न प्रहृष्येत्प्रियं प्राप्य नोद्विजेत्प्राप्य चाप्रियम् ।स्थिरबुद्धिरसम्मूढो ब्रह्मविद्ब्रह्मणि स्थितः ॥
na prahṛṣyet priyaṃ prāpya nodvijet prāpya cāpriyam |sthirabuddhir asammūḍho brahmavid brahmaṇi sthitaḥ ||
- न प्रहृष्येत् · na prahṛṣyet
- should not rejoice excitedly
- प्रियम् · priyam
- the pleasant
- प्राप्य · prāpya
- having obtained
- न उद्विजेत् · na udvijet
- should not be disturbed
- अप्रियम् · apriyam
- the unpleasant
- स्थिरबुद्धिः · sthirabuddhiḥ
- of steady intellect
- असम्मूढः · asammūḍhaḥ
- undeluded
- ब्रह्मवित् · brahmavit
- knower of Brahman
“Getting what is pleasant, he does not exult; getting what is unpleasant, he is not disturbed. Steady in intellect, undeluded, the knower of Brahman stands in Brahman.”
— Original plain-language translation
Steadiness is tested at both pleasant and unpleasant arrivals. Neither excites nor shakes the knower. This even temper is the outward sign of the inward resting of 5.19.
— Reader's notes (original)