2.66
नास्ति बुद्धिरयुक्तस्य न चायुक्तस्य भावना ।
न चाभावयतः शान्तिरशान्तस्य कुतः सुखम् ॥
nāsti buddhir ayuktasya na cāyuktasya bhāvanā
na cābhāvayataḥ śāntir aśāntasya kutaḥ sukham
Kṛṣṇa (कृष्ण) is speaking.
The verse
There is no buddhi for the unyoked, and no meditation for the unyoked; for the one who does not meditate there is no peace, and for the unpeaceful, from where is happiness?
नेपालीमा
नजोडिएकोमा बुद्धि हुँदैन, र नजोडिएकोमा ध्यान हुँदैन। ध्यान नगर्नेमा शान्ति हुँदैन, र अशान्तमा सुख कहाँबाट हुन्छ।
Where it sits
Where 2.64 and 2.65 climbed from governed senses to a settled buddhi, this verse walks down: no yoking, no buddhi and no meditation; no meditation, no peace; no peace, no happiness. Beside the collapse of 2.62 there is a quieter failure, which is simply not being yoked.
Split: न + अस्ति + बुद्धिः + अयुक्तस्य + न + च + अयुक्तस्य + भावना + न + च + अभावयतः + शान्तिः + अशान्तस्य + कुतः + सुखम्
na + asti + buddhiḥ + ayuktasya + na + ca + ayuktasya + bhāvanā + na + ca + abhāvayataḥ + śāntiḥ + aśāntasya + kutaḥ + sukham
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| देवनागरी | Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|---|
| न | na | indeclinable | not. |
| अस्ति | asti | present, 3rd singular | there is. |
| बुद्धिः | buddhiḥ | nominative | buddhi. |
| अयुक्तस्य | ayuktasya | genitive | of the unyoked. |
| न | na | indeclinable | not. |
| च | ca | indeclinable | and. |
| अयुक्तस्य | ayuktasya | genitive | of the unyoked. |
| भावना | bhāvanā | nominative | the meditation, the forming of the thought. |
| न | na | indeclinable | not. |
| च | ca | indeclinable | and. |
| अभावयतः | abhāvayataḥ | genitive of the participle | of the one who does not meditate. From the causative bhāvayati (भावयति). |
| शान्तिः | śāntiḥ | nominative | peace. |
| अशान्तस्य | aśāntasya | genitive | of the unpeaceful. |
| कुतः | kutaḥ | indeclinable | from where. |
| सुखम् | sukham | nominative | happiness. |
The phrases
na asti buddhiḥ ayuktasya (न अस्ति बुद्धिः अयुक्तस्य) is the first denial. There is no buddhi for the unyoked. न + अस्ति na + asti is nāsti (नास्ति). बुद्धिः + अयुक्तस्य buddhiḥ + ayuktasya is buddhir ayuktasya (बुद्धिरयुक्तस्य).
na ca ayuktasya bhāvanā (न च अयुक्तस्य भावना) is the second. And there is no meditation for the unyoked. च + अयुक्तस्य ca + ayuktasya is cāyuktasya (चायुक्तस्य).
na ca abhāvayataḥ śāntiḥ (न च अभावयतः शान्तिः) is the third. And for the one who does not meditate, there is no peace. च + अभावयतः ca + abhāvayataḥ is cābhāvayataḥ (चाभावयतः).
aśāntasya kutaḥ sukham (अशान्तस्य कुतः सुखम्) is the fourth, and it is a question. For the unpeaceful, from where is happiness? शान्तिः + अशान्तस्य śāntiḥ + aśāntasya is śāntir aśāntasya (शान्तिरशान्तस्य). The genitive is again the person who lacks the thing.
Sanskrit in this line
kutaḥ (कुतः) asks "from where," and with a nominative it asks where that thing would come from. kutaḥ sukham (कुतः सुखम्) is "whence happiness?" The genitive aśāntasya (अशान्तस्य) has already said for whom. The question expects no source. It is a refusal in the shape of a question.
Say it back
The four things that are missing, and the man who is missing each one. If sukham (सुखम्) comes out as something he does find, stay here.