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आपूर्यमाणमचलप्रतिष्ठं समुद्रमापः प्रविशन्ति यद्वत्। तद्वत्कामा यं प्रविशन्ति सर्वे स शान्तिमाप्नोति न कामकामी।।2.70।।

āpūryamāṇam achala-pratiṣhṭhaṁ samudram āpaḥ praviśhanti yadvat tadvat kāmā yaṁ praviśhanti sarve sa śhāntim āpnoti na kāma-kāmī

Sanskrit Chant Recitation
Chapter 2, Verse 70
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Sanskrit to English Translation

Translator:
He attains peace into whom all desires enter, just as waters enter the ocean which, filled from all sides, remains unmoved; but not the man who is full of desires.

A Reading - Rantideb

Why: the ocean that stays undisturbed no matter how many rivers pour into it is calm not because nothing reaches it, but because its capacity to hold what arrives never runs out.

In life: resilience isn't about nothing affecting you, it's about having enough capacity that things don't overwhelm you.

Teaching: work on expanding your capacity to hold difficulty, rather than trying to block difficulty from reaching you at all.

āpūryamāṇamfilled from all sides
achala-pratiṣhṭhamundisturbed
samudramocean
āpaḥwaters
praviśhantienter
yadvatas
tadvatlikewise
kāmāḥdesires
yamwhom
praviśhantienter
sarveall
saḥthat person
śhāntimpeace
āpnotiattains
nanot
kāma-kāmīone who strives to satisfy desires

Deep Classical Commentary (Bhashya)

Author:
2.70 आपूर्यमाणम् filled from all sides? अचलप्रतिष्ठम् based in stillness? समुद्रम् ocean? आपः water? प्रविशन्ति enter? यद्वत् as? तद्वत् so? कामाः desires? यम् whom? प्रविशन्ति enter? सर्वे all? सः he? शान्तिम् peace? आप्नोति attains? न not? कामकामी desirer of desires.Commentary Just as the ocean filled with waters from all sides remains unmoved? so also the sage who is resting in his own Svarupa or the Self is not a bit affected though desires of all sorts enter from all sides. The sage attains peace or liberation but not he who longs for objects of sensual enjoyment and entertains various desires. (Cf.XVIII.53?54).