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BG 5.21 (1972)

BG 5.21 (1983+)

please wait#div class="mw-parser-output"# #h4##span class="mw-headline" id="TEXT_21"#TEXT 21#/span##/h4# #div class="devanagari"# #dl##dd#बाह्यस्पर्शेष्वसक्तात्मा विन्दत्यात्मनि यत्सुखम् ।#/dd# #dd#स ब्रह्मयोगयुक्तात्मा सुखमक्षयमश्नुते ॥२१॥#/dd##/dl# #/div# #div class="verse"# #dl##dd#bāhya-sparśeṣv asaktātmā#/dd# #dd#vindaty ātmani yat sukham#/dd# #dd#sa brahma-yoga-yuktātmā#/dd# #dd#sukham akṣayam aśnute#/dd##/dl# #/div# #h4##span class="mw-headline" id="SYNONYMS"#SYNONYMS#/span##/h4# #div class="synonyms"# #p##i#bāhya-sparśeṣu#/i#—in external sense pleasure; #i#asakta-ātmā#/i#—one who is not so attached; #i#vindati#/i#—enjoys; #i#ātmani#/i#—in the self; #i#yat#/i#—that which; #i#sukham#/i#—happiness; #i#saḥ#/i#—that; #i#brahma-yoga#/i#—concentrated in Brahman; #i#yukta-ātmā#/i#—self-connected; #i#sukham#/i#—happiness; #i#akṣayam#/i#—unlimited; #i#aśnute#/i#—enjoys. #/p# #/div# #h4##span class="mw-headline" id="TRANSLATION"#TRANSLATION#/span##/h4# #div class="translation"# #p#Such a liberated person is not attracted to material sense pleasure or external objects but is always in trance, enjoying the pleasure within. In this way the self-realized person enjoys unlimited happiness, for he concentrates on the Supreme. #/p# #/div# #h4##span class="mw-headline" id="PURPORT"#PURPORT#/span##/h4# #div class="purport"# #p#Śrī Yāmunācārya, a great devotee in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, said: #/p# #dl##dd#yadāvadhi mama cetaḥ kṛṣṇa-padāravinde#/dd# #dd#nava-nava-rasa-dhāmanudyata rantum āsīt#/dd# #dd#tadāvadhi bata nārī-saṅgame smaryamāne#/dd# #dd#bhavati mukha-vikāraḥ suṣṭu niṣṭhīvanaṁ ca#/dd##/dl# #p#"Since I have been engaged in the transcendental loving service of Kṛṣṇa, realizing ever-new pleasure in Him, whenever I think of sex pleasure, I spit at the thought, and my lips curl with distaste." A person in #i#brahma-yoga#/i#, or Kṛṣṇa consciousness, is so absorbed in the loving service of the Lord that he loses his taste for material sense pleasure altogether. The highest pleasure in terms of matter is sex pleasure. The whole world is moving under its spell, and a materialist cannot work at all without this motivation. But a person engaged in Kṛṣṇa consciousness can work with greater vigor without sex pleasure, which he avoids. That is the test in spiritual realization. Spiritual realization and sex pleasure go ill together. A Kṛṣṇa conscious person is not attracted to any kind of sense pleasure due to his being a liberated soul. #/p# #/div# #/div# please wait#div class="mw-parser-output"# #h4##span class="mw-headline" id="TEXT_21"#TEXT 21#/span##/h4# #div class="devanagari"# #dl##dd#बाह्यस्पर्शेष्वसक्तात्मा विन्दत्यात्मनि यत्सुखम् ।#/dd# #dd#स ब्रह्मयोगयुक्तात्मा सुखमक्षयमश्नुते ॥२१॥#/dd##/dl# #/div# #div class="verse"# #dl##dd#bāhya-sparśeṣv asaktātmā#/dd# #dd#vindaty ātmani yat sukham#/dd# #dd#sa brahma-yoga-yuktātmā#/dd# #dd#sukham akṣayam aśnute#/dd##/dl# #/div# #h4##span class="mw-headline" id="SYNONYMS"#SYNONYMS#/span##/h4# #div class="synonyms"# #p##i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=bāhya&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#bāhya-#a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=sparśeṣu&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#sparśeṣu#/i# — in external sense pleasure; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=asakta&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#asakta-#a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=ātmā&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#ātmā#/i# — one who is not attached; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=vindati&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#vindati#/i# — enjoys; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=ātmani&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#ātmani#/i# — in the self; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=yat&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#yat#/i# — that which; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=sukham&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#sukham#/i# — happiness; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=saḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#saḥ#/i# — he; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=brahma&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#brahma-#a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=yoga&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#yoga#/i# — by concentration in Brahman; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=yukta&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#yukta-#a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=ātmā&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#ātmā#/i# — self-connected; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=sukham&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#sukham#/i# — happiness; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=akṣayam&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#akṣayam#/i# — unlimited; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=aśnute&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#aśnute#/i# — enjoys. #/p# #/div# #h4##span class="mw-headline" id="TRANSLATION"#TRANSLATION#/span##/h4# #div class="translation"# #p#Such a liberated person is not attracted to material sense pleasure but is always in trance, enjoying the pleasure within. In this way the self-realized person enjoys unlimited happiness, for he concentrates on the Supreme. #/p# #/div# #h4##span class="mw-headline" id="PURPORT"#PURPORT#/span##/h4# #div class="purport"# #p#Śrī Yāmunācārya, a great devotee in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, said: #/p# #dl##dd#yad-avadhi mama cetaḥ kṛṣṇa-pādāravinde#/dd# #dd#nava-nava-rasa-dhāmany udyataṁ rantum āsīt#/dd# #dd#tad-avadhi bata nārī-saṅgame smaryamāne#/dd# #dd#bhavati mukha-vikāraḥ suṣṭhu niṣṭhīvanaṁ ca#/dd##/dl# #p#"Since I have been engaged in the transcendental loving service of Kṛṣṇa, realizing ever-new pleasure in Him, whenever I think of sex pleasure I spit at the thought, and my lips curl with distaste." A person in #i#brahma-yoga#/i#, or Kṛṣṇa consciousness, is so absorbed in the loving service of the Lord that he loses his taste for material sense pleasure altogether. The highest pleasure in terms of matter is sex pleasure. The whole world is moving under its spell, and a materialist cannot work at all without this motivation. But a person engaged in Kṛṣṇa consciousness can work with greater vigor without sex pleasure, which he avoids. That is the test in spiritual realization. Spiritual realization and sex pleasure go ill together. A Kṛṣṇa conscious person is not attracted to any kind of sense pleasure, due to his being a liberated soul. #/p# #/div# #/div#
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