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)
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.