Bhagavad Gita 6.21 Meaning: Sukhamatyantikam yattad

Bhagavad Gita 6.21

सुखमात्यन्तिकं यत्तद् बुद्धिग्राह्यमतीन्द्रियम् ।वेत्ति यत्र न चैवाऽयं स्थितश्चलति तत्त्वतः ॥

Sukhamatyantikam yattad buddhigrahyamatindriyamVetti yatra na chaivayam sthitashchalati tattvatah

sukhamātyantikaṃ yattad buddhigrāhyamatīndriyam |vetti yatra na caivā’yaṃ sthitaścalati tattvataḥ ||

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Our explanation In that state, the sentence goes on, a person knows a boundless joy that the understanding (buddhi) can grasp but the senses cannot, and, once settled there, does not move away from the truth.

हिंदी अर्थ वाक्य आगे कहता है कि उस अवस्था में व्यक्ति उस असीम सुख को जानता है जिसे बुद्धि ग्रहण कर सकती है पर इंद्रियाँ नहीं, और वहाँ स्थित होकर वह सत्य से नहीं हटता।

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सुखम् sukham · joy (noun (neuter), accusative singular) Dictionary: sukha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1221, col. 1 “ease, easiness, comfort, prosperity, pleasure, happiness”
आत्यन्तिकम् ātyantikam · boundless (adjective (neuter), accusative singular) Dictionary: ātyantika, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 136, col. 1 “continual, uninterrupted, infinite, endless”
यत् yat · which (pronoun (neuter), accusative singular) Dictionary: yad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 844, col. 2 “who, which, what, whichever, whatever, that”
तत् tat · that (pronoun (neuter), accusative singular) Dictionary: tad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 434, col. 1 “m. he, f. she, n. it, that, this”
बुद्धिग्राह्यम् buddhigrāhyam · grasped by the understanding (compound (neuter), accusative singular) Dictionary: buddhi, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 733, col. 3 “intelligence, reason, intellect, mind, discernment, judgment”; grāhya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 373, col. 1 “to be perceived or recognised or understood”
अतीन्द्रियम् atīndriyam · beyond the senses (adjective (neuter), accusative singular) Dictionary: atīndriya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 16, col. 2 “beyond the (cognizance of the) senses”
वेत्ति vetti · knows (present, 3rd person singular) Dictionary: 1. vid, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 963, col. 2 “to know, understand, perceive, learn”
यत्र yatra · where (indeclinable) Dictionary: yatra, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 841, col. 2 “in or to which place, where, wherein, wherever”
न na · not (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. na, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 523, col. 1 “ind. not, no, nor, neither”
च ca · and (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. ca, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 380, col. 1 “ind. and, both, also, moreover, as well as”
एव eva · indeed (indeclinable) Dictionary: 1. eva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 232, col. 2 “just, exactly, very, same, only, even, alone, merely”
अयम् ayam · he (pronoun (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: 1. idam, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 165, col. 2 “this, this here, referring to something near the speaker”
स्थितः sthitaḥ · settled (past participle (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: sthita, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1264, col. 1 “standing, staying, situated, resting or abiding or remaining in”
चलति calati · moves away (present, 3rd person singular) Dictionary: cal, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 391, col. 1 “to be moved, stir, tremble, shake, quiver, be agitated”
तत्त्वतः tattvataḥ · from the truth (indeclinable) Dictionary: tattva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 433, col. 1 “according to the true state or nature of anything, in truth”

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