TEXT 15

Devanagari

यं हि न व्यथयन्त्येते पुरुषं पुरुषर्षभ ।
समदुःखसुखं धीरं सोऽमृतत्वाय कल्पते ॥ १५ ॥

Text

Tekst

yaṁ hi na vyathayanty ete
puruṣaṁ puruṣarṣabha
sama-duḥkha-sukhaṁ dhīraṁ
so ’mṛtatvāya kalpate

Synonyms

yam — one to whom; hi — certainly; na — never; vyathayanti — are distressing; ete — all these; puruṣam — to a person; puruṣa-ṛṣabha — O best among men; sama — unaltered; duḥkha — in distress; sukham — and happiness; dhīram — patient; saḥ — he; amṛtatvāya — for liberation; kalpate — is considered eligible.

yam — den, som; hi — afgjort; na — aldrig; vyathayanti — forstyrrer; ete — alle disse; puruṣam — person; puruṣa-ṛṣabha — O bedste blandt mennesker; sama — der er uforandret; duḥkha — i lidelse; sukham — og lykke; dhīram — tålmodig; saḥ — han; amṛtatvāya — til befrielse; kalpate — anses for egnet.

Translation

O best among men [Arjuna], the person who is not disturbed by happiness and distress and is steady in both is certainly eligible for liberation.

O du bedste blandt mænd [Arjuna], den, der ikke lader sig forstyrre af lykke og lidelse og er vedholdende i begge, er afgjort kvalificeret til at blive befriet.

Purport

Anyone who is steady in his determination for the advanced stage of spiritual realization and can equally tolerate the onslaughts of distress and happiness is certainly a person eligible for liberation. In the varṇāśrama institution, the fourth stage of life, namely the renounced order (sannyāsa), is a painstaking situation. But one who is serious about making his life perfect surely adopts the sannyāsa order of life in spite of all difficulties. The difficulties usually arise from having to sever family relationships, to give up the connection of wife and children. But if anyone is able to tolerate such difficulties, surely his path to spiritual realization is complete. Similarly, in Arjuna’s discharge of duties as a kṣatriya, he is advised to persevere, even if it is difficult to fight with his family members or similarly beloved persons. Lord Caitanya took sannyāsa at the age of twenty-four, and His dependents, young wife as well as old mother, had no one else to look after them. Yet for a higher cause He took sannyāsa and was steady in the discharge of higher duties. That is the way of achieving liberation from material bondage.

FORKLARING: Alle, der er vedholdende i deres beslutning om at nå det avancerede stadie af åndelig erkendelse, og som kan tolerere indvirkningerne fra både lykke og lidelse, er afgjort kvalificeret til befrielse. I varṇāśrama-institutionen er det fjerde livsstadie, forsagelsens orden (sannyāsa), en krævende situation. Men den, der er seriøs med hensyn til at gøre sit liv fuldkomment, accepterer med sikkerhed sannyāsa-ordenen på trods af alle besværligheder. Vanskelighederne består normalt i at skulle løsrive sig fra sine familieforhold, dvs. opgive forbindelsen til kone og børn. Men er man i stand til at tolerere den slags besværligheder, ligger vejen til åndelig erkendelse afgjort åben. Ligeledes bliver Arjuna rådet til under udførelsen af sin pligt som kṣatriya at være standhaftig, selv om det er svært at gå i krig mod familiemedlemmer eller andre personer, man holder af. Herren Caitanya tog sannyāsa i en alder af 24 år, og de, der var afhængige af Ham, en ung hustru såvel som en gammel moder, havde ingen andre til at sørge for sig. Alligevel tog Han sannyāsa for en højere sags skyld og udførte vedholdende Sine højere pligter. Det er måden at opnå befrielse fra materiel trældom på.