न प्रहृष्येत्प्रियं प्राप्य नोद्विजेत्प्राप्य चाप्रियम् | स्थिरबुद्धिरसम्मूढो ब्रह्मविद् ब्रह्मणि स्थितः ||५-२०||
na prahṛṣyetpriyaṃ prāpya nodvijetprāpya cāpriyam . sthirabuddhirasammūḍho brahmavid brahmaṇi sthitaḥ ||5-20||
- na
- never
- prahṛṣyet
- rejoices
- priyam
- the pleasant
- prāpya
- achieving
- na
- does not
- udvijet
- become agitated
- prāpya
- obtaining
- ca
- also
- apriyam
- the unpleasant
- sthira-buddhiḥ
- self-intelligent
- asammūḍhaḥ
- unbewildered
- brahma-vit
- one who knows the Supreme perfectly
- brahmaṇi
- in the transcendence
- sthitaḥ
- situated
A person who neither rejoices upon achieving something pleasant nor laments upon obtaining something unpleasant, who is self-intelligent, who is unbewildered, and who knows the science of God is already situated in transcendence.