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Resting in Brahman, with steady intellect and undeluded, the knower of Brahman neither rejoiceth on obtaining what is pleasant nor grieveth on obtaining what is unpleasant.

One should not rejoice on gaining what is pleasant, nor be troubled on meeting what is unpleasant. Steady in understanding and undeluded, the knower of Brahman is established in Brahman.

Krishna describes the knower of Brahman in terms close to the second chapter's portrait of the person of steady wisdom. Such a person does not leap with joy at what is pleasant, nor recoil at what is unpleasant. His understanding (buddhi) is steady and free from delusion. He is established in Brahman. The verse shows that the highest knowledge has visible effects in daily life. It is not only a vision but a way of meeting whatever comes with an even and undisturbed mind.