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Aligning Consciousness

Ch 2Verse 71
Adhyāya 2 Shloka 71

विहाय कामान्य: सर्वान्पुमांश्चरति नि:स्पृह: | निर्ममो निरहङ्कार: स शान्तिमधिगच्छति || ७१ ||

vihāya kāmān yaḥ sarvān pumāṃś carati niḥspṛhaḥ | nirmamo nirahaṅkāraḥ sa śāntim adhigacchati || 71 ||

"A person who has given up all desires for sense gratification, who lives free from desires, who has given up all sense of proprietorship and is devoid of false ego—he alone can attain real peace."

Historical Context

The Direct Meaning

Krishna delivers the precise, four-part formula for attaining absolute peace (śāntim adhigacchati). The person must: 1. Give up all desires (vihāya kāmān sarvān). 2. Move through the world without craving or longing (carati niḥspṛhaḥ). 3. Be completely free from the sense of 'Mine' or proprietorship (nirmamo). 4. Be completely free from 'I' or false ego (nirahaṅkāraḥ). Only this person attains true peace.

Translated from the original Sanskrit text

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