"The person whom these do not disturb, O best of men, who is …" — Krishna

The person whom these do not disturb, O best of men, who is steady in pain and pleasure alike, is fit for immortality.

यं हि न व्यथयन्त्येते पुरुषं पुरुषर्षभ | समदुःखसुखं धीरं सोऽमृतत्वाय कल्पते ||२-१५||

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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 2.15
Verse / page: BG.2.15
Topics: Endurance Immortality

Same theme, different voices

Contacts with the objects of sense, Kaunteya, give rise to cold and heat, pleasure and pain. They come and go and are impermanent. Endure them, Bharata.

मात्रास्पर्शास्तु कौन्तेय शीतोष्णसुखदुःखदाः | आगमापायिनोऽनित्यास्तांस्तितिक्षस्व भारत ||२-१४||

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.

To have a restful or peaceful life in God is good; to bear a life of pain in patience is better; but to have peace in the midst of pain is the best of all.