Verse 2.70
आपूर्यमाणमचलप्रतिष्ठं
समुद्रमापः प्रविशन्ति यद्वत् ।
तद्वत्कामा यं प्रविशन्ति सर्वे
स शान्तिमाप्नोति न कामकामी ॥
Transliteration
āpūryamāṇamacalapratiṣṭhaṃ
samudramāpaḥ praviśanti yadvat |
tadvatkāmā yaṃ praviśanti sarve
sa śāntimāpnoti na kāmakāmī ||
By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · @indic-transliteration/sanscript 1.3.3
Translation
He attains peace into whom all desires enter as waters enter the ocean which, filled from all sides, remains unmoved; but not the man who is full of desires.
From the owner's sheet · +1 more
As waters enter the ocean, which is ever being filled yet stays unmoved in its bed, so the one whom all desires enter in the same way attains peace, not the one who chases desires.
By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08 · +1 more
Word by word
By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08
Explanation
Krishna returns to the image of water, now on a grand scale. Rivers pour constantly into the ocean, yet it stays within its bounds and is not disturbed. In the same way, the person into whom all desires flow without disturbing them attains peace, while one who chases desires does not. The verse does not claim that desires stop arising. It describes a fullness so deep that desires enter and dissolve without making waves. It is one of the chapter's most memorable images.
By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08