Verse 5.21

Verse 5.21: “With his self unattached to external (sense-) contacts, a man wins what bliss inheres within his own self Such a man, with the self (mind) intently set in the Yoga upon Brahman, enjoys enduring bliss. (105)

Commentary called Jnaneshwari by Jnaneshwar:

Is it a thing to be wondered at that One that never lives outside the eternal life of the Self, does not give himself up to the senses, and never enjoys the objects of the senses? One who is internally completely happy through the natural and unlimited bliss of the Self, does never get out of this bliss. Would the bird Chakora who has once tasted the sweets of the moon-rays from a plate in the form of lotus leaves, ever taste sand from the sandy bank? In the same way it is needless to say that one who has secured the bliss of the Self, and has become one with the essence of the Self, has escaped from the clutches of the objects of the senses.