Chapter 2 · Sankhya Yoga - The Yoga of KnowledgeKrishna
Verse 69
श्रीमद्भगवद्गीता अध्याय 2, श्लोक 69
Sanskrit Shloka (श्लोक)
या निशा सर्वभूतानां तस्यां जागर्ति संयमी।
यस्यां जाग्रति भूतानि सा निशा पश्यतो मुनेः॥६९॥
Transliteration
Ya Nisha Sarva-Bhutanam Tasyam Jagarti Samyami.
Yasyam Jagrati Bhutani Sa Nisha Pashyato Muneh.||69||
Word-by-Word Meaning (अन्वय)
याyathat which
निशाnishanight
सर्वभूतानाम्sarva-bhutanamfor all beings
तस्याम्tasyamin that
जागर्तिjagartiis awake
संयमीsamyamithe self-controlled
यस्याम्yasyamin which
जाग्रतिjagratiare awake
भूतानिbhutaniall beings
सा निशाsa nishathat is night
पश्यतःpashyatahfor the seeing
मुनेःmunehsage
Hindi Translation (हिन्दी अर्थ)
जो सब प्राणियों के लिए रात्रि है, उसमें संयमी जागता है; और जिसमें सब प्राणी जागते हैं, वह तत्त्वदर्शी मुनि की रात्रि है।
English Translation
That which is night for all beings is the time of awakening for the self-controlled. And that in which all beings are awake is the night for the introspective sage.
Commentary (टीका)
One of the Gita's most mystical verses. The sage's perception is inverted from the ordinary person's. While the world sleeps to spiritual reality, the sage is wide awake to it. While the world is 'awake' to sensory pleasures, the sage sees these as a dream. This reflects two entirely different levels of consciousness.