Bhagavad Gita · 5.21
॥
Devanāgarī
बाह्यस्पर्शेष्वसक्तात्मा विन्दत्यात्मनि यत्सुखम् ।
स ब्रह्मयोगयुक्तात्मा सुखमक्षयमश्नुते ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
bāhyasparśeṣv asaktātmā vindaty ātmani yat sukham |
sa brahma-yoga-yuktātmā sukham akṣayam aśnute ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
बाह्यस्पर्शेषुbāhya-sparśeṣuto external (bāhya) contacts (sparśa, i.e. bodily pleasures).
असक्तात्माasakta-ātmāone whose soul (ātman) is not attached (asakta).
विन्दतिvindatihe finds.
आत्मनिātmaniin one’s own self (in the soul).
यत् सुखम्yat sukhamthat happiness which.
सःsaḥthat one.
ब्रह्मयोगयुक्तात्माbrahma-yoga-yukta-ātmāone whose soul (ātman) is united (yukta) with Brahman (brahma) through yoga.
सुखम्sukhamhappiness.
अक्षयम्akṣayaminexhaustible, eternal.
अश्नुतेaśnutehe tastes, he enjoys.
Translation
“One whose soul is not attached to external bodily pleasures finds happiness within his own soul. Such a person, whose soul is united with Brahman through yoga, enjoys inexhaustible bliss.”
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