Bhagavad Gita 5.20 Meaning: Na prahrishyetpriyam prapya

Bhagavad Gita 5.20

न प्रहृष्येत्प्रियं प्राप्य नोद्विजेत्प्राप्य चाप्रियम् ।स्थिरबुद्धिरसंमूढो ब्रह्मविद्ब्रह्मणि स्थितः ॥

Na prahrishyetpriyam prapya nodvijetprapya chapriyamSthirabuddhirasammudho brahmavidbrahmani sthitah

na prahṛṣyetpriyaṃ prāpya nodvijetprāpya cāpriyam |sthirabuddhirasaṃmūḍho brahmavidbrahmaṇi sthitaḥ ||

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Our explanation Krishna says that one who knows Brahman and is established in Brahman, steady in understanding and free from delusion, does not rejoice on getting what is pleasant, nor feel shaken on getting what is unpleasant.

हिंदी अर्थ कृष्ण कहते हैं कि जो ब्रह्म को जानता है और ब्रह्म में स्थित है, जिसकी बुद्धि स्थिर है और जो मोह से मुक्त है, वह प्रिय वस्तु पाकर हर्षित नहीं होता और अप्रिय पाकर विचलित नहीं होता।

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न na · not (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. na, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 523, col. 1 “not, no, nor, neither”
प्रहृष्येत् prahṛṣyet · should rejoice (optative, 3rd person singular) Dictionary: pra-hṛṣ, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 701, col. 2 “to rejoice, be glad or cheerful, exult”
प्रियम् priyam · what is pleasant (accusative singular (neuter)) Dictionary: priya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 710, col. 1 “beloved, dear to (gen., loc., dat. or comp.), liked, favourite”
प्राप्य prāpya · on getting (absolutive ('having done')) Dictionary: prāp, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 707, col. 2 “to attain to, reach, arrive at, meet with, find”
न na · not (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. na, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 523, col. 1 “not, no, nor, neither”
उद्विजेत् udvijet · should be shaken (optative, 3rd person singular) Dictionary: ud-vij, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 192, col. 1 “to shrink from, recede, leave off”
प्राप्य prāpya · on getting (absolutive ('having done')) Dictionary: prāp, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 707, col. 2 “to attain to, reach, arrive at, meet with, find”
च ca · and (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. ca, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 380, col. 1 “and, both, also, moreover, as well as”
अप्रियम् apriyam · what is unpleasant (accusative singular (neuter)) Dictionary: a-priya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 59, col. 2 “disagreeable, disliked”
स्थिरबुद्धिः sthirabuddhiḥ · steady in understanding (compound, nominative singular) Dictionary: sthira-buddhi, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1265, col. 1 “steady-minded”
असंमूढः asaṃmūḍhaḥ · free from delusion (nominative singular) Dictionary: a-saṃmūḍha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 119, col. 3 “not confused”
ब्रह्मवित् brahmavit · knower of Brahman (compound, nominative singular) Dictionary: brahma-vid, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 740, col. 1 “knowing the one Brahmă, a Vedic philosopher, AV. &c. &c. (also -vida)”
ब्रह्मणि brahmaṇi · in Brahman (locative singular) Dictionary: brahman, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 738, col. 1 “one self-existent impersonal Spirit, the one universal Soul”
स्थितः sthitaḥ · established (past participle, nominative singular) Dictionary: sthita, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1264, col. 1 “standing, staying, situated, resting or abiding or remaining in”

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Spelling A digital text reads Same words. The e-text writes the class nasal (असम्मूढो) and separates ब्रह्मविद् ब्रह्मणि; the 1922 edition writes anusvara (असंमूढो) and joins ब्रह्मविद्ब्रह्मणि. Another digital text agrees with the edition (asaṃmūḍho).

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