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Bhagavad Gita 5.20

Chapter 5: Karma Sanyasa Yoga (Renunciation of Action) · कर्मसंन्यासयोग

न प्रहृष्येत्प्रियं प्राप्य नोद्विजेत्प्राप्य चाप्रियम् ।स्थिरबुद्धिरसम्मूढो ब्रह्मविद्ब्रह्मणि स्थितः ॥

na prahṛṣyetpriyaṃ prāpya nodvijetprāpya cāpriyam |sthirabuddhirasammūḍho brahmavidbrahmaṇi sthitaḥ ||

Meaning of Gita 5.20 in English

A person who knows the Divine and rests in it, with a steady mind free of confusion, does not get excited by pleasant things or shaken by unpleasant ones.

गीता 5.20 का हिंदी अर्थ

जो ब्रह्म को जानकर उसमें स्थित है, जिसकी बुद्धि स्थिर और मोह रहित है, वह प्रिय चीज़ मिलने पर न ज़्यादा खुश होता है, न अप्रिय मिलने पर दुखी।

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The Sanskrit is public domain; the transliteration was generated for Saarthi. Meanings are original plain-language paraphrases, not a scholarly translation.