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BG 5.21

Bhagavad Gītā · Karma Sanyāsa YogaAnuṣṭubh (śloka)

बाह्यस्पर्शेष्वसक्तात्मा विन्दत्यात्मनि यत्सुखम् | स ब्रह्मयोगयुक्तात्मा सुखमक्षयमश्नुते ||५-२१||

bāhyasparśeṣvasaktātmā vindatyātmani yatsukham . sa brahmayogayuktātmā sukhamakṣayamaśnute ||5-21||

Linguistic facts

Meter · chandasVidyut

Anuṣṭubh (śloka) · 16+16 syllables

scansion (laghu/guru)
GhyaGspaGrśeGṣvaLsaGktāGtmāGviGndaGtyāGtmaLniLyaGtsuLkhamL
saGbraGhmaLyoGgaLyuGktāGtmāGsuLkhaLmaGkṣaLyaLmaGśnuLteG
Sandhi · pada-pāṭhaVidyut
बाह्यस्पर्शेष्वसक्तात्माविन्दतिआत्मन्यत्सुखम्ब्रह्मयोगयुक्तात्मासुखम्अक्षयम्अश्नुते
Word-by-word morphologyVidyut
12 words analyzed
  • बाह्यस्पर्शेष्वसक्तात्माbāhyasparśeṣvasaktātmāunknown
  • विन्दतिvindatiविद्verb · present third singular active (√vid)
  • आत्ātnominal · Panchami singular masculine
  • मन्manमङ्किnominal · nominative singular masculine
  • iindeclinable
  • यत्yatयत्nominal · nominative singular masculine
  • सुखम्sukhamसुखम्indeclinable
  • saindeclinable
  • ब्रह्मयोगयुक्तात्माbrahmayogayuktātmāunknown
  • सुखम्sukhamसुखम्indeclinable
  • अक्षयम्akṣayamक्षिverb · imperfect first singular active (√kṣi)
  • अश्नुतेaśnuteअश्verb · present third singular active (√aś)
Recitationtool-derived · pending

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Translations

Swami SivanandaRelay

5.21 With the self unattached to external contacts he finds happiness in the Self; with the self engaged in the meditation of Brahman he attains to the endless happiness.

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8 more attributed translations
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami PrabhupadaRelay

Such a liberated person is not attracted to material sense pleasure but is always in trance, enjoying the pleasure within. In this way the self-realized person enjoys unlimited happiness, for he concentrates on the Supreme.

Dr.S.SankaranarayanRelay

5.21. The enjoyments that are born of contacts [with objects] are indeed nothing but sources of misery and have beginning and end. [Hence], an intelligent man does not get delighted in them, O son of Kunti !

Shri Purohit SwamiRelay

5.21 He finds happiness in his own Self, and enjoys eternal bliss, whose heart does not yearn for the contacts of earth and whose Self is one with the Everlasting.

Sri Abhinav GuptaRelay

5.21 He, in whom there is no desire for the external touch viz., the object-he thinks says as follows the Bhagawat -

Sri RamanujaRelay

5.21 He who finds happiness in the self within himself, his mind detached from external contact in the manner already mentioned, i.e., from experience of objects other than the self - such a person abandoning the contemplation on Prakrti or bodily experiences, has his mind engaged in the contemplation on Brahman i.e., the Atman. Thus he attains everlasting bliss which consists in the experience of Brahman (the self). Sri Krsna speaks of the abandonment of material pleasure as easy:

Sri ShankaracharyaRelay

5.21 Asakta-atma, with his heart, internal organ, unattached, bahya-sparsesu, to external objects-sparsah means objects that are contacted, viz sound etc.; bahya-sparsah means those things which are external (bahya) and are objects of contact; that person who thus has his heart unattached, who derives no happiness from objects; he vindati, gets that sukham, bliss; yat, which is; atmani, in the Self. Brahma-yoga-yukta-atma, with his heart absorbed in meditation on Brahman-meditation (yoga) on Brahman is brahma-yoga; one whose internal organ (atma) is absorbed in (yukta), engaged in, that meditation on Brahman is brahma-yoga-yukta-atma; he asnute, acires; aksayam, undecaying; sukham, Bliss. So, he who cherishes undecaying happiness in the Self should withdraw the organs from the momentary happiness in external objects. This is the meaning. For this reason also one should withdraw:

Swami AdidevanandaRelay

5.21 He whose mind is detached from external contact, and finds happiness in the self - he has his mind engaged in the contemplation of Brahman and he enjoys undecaying bliss.

Swami GambiranandaRelay

5.21 With his heart unattached to external objects, he gets the bliss that is in the Self. With his heart absorbed in meditation on Brahman, he acires undecaying Bliss.

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