# Bhagavad Gita 2.70

**Canonical reference:** `gita.2.70`  
**Speaker:** Krishna  
**Corpus version:** gita-1.0.0-rc.1

## Sanskrit (Devanagari)

आपूर्यमाणमचलप्रतिष्ठं
समुद्रमापः प्रविशन्ति यद्वत्।
तद्वत्कामा यं प्रविशन्ति सर्वे
स शान्तिमाप्नोति न कामकामी ॥

## IAST

āpūryamāṇamacalapratiṣṭhaṃ samudramāpaḥ praviśanti yadvat
tadvatkāmā yaṃ praviśanti sarve sa śāntimāpnoti na kāmakāmī

## English — Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882

He into whom all objects of desire enter, as waters enter the ocean, which, (though) replenished, (still) keeps its position unmoved,-he only obtains tranquillity not he who desires (those) objects of desire.

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