Chapter 5, Verse 20
न प्रहृष्येत्प्रियं प्राप्य नोद्विजेत्प्राप्य चाप्रियम्। स्थिरबुद्धिरसम्मूढो ब्रह्मविद्ब्रह्मणि स्थितः।।5.20।।
na prahṛṣyetpriyaṃ prāpya nodvijetprāpya cāpriyam. sthirabuddhirasammūḍho brahmavidbrahmaṇi sthitaḥ৷৷5.20৷৷
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- न
- not
- प्रहृष्येत्
- should rejoice
- प्रियम्
- the pleasant/desirable
- प्राप्य
- having obtained
- न
- not
- उद्विजेत्
- should be agitated/distressed
- प्राप्य
- having obtained
- च
- and
- अप्रियम्
- the unpleasant/undesirable
- स्थिरबुद्धिः
- one whose intellect is steady
- असम्मूढः
- undeluded
- ब्रह्मविद्
- knower of Brahman
- ब्रह्मणि
- in Brahman
- स्थितः
- established, situated
Commentary
20. He who knows Brahman can neither rejoice on obtaining the pleasant, nor grieve on obtaining the unpleasant, — steady-minded, un- duded, resting in Brahman.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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न
प्रहृष्येत्
प्रियम्
प्राप्य
न
उद्विजेत्
प्राप्य
च
अप्रियम्
स्थिरबुद्धिः
असम्मूढः
ब्रह्मविद्
ब्रह्मणि
स्थितः
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