Chapter 2: Sankhya Yoga, verse 57
यः सर्वत्रानभिस्नेहस्तत्तत्प्राप्य शुभाशुभम्।
नाभिनन्दति न द्वेष्टि तस्य प्रज्ञा प्रतिष्ठिता ॥
Say ityaḥ sarvatrānabhisnehas tat tat prāpya śhubhāśhubham
nābhinandati na dveṣhṭi tasya prajñā pratiṣhṭhitā
Translation
He who is everywhere without attachment, upon encountering anything good or bad, neither rejoices nor hastens; his wisdom is firm.
Swami Sivananda
The wisdom of that person remains established who has no attachment to anything anywhere, who neither welcomes nor rejects anything, whatever good or bad, when they come across it.
Swami Gambirananda
Follows the commentary of Shankara (Advaita).
He who has no love on any side, who, upon finding good or evil, neither rejoices nor hates—his wisdom is firmly set.
Swami Adidevananda
Follows the commentary of Ramanuja (Vishishtadvaita).
He who has no desire for anything, and who neither rejoices nor hates upon obtaining this or that, good or bad—his intellect is properly stabilized.
Dr. S. Sankaranarayan
Follows the commentary of Abhinavagupta (Kashmir Shaivism).
He who, wherever he goes, is not attached to any person or place by ties of flesh; who accepts good and evil alike, neither welcoming the one nor shrinking from the other—take him to be one who is merged in the Infinite.
Shri Purohit Swami
सब जगह आसक्तिरहित हुआ जो मनुष्य उस-उस शुभ-अशुभको प्राप्त करके न तो अभिनन्दित होता है और न द्वेष करता है, उसकी बुद्धि प्रतिष्ठित है।
Swami Ramsukhdas
जो सर्वत्र अति स्नेह से रहित हुआ उन शुभ तथा अशुभ वस्तुओं को प्राप्त कर न प्रसन्न होता है और न द्वेष करता है? उसकी प्रज्ञा प्रतिष्ठित (स्थिर) 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.