Chapter 2: Sankhya Yoga, verse 69
या निशा सर्वभूतानां तस्यां जागर्ति संयमी।
यस्यां जाग्रति भूतानि सा निशा पश्यतो मुनेः ॥
Say ityā niśhā sarva-bhūtānāṁ tasyāṁ jāgarti sanyamī
yasyāṁ jāgrati bhūtāni sā niśhā paśhyato muneḥ
Translation
That which is night to all beings, in that the self-controlled man is awake; when all beings are awake, that is night for the sage who sees.
Swami Sivananda
The self-restrained man stays awake during what is night for all creatures. That which creatures stay awake for, it is night to the discerning sage.
Swami Gambirananda
Follows the commentary of Shankara (Advaita).
What is night for all beings, in it the one who is controlled is awake; when all beings are awake, that is the night for the sage who sees.
Swami Adidevananda
Follows the commentary of Ramanuja (Vishishtadvaita).
What is night for every other being, in that a man of self-restraint is awake; wherein every other being is awake, that is night for the sage who sees the truth.
Dr. S. Sankaranarayan
Follows the commentary of Abhinavagupta (Kashmir Shaivism).
The saint is awake when the world sleeps, and he disregards that for which the world lives.
Shri Purohit Swami
सम्पूर्ण प्राणियों की जो रात (परमात्मासे विमुखता) है, उसमें संयमी मनुष्य जागता है, और जिसमें सब प्राणी जागते हैं (भोग और संग्रहमें लगे रहते हैं), वह तत्त्वको जाननेवाले मुनिकी दृष्टिमें रात है।
Swami Ramsukhdas
सब प्रणियों के लिए जो रात्रि है? उसमें संयमी पुरुष जागता है और जहाँ सब प्राणी जागते हैं? वह (तत्त्व को) देखने वाले मुनि के लिए रात्रि 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.