Bhagavad Gita 2.70
Sankhya Yoga · English Translation
Sanskrit
आपूर्यमाणमचलप्रतिष्ठं समुद्रमापः प्रविशन्ति यद्वत् | तद्वत्कामा यं प्रविशन्ति सर्वे स शान्तिमाप्नोति न कामकामी ||२-७०||
Transliteration
āpūryamāṇamacalapratiṣṭhaṃ samudramāpaḥ praviśanti yadvat . tadvatkāmā yaṃ praviśanti sarve sa śāntimāpnoti na kāmakāmī ||2-70||
He attains peace into whom all desires enter as waters enter the ocean which, filled from all sides, remains unmoved; but not the man who is full of desires.
Word by Word
आपूर्यमाणम् filled from all sides, अचलप्रतिष्ठम् based in stillness, समुद्रम् ocean, आपः water, प्रविशन्ति enter, यद्वत् as, तद्वत् so, कामाः desires, यम् whom, प्रविशन्ति enter, सर्वे all, सः he, शान्तिम् peace, आप्नोति attains, न not, कामकामी desirer of desires
Classical Commentary
Just as the ocean filled with waters from all sides remains unmoved, so also the sage who is resting in his own Svarupa or the Self is not a bit affected though desires of all sorts enter from all sides. The sage attains peace or liberation but not he who longs for objects of sensual enjoyment and entertains various desires. (Cf. XVIII.53?54).