Chapter 2 verse 56
“He, whose mind is not shaken up by adversity, and who, in
prosperity does not hanker after pleasures, who is free from attachment, fear
and anger is called a Sage of steady wisdom”
Further Lord Krishna defines a “person of steady mind” as
one who endures the pair of opposites- adversity, prosperity, pleasure or pain.
The person is free from attachments to body, mind or results of action. They
are able to be even knelled and does not show fear or anger. I was just leafing
through srimad bhagavatam yesterday especially in the Uddhava Gita portion and
Krishna repeats this exact knowledge to Uddava as well. This reminds me that
important information is repeated again and again until the receiver gets the
message and acts on it. No wonder Adi Shankara said a person takes a billion
lives to get out of the cycle of birth and death. It is a blessing that we are
at least contemplating on this divine knowledge. Praise be to the Lord!
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