II z. dissolving in divinity (2.71-72)

vihaaya kaamaan yah sarvaan pumanscharati nispruhah
nirmamo nirahankarah sa shaantimadhigachhati (2.71)

eshaa braahmi sthitih partha nainam praapya vimuhyati
sthitvaasyaamantakaaleapi brahmanirvaaNamruchhati (2.72)

shedding and re-shedding
all desires, every one of them
the mature one walks,
untouched, unheeding,
devoid of mayhem
free from the feeling
of " poor me, great me,
me, me,
what about me,
what about me"
rejoicing instead
in love and surrender,
natural and barrier-free,
all-embracing without vanity
such a one alone can attain peace,
ah and the silent celebration of equanimity !

what a state of freedom
and blissful divinity...
once attained, there is
no more entanglement,
no more delusion,
all left in life is clarity
one who stays steadfast
in this subtle blissful serenity
while counting the last breaths
of the body
earns total freedom
and
oneness
with
divinity

Dr. Ramanand Prasad's version

One who abandons all desires and becomes free from longing ( craving) and the feeling of 'I' and 'my' attains peace. (2.71)

O Arjuna, this is the Braahmee or superconscious state. Attaining this (state), one is no longer deluded. Gaining this state, even at the end of one's life, a person attains oneness with the Supreme. (2.72)

from Sri Sri

A drop of the ocean is part of the ocean. In the same way, the moment a devotee meets (surrenders to) the Divine, the devotee becomes GOD. When the river meets the ocean, it recognizes that it is the ocean from the beginning to the end. Similarly, the individual "I... I...." dissolves in ONE Divinity.

Weekly Knowledge #71	Bangalore Ashram
16 Oct 1996	India

CELEBRATING THE SILENCE

One who has given everything has also given freedom: Honor the freedom first and make good use of all things given to you.

Your sankalpas (intentions) and desires separate you from God.

Offer all the desires and your sankalpas to the Divine... then you are divine... you are God... you are free... lacking nothing.

Effort is the key in the relative,

Effortlessness is the key to the Absolute.

Your mind does not belong to you. Don't blame it.

Let the BIG SELF embrace it.