Chapter 5 · The Yoga of Renunciation

श्रीकृष्णŚrī Kṛṣṇa speaks

Text 5.20

न प्रहृष्येत्प्रियं प्राप्य नोद्विजेत्प्राप्य चाप्रियम् स्थिरबुद्धिरसम्मूढो ब्रह्मविद् ब्रह्मणि स्थित:

na prahṛiṣhyet priyaṁ prāpya nodvijet prāpya chāpriyam sthira-buddhir asammūḍho brahma-vid brahmaṇi sthitaḥ

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Neither elated on meeting what is pleasant nor shaken on meeting what is not, of steady understanding and free of confusion — such a knower is settled in the Absolute. Both halves are named: not being crushed is only half of it.

✨ Devotional Takeaway:Both halves are named — not being crushed by bad news is only half of it.