bÄhya-sparÅ›eá¹£v asaktÄtmÄ vindaty Ätmani yat sukham sa brahma-yoga-yuktÄtmÄ sukham aká¹£ayam aÅ›nute [21]

  1. asakta-ÄtmÄ–The person with mind detached; bÄhya-sparÅ›eá¹£u–from external (sense-) enjoyment; (adau)–first; vindati–tastes; (tat) sukham–that happiness; yat Ätmani (anubhÅ«yamÄne)–which is experienced in self-realisation; (tataḥ)–then; brahma-yoga-yukta-ÄtmÄ– absorbing himself in meditation on the Absolute; saḥ–such a person; aÅ›nute–enjoys; aká¹£ayam–inexhaustible; [21]


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Detaching his mind from external pleasures, such a knower of the Absolute Truth tastes the inner joy of self-realisation. Then, absorbing himself in meditation on the Absolute, he experiences inexhaustible bliss.

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