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The Power of Equanimity (Sakshi Bhava) reflected in Bhagavadgita
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One of the highest-valued and most profound religious texts in the world is the Bh.Gita. It has a lot of poetic power and is quite beautiful. This famous Gita sastra is an epitome of the essentials of the whole Vedic teaching. Swami Vivekananda says, “The Bh.Gita is a bouquet composed of the beautiful flowers of spiritual truths collected from the Upani?ads”. The Bh.Gita has a wide range of different facets, but the primary theistic shape may be drawn from them all. The Bh.Gita presents ideas from the Upani?ads that clarify several realities. This paper will examine the power of equanimity, a Sak?i Bhava that appears in the Bh.Gita under various names, including Anasakta, Ni?kama, Sthitaprajña, etc. Sak?i Bhava translates to Witness attitude. The word Karmasak?i appears in the Amarakosa? (1.3.239) which is translated as “the witness of all acts”, the sun by Monier Williams. Sak?i Bhava means constantly being conscious of oneself and our surroundings. We frequently become engrossed in everything we see, feel, touch, hear, and taste in the overpowering physical world. We are Sak?i when our consciousness is completely focused in the “here and now” and when it is not wandering around.