यस्यां जाग्रति भूतानि सा निशा पश्यतो मुनेः ॥
सम्पूर्ण प्राणियों की जो रात परमात्मासे विमुखता है, उसमें संयमी मनुष्य जागता है, और जिसमें सब प्राणी जागते हैं भोग और संग्रहमें लगे रहते हैं, वह तत्त्वको जाननेवाले मुनिकी दृष्टिमें रात है ॥
एक मूल शिक्षा · चिंतनशील भाव · थोड़ा संदर्भ सहायक
“What the many pursue in sleep, the wise leave behind awake.”
सम्पूर्ण प्राणियों की जो रात परमात्मासे विमुखता है, उसमें संयमी मनुष्य जागता है, और जिसमें सब प्राणी जागते हैं भोग और संग्रहमें लगे रहते हैं, वह तत्त्वको जाननेवाले मुनिकी दृष्टिमें रात है ॥
श्लोक क्रम में — हर संस्कृत शब्द और नीचे उसका अर्थ। किसी शब्द पर जाकर उसे देखें।
शब्दशःthat · night · of all beings · in that · is awake · the self-controlled one · in which · are awake · beings · that · night · of the seer · of the sage
Ordinary people chase pleasure and possessions, but the disciplined seeker sees through that pull. What seems valuable to most becomes empty to the one who knows the real.
यह श्लोक Krishna द्वारा कहा गया है, कुरुक्षेत्र की भूमि पर, अध्याय "सांख्य योग" में।
श्लोक 69 भगवद् गीता के 2वें अध्याय में है — सांख्य योग। इस अध्याय में कुल 72 श्लोक हैं।
Everyone around you is refreshing, comparing, buying, and chasing the next hit of approval. You pause, and the whole game looks strangely dim. That pause is not weakness; it is seeing.
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It shifts attention from shared craving to clear seeing, so desire no longer defines what feels real.
इस श्लोक का अर्थ
Ordinary people chase pleasure and possessions, but the disciplined seeker sees through that pull. What seems valuable to most becomes empty to the one who knows the real.
संदर्भ और टिप्पणी
On the battlefield, Arjuna is frozen between action and collapse. Krishna explains that the wise do not move by the same cravings that drive everyone else. The world’s obsession is their darkness; inner clarity is their wakefulness.
आज के जीवन में महत्व
Everyone around you is refreshing, comparing, buying, and chasing the next hit of approval. You pause, and the whole game looks strangely dim. That pause is not weakness; it is seeing.
“You can stop measuring life by what the crowd wants and begin seeing what actually matters.”
संबंधित विषय: vairagya (51 श्लोक)