Bhagavad Gita 2.57

Sanskrit

यः सर्वत्रानभिस्नेहस्तत्तत्प्राप्य शुभाशुभम् । नाभिनन्दति न द्वेष्टि तस्य प्रज्ञा प्रतिष्ठिता ॥2.57॥

Transliteration

yaḥ sarvatrānabhisnehastattatprāpya śubhāśubham | nābhinandati na dveṣṭi tasya prajñā pratiṣṭhitā ‖2.57‖

Meaning

“One who is without attachment on all sides, who neither rejoices on attaining good nor hates on attaining evil, such a one's wisdom is firmly established.”

Key learning

A wise person meets good news without going wild and bad news without hatred. Feelings still come, but they don't stick; nothing gets gripped tightly and nothing gets fought. Picture experiences touching them fully and then sliding right off, leaving no leftover clinging or grudge. What most of us call processing our feelings, the steady mind doesn't need, because nothing got glued on in the first place.

How to apply this today

Practice not letting things stick to you. After praise, notice how long the happy replay loops in your head; after an insult, how many days you keep rehearsing your comeback. Both are glue, so just notice them without feeding them and watch them shrink. Use end-of-day habits that leave work at work and set down the day's frictions once before sleep. Let good and bad both land fully and then leave cleanly.

Theme: The Yoga of Knowledge

This verse is part of Bhagavad Gita Chapter 2: Sankhya Yoga , read all verses in this chapter.

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