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Bhagavad Gita 5.20

Chapter 5, Verse 20

Part of 5: Karm Sanyās Yogकर्मसंन्यासयोग

न प्रहृष्येत्प्रियं प्राप्य नोद्विजेत्प्राप्य चाप्रियम्। स्थिरबुद्धिरसम्मूढो ब्रह्मविद्ब्रह्मणि स्थितः॥

Transliteration

na prahṛiṣhyet priyaṁ prāpya nodvijet prāpya chāpriyam sthira-buddhir asammūḍho brahma-vid brahmaṇi sthitaḥ

Meaning

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.

Word-by-word meaning
naneitherprahṛiṣhyetrejoicepriyamthe pleasantprāpyaobtainingnanorudvijetbecome disturbedprāpyaattainingchaalsoapriyamthe unpleasantsthira-buddhiḥsteady intellectasammūḍhaḥfirmly situatedbrahma-vithaving a firm understanding of divine knowledgebrahmaṇiestablished in Godsthitaḥsituated
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)

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What is the meaning of Bhagavad Gita Chapter 5, Verse 20?
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.
Which chapter and verse of the Bhagavad Gita is this?
This is verse 20 of Chapter 5 (Karm Sanyās Yog — Path of Renunciation) of the Bhagavad Gita, a scripture of 18 chapters and 700 verses spoken by Lord Krishna to Arjuna.