2.66 Where is happiness? Krishna speaks
नास्ति बुद्धिरयुक्तस्य न चायुक्तस्य भावना
न चाभावयतः शान्तिरशान्तस्य कुतः सुखम्
nāsti buddhir-ayuktasya na chāyuktasya bhāvanā
na chābhāvayataḥ śhāntir aśhāntasya kutaḥ sukham
The unjoined have no understanding and no contemplation; without contemplation there is no peace, and without peace, where is happiness?
Explanation
Where is happiness?
No understanding without being joined; no contemplation without understanding; no peace without contemplation — and without peace, where is happiness?
A chain of four, running the opposite way from 2.62's. The chapter has now given the mechanism of coming apart and of holding together, in the same vocabulary.
Word by word
- na
- not
- asti
- is
- buddhiḥ
- intellect
- ayuktasya
- not united
- na
- not
- cha
- and
- ayuktasya
- not united
- bhāvanā
- contemplation
- na
- nor
- cha
- and
- abhāvayataḥ
- for those not united
- śhāntiḥ
- peace
- aśhāntasya
- of the unpeaceful
- kutaḥ
- where
- sukham
- happiness
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