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Bhagavad Gita Chapter 5, Verse 20

Renunciation and Action

न प्रहृष्येत्प्रियं प्राप्य नोद्विजेत्प्राप्य चाप्रियम्। स्थिरबुद्धिरसम्मूढो ब्रह्मविद्ब्रह्मणि स्थितः

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

What does Bhagavad Gita 5.20 mean?

He who knows and lives in the Absolute remains unmoved and unperturbed; he is not elated by pleasure nor depressed by pain.

Word-by-word meaning

na—neither · prahṛiṣhyet—rejoice · priyam—the pleasant · prāpya—obtaining · na—nor · udvijet—become disturbed · prāpya—attaining · cha—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

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