2.64 Moving among them, free Krishna speaks
रागद्वेषवियुक्तैस्तु विषयानिन्द्रियैश्चरन्
आत्मवश्यैर्विधेयात्मा प्रसादमधिगच्छति
rāga-dveṣha-viyuktais tu viṣhayān indriyaiśh charan
ātma-vaśhyair-vidheyātmā prasādam adhigachchhati
But one who moves among the objects of sense with the senses freed from craving and aversion, self-governed, comes to peace.
Explanation
Moving among them, and free.
One who moves among the objects of sense — with the senses freed from craving and aversion — comes to peace.
Not away from them. This is the whole difference between 2.58's tortoise and 2.59's abstainer: the released person is out in the world, handling the same things.
Word by word
- rāga
- attachment
- dveṣha
- aversion
- viyuktaiḥ
- free
- tu
- but
- viṣhayān
- objects of the senses
- indriyaiḥ
- by the senses
- charan
- while using
- ātma-vaśhyaiḥ
- controlling one’s mind
- vidheya-ātmā
- one who controls the mind
- prasādam
- the Grace of God
- adhigachchhati
- attains
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