Bhagavad Gita Chapter 5 Verse 21
भगवद् गीता अध्याय 5 श्लोक 21

बाह्यस्पर्शेष्वसक्तात्मा विन्दत्यात्मनि यत्सुखम्।
स ब्रह्मयोगयुक्तात्मा सुखमक्षयमश्नुते।।5.21।।



English Translation - Dr. S. Sankaranarayan
5.21. The enjoyments that are born of contacts [with objects] are indeed nothing but sources of misery and have beginning and end.  [Hence], an intelligent man does not get delighted in them, O son of Kunti !


English Translation of Commentary  - Dr. S. Sankaranarayan
5.21 He,  in whom there is no desire  for the external  touch viz.,  the object-he  thinks says as  follows the Bhagawat -


Transliteration Bhagavad Gita 5.21Baahyasparsheshwasaktaatmaa vindatyaatmani yat sukham;
Sa brahma yoga yuktaatmaa sukham akshayam ashnute.


Word Meanings Bhagavad Gita 5.21bāhya-sparśheṣhu—external sense pleasure; asakta-ātmā—those who are unattached; vindati—find; ātmani—in the self; yat—which; sukham—bliss; saḥ—that person; brahma-yoga yukta-ātmā—those who are united with God through yog; sukham—happiness; akṣhayam—unlimited; aśhnute—experiences