Chapter 2: Sankhya Yoga, verse 15
यं हि न व्यथयन्त्येते पुरुषं पुरुषर्षभ।
समदुःखसुखं धीरं सोऽमृतत्वाय कल्पते ॥
Say ityaṁ hi na vyathayantyete puruṣhaṁ puruṣharṣhabha
sama-duḥkha-sukhaṁ dhīraṁ so ’mṛitatvāya kalpate
Translation
That firm man, whom surely these afflictions do not, O chief among men, to whom pleasure and pain are the same, is fit for attaining immortality.
Swami Sivananda
O Arjuna, who is foremost among men, verily, the person whom these do not torment, the wise man to whom sorrow and happiness are the same—he is fit for immortality.
Swami Gambirananda
Follows the commentary of Shankara (Advaita).
For, he whom these do not affect, O chief of men, and to whom pain and pleasure are equal - that steadfast man alone is worthy of immortality.
Swami Adidevananda
Follows the commentary of Ramanuja (Vishishtadvaita).
O best among persons! That wise person becomes immortal, whom these situations do not trouble, and to whom pleasure and pain are equal.
Dr. S. Sankaranarayan
Follows the commentary of Abhinavagupta (Kashmir Shaivism).
The hero whose soul is unmoved by circumstances, who accepts pleasure and pain with equanimity, is only fit for immortality.
Shri Purohit Swami
कारण कि हे पुरुषोंमें श्रेष्ठ अर्जुन! सुख-दुःखमें सम रहनेवाले जिस धीर मनुष्यको ये मात्रास्पर्श (पदार्थ) व्यथित (सुखी-दुःखी) नहीं कर पाते, वह अमर होनेमें समर्थ हो जाता है अर्थात् वह अमर हो जाता है।
Swami Ramsukhdas
हे पुरुषश्रेष्ठ ! दुख और सुख में समान भाव से रहने वाले जिस धीर पुरुष को ये व्यथित नहीं कर सकते हैं वह अमृतत्व (मोक्ष) का अधिकारी होता है।
Swami Tejomayananda
Classical commentariesFor deeper study. Most are in the original Sanskrit.
Advaita
Non-dual: the self and the absolute are one.
Vishishtadvaita
Qualified non-dual: souls are real parts of the divine.
Dvaita
Dual: the soul and God are eternally distinct.
Shuddhadvaita
Pure non-dual, centred on grace and devotion.
Kashmir Shaivism
The Gita read through Trika Shaiva philosophy.
Modern teachers
20th-century teachers writing for today's readers.