A person who neither rejoices upon achieving something pleasant nor laments upon obtaining something unpleasant, who is self-intelligent, who is unbewildered, and who knows the science of God, is already situated in transcendence.

The knower of Brahman is unmoved by pleasant or unpleasant outcomes — neither elated nor dismayed. With steady intellect and no delusion, such a person is already in Brahman, not as a future destination but as a present reality.