Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 2.57
Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 2.57 · 2 · Verse 57
Sanskrit Original
।।2.57।। यः मुनिः सर्वत्र देहजीवितादिष्वपि अनभिस्नेहः अभिस्नेहवर्जितः तत्तत् प्राप्य शुभाशुभं तत्तत् शुभं अशुभं वा लब्ध्वा न अभिनन्दति न द्वेष्टि शुभं प्राप्य न तुष्यति न हृष्यति अशुभं च प्राप्य न द्वेष्टि इत्यर्थः। तस्य एवं हर्षविषादवर्जितस्य विवेकजा प्रज्ञा प्रतिष्ठिता भवति।। किञ्च
2.57 Further, prajna, the wisdom; tasya, of that person, fo that sannyasin; pratisthita, remains established; yah, who; anabhi-snehah, has no attachment for; sarvatra, anything anywhere, even for body, life, etc.; who na abhinanadati, neither welcomes; na dvesti, nor rejects; tat tat, anything whatever; subha-asubham, good or bad; propya, when he comes across it, i.e. who does not rejoice on meeting with the good, nor reject the bad on meeting with it. Of such a person, who is thus free from elation or dejection, the wisdom arising from discrimination remains established.