brahmaṇi sthitāḥ–Fully situated in Brahma; sthira-buddhiḥ–endowed with steady intelligence; asammūdhaḥ–devoid of the delusion of considering one’s body and its attachments as ‘me’ and ‘mine’; brahma-vit–one in knowledge of Brahma; na prahṛṣyet–is neither elated; priyam prāpya–by obtaining something desirable; na cha udvijet–nor dejected; apriyam prāpya–by obtaining something undesirable. [20]

Absorbed in transcendence, endowed with steady intelligence, and free from the delusion of thinking of the body and associated objects as ‘me’ and ‘mine,’ the knower of the Absolute is neither happy when pleasant things come his way nor sad when unpleasant things come his way.