Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 6, Verse 21

सुखमात्यन्तिकं यत्तद् बुद्धिग्राह्यमतीन्द्रियम् । वेत्ति यत्र न चैवायं स्थितश्चलति तत्त्वतः

sukhamātyantikaṃ yattad buddhigrāhyamatīndriyam | vetti yatra na caivāyaṃ sthitaścalati tattvataḥ

Translation

When he knows that Infinite Joy which, transcending the senses, can be grasped by reason; when, steady (in the Self), he moves never from the Reality;

— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri

Word meanings

sukham

pleasure

ātyantikam

most final

yat

which

tat

that

buddhigrāhyam

by the reason, graspable

atīndriyam

the senses, more than (beyond)

vetti

knows

yatra

where

na

not

ca

and

eva

even

ayam

this

sthitaḥ

fixed

calati

moves

tattvataḥ

from the Reality

Śaṅkarācārya's commentary

That joy can be grasped by reason (buddhi), independently of the senses. It lies beyond the ken of the senses; it is not produced by sense-objects.