न प्रहृष्येत्प्रियं प्राप्य नोद्विजेत्प्राप्य चाप्रियम् | स्थिरबुद्धिरसम्मूढो ब्रह्मविद् ब्रह्मणि स्थितः ||५-२०||
na prahṛṣyetpriyaṃ prāpya nodvijetprāpya cāpriyam . sthirabuddhirasammūḍho brahmavid brahmaṇi sthitaḥ ||5-20||
Chapter 5 · Verse 20
Karma Sannyasa Yoga
कर्मसंन्यासयोग
In plain words
This is the state of a Jivanmukta or a liberated sage or a Brahmana who identifies himself with the Self or Atman. He always has a balanced mind. He is never deluded.
Translation
5.20 He who knows Brahman (individual self) and abides in Brahman, whose mind is steadfastly on the self and undeluded by the body consciousness - he neither rejoices at gaining what is pleasant, nor grieves on obtaining what is unpleasant.
Meaning
This is the state of a Jivanmukta or a liberated sage or a Brahmana who identifies himself with the Self or Atman. He always has a balanced mind. He is never deluded. He has abandoned all actions as he rests in Brahman. He who has an unbalanced mind who identifies himself with the body and mind feels pleasure and pain exhilaration of spirits when he gets a pleasant object and grief when he obtains an unpleasant object. (Cf. VI.21 27 28XIII.12XIV.20)
Word by word
न not प्रहृष्येत् should rejoice प्रियम् the pleasant प्राप्य having obtained न not उद्विजेत् should be troubled प्राप्य having obtained च and अप्रियम् the unpleasant स्थिरबुद्धिः one with steady intellect असम्मूढः undeluded ब्रह्मवित् knower of Brahman ब्रह्मणि in Brahman स्थितः established.