Sanskrit · Devanagari
नास्ति बुद्धिरयुक्तस्य न चायुक्तस्य भावना। न चाभावयतः शान्तिरशान्तस्य कुतः सुखम् ॥
Sanskrit · IAST
nāsti buddhirayuktasya na cāyuktasya bhāvanā na cābhāvayataḥ śāntiraśāntasya kutaḥ sukham
English witness
Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882He who is not self-restrained has no steadiness of mind nor has he who is not self-restrained perseverance in the pursuit of self-knowledge there is no tranquillity for him who does not persevere in the pursuit of self-knowledge and whence can there be happiness for one who is not tranquil? For the heart which follows the rambling senses leads away his judgment
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Śaṅkarācārya
।।2.66।। नास्ति न विद्यते न भवतीत्यर्थः बुद्धिः आत्मस्वरूपविषया अयुक्तस्य असमाहितान्तःकरणस्य। न च अस्ति अयुक्तस्य भावना आत्मज्ञानाभिनिवेशः। तथा न च अस्ति अभावयतः आत्मज्ञानाभिनिवेशमकुर्वतः शान्तिः उपशमः। अशान्तस्य कुतः सुखम् इन्द्रियाणां हि विषयसेवातृष्णातः निवृत्तिर्या तत्सुखम् न विषयविषया तृष्णा। दुःखमेव हि सा। न तृष्णायां सत्यां सुखस्य गन्धमात्रमप्युपपद्यते इत्यर्थः।।अयुक्तस्य कस्माद्बुद्धिर्नास्ति इत्युच्यते
1a6e0dd2afb9…Rāmānuja
2.66 In him who does not focus his mind on Me but is engaged only in the control of senses by his own exertion, the Buddhi or the right disposition that is concerned with the pure self never arises. Therefore he fails in the practice of meditation on the self. In one who cannot think of the pure self, there arises the desire for sense objects; in him serenity does not arise. How can eternal and unsurpassed bliss be generated in him who is not serene but is attached to sense-objects? [The idea is that without the aid of devotion to God, the effort to control the senses by one's will power alone will end in failure.] Sri Krsna speaks again of the calamity that befalls one who does not practise the control of the senses in the way prescribed above:
5d8edadacb41…Swami Sivananda
2.66 न not? अस्ति is? बुद्धिः knowledge (of the Self)? अयुक्तस्य of the unsteady? न not? च and? अयुक्तस्य of the unsteady? भावना meditation? न not? च and? अभावयतः of the unmeditated? शान्तिः peace? अशान्तस्य of the peaceless? कुतः whence? सुखम् happiness.Commentary The man who cannot fix his mind in meditation cannot have knowledge of the Self. The unsteady man cannot practise meditation. He cannot have even intense devotion to Selfknowledge nor can he have burning longing for liberation or Moksha. He who does not practise meditation cannot possess peace of mind. How can the man who has no peace of mind enjoy happinessDesire or Trishna (thirsting for senseobjects) is the enemy of peace. There cannot be an iota or tinge of happiness for a man who is thirsting for sensual objects. The mind will be ever restless? and will be hankering for the objects. Only when this thirsting dies? does man enjoy peace. Only then can he meditate and rest in the Self.
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