6.21 Beyond the senses Krishna speaks
सुखमात्यन्तिकं यत्तद्बुद्धिग्राह्यमतीन्द्रियम्
वेत्ति यत्र न चैवायं स्थितश्चलति तत्त्वतः
sukham ātyantikaṁ yat tad buddhi-grāhyam atīndriyam
vetti yatra na chaivāyaṁ sthitaśh chalati tattvataḥ
where one knows that limitless happiness, grasped by the understanding and beyond the senses; and standing there, does not stray from what is true —
Explanation
Grasped by the understanding, and beyond the senses.
A limitless happiness — and then: standing there, one does not stray from what is true.
The two halves belong together and are easily separated. The happiness is not the point of arrival; not straying is, and the happiness is what makes that possible.
Word by word
- sukham
- happiness
- ātyantikam
- limitless
- yat
- which
- tat
- that
- buddhi
- by intellect
- grāhyam
- grasp
- atīndriyam
- transcending the senses
- vetti
- knows
- yatra
- wherein
- na
- never
- cha
- and
- eva
- certainly
- ayam
- he
- sthitaḥ
- situated
- chalati
- deviates
- tattvataḥ
- from the Eternal Truth
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