Chapter 20
य एवं सन्तमात्मानमात्मस्थं वेद पूरुष: । नाज्यते प्रकृतिस्थोऽपि तद्गुणै: स मयि स्थित: ॥ ८ ॥
Transliteration
ya evaṁ santam ātmānam ātma-sthaṁ veda pūruṣaḥ nājyate prakṛti-stho ’pi tad-guṇaiḥ sa mayi sthitaḥ
Synonyms (Word-for-Word)
yaḥ — anyone who; evam — thus; santam — existing; ātmānam — the individual ātmā and the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Paramātmā; ātma-stham — situated within his body; veda — knows; pūruṣaḥ — person; na — never; ajyate — is affected; prakṛti — in material nature; sthaḥ — situated; api — although; tat-guṇaiḥ — by the material modes of nature; saḥ — such a person; mayi — in Me; sthitaḥ — situated.
Translation
“Although within the material nature, one who is thus situated in full knowledge of the Paramātmā and ātmā is never affected by the modes of material nature, for he is always situated in My transcendental loving service.”