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Chapter 2 · Knowledge of the Self

Bhagavad Gita 2.57

Neither elated by the good nor bitter at the bad.

Shri Bhagavan

यः सर्वत्रानभिस्नेहस्तत्तत्प्राप्य शुभाशुभम् ।
नाभिनन्दति न द्वेष्टि तस्य प्रज्ञा प्रतिष्ठिता ॥

yaḥ sarvatrānabhisnehastattatprāpya śubhāśubham / nābhinandati na dveṣṭi tasya prajñā pratiṣṭhitā

The one who is unattached everywhere, who neither rejoices at what is pleasant nor recoils from what is not when it comes to him — his understanding is firmly set.

हिंदी · जो सर्वत्र आसक्ति से रहित है, जो शुभ पाकर हर्षित नहीं होता और अशुभ पाकर द्वेष नहीं करता — उसकी प्रज्ञा प्रतिष्ठित है।

What it means

Neither elated by the good nor bitter at the bad.

One who is without attachment everywhere, who neither rejoices when good comes nor hates when bad comes — that person’s wisdom is firmly set.

This is the Trust’s own reading, written for this site. The verse above it is the text.

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