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Liberation & destinyChapter 2 · Contents of the Gītā Summarized
2.682.70

Bhagavad-gītā As It Is · Text 2.69

Peace and the state of Brahman

या निशा सर्वभूतानां तस्यां जागर्ति संयमी ।

यस्यां जाग्रति भूतानि सा निशा पश्यतो मुनेः ॥ ६९ ॥

yā niśā sarva-bhūtānāṁ

tasyāṁ jāgarti saṁyamī

yasyāṁ jāgrati bhūtāni

sā niśā paśyato muneḥ

Translation

What is night for all beings is the time of awakening for the self-controlled; and the time of awakening for all beings is night for the introspective sage.

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Understand it

What this verse is saying, and where it sits in the story.

Awake to Self-Realization

  1. 1What is night for all beings is waking time for the self-controlled sage; their waking time is night for the sage.
  2. 2People absorbed in sense pleasure are asleep to self-realization, while the thoughtful sage finds spiritual pleasure in steady progress.
  3. 3The sage continues self-realization without being disturbed by material happiness or distress.

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Chapter 2, Contents of the Gītā Summarized: peace and the state of brahman.

What it teaches

Theme summary

The soul's true destination is eternal.

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Key ideas in this verse

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Key ideas: mokṣa, dhāma.

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