Bhagavad Gītā · Chapter 2, Verse 65
प्रसादे सर्वदुःखानां हानिरस्योपजायते।
प्रसन्नचेतसो ह्याशु बुद्धिः पर्यवतिष्ठते।।
प्रसन्नचेतसो ह्याशु बुद्धिः पर्यवतिष्ठते।।
prasāde sarva-duḥkhānāṁ hānir asyopajāyate
prasanna-cetaso hyāśu buddhiḥ paryavatiṣṭhate
also searched as "prasade sarvaduhkhanam hanirasyopajayate"
Translation
In that serenity, all sorrow is lost; for in the case of the person with a serene mind, the Buddhi is quickly established.
Vāṇi's rendering
In deep serenity, every sorrow falls away. A clear heart steadies the understanding fast.
Word by word
| Sanskrit & transliteration | Meaning |
|---|---|
| प्रसादेprasāde | in serenity, when the heart has settled and cleared |
| सर्वदुःखानाम्sarva-duḥkhānāṁ | of all sorrows, of every kind of pain |
| हानिःhāniḥ | the falling away, the ending |
| अस्यasya | for him, for such a person |
| उपजायतेupajāyate | comes about, arises (joined to asya by sandhi as asyopajāyate) |
| प्रसन्नचेतसःprasanna-cetaso | of one whose heart and mind are clear and unclouded |
| हिhi | indeed, for (joined to āśu by sandhi as hyāśu) |
| आशुāśu | quickly, soon |
| बुद्धिःbuddhiḥ | the understanding, the discerning faculty |
| पर्यवतिष्ठतेparyavatiṣṭhate | becomes firmly established, stands steady all around |
Frequently asked
What does Bhagavad Gita Chapter 2 Verse 65 mean?
It means sorrow ends where serenity begins, not the other way around. Krishna is not promising that your problems will be solved. He is saying that prasāda — a heart grown clear — takes the ache out of all of them at once, and that a clear heart makes the understanding steady very quickly.
What is the meaning of prasade sarvaduhkhanam hanirasyopajayate?
Prasāda is the settling of muddy water, not the removal of the mud. In that clearness, says Krishna, the loss of every sorrow simply happens — hāniḥ upajāyate. Nothing is fought off. The griefs lose their grip because the mind that gripped them has loosened its hands.
Does this verse mean my problems will disappear?
No. Duḥkha here is the suffering, not the situation. The battle still stands in front of Arjuna after this verse; the kingdom is still contested. What changes is that the pain no longer runs the man. Your circumstances may hold exactly as they are while their weight quietly leaves you.
How does a clear heart steady the understanding?
Buddhi wavers because desire and aversion keep tugging it toward different answers. Remove the tugging and it settles on its own — paryavatiṣṭhate, it stands firm on every side. Krishna adds āśu, quickly. Clarity is not slow work once the disturbance stops. Watch how fast you see rightly when you stop wanting a particular outcome.
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Commentary
Notice the order. Krishna does not say clear your sorrows and peace will come. He says peace comes, and the sorrows go — all of them, not one by one. Arjuna's grief has a hundred faces: the teachers, the cousins, the kingdom, the guilt. He wants each answered. Krishna answers none of them. He points at the settled heart, and says that when it settles, the whole crowd of griefs leaves together. And then the understanding steadies — fast, the verse insists. Not after years. You have felt this on some quiet morning when nothing was fixed and nothing hurt.