Bhagavad Gita · Dhyana Yoga (Atma-samyama Yoga)Chapter 6, Shloka 22 (6.22)
Original Sanskrit · श्रीभगवान्
यं लब्ध्वा चापरं लाभं मन्यते नाधिकं ततः
यस्मिन् स्थितो न दुःखेन गुरुणाऽपि विचाल्यते
॥ 6.22 ॥
yaṃ labdhvā cāparaṃ lābhaṃ manyate nādhikaṃ tataḥ
yasmin sthito na duḥkhena guruṇā'pi vicālyate
Translation
"Having gained which one does not consider any other gain greater, and established in which one is not shaken even by heavy sorrow — (continued in 6.23)"
Interpretation
Shankaracharya. Yam ātma-lābhaṃ labdhvā … lābhāntaraṃ tataḥ adhikam astīti na manyate — having gained the self, one regards no other gain as greater; duḥkhena śastra-nipātādi-lakṣaṇena guruṇā mahatā api na vicālyate — is not shaken even by heavy sorrow such as the wound of a weapon.
Acharya Ramanuja. Yaṃ yogaṃ labdhvā yogād virataḥ tam eva kāṅkṣamāṇo na aparaṃ lābhaṃ manyate — having gained this yoga, even after coming out of it one longs for it alone, and nothing else seems a gain; yasmin ca yoge sthitaḥ avirataḥ api guṇavat-putra-viyogādinā guruṇā api duḥkhena na vicālyate — established in it, one is not shaken even by heavy sorrow such as the loss of a virtuous son.
The difference: Their examples differ — Shankara: bodily pain (a weapon's blow); Ramanuja: emotional grief (separation from a loved one). Ramanuja's "longing for it even after coming out of yoga" is an honest description of the practitioner's experience.
AI-assisted draft translation — under review.