2.15 Fit for what does not die Krishna speaks
यं हि न व्यथयन्त्येते पुरुषं पुरुषर्षभ
समदुःखसुखं धीरं सोऽमृतत्वाय कल्पते
yaṁ hi na vyathayantyete puruṣhaṁ puruṣharṣhabha
sama-duḥkha-sukhaṁ dhīraṁ so ’mṛitatvāya kalpate
The one whom these do not disturb, who is the same in pain and pleasure and steady — that one is fit for what does not die.
Explanation
Fit for what does not die.
The one whom these do not disturb, the same in pain and pleasure, steady — amṛtatvāya kalpate.
Deathlessness is described as something a person becomes eligible for by temperament, not as a reward. The same evenness will be named as the definition of yoga at 2.48.
Word by word
- yam
- whom
- hi
- verily
- na
- not
- vyathayanti
- distressed
- ete
- these
- puruṣham
- person
- puruṣha-ṛiṣhabha
- the noblest amongst men, Arjun
- sama
- equipoised
- duḥkha
- distress
- sukham
- happiness
- dhīram
- steady
- saḥ
- that person
- amṛitatvāya
- for liberation
- kalpate
- becomes eligible
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