2.65 All sorrows destroyed Krishna speaks
प्रसादे सर्वदुःखानां हानिरस्योपजायते
प्रसन्नचेतसो ह्याशु बुद्धिः पर्यवतिष्ठते
prasāde sarva-duḥkhānāṁ hānir asyopajāyate
prasanna-chetaso hyāśhu buddhiḥ paryavatiṣhṭhate
In that peace all sorrows are destroyed, for with a tranquil mind the understanding soon settles firmly.
Explanation
All sorrows destroyed.
And then the mechanism: with a tranquil mind, the understanding soon settles firmly.
The order is worth noting. Peace is not the reward for clear understanding — it is what allows it, which reverses how the chapter's first half seemed to be arranged.
Word by word
- prasāde
- by divine grace
- sarva
- all
- duḥkhānām
- of sorrows
- hāniḥ
- destruction
- asya
- his
- upajāyate
- comes
- prasanna-chetasaḥ
- with a tranquil mind
- hi
- indeed
- āśhu
- soon
- buddhiḥ
- intellect
- paryavatiṣhṭhate
- becomes firmly established
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