Chapter 5 · The Yoga of Renunciation

श्रीकृष्णŚrī Kṛṣṇa speaks

Text 5.21

बाह्यस्पर्शेष्वसक्तात्मा विन्दत्यात्मनि यत्सुखम् स ब्रह्मयोगयुक्तात्मा सुखमक्षयमश्नुते

bāhya-sparśheṣhvasaktātmā vindatyātmani yat sukham sa brahma-yoga-yuktātmā sukham akṣhayam aśhnute

Recitation · Text 5.21
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Word-for-Word Śabda-Artha (11 words)

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Unattached to outer contacts, one finds the happiness that is in the self; united with the Absolute through yoga, that person experiences inexhaustible happiness. The contrast set up here is between borrowed pleasure and one that does not run out.

✨ Devotional Takeaway:The contrast is between borrowed pleasure and a happiness that does not run out.