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Bhagavad Gita 2.69

या निशा सर्वभूतानां तस्यां जागर्ति संयमी | यस्यां जाग्रति भूतानि सा निशा पश्यतो मुनेः ||२-६९||

yā niśā sarvabhūtānāṃ tasyāṃ jāgarti saṃyamī . yasyāṃ jāgrati bhūtāni sā niśā paśyato muneḥ ||2-69||

Cover artwork for Bhagavad Gita chapter 2 — Chapter 2 — Krishna begins his counsel on the imperishable Self.

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Swami SivanandaEnglish

2.69 That which is night to all beings, in that the self-controlled man is awake; when all beings are awake, that is night for the Muni (sage) who sees.

A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami PrabhupadaEnglish

What is night for all beings is the time of awakening for the self-controlled; and the time of awakening for all beings is night for the introspective sage.