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दुःखेष्वनुद्विग्नमनाः सुखेषु विगतस्पृहः। वीतरागभयक्रोधः स्थितधीर्मुनिरुच्यते।।2.56।।

duḥkheṣhv-anudvigna-manāḥ sukheṣhu vigata-spṛihaḥ vīta-rāga-bhaya-krodhaḥ sthita-dhīr munir uchyate

Sanskrit Chant Recitation
Chapter 2, Verse 56
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Sanskrit to English Translation

Translator:
He whose mind is not shaken by adversity, who does not long for pleasures, and is free from attachment, fear, and anger, is called a sage of steady wisdom.

A Reading - Rantideb

Why: 'unshaken in sorrow, free from desire in pleasures' describes someone whose feelings don't automatically convert into grasping or fleeing, not someone who feels nothing.

In life: emotional strength gets mistaken for emotional numbness, when it's actually about the gap between feeling and reacting.

Teaching: work on lengthening the pause between feeling something strongly and acting on it. The feeling is allowed to be full. The reaction doesn't have to be automatic.

duḥkheṣhuamidst miseries
anudvigna-manāḥone whose mind is undisturbed
sukheṣhuin pleasure
vigata-spṛihaḥwithout craving
vītafree from
rāgaattachment
bhayafear
krodhaḥanger
sthita-dhīḥenlightened person
muniḥa sage
uchyateis called

Deep Classical Commentary (Bhashya)

Author:
2.56 दुःखेषु in adversity? अनुद्विग्नमनाः of unshaken mind? सुखेषु in pleasure? विगतस्पृहः withut hankering? वीतरागभयक्रोधः free from attachment? fear and anger? स्थितधीः of steady wisdom? मुनिः sage? उच्यते (he) is called.Commentary Lord Krishna gives His answer to the second part of Arjunas estion as to the conduct of a sage of steady wisdom in the 56th? 57th and 58th verses.The mind of a sage of steady wisdom is not distressed in calamities. He is not affected by the three afflictions (Taapas) -- Adhyatmika (arising from diseases or disorders in ones own body)? Adhidaivika (arising from thunder? lightning? storm? flood? etc.)? and Adhibhautika (arising from scorpions? cobras? tigers? etc.). When he is placed in an affluent condition he does not long for sensual pleasures. (Cf.IV.10).