The person whom these do not trouble, O best among men — the one who remains steady in both pain and pleasure, who is resolute — that person is fit for immortality.
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The Bhagavad Gita, translated and commentated by S. Radhakrishnan, is one of the most scholarly and accessible English renderings of Hinduism's most beloved scripture — the dialogue between Arjuna and Lord Krishna on the battlefield of Kurukshetra. Radhakrishnan, philosopher and statesman, brings both rigorous intellectual insight and genuine spiritual depth to his translation and notes. This edition is treasured for its ability to illuminate the Gita's universal spiritual teaching across cultural and philosophical boundaries.
- Author
- Krishna
- Tradition
- Hindu
- Source text
- Bhagavad Gita
- Chapter
- Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 2
- Verse / page
- BG.2.15
- Topics
- EnduranceImmortality
Same theme, different voices
O son of Kunti, the contacts of the senses with their objects give rise to cold and heat, pleasure and pain. They come and go; they are impermanent. Bear with them, O Bharata.
A devotee does not retrace his steps, whatever the circumstances. He remains firm and stable both in pleasure and in pain. He does not stumble. He always remains devoted to God.
Welcome the pain of separation, for it is a royal pain; Farid, the body that cannot bear this pain is like a corpse.
The soul that strives to perfectly follow God's law and bear the Cross of Christ will be a true Ark, containing the true manna, which is God, when it attains perfect possession of the law and the Cross.