विहाय कामान्यः सर्वान्पुमांश्चरति निःस्पृहः | निर्ममो निरहङ्कारः स शान्तिमधिगच्छति ||२-७१||
vihāya kāmānyaḥ sarvānpumāṃścarati niḥspṛhaḥ . nirmamo nirahaṅkāraḥ sa śāntimadhigacchati ||2-71||
- vihāya
- giving up
- kāmān
- material desires for sense gratification
- yaḥ
- who
- sarvān
- all
- pumān
- a person
- carati
- lives
- niḥspṛhaḥ
- desireless
- nirmamaḥ
- without a sense of proprietorship
- nirahaṅkāraḥ
- without false ego
- saḥ
- he
- śāntim
- perfect peace
- adhigacchati
- attains
A person who has given up all desires for sense gratification, who lives free from desires, who has given up all sense of proprietorship and is devoid of false ego – he alone can attain real peace.