Bhagavad Gita · Bhagavad Gita 2.70

Apuryamanam

~20 second read · suited to calm

आपूर्यमाणमचलप्रतिष्ठं समुद्रमापः प्रविशन्ति यद्वत् । तद्वत्कामा यं प्रविशन्ति सर्वे स शान्तिमाप्नोति न कामकामी ॥

apuryamanamachalapratishtham samudramapah pravishanti yadvat . tadvatkama yam pravishanti sarve sa shantimapnoti na kamakami ..

Meaning

Rivers pour endlessly into the ocean, yet it stays full and still. So too the one whom desires enter without unsettling — that one, not the desire-chaser, finds peace.

Practice it daily

In Niyam, this mantra can stand between you and your most distracting apps — it appears for 15 seconds, in your script with its meaning, each time you open them. Read, breathe, continue. Fourteen days of those pauses become a sadhana.

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