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Bhagavad-gītā 2.69
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 69
- या निशा सर्वभूतानां तस्यां जागर्ति संयमी ।
- यस्यां जाग्रति भूतानि सा निशा पश्यतो मुनेः ॥६९॥
- yā niśā sarva-bhūtānāṁ
- tasyāṁ jāgarti saṁyamī
- yasyāṁ jāgrati bhūtāni
- sā niśā paśyato muneḥ
yāwhat — what; niśāis night — is night; sarvaall — all; bhūtānāmof living entities — of living entities; tasyāmin that — in that; jāgartiis wakeful — is wakeful; saṁyamīthe self-controlled — the self-controlled; yasyāmin which — in which; jāgratiare awake — are awake; bhūtāniall beings — all beings; sāthat is — that is; niśānight — night; paśyataḥfor the introspective — for the introspective; muneḥsage — sage.
What is night for all beings is the time of awakening for the self-controlled; and the time of awakening for all beings is night for the introspective sage.
There are two classes of intelligent men. One is intelligent in material activities for sense gratification, and the other is introspective and awake to the cultivation of self-realization. Activities of the introspective sage, or thoughtful man, are night for persons materially absorbed. Materialistic persons remain asleep in such a night due to their ignorance of self-realization. The introspective sage remains alert in the "night" of the materialistic men. The sage feels transcendental pleasure in the gradual advancement of spiritual culture, whereas the man in materialistic activities, being asleep to self-realization, dreams of varieties of sense pleasure, feeling sometimes happy and sometimes distressed in his sleeping condition. The introspective man is always indifferent to materialistic happiness and distress. He goes on with his self-realization activities undisturbed by material reactions.