Sanskrit · Devanagari
बाह्यस्पर्शेष्वसक्तात्मा विन्दत्यात्मनि यत्सुखम्। स ब्रह्मयोगयुक्तात्मा सुखमक्षयमश्नुते ॥
Sanskrit · IAST
bāhyasparśeṣvasaktātmā vindatyātmani yatsukham sa brahmayogayuktātmā sukhamakṣayamaśnute
English witness
Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882does not exult on finding anything agreeable nor does he grieve on finding anything disagreeable. One whose self is not attached to external objects, obtains the happiness that is in (one's) self and by means of concentration of mind joining one's self (with the Brahman)
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Śaṅkarācārya
।।5.21।। बाह्यस्पर्शेषु बाह्याश्च ते स्पर्शाश्च बाह्यस्पर्शाः स्पृश्यन्ते इति स्पर्शाः शब्दादयो विषयाः तेषु बाह्यस्पर्शेषु असक्तः आत्मा अन्तःकरणं यस्य सः अयम् असक्तात्मा विषयेषु प्रीतिवर्जितः सन् विन्दति लभते आत्मनि यत् सुखं तत् विन्दति इत्येतत्। स ब्रह्मयोगयुक्तात्मा ब्रह्मणि योगः समाधिः ब्रह्मयोगः तेन ब्रह्मयोगेन युक्तः समाहितः तस्मिन् व्यापृतः आत्मा अन्तःकरणं यस्य सः ब्रह्मयोगयुक्तात्मा सुखम् अक्षयम् अश्नुते व्याप्नोति। तस्मात् बाह्यविषयप्रीतेः क्षणिकायाः इन्द्रियाणि निवर्तयेत् आत्मनि अक्षयसुखार्थी इत्यर्थः।।इतश्च निवर्तयेत्
a09063040710…Rāmānuja
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:
473469a77e26…Swami Sivananda
5.21 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.
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