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BG 2.15 — 2.15 That firm man whom, surely, these afflict not, O chief among men, to whom pleasure and pain are the same, is fit for attaining immortality. | Live Gita
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यं हि न व्यथयन्त्येते पुरुषं पुरुषर्षभ |
समदुःखसुखं धीरं सोऽमृतत्वाय कल्पते ||२-१५||

yaṃ hi na vyathayantyete puruṣaṃ puruṣarṣabha . samaduḥkhasukhaṃ dhīraṃ so.amṛtatvāya kalpate ||2-15||


।।2.15।। हे पुरुषश्रेष्ठ ! दुख और सुख में समान भाव से रहने वाले जिस धीर पुरुष को ये व्यथित नहीं कर सकते हैं वह अमृतत्व (मोक्ष) का अधिकारी होता है।।

Word-by-word meanings

2.15 यम् whom? हि surely? न व्यथयन्ति afflict not? एते these? पुरुषम् man? पुरुषर्षभ chief among men? समदुःखसुखम् same in pleasure and pain? धीरम् firm man? सः he? अमृतत्वाय for immortality? कल्पते is fit.Commentary -- Dehadhyasa or identification of the Self with the body is the cause of pleasure and pain. The more you are able to identify yourself with the immortal? allpervading Self? the less will you be affected by the pairs of opposites (Dvandvas? pleasure and pain? etc.)Titiksha or the pow

Commentaries

Non-dualism. The individual self and Brahman are one. The world is appearance (maya). Liberation through knowledge.

Sri Shankaracharya

।।2.15।।शीतउष्णादि सहन करनेवालेको क्या ( लाभ ) होता है सो सुन सुखदुःखको समान समझनेवाले अर्थात् जिसकी दृष्टिमें सुखदुःख समान हैं सुखदुःखकी प्राप्तिमें जो हर्षविषादसे रहित रहता है ऐसे जिस धीर बुद्धिमान् पुरुषको ये उपर्युक्त शीतोष्णादि व्यथा नहीं पहँचा सकते अर्थात् नित्य आत्मदर्शनसे विचलित नहीं कर सकते। वह नित्य आत्मदर्शननिष्ठ और शीतोष्णादि द्वन्द्वोंको सहन करनेवाला पुरुष मृत्युसे अतीत हो जानेके लिये यानी मोक्षके लिये समर्थ होता है।

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Swami Gambirananda

2.15 O (Arjuna, who are) foremost among men, verily, the person whom these do not torment, the wise man to whom sorrow and happhiness are the same he is fit for Immortality.

This interpretation draws on the Advaita tradition and may not represent the view of any single school. For authoritative guidance within a specific tradition, seek a qualified teacher.

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