Bhagavad Gita: Understanding One Shloka at a time. (Chp. 2, Verse 69) — HBR Patel

Trying to understand Bhagavad Gita, one Shloka at a time…

या निशा सर्वभूतानां तस्यां जागर्ति संयमी |
यस्यां जाग्रति भूतानि सा निशा पश्यतो मुने: || 69||

That which is a night for all beings, the self-controlled individual is awake. And that in which all living beings are awake, that is the night for the introspective sage.

Bhagwan Shri Krishna uses the terms day and night to highlight the conditions of an enlightened mind. People often consider the meaning of this verse based on the wordings but here words are used to paint a picture that can clear the concept in question.

Bhagwan Shri Krishna says that the normal beings who consider sense pleasure as the only source of happiness and who always endure attaining such sensual pleasure are quite far away from the true bliss experienced by the enlightened minds. People who long for material pleasure and attain it, consider that as the day or the success in the life where everything that senses demands are fulfilled. Their day is the attainment of the…