Bhagavad Gita Chapter 5 - Sanyasa Yoga - Sloka 20

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Bliss of Brahman Different from Sense Pleasure 20-29

1 Gita Sloka every day - Chapter 5 -Sanyasa Yoga - Sloka 20

 Sant Tukaram

Na praharshyet priyam prapya na udvijet prapya cha priyam I

Sthirabuddhir asam muddah brahma vid brahmani sthitah II sloka 20

न प्रहर्षयेत् प्रियं प्राप्य न उद्विजेत् प्राप्य च अप्रियं ।

स्थिर बुद्धिः असं मूढः ब्रह्म्  विद् ब्रह्मणि  स्थितः ।। श्लोक २० 

Established in Brahman, with firm understanding and with no delusion, the knower of Brahman rejoices not getting what is pleasant, and grieves not  getting what is unpleasant.

Likes and dislikes, happiness and misery - feelings of this kind are all associated with one's entanglement in the body. He who thinks of himself as the body gets deluded. But he who is established in the Brahman is completely free from mentation.

What remains in a man from whose mind lust and greed are entirely eliminated ?  The Bliss of Brahman beams through in Him. 

Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa