Chapter 5: Karma Sanyasa Yoga, verse 20
न प्रहृष्येत्प्रियं प्राप्य नोद्विजेत्प्राप्य चाप्रियम्।
स्थिरबुद्धिरसम्मूढो ब्रह्मविद्ब्रह्मणि स्थितः ॥
Say itna prahṛiṣhyet priyaṁ prāpya nodvijet prāpya chāpriyam
sthira-buddhir asammūḍho brahma-vid brahmaṇi sthitaḥ
Translation
Resting in Brahman, with a steady intellect and undeluded, the knower of Brahman neither rejoices upon obtaining what is pleasant nor grieves upon obtaining what is unpleasant.
Swami Sivananda
A knower of Brahman, who is established in Brahman, should have their intellect steady and should not be deluded. They should not get delighted by getting what is desirable, nor become dejected by getting what is undesirable.
Swami Gambirananda
Follows the commentary of Shankara (Advaita).
He who knows Brahman (individual self) and abides in Brahman, whose mind is steadfastly focused on the self and undeluded by body consciousness—he neither rejoices at gaining what is pleasant nor grieves on obtaining what is unpleasant.
Swami Adidevananda
Follows the commentary of Ramanuja (Vishishtadvaita).
He who, with his mind not attached to external contacts, finds happiness in the Self—that person, with his mind engaged in Yoga, easily pervades the Brahman, suffering no loss.
Dr. S. Sankaranarayan
Follows the commentary of Abhinavagupta (Kashmir Shaivism).
He who knows and lives in the Absolute remains unmoved and unperturbed; he is not elated by pleasure nor depressed by pain.
Shri Purohit Swami
जो प्रियको प्राप्त होकर हर्षित न हो और अप्रियको प्राप्त होकर उद्विग्न न हो, वह स्थिर बुद्धिवाला, मूढ़तारहित तथा ब्रह्मको जाननेवाला मनुष्य ब्रह्ममें स्थित है।
Swami Ramsukhdas
जो स्थिरबुद्धि, संमोहरहित ब्रह्मवित् पुरुष ब्रह्म में स्थित है, वह प्रिय वस्तु को प्राप्त होकर हर्षित नहीं होता और अप्रिय को पाकर उद्विग्न नहीं होता।
Swami Tejomayananda
Classical commentariesFor deeper study. Most are in the original Sanskrit.
Advaita
Non-dual: the self and the absolute are one.
Vishishtadvaita
Qualified non-dual: souls are real parts of the divine.
Dvaita
Dual: the soul and God are eternally distinct.
Shuddhadvaita
Pure non-dual, centred on grace and devotion.
Kashmir Shaivism
The Gita read through Trika Shaiva philosophy.
Modern teachers
20th-century teachers writing for today's readers.