[ BHAGAVAD GITA · 2.71 · spoken by Krishna ]
Not just desire. Krishna names the two roots underneath it.
That person who, abandoning all desires, moves through life free of longing, without the sense of mine, without the sense of I — that one attains peace.
SANSKRIT
विहाय कामान्यः सर्वान्पुमांश्चरति निःस्पृहः । निर्ममो निरहङ्कारः स शान्तिमधिगच्छति ॥२-७१॥
KRISHNA’S LINE
“Every desire needs two things to survive: something that feels like mine, and someone who feels separate enough to want it. Remove mama. Remove ahankara. Desire has nothing left to stand on.”
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