Bhagavad Gita Chapter 1 -Samkhya Yoga - Sloka 15

The entire content of this mail is from Swami Chidbhavananda's translation of  The Bhagavad Gita, published by Ramakrishna Mission.

1 Gita Sloka every day - Chapter 2 - Samkhya Yoga - Sloka 15

 Koorathazhwan - Kooram

Yam hi na vyathayanyete purusham prursha rishanbha I

Sam dukha sukham dhiram sah amrita tvaya kalpate II

यं हि न व्यथान्त्येते पुरुषं पुरुष ऋषभ ।

सम दुख सुखं धीरं सः अमृत त्वया कल्पते ।।

That man, O best of men, is fitted for immortality, whom these do not torment, who is balanced in pain and pleasure and steadfast.

 The indweller in the Puri - in the body looked upon as a city- is called as Pursusha. Pleasure and pain occur inevitably in the body because of the contact of the senses with their objects. He who identifies himself with the body is bound to be grieved. But his mind deos not wave,r who gets fixed in the self; he is all calmness. Remaining unruffled by the evanescent events, reveals the clarity of his understanding. He therefore becomes the man of steady wisdom. He is thus fit for immortality.

We have come into this world to avail ourselves of all the happenings here, and thereby discipline ourselves for enlighentment. Cessation of misery corresponds to the removal of ignorance

An enquiry into the nature of the Real and Unreal ensues over the next 5 slokas.