14.22 Not hating, not longing Krishna speaks
प्रकाशं च प्रवृत्तिं च मोहमेव च पाण्डव
न द्वेष्टि सम्प्रवृत्तानि न निवृत्तानि काङ्क्षति
prakāśhaṁ cha pravṛittiṁ cha moham eva cha pāṇḍava
na dveṣhṭi sampravṛittāni na nivṛittāni kāṅkṣhati
Light, busyness and delusion — one who does not hate them when they arise, and does not long for them when they cease;
Explanation
Not hating them when they come, not longing when they go.
Light, busyness and delusion — the three strands by their effects. And the described attitude is toward all three equally, including the good one.
So this is not equanimity about misfortune. It is equanimity about one's own clarity, which is a considerably stranger request.
Word by word
- śhrī-bhagavān uvācha
- the Supreme Divine Personality said
- prakāśham
- illumination
- cha
- and
- pravṛittim
- activity
- cha
- and
- moham
- delusion
- eva
- even
- cha
- and
- pāṇḍava
- Arjun, the son of Pandu
- na dveṣhṭi
- do not hate
- sampravṛittāni
- when present
- na
- nor
- nivṛittāni
- when absent
- kāṅkṣhati
- longs
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