigachchhati

Recitation · Text 2.71
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Word-for-Word Śabda-Artha (12 words)

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Purport Overview & Key Insights

Krishna describes the person who, giving up all desires, moves through life free from longing, without possessiveness or ego — such a person attains real peace. Ego and the sense of 'mine' are named specifically as the last things to release.

✨ Devotional Takeaway:Ego and possessiveness — the sense of "mine" — are named here as the last, subtlest things standing between a person and real peace.