TEXT 20

Tekst

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na prahṛṣyet priyaṁ prāpya
nodvijet prāpya cāpriyam
sthira-buddhir asammūḍho
brahma-vid brahmaṇi sthitaḥ

Synonyms

na — aldrig; prahṛṣyet — glæder sig; priyam — det behagelige; prāpya — idet han opnår; na — ikke; udvijet — bliver oprevet; prāpya — idet han opnår; ca — også; apriyam — det ubehagelige; sthira-buddhiḥ — selv-intelligent; asammūḍhaḥ — ikke forvirret; brahma-vit — den, der forstår den Højeste til fuldkommenhed; brahmaṇi — i transcendensen; sthitaḥ — er situeret.

na — never; prahṛṣyet — rejoices; priyam — the pleasant; prāpya — achieving; na — does not; udvijet — become agitated; prāpya — obtaining; ca — also; apriyam — the unpleasant; sthira-buddhiḥ — self-intelligent; asammūḍhaḥ — unbewildered; brahma-vit — one who knows the Supreme perfectly; brahmaṇi — in the transcendence; sthitaḥ — situated.

Translation

Den, der hverken fryder sig over at opnå noget behageligt eller beklager sig over at få noget ubehageligt, og som er intelligent i selvet og ikke forvirret, og som kender videnskaben om Gud, befinder sig allerede i transcendensen.

A person who neither rejoices upon achieving something pleasant nor laments upon obtaining something unpleasant, who is self-intelligent, who is unbewildered, and who knows the science of God is already situated in transcendence.

Purport

FORKLARING: Her beskrives kendetegnene på den selvrealiserede person. Det første kendetegn er, at han ikke bedrages af den falske identificering af kroppen med sit virkelige selv. Han er helt klar over, at han ikke er denne krop, men derimod en fragmentarisk del af Guddommens Højeste Personlighed. Derfor glæder han sig ikke over at opnå noget i relation til sin krop eller beklager sig over at miste noget. Denne sindsligevægt kaldes sthira-buddhi eller selvintelligens. Han forvirres derfor aldrig til at forveksle den grove krop med sjælen, og han accepterer heller ikke kroppen som permanent og lader hånt om sjælens eksistens. Denne viden ophøjer ham til at kunne forstå hele videnskaben om den Absolutte Sandhed, nemlig Brahman, Paramātmā og Bhagavān. Han kender således sin naturlige position til fuldkommenhed uden fejlagtigt at forsøge at blive ét med den Højeste i enhver henseende. Dette kaldes Brahman-erkendelse eller selverkendelse. En sådan vedholdende bevidsthed betegnes som Kṛṣṇa-bevidsthed.

The symptoms of the self-realized person are given herein. The first symptom is that he is not illusioned by the false identification of the body with his true self. He knows perfectly well that he is not this body but is the fragmental portion of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. He is therefore not joyful in achieving something, nor does he lament in losing anything which is related to his body. This steadiness of mind is called sthira-buddhi, or self-intelligence. He is therefore never bewildered by mistaking the gross body for the soul, nor does he accept the body as permanent and disregard the existence of the soul. This knowledge elevates him to the station of knowing the complete science of the Absolute Truth, namely Brahman, Paramātmā and Bhagavān. He thus knows his constitutional position perfectly well, without falsely trying to become one with the Supreme in all respects. This is called Brahman realization, or self-realization. Such steady consciousness is called Kṛṣṇa consciousness.