Bhagavad Gita — Sankhya Yoga, Shloka 57
Sankhya Yoga
यः सर्वत्रानभिस्नेहस्तत्तत्प्राप्य शुभाशुभम् । नाभिनन्दति न द्वेष्टि तस्य प्रज्ञा प्रतिष्ठिता ॥ २.५७ ॥
yaḥ sarvatrānabhisnehas tattat prāpya śubhāśubham | nābhinandati na dveṣṭi tasya prajñā pratiṣṭhitā || 2.57 ||
He who is unattached everywhere, and on obtaining what is auspicious or inauspicious neither rejoices nor hates—his wisdom is firmly established.
जो सर्वत्र आसक्ति-रहित रहता है और शुभ या अशुभ को प्राप्त करके न हर्षित होता है न द्वेष करता है, उसकी प्रज्ञा प्रतिष्ठित होती है।
One who is unattached everywhere, and on encountering this or that—pleasant or unpleasant—neither rejoices nor hates: his wisdom is firmly established.
‘Anabhisneha’ can mean absence of clinging/over-identification. Some devotional readings caution that non-rejoicing does not imply emotional numbness, but freedom from possessiveness and aversion.
FAQs
It targets reward/punishment conditioning: the stable person does not swing into elation or hostility when circumstances change.
The verse implies that wisdom rests on a level of selfhood not dependent on episodic experiences labeled ‘good’ or ‘bad.’
It refines equanimity as a response to outcomes, relevant to Arjuna’s dilemma about action and its consequences.
Useful for decision-making under uncertainty: focus on ethical action and learning rather than emotional attachment to results.