Word meanings
- na
- neither
- prahṛṣyet
- rejoice
- priyam
- the pleasant
- prāpya
- obtaining
- na
- nor
- udvijet
- become disturbed
- prāpya
- attaining
- ca
- also
- apriyam
- the unpleasant
- sthira-buddhiḥ
- steady intellect
- asammūḍhaḥ
- firmly situated
- brahma-vit
- having a firm understanding of divine knowledge
- brahmaṇi
- established in God
- sthitaḥ
- situated
Translations
Resting in Brahman, with a steady intellect and undeluded, the knower of Brahman neither rejoices upon obtaining what is pleasant nor grieves upon obtaining what is unpleasant.
He who knows and lives in the Absolute remains unmoved and unperturbed; he is not elated by pleasure nor depressed by pain.
A knower of Brahman, who is established in Brahman, should have their intellect steady and should not be deluded. They should not get delighted by getting what is desirable, nor become dejected by getting what is undesirable.
जो प्रियको प्राप्त होकर हर्षित न हो और अप्रियको प्राप्त होकर उद्विग्न न हो, वह स्थिर बुद्धिवाला, मूढ़तारहित तथा ब्रह्मको जाननेवाला मनुष्य ब्रह्ममें स्थित है।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)