Chapter 23
श्रीभगवानुवाच बार्हस्पत्य स नास्त्यत्र साधुर्वै दुर्जनेरितै: । दुरक्तैर्भिन्नमात्मानं य: समाधातुमीश्वर: ॥ २ ॥
Transliteration
śrī-bhagavān uvāca bārhaspatya sa nāsty atra sādhur vai durjaneritaiḥ duraktair bhinnam ātmānaṁ yaḥ samādhātum īśvaraḥ
Synonyms (Word-for-Word)
śrī-bhagavān uvāca — the Supreme Personality of Godhead said; bārhaspatya — O disciple of Bṛhaspati; saḥ — he; na asti — there is not; atra — in this world; sādhuḥ — a saintly person; vai — indeed; durjana — by uncivilized men; īritaiḥ — used; duruktaiḥ — by insulting words; bhinnam — disturbed; ātmānam — his mind; yaḥ — who; samādhātum — to compose; īśvaraḥ — is capable.
Translation
“Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: O disciple of Bṛhaspati, there is virtually no saintly man in this world capable of resettling his own mind after it has been disturbed by the insulting words of uncivilized men.”