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BG 2.66 — 2.66 There is no knowledge of the Self to the unsteady and to the unsteady no meditation is possible, and to the unmeditative there can be no peace, and to | Live Gita
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नास्ति बुद्धिरयुक्तस्य न चायुक्तस्य भावना |
न चाभावयतः शान्तिरशान्तस्य कुतः सुखम् ||२-६६||

nāsti buddhirayuktasya na cāyuktasya bhāvanā . na cābhāvayataḥ śāntiraśāntasya kutaḥ sukham ||2-66||


।।2.66।। (संयमरहित) अयुक्त पुरुष को (आत्म) ज्ञान नहीं होता और अयुक्त को भावना और ध्यान की क्षमता नहीं होती भावना रहित पुरुष को शान्ति नहीं मिलती अशान्त पुरुष को सुख कहाँ

Word-by-word meanings

2.66 न not? अस्ति is? बुद्धिः knowledge (of the Self)? अयुक्तस्य of the unsteady? न not? च and? अयुक्तस्य of the unsteady? भावना meditation? न not? च and? अभावयतः of the unmeditated? शान्तिः peace? अशान्तस्य of the peaceless? कुतः whence? सुखम् happiness.Commentary The man who cannot fix his mind in meditation cannot have knowledge of the Self. The unsteady man cannot practise meditation. He cannot have even intense devotion to Selfknowledge nor can he have burning longing for liberation or Moks

Commentaries

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

Sri Shankaracharya

।।2.66।।उस प्रसन्नताकी स्तुति की जाती है अयुक्त पुरुषमें अर्थात् जिसका अन्तःकरण समाहित नहीं है ऐसे पुरुषमें आत्मस्वरूपविषयक बुद्धि नहीं होती अर्थात् नहीं रहती और उस अयुक्त पुरुषमें भावना अर्थात् आत्मज्ञानमें प्रगाढ प्रवेश अतिशय प्रीति भी नहीं होती। तथा भावना न करनेवालेको अर्थात् आत्मज्ञानके साधनमें प्रीतिपूर्वक संलग्न न होनेवालेको शान्ति अर्थात् उपशमता भी नहीं मिलती। शान्तिरहित पुरुषको भला सुख कहाँ क्योंकि विषयसेवनसम्बन्धी तृष्णासे जो इन्द्रियोंका निवृत्त होना है वही सुख है विषयसम्बन्धी तृष्णा कदापि सुख नहीं है वह तो दुःख ही है। अभिप्राय यह कि तृष्णाके रहते हुए तो सुखकी गन्धमात्र भी नहीं मिलती।

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Swami Gambirananda

2.66 For the unsteady there is no wisdom, and there is no meditation for the unsteady man. And for an unmeditative man there is no peace. How can there be happiness for one without peace?

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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