BG 5.21

बाह्यस्पर्शेष्वसक्तात्मा विन्दत्यात्मनि यत्सुखम् ।
स ब्रह्मयोगयुक्तात्मा सुखमक्षयमश्नुते ॥
bāhya-sparśeṣv asaktātmā vindaty ātmani yat sukham
sa brahma-yoga-yuktātmā sukham akṣayam aśnute

Word-for-word meanings

asakta-ātmā — one whose psyche is detached;  bāhya-sparśeṣu — from the external sense objects;  vindati — attains;  sukham — [that] bliss;  yat — which;  ātmani — is intrinsic to the self;  saḥ — such a person;  brahma-yoga-yukta-ātmā — whose self is united with God through devotional absorption;  aśnute — tastes;  akṣayam — imperishable;  sukham — bliss.

Translation

One whose psyche is detached from the external sense objects attains that bliss which is intrinsic to the self. Such a person, whose self is united with God through devotional absorption, tastes imperishable bliss.

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