Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 2.56
Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 2.56 · 2 · Verse 56
Sanskrit Original
।।2.56।। दुःखेषु आध्यात्मिकादिषु प्राप्तेषु न उद्विग्नं न प्रक्षुभितं दुःखप्राप्तौ मनो यस्य सोऽयम् अनुद्विग्नमनाः। तथा सुखेषु प्राप्तेषु विगता स्पृहा तृष्णा यस्य न अग्निरिव इन्धनाद्याधाने सुखान्यनु विवर्धते स विगतस्पृहः। वीतरागभयक्रोधः रागश्च भयं च क्रोधश्च वीता विगता यस्मात् स वीतरागभयक्रोधः। स्थितधीः स्थितप्रज्ञो मुनिः संन्यासी तदा उच्यते।। किञ्च
2.56 Moreover, that munih, monk [Sankaracarya identifies the monk with the man of realization.] ucyate, is then called; sthita-dhih, a man of steady wisdom; when anudvignamanah, his mind is unperturbed; duhkhesu, in sorrow when his mind remains unperturbed by the sorrows that may come on the physical or other planes [Fever, headache, etc. are physical (adhyatmika) sorrows; sorrows caused by tigers, snakes, etc. are environmental (adhibhautika) sorrows; those caused by cyclones, floods, etc. are super-natural (adhidaivika). Similarly, delights also may be experienced on the three planes.] ; so also, when he is vigata-sprhah, free from longing; sukhesu, for delights when he, unlike fire which flares up when fed with fuel etc., has no longing for delights when they come to him ; and vita-raga-bhaya-krodhah, has gone beyond attachment, fear and anger.