यं हि न व्यथयन्त्येते पुरुषं पुरुषर्षभ ।
समदुःखसुखं धीरं सोऽमृतत्वाय कल्पते ॥ १५ ॥
yaṃ hi na vyathayantyete puruṣaṃ puruṣarṣabha
samaduḥkhasukhaṃ dhīraṃ so'mṛtatvāya kalpate
yaṃ hi na vyathayantyete puruṣaṃ puruṣarṣabha
samaduḥkhasukhaṃ dhīraṃ so'mṛtatvāya kalpate
Word by word
यम् हिwhom
न व्यथयन्ति एतेthese do not disturb
पुरुषम्the person
पुरुषर्षभO best of men
समदुःखसुखम्the same in pain and pleasure
धीरम्steady-minded
सःthat one
अमृतत्वाय कल्पतेbecomes fit for immortality (liberation)
Translation
ENGLISH
The steady person whom these do not disturb, best of men, who remains the same in pain and pleasure, is fit for immortality.
हिंदी
हे पुरुषश्रेष्ठ, जिस धीर पुरुष को ये विचलित नहीं करते और जो दुख-सुख में समान रहता है, वही अमृतत्व (मोक्ष) के योग्य होता है।
Explanation
The fruit of forbearance: one who stays even in pleasure and pain becomes fit to be freed from the cycle of birth and death. This idea of "samatva" (evenness) later becomes the definition of yoga in 2.48.
How this verse connects
सिद्ध्यसिद्ध्योः समो भूत्वा समत्वं योग उच्यते ॥Sources
- Original text: Bhagavad Gita (Mahabharata, Bhishma Parva)
- English and Hindi translation, explanation: SanatanBodh editorial team
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