Sanskrit
रागद्वेषवियुक्तैस्तु विषयानिन्द्रियैश्चरन् । आत्मवश्यैर्विधेयात्मा प्रसादमधिगच्छति ॥
rāgadveṣaviyuktais tu viṣayān indriyaiś caran ātmavaśyair vidheyātmā prasādam adhigacchati
Translation
But the disciplined self, moving among sense-objects with senses free from attraction and repulsion, mastered by the Self, goeth to peace.
Annie Besant · The Bhagavad-Gita, translated by Annie Besant (4th ed., 1922) — Wikisource · Public Domain
Explanation
The direct counterweight to verses 62–63’s chain of ruin, and an important clarification: the disciplined person still moves among sense-objects — this was never a teaching about withdrawal from the world. What differs is the absence of attraction and repulsion at the point of contact, which is exactly the step where verse 62’s chain begins to run. Remove that first link, and the same objects lead to peace instead of destruction.
Concepts