Chapter 5, Verse 20
Chapter 5 · karma-yoga
Shloka
न प्रहृष्येत्प्रियं प्राप्य नोद्विजेत्प्राप्य चाप्रियम् | स्थिरबुद्धिरसम्मूढो ब्रह्मविद् ब्रह्मणि स्थितः ||५-२०||
na prahṛṣyetpriyaṃ prāpya nodvijetprāpya cāpriyam . sthirabuddhirasammūḍho brahmavid brahmaṇi sthitaḥ ||5-20||
English Meaning
English Meaning
Resting in Brahman, with steady intellect and undeluded, the knower of Brahman neither rejoiceth on obtaining what is pleasant nor grieveth on obtaining what is unpleasant.
Hindi Meaning
जो स्थिरबुद्धि, संमोहरहित ब्रह्मवित् पुरुष ब्रह्म में स्थित है, वह प्रिय वस्तु को प्राप्त होकर हर्षित नहीं होता और अप्रिय को पाकर उद्विग्न नहीं होता।।
Russian Meaning
Покоясь в Брахмане, с устойчивым интеллектом и не заблуждаясь, познавший Брахман не радуется, обретая приятное, и не печалится, обретая неприятное.
Spanish Meaning
Descansando en Brahman, con un intelecto estable y sin engaños, el conocedor de Brahman no se regocija al obtener lo que es placentero ni se aflige al obtener lo que es desagradable.
Commentary
This is the state of a Jivanmukta or a liberated sage or a Brahmana who identifies himself with the Self or Atman. He always has a balanced mind. He is never deluded. He has abandoned all actions as he rests in Brahman. He who has an unbalanced mind? who identifies himself with the body and mind feels pleasure and pain? exhilaration of spirits when he gets a pleasant object and grief when he obtains an unpleasant object. (Cf.VI.21?27?28XIII.12XIV.20)