Srimad Bhagavad Gita -Ramanujacharya 76

Srimad Bhagavad Gita -Ramanujacharya

Chapter-2 Sankhya Yogaḥ

apūryamāṇam acala pratiṣṭhaṁ samudram āpaḥ praviśanti yadvat | tadvat kāmā yaṁ praviśanti sarve sa śāntim āpnoti na kāmakāmī || 70 || 70. One into whom all desires enter, as the rivers enter the plenitude of the ocean which remains undisturbed, attains to peace, and not one who hankers after objects of desire. Commentary The river flows into the sea which is already replete and is thus always the same, that is, unchanging in volume. The sea exhibits no perceptible increase or decrease, whether the waters of rivers enter it or not. Even so do all objects of desire enter into a self-controlled one, they produce only sense impressions but no reaction. Such a person will attain peace. In other words he alone attains peace, who by reason of the contentment associated with the vision of the Self, remains undisturbed when objects of sense-gratification come within the range of the senses. This is not the case with one who constantly seeks sensegratification. One who is agitated by sound and other objects, never attains peace.