[ BHAGAVAD GITA · 2.66 · spoken by Krishna ]
No anchor, no wisdom. No wisdom, no peace. No peace — no happiness at all.
For the unyoked, there is no wisdom, and no meditation either. For one without meditation, there is no peace. And for the peaceless, how can there be happiness?
SANSKRIT
नास्ति बुद्धिरयुक्तस्य न चायुक्तस्य भावना । न चाभावयतः शान्तिरशान्तस्य कुतः सुखम् ॥२-६६॥
KRISHNA’S LINE
“Without the anchor, no awakened intellect. Without that intellect, no steady contemplation. Without contemplation, no peace. And without peace — from where would happiness ever come?”
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