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Bhagavad Gita: Understanding One Shloka at a time. (Chp. 2, Verse 7 1) – HBR Patel

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

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2 min readApr 3, 2021
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विहाय कामान्य: सर्वान्पुमांश्चरति नि:स्पृह: |
निर्ममो निरहङ्कार: स शान्तिमधिगच्छति || 71||

That individual attains perfect peace who gives up all material desires for the sense gratification and lives free from a sense of greed, proprietorship, and egoism.

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Bhagwan Shri Krishna points out the perfect way to attain peace by discarding the things mentioned in the above Shloka.

Arjuna previously asked Bhagwan Shri Krishna that how does a person of steady wisdom walks and talks. To answer this question Bhagwan Shri Krishna answers that the person who is of steady wisdom and realized the ultimate truth walks away from the material desires that are for the gratification of sense.

We have seen in many previous shlokas that a person who has attained equanimity remains unaffected the materialistic desires. They do not long for material possession but they have overcome the greed to attain more. If some material possession comes…

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