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Liberation & destinyChapter 2 · Contents of the Gītā Summarized
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Bhagavad-gītā As It Is · Text 2.70

Peace and the state of Brahman

आपूर्यमाणमचलप्रतिष्ठं

समुद्रमापः प्रविशन्ति यद्वत् ।

तद्वत्कामा यं प्रविशन्ति सर्वे

स शान्तिमाप्‍नोति न कामकामी ॥ ७० ॥

āpūryamāṇam acala-pratiṣṭhaṁ

samudram āpaḥ praviśanti yadvat

tadvat kāmā yaṁ praviśanti sarve

sa śāntim āpnoti na kāma-kāmī

Translation

A person who is not disturbed by the incessant flow of desires – that enter like rivers into the ocean, which is ever being filled but is always still – can alone achieve peace, and not the man who strives to satisfy such desires.

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Steady Like the Ocean

  1. 1Only one who stays undisturbed by desires, like an ocean receiving rivers, finds peace—not one who tries to satisfy them.
  2. 2Bodily desires continue, but a person fixed in Kṛṣṇa consciousness stays steady, knowing the Lord meets his needs.
  3. 3Devotees find full peace through satisfaction in loving service to Kṛṣṇa, without seeking material gain or even liberation.

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

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The soul's true destination is eternal.

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Key ideas: mokṣa, dhāma.

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