BG 2.66
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Devanagari
नास्ति बुद्धिरयुक्तस्य न चायुक्तस्य भावना ।
न चाभावयतः शान्तिरशान्तस्य कुतः सुखम् ॥ ६६ ॥
Verse text
nāsti buddhir ayuktasya
na cāyuktasya bhāvanā
na cābhāvayataḥ śāntir
aśāntasya kutaḥ sukham
Synonyms
na asti
—
there cannot be
;
buddhiḥ
—
transcendental intelligence
;
ayuktasya
—
of one who is not connected (with Kṛṣṇa consciousness)
;
na
—
not
;
ca
—
and
;
ayuktasya
—
of one devoid of Kṛṣṇa consciousness
;
bhāvanā
—
fixed mind (in happiness)
;
na
—
not
;
ca
—
and
;
abhāvayataḥ
—
of one who is not fixed
;
śāntiḥ
—
peace
;
aśāntasya
—
of the unpeaceful
;
kutaḥ
—
where is
;
sukham
—
happiness.
Translation
One who is not connected with the Supreme [in Kṛṣṇa consciousness] can have neither transcendental intelligence nor a steady mind, without which there is no possibility of peace. And how can there be any happiness without peace?
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
66. For the person with uncontrolled mind, there is no intelligence fixed on the soul, and no meditation on the Paramātmā. Without meditation he has no peace. Without peace, where is bliss?
Translation (Baladeva Vidyabhusana)
66. For the person with uncontrolled mind, there is no intelligence fixed on the soul, and no contemplation of ātmā. Without contemplation he has no peace. Without peace, where is bliss?
Purport
Unless one is in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, there is no possibility of peace. So it is confirmed in the Fifth Chapter (5.29) that when one understands that Kṛṣṇa is the only enjoyer of all the good results of sacrifice and penance, that He is the proprietor of all universal manifestations, and that He is the real friend of all living entities, then only can one have real peace. Therefore, if one is not in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, there cannot be a final goal for the mind. Disturbance is due to want of an ultimate goal, and when one is certain that Kṛṣṇa is the enjoyer, proprietor and friend of everyone and everything, then one can, with a steady mind, bring about peace. Therefore, one who is engaged without a relationship with Kṛṣṇa is certainly always in distress and is without peace, however much he may make a show of peace and spiritual advancement in life. Kṛṣṇa consciousness is a self-manifested peaceful condition which can be achieved only in relationship with Kṛṣṇa.
Purport (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
Kṛṣṇa makes his statement clear by stating the effects of the opposite condition.
For one who has not controlled the mind (ayuktasya), there is no intelligence, no prajṣa, fixed on the soul. For one who not having such prajnā arising from controlled mind, meditation on the Supreme Lord (bhāvanā) also is not possible. Not performing meditation (abhāvayataḥ), he does not have peace, the cessation of agitation from sense objects. This person without peace does not have bliss (sukham) from the soul.
Purport (Baladeva Vidyabhusana)
This verse makes the point by stating the opposite. For the person who is not a yogī (ayuktasya), who does not engage his mind in Me, his intelligence does not have the above mentioned quality of being fixed. Nor does he even have contemplation of the ātmā (bhāvanā). Without such contemplation on the ātmā there is no destruction of thirst for material objects (śāntiḥ). How can a person who is afflicted by thirst for enjoyment (aśāntasya) have happiness, which is characterized by realization of ātmā with self-manifesting bliss?
Surrender Unto Me
Here is a contrast of a man who doesn't control his senses who doesn't engage his senses in the service of the Lord: