Vihaya Kaman Yah Sarvan

Three absences define this person. Nihsprihah — no craving. Nirmamah — no possessiveness, no 'mine.' Nirahankaarah — no ego, no 'I am the doer.' Strip away craving, strip away possessiveness, strip away ego. What remains is peace.

This is not world-denial. The person charati — moves, walks, lives. Life continues. But it continues without the heavy luggage of 'I want,' 'this is mine,' and 'I did this.' Travel light, Krishna seems to say, and the journey itself becomes the destination.

This shloka follows the ocean analogy of 2.70 and stands as the penultimate verse of Chapter 2. It provides the most direct, unadorned portrait of the Sthitaprajna: desireless, possessionless, egoless — and at peace.

The closing verse, 2.72, will name this state as Brahmi Sthiti — the state of Brahman. This shloka sets the stage for that final declaration.