5.21
Chapter 5, Verse 21
बाह्यस्पर्शेष्वसक्तात्मा विन्दत्यात्मनि यत्सुखम्। स ब्रह्मयोगयुक्तात्मा सुखमक्षयमश्नुते৷৷
bāhyasparśēṣvasaktātmā vindatyātmani yatsukham. sa brahmayōgayuktātmā sukhamakṣayamaśnutē৷৷
Translation
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.
Translation — Purohit Swami
Commentary
बाह्यस्पर्शेषु in external contacts, असक्तात्मा one whose mind is unattached, विन्दति finds, आत्मनि in,the Self, यत् (that) which, सुखम् happiness, सः he, ब्रह्मयोगयुक्तात्मा with the self engaged in the meditation of Brahman, सुखम् happiness, अक्षयम् endless, अश्नुते enjoys. Commentary: When the mind is not attached to external objects of the senses, when one is deeply engaged in the contemplation of Brahman, he finds undecaying bliss in the Self within. If you want to enjoy the imperishable happiness of the Self within, you will have to withdraw the senses from their respective objects and plunge yourself in deep meditation on the Self within. This is the gist of this verse.
Commentary — Swami Sivananda
Sanskrit and transliteration of the Bhagavad Gita. Corpus compiled from the vedabase and the IIT Kanpur Gita Supersite.