यत्र योगेश्वरः कृष्णो यत्र पार्थो धनुर्धरः। तत्र श्रीर्विजयो भूतिर्ध्रुवा नीतिर्मतिर्मम।।18.78।

Wherever Krishna, the Lord of Yoga, is; and wherever Arjuna, the wielder of the bow, is; there is prosperity, victory, happiness, and a firm policy; this is my conviction.

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Verse 2.71

विहाय कामान्यः सर्वान्पुमांश्चरति निःस्पृहः। निर्ममो निरहंकारः स शांतिमधिगच्छति।।2.71।।

vihāya kāmān yaḥ sarvān pumānśh charati niḥspṛihaḥ nirmamo nirahankāraḥ sa śhāntim adhigachchhati

Word Meanings

vihāya—giving up; kāmān—material desires; yaḥ—who; sarvān—all; pumān—a person; charati—lives; niḥspṛihaḥ—free from hankering; nirmamaḥ—without a sense of proprietorship; nirahankāraḥ—without egoism; saḥ—that person; śhāntim—perfect peace; adhigachchhati—attains

Translation · English

That person attains peace who, abandoning all desires, moves about without longing, without the sense of ownership, and without egoism.

Deep Meaning · English

In this verse, Bhagavan Krishna delineates the culmination of the path of selfless action (Nishkama Karma) leading to the state of a sthitaprajna, or one of steady wisdom. The instruction goes beyond the simple renunciation of objects; it mandates a fundamental shift in the architecture of the human ego. By demanding the removal of 'mama' (the sense of 'mine' or proprietorship) and 'aham' (the sense of 'I' or the illusory self), Krishna strikes at the very root of human suffering, which is the projection of the self onto the transient world of phenomena. It is an invitation to move from a state of 'being a seeker of results' to 'being the witness of existence.' When the grip of individual desire is loosened, the turbulent ripples of the mind settle, revealing the inherent, ever-present peace (shanti) that resides at the core of the Atman. This peace is not an achievement to be gained, but the natural state discovered once the obstacles of ego-identification are removed. Krishna teaches that one who walks through the world without the burden of 'possessing' or 'becoming' becomes an empty vessel, entirely filled by the Divine presence. This is the ultimate freedom: to act in the world with total intensity, yet to remain untouched by its dualities because the 'I' that claims the result has dissolved into the infinite silence of the Self.

True peace is not the absence of external activity, but the internal dissolution of the possessive ego and the craving for outcomes.

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