Bhagavad Gita Chapter - Dhyana 6 - Dhyana Yoga - Sloka 21

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Progress in Yoga - 21-28

1 Gita Sloka every day - Chapter 6 - Dhyana Yoga - Sloka 21

Sukham atyantikam yat tat buddhi grahyam atindriyam I

Vetti yatra na cha eva ayam sthitah chalati tatvatah II sloka 21

सुखं आत्यन्तिकं यत् तत् बुद्धि ग्राहायं अतीन्द्रियं ।

वेत्ति यत्र न च एव अयं स्थितः चलति तत्वतः ।। श्लोक २१

When he feels that supreme bliss which is perceived by the intelligence and which transcends the senses, and wherein established he never moves from the reality;

 Bliss is the characteristic of the atman; therefore the extroverted senses cannot have access to it. Purified intellect grasps it to some extent. Bliss is everlasting because of its belonging to the atman. The yogi does not want to divert himself from this bliss to the impermanent pleasures of the senses any more than the fish wants to get to the land abandoning its watery abode.

While in samadhi the yogi dives deep into the ocean of satchidananda.  In that his senses become defunct.

Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa