Bhagavad Gita · 5.20
॥
Devanāgarī
न प्रहृष्येत्प्रियं प्राप्य नोद्विजेत्प्राप्य चाप्रियम् ।
स्थिरबुद्धिरसम्मूढो ब्रह्मविद्ब्रह्मणि स्थितः ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
na prahṛṣyet priyaṁ prāpya nodvijet prāpya cāpriyam |
sthira-buddhir asammūḍho brahma-vid brahmaṇi sthitaḥ ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
न प्रहृष्येत्na prahṛṣyethe does not rejoice, does not become elated.
प्रियम्priyamthe pleasant.
प्राप्यprāpyahaving obtained.
न उद्विजेत्na udvijethe is not agitated, not disturbed.
प्राप्य चprāpya caand having obtained.
अप्रियम्apriyamthe unpleasant.
स्थिरबुद्धिःsthira-buddhiḥone whose intelligence (buddhi) is steady.
असम्मूढःasammūḍhaḥone who is free from delusion, not bewildered.
ब्रह्मवित्brahma-vitone who knows (vit) Brahman.
ब्रह्मणि स्थितःbrahmaṇi sthitaḥone who is established (sthita) in Brahman.
Translation
“One who does not rejoice upon obtaining the pleasant, nor is agitated upon encountering the unpleasant, whose intelligence is steady and free from delusion—such a person has known Brahman and is already established in Brahman.”
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