BG 5.19

इहैव तैर्जितः सर्गो येषां साम्ये स्थितं मनः ।
निर्दोषं हि समं ब्रह्म तस्माद्ब्रह्मणि ते स्थिताः ॥
ihaiva tair jitaḥ sargo yeṣāṁ sāmye sthitaṁ manaḥ
nirdoṣaṁ hi samaṁ brahma tasmād brahmaṇi te sthitāḥ

Word-for-word meanings

yeṣām — for those whose;  manaḥ — minds;  sthitam — are established;  sāmye — in equanimity;  sargaḥ — material bondage;  jitaḥ — is overcome;  taiḥ — by them;  eva — even;  iha — [while present] in this world;  hi — because;  brahma — Brahman;  nirdoṣam — [is] flawless;  samam — [and is Itself] the state of equanimity;  tasmāt — for this reason;  te — they [those endowed with equal vision];  sthitāḥ — are situated;  brahmaṇi — in Brahman [the nondual Absolute Reality].

Translation

For those whose minds are established in equanimity, material bondage is overcome even while they are present in this world, because Brahman is flawless and is Itself the state of equanimity. For this reason, those endowed with equal vision are situated in Brahman [the nondual Absolute Reality].

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