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Bhagavad Gita 5.21

बाह्यस्पर्शेष्वसक्तात्मा विन्दत्यात्मनि यत्सुखम्। स ब्रह्मयोगयुक्तात्मा सुखमक्षयमश्नुते।।

bāhya-sparśheṣhvasaktātmā vindatyātmani yat sukham sa brahma-yoga-yuktātmā sukham akṣhayam aśhnute

Word-by-Word

SanskritTransliterationMeaning
bāhya-sparśheṣhubāhya-sparśheṣhuexternal sense pleasure
asakta-ātmāasakta-ātmāthose who are unattached
vindativindatifind
ātmaniātmaniin the self
yatyatwhich
sukhamsukhambliss
saḥsaḥthat person
brahma-yoga yukta-ātmābrahma-yoga yukta-ātmāthose who are united with God through yog
sukhamsukhamhappiness
akṣhayamakṣhayamunlimited
aśhnuteaśhnuteexperiences

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

बाह्य विषयों में आसक्तिरहित अन्त:करण वाला पुरुष आत्मा में ही सुख प्राप्त करता है;  ब्रह्म के ध्यान में समाहित चित्त वाला पुरुष अक्षय सुख प्राप्त करता है।।