Speaker: Śrī Kṛṣṇa
इहैव तैर्जितः सर्गो येषां साम्ये स्थितं मनः ।
निर्दोषं हि समं ब्रह्म तस्माद् ब्रह्मणि ते स्थिताः ॥१९॥
ihaiva tair jitaḥ sargo
yeṣāṁ sāmye sthitaṁ manaḥ
nirdoṣaṁ hi samaṁ brahma
tasmād brahmaṇi te sthitāḥ
Word for word (synonyms)
- iha
- in this life
- eva
- certainly
- taiḥ
- by them
- jitaḥ
- conquered
- sargaḥ
- birth and death
- yeṣām
- of those
- sāmye
- in equanimity
- sthitam
- so situated
- manaḥ
- mind
- nirdoṣam
- flawless
- hi
- certainly
- samam
- in equanimity
- brahma
- the Supreme
- tasmāt
- therefore
- brahmaṇi
- in the Supreme
- te
- they
- sthitāḥ
- are situated
Translation
Those whose minds are established in sameness and equanimity have already conquered the conditions of birth and death. They are flawless like Brahman, and thus they are already situated in Brahman.
Purport
Equanimity of mind, as mentioned above, is the sign of self-realization. Those who have actually attained to such a stage should be considered to have conquered material conditions, specifically birth and death. As long as one identifies with this body, he is considered a conditioned soul, but as soon as he is elevated to the stage of equanimity through realization of self, he is liberated from conditional life. In other words, he is no longer subject to take birth in the material world but can enter into the spiritual sky after his death. The Lord is flawless because He is without attraction or hatred. Similarly, when a living entity is without attraction or hatred, he also becomes flawless and eligible to enter into the spiritual sky. Such persons are to be considered already liberated, and their symptoms are described below.
What this verse teaches
Brahman platform
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