Verse 2.66

नास्ति बुद्धिरयुक्तस्य न चायुक्तस्य भावना ।

न चाभावयतः शान्तिरशान्तस्य कुतः सुखम् ॥

2.66

Transliteration

nāsti buddhirayuktasya na cāyuktasya bhāvanā |

na cābhāvayataḥ śāntiraśāntasya kutaḥ sukham ||

By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · @indic-transliteration/sanscript 1.3.3

Translation

There is no knowledge of the Self to the unsteady and to the unsteady no meditation is possible, and to the unmeditative there can be no peace, and to the man who has no peace, how can there be happiness?

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Word by word

not
is
understanding
of the undisciplined
nor
and
of the undisciplined
contemplation

nor
and
of one without contemplation
peace
of the unpeaceful
whence
happiness

By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08

Explanation

Krishna states the opposite case. For one who is not disciplined (ayukta) there is no understanding and no bhāvanā, the contemplation or steady inner orientation that sustains practice. Without contemplation there is no peace, and without peace there can be no happiness. The verse sets out a sequence from discipline to understanding to peace to happiness, and shows that a lack at the first step blocks all the others. Happiness is presented as the fruit of inner order, not of outer gain.