Bhagavad Gītā · Chapter 6, Verse 7
जितात्मनः प्रशान्तस्य परमात्मा समाहितः।
शीतोष्णसुखदुःखेषु तथा मानापमानयोः।।
शीतोष्णसुखदुःखेषु तथा मानापमानयोः।।
jitātmanaḥ praśāntasya paramātmā samāhitaḥ
śītoṣṇa-sukha-duḥkheṣu tathā mānāpamānayoḥ
also searched as "jitatmanah prashantasya paramatma samahitah"
Translation
Of him whose mind is conquered and who is serene, the great self is well-secured in heat and cold, in pleasure and pain, and in honor and dishonor.
Vāṇi's rendering
The self-mastered stay steady within — through heat and cold, pleasure and pain, honour and insult.
Word by word
| Sanskrit & transliteration | Meaning |
|---|---|
| जितात्मनःjita-ātmanaḥ | of one whose self is conquered; of the self-mastered |
| प्रशान्तस्यpraśāntasya | of the one who has grown quiet, settled |
| परमात्माparama-ātmā | the highest self (parama + ātmā) |
| समाहितःsamāhitaḥ | gathered together, collected, resting evenly |
| शीतोष्णसुखदुःखेषुśīta-uṣṇa-sukha-duḥkheṣu | in cold and heat, in pleasure and pain (śītoṣṇa joins śīta and uṣṇa by sandhi) |
| तथाtathā | and likewise, in the same way |
| मानापमानयोःmāna-apamānayoḥ | in honour and in insult (mānāpamāna joins māna and apamāna by sandhi) |
Frequently asked
What does Bhagavad Gita Chapter 6 Verse 7 mean?
It describes what mastery actually looks like. In one who has conquered the self and grown quiet, the highest self sits gathered — samāhitaḥ — and stays gathered while cold and heat, pleasure and pain, honour and insult come and go. The conditions keep changing. The one who meets them stops being moved by them.
What is the meaning of jitatmanah prashantasya paramatma samahitah?
Jitātmanaḥ is one whose self is won, praśāntasya one who has stopped churning. For such a person the parama-ātmā is samāhitaḥ — collected, at rest, no longer scattered across a hundred wants. Quiet comes first, then the gathering. You cannot collect water that is still boiling.
Why does Krishna mention honour and insult along with heat and cold?
Because they are the same kind of weather, and we treat them differently. Cold is easy to accept as passing; praise we want to keep, contempt we want to fight. Krishna lists them together to strip the distinction. Other people's opinion of you is climate, not identity.
Does this verse mean I should stop feeling pain or pleasure?
No. The verse never says the heat cools or the insult sweetens. It says the one who registers them stays put. Feeling arrives as it always has; what changes is that it no longer decides who you are or what you will do next.
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Commentary
Samāhitaḥ means gathered — collected, set down, all in one place. Krishna has just said the self can be your friend or your enemy; here is what friendship looks like from outside. Not that heat stops being hot or insult stops stinging. The temperature changes; the one who registers it does not move. Notice which pairs he chooses: cold and heat come from the world, pleasure and pain from the body, honour and insult from other people. The last is the hardest. You can stand cold. Praise and contempt arriving in the same afternoon — that is where your steadiness gets tested.